Ascending on High

By contrast with yesterday, I was quite active. The day dawned sunny, very cold and frosty. Cloud soon moved in from the west. The extra shows the blue sky retreating eastwards, and a heron standing one legged on the water aerator at Nanpantan Aerator.

I was most aggrieved on arrival to find the gate to the reservoir shut. Fortunately, the lone fisherman who was there managed to open up the pedestrian access. The lock that had secured the gate had been smashed and it was just acting the part.

After two turns of the reservoir, Basil and I returned home for a quick bowl of cereal before setting off for coffee morning at St Botolph's. Lovely displays of poppies in readiness for Remembrance Day.

We walked home. I settled Basil and departed for Nottingham via the tram to view the Inside the Outside exhibition featuring work by Valda Bailey, Chris Friel and John Blakemore. It closes on Friday and I didn't have time to go except this afternoon.

The Photo Parlour, the venue, is a the top of Karlsruhe House, up three long flights of steep stairs. It's no good if you're disabled. Some of the work was quite ordinary but the main photographers impressed you as artists. This is photography masquerading as art. I am so puzzled as to how the effects were achieved.

The other good thing was meeting Dan Wheeler, the owner of the Photo Parlour. He runs a film processing business, dark room and a studio on that floor. He holds workshops in printing and book making. I shall bookmark him. He showed me photos he'd processed from film and I could understand his point. The depth of tonality in a photo taken on film can't yet be matched by digital. He's well worth Liking on Facebook.

Camera club tonight. Fun with macro.

Forgot to mention that the main photo, of steam rising from Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station, was taken from Clifton South tram terminal.