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Have a lot on today so a visit into the garden in search of my first bluebells shot of the year!
SSC - Negative Space
This is a view I see on my favourite walk around Halstead. I haven't been able to do this walk for a while because I have had difficulties with my mobility, things are slowly improving and I look forward to enjoying the walk again. The morning was perfect with a clear blue sky to give me my negative space, I jumped in my car and drove to take some shots, there was an added bonus of beautiful light falling on the trees. Hope this fulfils the brief and you enjoy the view and it proves that Essex is not just a mass of concrete!
SSC - Transport
The main part of this image is a mural of Halstead Railway Station in the early 1900's it is on a wall on the side of the relatively new Lidl Store in Halstead. There was a lot of controversy over the new store, whilst it was built on the site of a dilapidated factory the site was originally part of the railway sidings for Halstead Railway Station. Though it replaced a real eye sore many thought it was too modern a building for the immediate surroundings, this mural, and a second one are an acknowledgement to the history of the site. I believe that the railway line was a victim of the Beeching Report.
Ex First Somerset Volvo B10BLE Wright Endurance Y939 CSF comes through Halstead Essex on Driver Training.
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Outside my front door I have a climber, it has been there at least a couple of years and I have never seen a flower, so when I saw these I had to get the macro out! It could be said that I missed the flowers before as they are so small, the larger flowers being just short of a centimetre across.
SSC - Reflections on Water
The River Colne flows through Halstead, my home town, a lot of the time little more than a trickle. Over the last few years it became very overgrown with trees and shrubs really clogging it up, but, in the last year it has been cleaned up, to a degree, with a natural looking flow through (this section has been built up at the sides and when completely clear looks more like a canal). My original plan was to photograph some gnarled roots entering the water, as I was walking away I spotted this scene and took a speculative shot, after converting it to B&W decided it was a better image.
SSC - Sunrise or Sunset
I didn't think I stood a chance of fulfilling this challenge, when suddenly a chance looked like it might present itself, I jumped into my car and drove a short distance to a spot that I thought would have a good view of a sunset. I managed some pretty mundane shots and was about to go home when the sun suddenly lit up more of the sky and this was the shot I manged to get. It only lasted a few minutes, so I was pretty pleased with it.
Sequoia National Park: Three Rivers, California.
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A HISTORIC MIXED USE COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
Townsford Mill dates back to 1740 and was originally water powered, eventually giving way to steam. It was the first Courtauld’s mill and produced the silk crepe for Queen Victoria’s mourning gowns.
Headingham Dennis Trident 2 ADL Enviro 400 arrives at Halstead on the 88 service from Colchester. One of two in the fleet, this was aquired new in 2007. Both are based at Sible Hedingham depot. Very smooth to ride on with good acceleration.
SSC - Fence
This weeks challenge is to photograph a fence. I racked the little brain to think of an interesting fence, tried photographing my friend Joolie's new fence which sadly didn't work, on returning home I drove passed these rather in your face hoardings on the outskirts of Halstead. We currently have 3 developments, at least, in progress, and at least 2 recently completed, one could say something of overkill for a small rural town.
I did think they might not be classed as a fence so looked up a definition of hoarding which basically is defined as a temporary board fence round a building site. So here is part of one.
A near-full moon tonight with good atmospheric lensing making it appear relatively large in the sky,
2006 HME 1871 SFO/Central States/Rosenbauer
GPM: 1,500
Gallons: 750
Serial #: 125395
Ex: Poplar Springs, SC
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This shot is a reflection of the start of Hedingham Road, it is on the window of what was a Florist which sadly has recently closed, there are remnants of flower displays still in the window.