Fuji 1066 and all that

[Lightmancer]

I have a mate with a house in Normandy. Not the one near Guildford, the one in France. Where William the Conqueror hailed from. It's a lovely place, all granite and grass, with a great line in cider, cheese and other foodstuffs that the French keep wisely to themselves. We went over a week or two ago; he pops over to make sure everything is alright for him and his wife for Christmas - our last job before leaving was to make the fire so that one match will do the job in another three weeks. It was a grand weekend. I took with me my M2, pinhole and the X10 from which here are some fruits. Enjoy

An old cider press:
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Waterfall:
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A field of saffron with a farmhouse in the distance - or the rusty piggery roof... you decide
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The romance of sea travel...
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[bartjeej]

Looks like a wonderful place! Love the roof shot...

 

[Streetshooter]

Bill, I really enjoyed this set.
The waterfall and saffron just are stunning.
Don

 

[Lawrence A.]

As a student of Anglo-Saxon, I always say that the last legitimate English monarch was Harold; all the rest are descended from the Norman usurper!

But I'm not so reactionary that I don't like the shots from your lovely X-10. Nice work.

 

[kyteflyer]

Love thre saffron roof Bill ;-)

 

[Luke]

the stolen kiss is a classic!

 

[Isoterica]

Love the images. I am thinking piggery roof.. but the color is amazing and I would have shot it too!

 

[HeatherTheVet]

Bill, you have excelled yourself. The roof is genius.

 

[Yeats]

A truly superior* series of images.

* superior, at least, to anything I've done. Bravo!

 

[Lightmancer]

Thank you all; praise indeed!

 

[pdh]

all very nice indeed, Bill.
can i ask you to have a wee peek at this thread as well ? https://www.photographerslounge.org/f32/plea-image-posters-14465/

 

[Lightmancer]

Oo. Sorry. Didn't spot that. Let me have a go later with another couple of shots.


Sent from another Galaxy

 

[Gary]

Very nice images, well done. The kiss is timeless.

Gary

 

[BBW]

Yup - the waterfall reminds me of Edward Weston and I love the color, the textures, the lines and your choice of focus for those saffron fields...and yes that kiss is, indeed, timeless.

 

[Yeats]

Well-earned praise, Bill. That last image gets me all emotional and stuff.

 

[drd1135]

That's an excellent set. I was just going by there on my walk:

 

[dixeyk]

That saffron image is stunning.

 

[Crsnydertx]

That saffron image is stunning.

Donovan: "I'm just wild about saffron...."