holywellchalet

Several manufacturers of zoom lenses add macro to the description for example 28-105 mm macro lens this is a little misleading since a true macro lens is 1-1, or life-size meaning that the object...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/what-constitutes-a-macro-lens/

It`s been a grey last few days  weather wise so Judi and I decided to pay Sovereign Harbour a visit as we have not been there for a long while and it gave me a chance to try out my little Fuji X...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/sovereign-harbour-eastbourne/

I recently sold my Fuji x100 and upgraded to the S version which has numerous tweaks to correct the niggling faults of the first version including a bigger sensor and better processor. I fired of...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/mid-july-on-the-plot-with-the-fuji-x100s/

Amazing the difference a good mount of rain has made to the growth rate of all the plants on the plot. I visited today after some days unwell with a tummy bug and was greeted with the scent of a...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/wisley-magic-or-enorma-and-the-winner-is/

I let the calendula self seed themselves again this year alongside my runner beans hoping it might deter blackfly from them, the answer is no,I have an infestation so its out with the soapy water...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/the-best-laid-plans/

End of June plot update. The self seeded plants are prolific I have let them grow virtually where they like, runner beans have flowers on them and I have dug the first Charlotte potatoes. I also ...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/marigolds-poppies-potatoes-and-beans/

My last post was on the Nikon D40 camera. Today I used it to photograph the proliferation of marigolds that have self seeded all over the allotment plot, my favourite is a variety called “Fligh...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/pot-marigolds-on-the-plot/

I first bought one of these in 2007 as a useful addition to my camera kit because of it`s lightweight body and lens and a flash sync speed of 1/500 sec very useful for fill flash. I still continu...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/the-nikon-d40-6-1mp-digital-slr-camera/

Last year in commemoration of the outbreak of WWI the local council erected a mound about a metre high around the two long sides of the five acre field and very popular it was too with it`s mass...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/more-wild-flowers-at-five-acre-field/

One of the advantages of our garden is that it is not formal, far from it there is plenty of cover for the birds with plenty of nesting places for most of them. Feeding them is a constant job es...

https://holywellchalet.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/the-dancing-dunnock/