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At approximately 40 hectares Coldhams Common is one of the largest green spaces in Cambridge. It is a mixture of grassland, scrub and pockets of woodland, in the middle of the site is a large area of amenity grass. The site has a long history in Cambridge, in the 17th Century it was used as an isolation hospital for sufferers of Small Pox. Then in Victorian times the area was a mining site for Coprolite, evidence of this can still be seen in the undulating topography. The famous rifle butt hill to the east of the site is the third heighest point in Cambridge and offers great views of our expanding city. This hill was used by soldiers in the 19th Century as a target practice area, more recently it’s uses rate as being one of the best places to sledge in the snowy weather! Species such as Spiny rest harrow, Upright Brome and the beautiful Bee orchid can be found, all indicating that a heathly chalk grassland is becoming established here. King Fishers can be spotted in the waterways and Reed and Sedge warblers in the summer months. The scrub land to the east of the site is a favourite nesting spot in the spring and it is possible to hear Chiff Chaffs, Black Caps, White throats and Wrens all busy establishing their territories.
I have lost count of the number of visits to this place and I am probably spending too much time here, but I just love the contours of this place in Carlow, Ireland.
This is a HDR image and I dedicated a small set to this location.
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Explored Sep 29, 2017 #269
In the Barley field near Tumby Woods (see my previous upload) there were lots of these beautiful little pansys growing up through the crop. It was a real treat finding these little flowers in amongst the barley. In normal years, the crop would have been harvested over a month ago and the stubble probably sprayed off to kill weeds before re-planting for next year - one reason why so many of our native wild flowers have suffered so badly.
The delicate Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) is a wild relative of our garden pansy and can be found in fields and on waste ground and roadside verges - anywhere the ground has been disturbed. Its long-stalked, pale yellow flowers can be found winding their way through the grasses from April to October. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and a weed of disturbed and cultivated areas.
Viola arvensis was shown to contain cyclotides, a class of peptides found in plants. The peptide cycloviolacin O2 in particular has shown to possess cytotoxic activity against human cancer cells and is therefore looked at as a potential drug lead.
Perhaps not a landmark in the strictest sense of the word, but a much anticipated part of our Reunion Experience. 😊
Japanese "Asanuma" field camera with Petzval lens. Lens marked "E Baiser, Paris". Bellows rebuilt, somewhat clumsily, by myself. I use this to shoot paper negatives using Ilford RC multigrade.
Damaged desks from the former schoolhouse at Temple, North Dakota are seen in the grass near the ruins of their former home.
i was hoping the clouds would hold off for a bit tonight so i could try and get a few startrails. after a bit of faffing about getting a decent angle without sinking in a deep bog, losing the stars in light fog and light pollution it paid off. i would have liked to get a photo with just the dead tree in it but it was impossible with the heavily flooded area around the tree.
i bumped into a bloke that patrols the farmers(Mick) field at night. i'll be honest i had no permission to be on his field but once i explained what i was doing he was sound(for those that dont speak scouse that means "ok with it" lol). the bright light in the foreground is his headtorch.
hopefully Mick likes the Photo :)
Canon 5D MKII
Canon MP-E 65mm
Novoflex Castel-L
Newport linear stage M433
Manfrotto 410
Stabil macro tripod
"Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells"
— Pink Floyd Time (Breathe Reprise)
Postcards From London Series #2
*Samsung EX1 - 3 shot HDR (-1, 0, +1 EV)
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Our Daily Challenge - 6 Dec, 2010 - Black and White
Whenever I see these clumps of grass, it reminds me of a scene from the movie Gladiator where Maximus (Russell Crowe) is imagining the fields of Elysium. The scene was filmed in the Orcia Valley in Tuscany but the image is universal. A warm breeze softly blowing through sunlit fields of grass.