A Visit to Venice - Day One

We decided to visit Venice again this year at carnival time.  It's a cold time of year to visit and it can be wet but if the sun shines it's usually warm enough to sit outside and enjoy a leisurely lunch.

We arrived mid-afternoon and after getting the boat to our hotel it was time for dinner. Afterwards we decided to do a little night photography.

Whitby Reflections

It was such a lovely day on Saturday that we decided to go to Whitby - and so did the rest of the North East of England it seemed.  I guess everybody was suffering from cabin fever after all the wet and windy weather.  Remembering that it was still early January we were very surprised to find that three of the best fish and chip restaurants had queues outside at 1.45 pm!  Worth the wait though as they do some very good fish and chips in Whitby.

Just a couple of photos which I thought worth keeping.  The fishermen on the pier made me laugh - obviously they were taking no notice of the 'No Fishing' sign.

Dungeness

At last we managed to visit Dungeness.  The mono images were processed in SilverFX.  We stopped at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on our way which is where we found the red roofed hut.

Skippool Creek

Just a few days after seeing Brian Beaney's lectures we were taken to Skippool Creek, near Fleetwood, to photograph the boats.  I couldn't resist trying some of Brian's techniques on these.