Bristol City Centre 2022

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Bristol Cathedral In May, Bristol Cathedral held an open evening for photographers, which was something I couldn't turn down. I've taken good photos there before, but have always been mindful of not intruding on a working cathedral - with this, it was absolutely set up for photography. I took well over 250 photos, and I'm very pleased with the results. I'm in no way religious, but I do appreciate a good cathedral. Bristol Miscellaneous These were taken on various visits into the centre of Bristol during the spring and summer while I was between jobs, while the images at the end were taken on The Downs in August at the Born Free lion sculptures. ...
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Abbey House Gardens, August 2020

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I visit Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury most years, but this one was a bit different to the usual trips - I normally go to their clothes-optional days, and this was only the second time I've visited and kept my clothes on. As well as wanting to visit (and support) what is a rather lovely garden, they also had a sculpture exhibition on, which is something we've taken quite a liking to - see previous posts Quennington Fresh Air Sculpture and Quenington Fresh Air Sculpture, June 2019. Most of these were taken on my Fuji digital, but I was also shooting on slide film in the Hasselblad (the last one is from that) as well as some expired film in what was my dad's Pentax MX (a lovely all-manual SLR). The expired film thing was a bit of an experiment, not hugely successful if I'm honest. ...
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Exmouth Boat Trip, August 2019

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At the start of August I headed down to Exmouth for the annual naturist boat trip up the River Exe. I've done this quite a few times now, and always still find something slightly different to photograph.We were fortunate with the tides this year, as we were able to go right up as far as the Princess Weir bridge - as far as the boat is able to go - rather than turning round just after Topsham. The day after, I took a trip to the Devon Sculpture Park - I don't think it's been open that long, as I'd not come across it before. As the crow flies it wasn't far from Exmouth (you could probably actually see if from where I was staying), but I had to drive all the way up to Exmouth and back down the other side of the estuary to get there - and then it takes a bit of finding as it's well out of...
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Quenington Fresh Air Sculpture, June 2019

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Back in June we made our second visit to the Fresh Air Sculpture exhibition at Quenington in Gloucestershire - held every other year. It's held in the large (and lovely) grounds of the Old Rectory, with modern sculpture works spread all around - as well as some lovely art, it's also a really nice place to simply wander around. We'll definitely be back there in 2021 ...
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