P52 ~ Week 17 - Green

This week the theme is Green.

Lots of ideas this week but the very wet, cold and rainy weather it wasn't really the weather good for going out with the camera.

I managed to get a picture though.  In the woods, a brief sunny interlude!

There are so many greens out in the woods as the world springs to life after the cold winter.  I find the number of greens that are there amazing.

P52 ~ Week 16 - Things that Grow

I've managed to get done a little earlier this week which was nice.

At the weekend we all went for a walk to the woods nearby, that we affectionately call the bluebell woods.  I guess you can see why!

Canon 600d 18-135mm, ISO-200 F/13 1/30 sec

These woods are lovely and especially at this time of year when the bluebells are just starting to appear.  I think that the colours in this picture are very good  with all the blues and greens.

We had a lovely afternoon exploring the woods - just struggled to chose which picture to use!

P52 ~ Week 15 - Sacrifice

I'm very late this week, but just made it.

Good Friday was a driver behind this topic and I had an ideal opportunity for this when our local town had a mock crucifixion of Jesus.  Sadly I did not have my camera and became so enthralled in the performance I totally forgot.

So having missed that opportunity I came up with another idea, the sun.

In days gone by the sun was worshipped and many animals and even people were sacrificed to appease the sun gods.

I took this picture, but was not totally happy with it.  Sadly though the April showers we are currently getting here in the UK have meant that I was unable to get a second chance to have a sunset photo shoot.

I'll have another go in a few weeks - and hope to get something better.

Right, really must get my arse in gear next week and try to get posted early!

P52 ~ 14 - FOOLIN’ AROUND

OK, so I'm very late this week.  I thought I was going to miss it this week but just managed it.

Foolin Around - could have been talking about many things but I took it as that carefree playing you see sometimes, normally in children but also sometimes in pets too.

The picture I chose this week reflected this nicely.  My dog, Darwin, really enjoys playing with his ball sadly he normally chews them to pieces after playing fetch for a short while.

Canon 600d EF-S with 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6: Taken at f/5.6 1/125 sec

The added bonus with this picture is that my son is playing football in the background - another example of that carefree playing....

Next week I will try to get my photo posted earlier.

P52 ~ 13 - Details

Thirteen weeks and still going!  Thankfully we have no gone onto British Summer Time in the UK which means that there is extra light in the evenings for getting out with the camera.

This week is details, I wanted to capture something that you don't normally notice.  One of those things that we can only see because the camera slows the world down fo us.  I was hoping to see one of those things that people would never had seen a hundred years ago!

I set up the camera and hose pipe in the garden, hoping to capture an image of the water just as it hits something - spreading out in an almost jelly like shape.  I really enjoyed the experience and got several really good pictures.

The photo I chose to use though was one taken at the end of the shoot.  Just before packing up my daughter turned the hose on a bush in the garden.  I watched the little drops of water slowly dropping off the leaves.

I turned my camera and snapped a few pictures.  One of these was the one I chose for this week.  You can see the drop of water dropping down off the bush.  But there are other details too.  One some of the leaves there are drops of water almost ready the fal off the leaf.

Those details that we miss.