Sunday 24 October 2010

Sunday 24th October 2010

Another painted house near where I live !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f9 : 1/320" : 18mm : ISO 800: 24.10.2010 15:09:23)


This is the A3 autobahn bridge over the Wied valley at Neustadt.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f13: 1/640" : 50mm : ISO 800: 24.10.2010 15:23:08)


This barn in Mendt has a map of the area painted on it !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f9 : 1/320" : 18mm : ISO 800: 24.10.2010 15:02:27)

Saturday 23rd October 2010

Back in the land of painted garage doors, this one is in Neunkirchen.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.5 : 1/80" : 34mm : ISO 400: 23.10.2010 15:43:53)

Friday 22nd October 2010

Round the back of the Rowbarge Pub in Woolhampton (near Newbury) ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5 : 1/100" : 23mm : ISO 400: 22.10.2010 17:33:25)


.... everything was set up for an enjoyable evenings fishing on the Kennet and Avon canal ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.5 : 1/50" : 34mm : ISO 400: 22.10.2010 17:36:12)


.... ooopppsssss .... or perhaps not.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/40" : 40mm : ISO 400: 22.10.2010 17:36:48)


One of the lock gates on the canal

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.5 : 1/50" : 27mm : ISO 400: 22.10.2010 17:37:53)


After watching the spectacular sunset over a lock gate, it was time for me to continue on my Friday evening commute back to Germany.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 44mm : ISO 400: 22.10.2010 17:50:48)

Thursday 21st October 2010

This is part of the Winchester College Of Art

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 10-20mm f4-5.6 : f4 : 1" : 10mm : ISO 220: 21.10.2010 19:04:44)

Thursday 21 October 2010

Wednesday 20th October 2010

A broken down vehicle caused long delays on my weekday commute up the A34 from Winchester to Newbury this morning, so I drove along the back roads instead, stopping to take this photograph of the River Test in Longparish.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 20mm : ISO 400: 20.10.2010 09:07:39)


I actually stopped to avoid running over 5 pheasant that were standing in the middle of the narrow lane, but as soon as I got out of the car with my camera, the pheasant ran off into a nearby field, so I took these photographs instead !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5 : 1/100" : 50mm : ISO 400: 20.10.2010 09:08:23)

Tuesday 19 October 2010

Tuesday 19th October 2010

As every schoolboy in Winchester knows, William Walker (born William Robert Bellenie) was the diver famous for shoring up the southern and eastern sides of Winchester Cathedral between 1906 and 1911, working in water up to six metres deep and using more than 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks, and 900,000 bricks, which saved the Cathedral from collapsing and sinking slowly into the soft peat ground.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/1,3" : 18mm : ISO 400: 19.10.2010 18:41:45)

Monday 18 October 2010

Monday 18th October 2010

This is the clock and bell tower on top of the Brooks Shopping Centre in Winchester

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/60" : 70mm : ISO 400: 18.10.2010 18:20:17)

Sunday 17th October 2010

A sign outside the Hotel Zum Rebengarten in Bad Honnef - Rhoendorf

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f5 : 1/400" : 70mm : ISO 400: 17.10.2010 12:16:00)

Saturday 16th October 2010

Amongst other places today, we went to the glassworks in Linz, where glass ornaments are made by hand, including these coloured balls.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/30" : 26mm : ISO 800: 16.10.2010 14:31:07)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5 : 1/100" : 35mm : ISO 800: 16.10.2010 15:12:23)

Friday 15th October 2010

After work this evening, I made a detour on my regular Friday evening drive from Newbury to Folkestone to collect my mother in Winchester, so that she could have a brief look at the area where I live in Germany over this weekend.
These are the unusual lamp posts in the centre of Nieuwpoort in Belgium.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/20" : 22mm : ISO 800: 15.10.2010 22:41:16)

Thursday 14 October 2010

Thursday 14th November 2010

There were road signs around Winchester stating that Peter Symonds College had an Open Day this evening, so I went along to revisit where I was a student from 1969 to 1976. Almost the only building that I reckognised was the old assembly hall.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/10" : 18mm : ISO 800: 14.10.2010 18:54:08)


This is just one of the many "new" buildings !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/13" : 20mm : ISO 800: 14.10.2010 18:55:57)


No, I think I'm too old to be admitted now !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/40" : 27mm : ISO 800: 14.10.2010 19:01:22)

Wednesday 13th October 2010

This is the Carnarvon Arms in Burghclere

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/5" : 22mm : ISO 800: 13.10.2010 19:25:21)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/8" : 23mm : ISO 400: 13.10.2010 19:33:18)

Tuesday 12th October 2010

Flowers on the gate leading through to ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/2,5" : 24mm : ISO 800: 12.10.2010 18:47:22)


.... the Church of the Ascension in Burghclere (near Newbury).

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/2" : 30mm : ISO 1600: 12.10.2010 18:56:14)

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Monday 11th October 2010

Behind The Forte Tea Rooms in Parchment Street in Winchester, there is a man trying to fly a kit between the buildings !!

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/15" : 70mm : ISO 1600: 11.10.2010 18:50:29)

Sunday 10th October 2010

Amelie Schuster was baptised this morning in St. Boniface Church in Bonn .... if looks could kill, Father Simon would have been attending his own funeral too !!

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/125" : 100mm : ISO 1600: 10.10.2010 10:04:10)


How cute that the priest and baby go to the same hairdresser !!

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/125" : 86mm : ISO 1600: 10.10.2010 10:09:12)


Amelie wasn't impressed by the holy water !!

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/160" : 145mm : ISO 1600: 10.10.2010 10:12:00)

Saturday 9 October 2010

Saturday 9th October 2010

Back in the land of painted garage doors, this one is outside a bakery in Euskirchen ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f16 : 1/1000" : 27mm : ISO 800: 09.10.2010 11:54:54)


.... and this one is in Neunkirchen.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f10 : 1/320" : 32mm : ISO 800: 09.10.2010 14:23:06)

Friday 8th October 2010

The Grotto Inn at Weybridge

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/20" : 22mm : ISO 800: 08.10.2010 18:38:25)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/30" : 30mm : ISO 800: 08.10.2010 18:39:26)

Friday 8 October 2010

Thursday 7th October 2010

The Cart and Horses pub at Kings Worthy (near Winchester)

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/2" : 18mm : ISO 800: 07.10.2010 20:45:56)

Wednesday 6th October 2010

The Chesford Grange Hotel near Warwick

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/40" : 22mm : ISO 800: 06.10.2010 18:37:46)

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Tuesday 5th October 2010

This is the St. Mary the Virgin with St. John the Baptist Church in Newtown (near Newbury)

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5 : 1/100" : 18mm : ISO 400: 05.10.2010 18:16:22)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/6" : 18mm : ISO 800: 05.10.2010 18:33:26)

Monday 4th October 2010

In Victoria Park in Newbury, there is an area for skateboarders ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.5 : 1/80" : 35mm : ISO 400: 04.10.2010 18:22:15)


.... and cyclists.

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/160" : 70mm : ISO 1600: 04.10.2010 18:24:33)



(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/125" : 70mm : ISO 1600: 04.10.2010 18:26:17)

Sunday 3rd October 2010

The "Weinwirtschaft zum Boellchen" in Bad Honnef - Rhoendorf is a restaurant that specialises in wines, and offers snacks of food to go with the drinks !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f13 : 1/640" : 18mm : ISO 800: 03.10.2010 11:58:59)


Even the sign outside is in the shape of a vine leaf !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f11 : 1/500" : 50mm : ISO 800: 03.10.2010 12:00:09)

Saturday 2 October 2010

Saturday 2nd October 2010

I spent the day building a dividing wall in my garage today (so that the new tenants can have one of the four garage spaces), and took this photograph of one of their plants !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f8 : 1/250" : 50mm : ISO 800: 02.10.2010 16:10:09)


This is one of the trumpet flowers as seen from below looking up into it !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f9 : 1/320" : 50mm : ISO 800: 02.10.2010 16:13:32)


This is the garage for the tenants with the wooden dividing wall at the rear.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4 : 1/60" : 18mm : ISO 400: 03.10.2010 15:10:37)

Friday 1st October 2010

The Horse and Groom pub in Mellow (near Guildford)

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/40" : 18mm : ISO 800: 01.10.2010 18:38:32)