Tatton park details

As mentioned in my last post, I went to Tatton Park recently. You can see all the details of that trip on my last post - Tatton Park.

Going to be a quick post today as I'm a little busy but here they are:

1. Flowers

2. Bristly buds

3. Leaves

4. Tractor name

5. Dead leaves

6. more leaves

7. Lichen

8. Flower

9. Bamboo

10. Vine

11. Last leaves

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Tatton Park

Tatton Park is a little place just outside of Manchester which has a deer park, a large mansion house and some lovely gardens. One day Hana and I decided we would make the trip over there whilst we still had the car, as we were getting rid of it at the end of January. Booo!

Anyway, we drove on over, and after discovering that the house was closed were a little disappointed but went for a wander anyway. The gardens themselves are really well kept and there is a little Japanese section to it which was really well done. Here are some of the photos taken from the day, with close up shots coming in my next post, so keep an eye out for them!

1. Deer in the distance

2. Trellis

3. The gardens

4. Garden wall

5. A tree

6. A pond

7. The Japanese hut

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Lotherton Birds

My final Lotherton Hall post, all about the birds! See my other posts about Lotherton Hall here:

Her Red Coat

Lotherton Hall Mash Up

Lotherton Landscapes

So Lotherton Hall has it's own bird sanctuary, and myself and my girlfriend ventured in to see what snaps we could get! Having recently been to go and take photos of some swans and ducks, I knew it was going to be difficult, but when we got there we really had our work cut out.

We spent ages trying to get some close ups of the birds, with Hana doing her best to draw them in by shaking her scarf, which actually worked!  We spent so long on the close ups of the heads of the ducks, and I took at least 20 photos per head! I think the fact that I love shooting in manual focus really  was my enemy as trying to catch a moving bird is so difficult!

Anyway, here are the results from the day:

1. A ducks head, I just love the patterns on his neck

2. A beautifully coloured bird

3. Blurred flamingoes

4. A close up of the first duck. Sadly the fence was too small to fit my lense through so just ignore that!

5. Non-blurred flamingoes

6. The head of a Rhea. I love the blue eyes!

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Lotherton Landscapes

Lotherton is back! Post number three, with number one and two here:

Her Red Coat 

Lotherton Hall Mash Up

Today's instalment is the landscapes of Lotherton Hall. As previously mention, Lotherton Hall is a really old house with surrounding gardens and a bird sanctuary. This post covers the views of the garden and the beautiful landscapes that you see from the house. The gardens are really pretty, and to be honest I much prefer shooting close up and macro shots, but these views caught my eye so I had to give it a go! here are the results:

1. View from the back of the house.

2. The entrance to the house.

3. The view from the front door.

4. A lovely little wendy house in the grounds.

5. The entrance to the  'Secret Garden'.

Which do you prefer to shoot, close ups or landscapes? Or both!

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Lotherton Hall Mash Up

As mentioned in my last post (Her Red Coat) I recently went to a place called Lotherton Hall. It's a beautiful old house near Leeds with surrounding gardens and a bird sanctuary, excellent for taking photos!

I have managed to get 4 different posts out of the photos I took that day, including the red coat and this compilation of bits and bobs, (very organised of me to already have them set up!) and so here is post number 2!

It was a sunny but very cold day when myself and my girlfriend decided to trek on over to Lotherton Hall. After paying 5 pounds each, which was a little steep seen as she had told me that last time she went she only paid to park there, we had a little wander about in the house and then onto the gardens and bird sanctuary. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take photos in the house, despite me trying my best to look like a pro and putting the attendants on the spot asking them with a big grin on my face. however when we got to the gardens I went snap happy and here are some of the results! More post on Lotherton to follow!

1. Leaves of a bush with the sun shining down

2. Part of a wreath

3. Green and yellow leaf

4. Bricks

5. The whole wreath

6. Leaf close up

7. Hay bale

8. Muddy flower after the rain

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