Hartsholme Lake – An Enchanted Place

At the Edge of the Ice

14/03/2018

Sometimes, no words are needed.

The White Bridge

24/11/2017

cross the white bridge

transitioning from autumnal dreams

into the bleak reality of shadow-cast days

awakening to discover the wisdom

of the winter crone … More The White Bridge

On Autumnal Waters

22/11/2017

Sometimes, no words are needed.

joyous laughter echoes over the lake’s expanse as small feet kick tumbled leaves into riotous disarray * lakeside memories of chill air nipping at unmuffled skin whilst safely enclosed in loving arms with ducks to feed

On the Lake

15/11/2017

Reflections

14/11/2017

see reality mirrored in reflections on the water a semblance of the otherworld glimpsed through the lake’s portal with a change of perspective truth is revealed I took a walk around Hartsholme Lake yesterday. The reflections on the water were lovely.

Swan

16/07/2017

aglow with simple elegance she glides serenely onwards * untouched by worldly concerns * divorced from fear and anger * enriched by nature’s beneficence she scatters diamonds of purest sunlight in her wake

One-Four Challenge: June Week Four

24/06/2015

It’s the fourth week of June and so time for the final edit of this month’s image for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. The picture was taken last year in Hartsholme Country Park in Lincoln, UK. For this final edit I wanted to create a dreamy effect. I began by opening the original image in Photoshop Elements 13 where I cropped it … More One-Four Challenge: June Week Four

One-Four Challenge: June Week Three

17/06/2015

Here’s the third June edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. The picture was taken last year in Hartsholme Country Park in Lincoln, UK. For this week’s edit I decided to give it the appearance of dusk. I’m not sure exactly what I did to reach this final stage – I added and removed so many layers I’m afraid I lost track. There were … More One-Four Challenge: June Week Three

One-Four Challenge: June Week Two

10/06/2015

Here’s the second June edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. The picture was taken last year in Hartsholme Country Park in Lincoln, UK. This week I decided to create an old photograph effect to emphasise the age and history of the boathouse in the picture (built in 1881). I’m ignoring the fact that the bridge is only a year old… … More One-Four Challenge: June Week Two

One-Four Challenge: June Week One – Boathouse and Bridge

03/06/2015

Its now June and so time for a new image for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. For this first week I wanted to keep the edit quite simple. I cropped it and used the clone tool to remove the remaining branches in the top right corner. I then used the levels adjustment tool to boost the shadows and highlights, added a … More One-Four Challenge: June Week One – Boathouse and Bridge

Photography 101 – Architecture

18/11/2014

Boathouse It stands upon the water’s edge, a remnant of a lost age haunted by a melancholic air, a longing for days past. Listen: can you hear the echoes, drifting down through the years – the carefree laughter, the happy voices? Look: can you see the figures, coalescing in the shadows – the ladies … More Photography 101 – Architecture