THURSDAY, 12th DECEMBER 2024 - CAMBRIDGE

A good friend and I decided to visit Cambridge.  It was a chilly, rather misty morning and we felt being in a city would be a bit more comfortable than out "in the wilds" somewhere.

On the way to Cambridge, we passed the American Cemetery at Madingley.  Despite having been there before on more than one occasion, we decided to call in, thinking that the mist might give some atmospheric photos. Here are some of my shots.

After a while the mist started to disperse so we headed into Cambridge. We had no firm plans but had an idea of visiting one of the colleges. King's wasn't open to visitors that day but St John's was and that's where we went. 

The highlight of that visit was the chapel. There was a rehearsal scheduled and the interior was very nicely lit for that .... and for photography.

One of the problems when shooting subjects like the chapel is that light coming through the windows is much brighter than the interior light and it's difficult for a camera to handle such high contrast. One solution is to use "exposure bracketing" where several shots are taken at different settings so that each part of the scene will be exposed well in at least one of the shots. These images can then be blended to pick out the best parts of each image to create one composite image. I used this technique for this photo of the chapel.

Here are some of my other pictures from the day...

Thanks for looking at this blog. I'm a few weeks behind but will make an effort to catch up  :)

Den