I meant to say, @LG_, that I love your stained glass photos. And lots of the others... including the Luma apiculata, the tree with the cinnamon-coloured bark and white flowers. And yes, the big Liriodendron was an amazing tree, with those branches down to the ground - would be fantastic to see it in flower.
Yes, I took a lot more photos, but my phone camera was playing up - a lot of them are over- or under-exposed. The camera seems to go on strike when it gets as hot as that! Must go back, to both those gardens, one day.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Cinnamon bark - perfect description. I was searching for a word that would distinguish it from the red of cherry bark.
I think the light was so bright that a lot looked overexposed - I had the same problem with many of my Hampton Court photos. The light meter in many phones just isn't set up for that.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
What a wonderful idea! I never thought of doing that. They look beautiful.2 Temple Place has some beautiful stained glass windows but no garden to speak of . I couldn't see the screen on my camera because of the sun, so I gave up trying to take photos in cpg.
@B3 - re camera; the one I've had for 7 or 8 years is a Fujifilm FinePix S1500. It's a bit out of date now (only 10 megapixels), but I like it - good optical zoom for closeups. You can get it (second hand, obviously) from Ebay for around £50. But I just googled "camera with viewfinder UK" and found several digital compacts which aren't hugely expensive, including a Panasonic Lumix something or other for £249.
My analogue SLR, which I'd treasured since I was 16, was bought second hand, reconditioned. Maybe worth going to a camera shop and seeing what they have?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Yes, I took a lot more photos, but my phone camera was playing up - a lot of them are over- or under-exposed. The camera seems to go on strike when it gets as hot as that! Must go back, to both those gardens, one day.
I think the light was so bright that a lot looked overexposed - I had the same problem with many of my Hampton Court photos. The light meter in many phones just isn't set up for that.
I couldn't see the screen on my camera because of the sun, so I gave up trying to take photos in cpg.
My analogue SLR, which I'd treasured since I was 16, was bought second hand, reconditioned. Maybe worth going to a camera shop and seeing what they have?