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Stone Bridge and Railings – Sheffield Park Gardens.
One of our favourite places to visit in East Sussex is Sheffield Park Gardens, in East Sussex. Sheffield Park Gardens are owned and maintained by the National Trust, and it is such a beautiful place to visit. With hidden forest walks, quirky bridges and an abundance of wildlife. As you enter the gardens you can […]
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Floral Friday – FF#83 – Rosebuds
You don’t have to photograph just the front of the flower, sometimes the rear of a flower has hidden gems, like the rosebuds in the following image. Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 70DLens: EF-S75-300mm f/4-5.6F/Number: f/7.1ISO: 100Focal Distance: 300mm Shutter Speed: 1/250 secPhotograph Date: 29.08.2016Location: Pashley Manor in East SussexPhotographer: AshSoftware: Adobe Lightroom Classic Posted […]
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Mid-Week Monochrome #117 – Sheep
Here we are another week and another Mid-Week Monochrome Challenge. The following image was photographed back in 2012 when we first started out. And it so reminds me of a female sheep saying to her partner, ‘Are you listening to me?’ Camera Settings Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ-48Lens: n/aF/Number: f/3.6Focal Distance: 16.5 mmISO: 100 Shutter Speed: […]
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As November Closes
This is it, the last day of November 2022. I found Becky’s WalkingSquares challenge rather late into the month. Tomorrow will start the countdown for Christmas… So, my contribution to the final Walking Squares of November 2022, is this image photographed back in 2012 on our walk around Sheffield Park Gardens. Whilst most of us […]
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Park Mill at Bateman House
When you visit Bateman House, remember to get a visitor Map, there are signs pointing to places but with the map in your hand you can find all those nooks and crannies, which are off of the pathway. The house is beauitful and the gardens are exquisite. However, there is one feature you must not […]
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Bateman House… Part 2
The garden that made Rudyard Kipling feel like an English country gentleman, with spring blossom, summer roses, autumn apples and winter trees. National Trust As you walk from the house and through the landscaped gardens, you enter the wildflower field. If you follow the path and head over the bridge at Bateman’s, you will finally […]
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Bateman House
We’ve all seen and read Jungle Book and loved it. We’ve had our imaginations taken to new heights, with Mowgli, Baloo the bear and Shere Khan the tiger. It was during the making of Jungle Book, that Walt Disney passed away. It was the last film he produced and the first film to be released […]
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The Winding Road at Birling Gap
Back in 2016 at Whitsun hubby took a long weekend. Monday was a Bank Holiday, so he decided to take the Friday off as well. On that Friday it was warm and beautiful weather, so we headed to Birling Gap in East Sussex. The home of the Seven Sisters. After taking a lot of photographs […]
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Battle Abbey Walk
Just as spring started in 2016, we took a trip to East Sussex on a sunny day to have a walk around Battle Abbey. Unfortunately, my right hip had just started to get painful and driving was definitely a no-no. … so it was a little walk for me… and a lot of sit-downs. 😀 […]
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Prashley Manor House
Six years ago, we visited Prashley Manor House. And what a spectacular house and gardens! Unfortunately for me, I was at that time in a wheelchair, awaiting a hip operation. And little did we know, it was on a hill. Whilst I loved the look of the gardens, I was rather limited to where I […]
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The Changing Seasons… October 2022
“The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky.” William Butler Yeats Here in the UK, October was rather a mild month…. In fact, with such mild weather, it delayed autumn. Normally, in October there is a chill in the air, even […]
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On1 RAW 2023 – Sky Replacement
Camera: Canon EOS 70DLens: Canon EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STMF/Number: f/7.1ISO: 100Focal Distance: 29mm Shutter Speed: 1/80 secPhotograph Date: 09.10.2023Location: Sheffield Park GardensPhotographer: BrenSoftware: Adobe Lightroom Classic and On1 Raw 2023 Today is the release date of the new ON1 Photo RAW 2023 Software. And so far, I’ve tried this out on three different images and […]