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The Mill on the Cam

Hauxton Mill, just south of Cambridge, was the last commercially-operating water mill in the area. It ceased operation just over 40 years ago.

I walk past it regularly with my dog, and it’s always been a mysterious, intriguing, and very closed, building.

Hauxton Mill

Until today. As we approached, I noticed that the door stood ajar, and it turned out to be because a man was inside checking the electricity meter. (I was struck by the irony.) He was just about to leave, but kindly let me stick my head inside. It was one of those moments when I was very glad I happened to be carrying my camera, even though I only had time to fire off a couple of quick shots.

Hauxton Mill

If only, as they say, these walls could speak…

Mill trolley, Hauxton Mill

(Click for larger versions)

Update – I later tweaked one of the photos and posted an improved version here.

Making moonlight

I discovered how to make moonlight. Well, sort of… Set your camera’s white balance to ‘tungsten’ and then use predominantly flash.

Great Gate

The Great Gate

The Great Gate, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.

You can probably just make out the helix on the floor which is part of a new memorial to Francis Crick.

Casual obstruction

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Enlightenment

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When you live here, it sometimes can be easy to forget how lucky you are.

A Cambridge Cowboy

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Spotted in the city centre this evenin’.

Cornering at speed

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A crawl in the woods?

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I’ve been experimenting with low camera angles – something that hasn’t been so easy with my Canon 6D, since it doesn’t have an articulated viewfinder, so to get shots like these you normally have to lie on the ground if you want to see what you’re taking. But the built-in wifi means that you can, instead, put the camera down low and use your phone as a viewfinder, which is what I did today.

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The shallow depth of field was deliberate – I quite like the effect.

Spring next to a spring

daffodils by a water hydrant

(For my non-British readers, that sign marks a buried water hydrant.)

Now that’s a car I haven’t seen in a long time…

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Spotted in Ilfracombe last week. I used to think Bond Bugs were so cool when I was young.

Foreshore

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At Baggy Point, near Croyde, Devon

The call of the wild

East Anglia seems rather tame today. This was the view, a few yards outside our door, last weekend.

View from Bull Point

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