Float On

There is something about swans, they're so elegant, and regal as they glide through the water seemingly effortlessly.

I like the way this one is lit by the early morning sun.

Riverside Walk

The first of today's pictures is of the River Ribble at Frenchwood, looking towards Walton Le Dale, I really like the sky in this picture and I like the way the ripply clouds are counter-posed with the ripples in the river below.

The second picture is of the Riverside Walk and avenue of magnificent horse chestnut trees in Avenham Park. I had been waiting for a moment to capture the avenue with no people in it however I felt that the young family walking along add some extra interest to the image, after all the walkway was designed as just that, a walkway, so devoid of people it would actually be rather dull. I chose to shoot this image in monochrome because it emphasises the coldness of the day

Criss Cross

A break from the wintery images for today with a shot of the support structure beneath a bridge across the River Ribble into Avenham Park and then secondly a picture of one of the benches along the riverside walk in the park. 

I think these are quite strong images with the brutal lines and angles of the concrete supports and the strong geometric pattern in the ironwork of the bench and I have chosen them as a contrast to the bright and delicate ice crystals of my last few posts.

Frosty Fence Posts

As with yesterday's images today's shots were taken on Saturday in Preston and before the sun melted the frost I captured the minute crystals on the top of a couple of fence posts. Enlarged here you can see the intricate structure of each unique little shard which in reality were barely more than one or two millimeters tall. You can also see that while from a distance the frost looks like a white carpet it is in fact totally clear.