Ramster Gardens

These are a few images showing parts of Ramster Gardens, a place with links to Japanese plants and design dating back to the 1890’s. Spring reveals the biggest display of rhododendron and azalea blossom and good colours on the old acer trees, iPhone shots to start with below…

Some images of the recent cold weather around Surrey, taken in passing with my iPhone

Tumblr work

I have recently been adding images to a Tumblr site mainly off my iphone so here is link to the shots;
http://briancottam.tumblr.com/

These are simply edited on my phone in Snapseed

While out walking before Christmas I found these small woodland scenes, feeling like miniature landscapes within a landscape

While waiting at the station I used my iphone to capture the hard frosted roadside

Observations from an iphone

These images are some shots I have taken while we were working on location using my iphone and its Snapseed editing software.

Nick Dempsey Olympic Windsurfer

Here is a shot of Nick Dempsey in the Weymouth training centre…. ➳ update  ➳ who today won a Silver Medal for the UK after the Netherlands getting Gold – nice one Nick! Unfortunately Bryony Shaw was near getting a medal but did not quite have the luck she needed.

Sadly the current situation is that windsurfing will be dropped from the Olympics which is a ridiculous decision considering it is the only type of its kind compared to the many different sailing classes.

Kyoto temple

Jikkoin Temple in Kyoto,  Japan is a popular place for people to see the autumn colours and take pictures of the trees, but is less visited by tourists because it is a bit off the beaten track. It has a very black reflective floor in one room which has become a feature as it reflects the leaves like water, but like many temples photography is not allowed inside. Unfortunately I arrived towards the tail end of the season but caught a glimpse of what I had missed.

Col. John Blashford-Snell

These are some photographs I took of the explorer Col. John Blashford-Snell who is famous for making the first descent of the Blue Nile with a team of 60 people in 1968, and crossing the Darien Gap completed in 1972. Together with his colleagues he founded the Scientific Exploration Society, the Fairbridge Drake Society and also the infamous Operation Raleigh which has given so many young people a taste of exploration and purpose. A true pioneer of ideas and support for disadvantaged young people, of which you can read more about his projects on his web site http://www.johnblashfordsnell.org.uk/6.html .
The photography was commission to advertise Mijex mosquito repellent.

Col John Blashford-Snell

Avatar image

Here is something I did when the Avatar film first came out, photo taken with ambient light. The background was some flowers in the room, colour adjusted to suit the set.

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