What I saw on my cycle ride today: beautiful light
Posted under Seasonality, What I saw today
The first in what, hopefully, won’t be an occasional series, “What I saw on my cycle ride today”.
Finally, I have a bike although it’s not mine…it’s a very generous loan from my good chum The Shopkeeperswife. I’m still in pursuit of my own bike, awaiting delivery of 2011 stock and it’s very frustrating. But I was gagging to get out there and, having had my confidence lesson a few weeks back from Pink Sky Cycling, I couldn’t wait much longer. So thank you lovely Sarah for lending me some wheels!
And the photo above is what I saw on my ride this evening, gorgeous gorgeous evening light snapped with my iPhone. I doubt I’ll ever lug the D700 out for a ride so it’s a double challenge project: cycle ride finds PLUS iPhone. And, actually, this photo is doubling up as my August entry for the ‘My Field project. Sarah and I, both newish arrivals in Suffolk, were chatting the other day about how the seasons pass more tangibly now that we live out of the City. Of course the seasons were just as tangible when we lived ‘in town’, but perhaps we’ve slowed down enough to notice?
So we set ourselves a challenge: choose a field and photograph it once a month for a year. That way we can track and mark the passing of the seasons, one snap at a time. Fun! Sarah’s entry for August is here, although she cheated and has chosen two. Sheesh.
Anyone else fancy joining in? I don’t think you have to be country bumpkins to join in, you could chose a park scene, a tree, a City scene, your balcony, your garden…anything…something you see regularly and can easily snap. Doesn’t have to be a fancy snap, mine up the top is with my phone remember…anything that takes a picture so you can build a 12 photo montage. Or “seasonality” to coin a phrase.
If enough people fancy it I’ll do a MrLinky thingy (once I’ve worked out how) and then we can all mark the passing the seasons and have an easy, once a month photo project. EXCITING!
Who’s in?
I live in southern california, where the scenery doesn’t change much with the seasons – we have sunny and HOT and sunny and coolish. Lovely idea for those of you with seasons!
Ooh I love that early evening warm light. Sounds great to be getting out on cycle rides in the country.
Would love to join in with the once a month project if it becomes a McLinky thingy, have just discovered some random open space behind the huge ugly mega stores near our house, so this would be a lovely excuse to keep visiting.
I would like to do the monthly snap. The daily thing just isn’t my speed — but I’m hanging on desperately to the wagon hoping not to be crushed by the axles.
I was thinking about my fountain out front… that would work, right?
Are you just starting it this month?
Oh I like the idea of monthly snaps and that photo is brill – iphone – wow
I’m in!
Well done you for taking up cycling! I can’t wait for my bike to arrive from Budapest–even though Geneva is very disappointing from the cycling point of view, there are plenty of bike lanes through the neighboring villages and by the lake, and I can’t wait to explore.
What a beautiful picture!
I love the ‘seasonality’ idea. Would love to join in. I’ll have to have a ponder about where to photograph.
:)
Once a month? Oh, that one I could do:) Though, be in for lots and lots of rain and fog in the winter :)
Me me! I have my first shot, where should I put it?