For day 12 of Becky’s January Squares: Light photo challenge I went with backlight.
A backlit branch covered in hoarfrost in Marbury Country Park, Northwich, Cheshire, England. Taken while on a winter field trip with the Nantwich Natural History Society.
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Last time I was in Nantwich it was on a narrowboat!
Beautiful photography as always David
Nantwich is my home town. A group of us did the “Cheshire Ring” on a narrowboat when we were at art school.
One of the best places to be for canal adventures . . . I haven’t done the whole Cheshire Ring but done various routes around there 🙂
One of the people I was at art school with lived on the canal just south of Chester. His parents brought a hull from a boatyard so his father could fit it out himself. But before he fitted it out we took it around the Cheshire Ring sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags.
Fantastic . . . . . you were probably closer to the original way of life on those boats than your friend’s family were after the fitting
Probably, I suppose we should have loaded up with some freight other than beer and food.
Coal wouldn’t have been comfy to lie on!
True, although it would have given the girls something else to complain about.
Now you never mentioned girls were there!! Did you at least have a toilet on board?!
A rudimentary one if I remember correctly. We had explained that we were going to be roughing it before they agreed to go along but it didn’t stop the complaints. After a while I said something about all the complaining and things were better after that, once they started speaking to me again.
lol! Are you still in contact with any of them?
I’m still in touch with two of the four. It was three of the four until a few years ago when one of the guys just disappeared
That’s lovely about the two, but a shame about the 3rd.
Yes. He’s disappeared before but has normally resurfaced by now.
well i guess he knows how to contact you all
He’s always managed to track us down before. He’s usually moved/changed jobs or a similar upheaval.
Oh yes, and one of the girls now lives in France and moved into an old farmhouse after Christmas with the intention of living in it while they do it up.
You’ll have to remind her she once coped with ‘roughing’ it!
She may not need reminding, there was a comment along those lines when she posted a photo of the house on Instagram.
lol!!
Glorious!
Thanks Susan. I was surprised that the hoarfrost had lasted so long, it was mid morning when we came across it.
Hi, David. Interesting light and texture in this shot. The contrast against the darker background brings out more of the color and details. But the top part gives it context. Intriguing!
Thanks Patti. I have to admit that it was a bit of a grab shot as I was on a field trip with a group of naturalists.
It’s interesting comparing the details against the lighter and darker backgrounds.
If I had had more time I would probably have tried a lot of variations. I would normally also be using a tripod but as part of a group didn’t take one.
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