{"id":3631,"date":"2014-05-27T09:13:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T09:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2014-05-27T09:13:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T09:13:55","slug":"may-visit-to-east-ruston-old-vicarage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3631","title":{"rendered":"May Visit to East Ruston Old Vicarage"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of week ago we made our monthly visit to see the gardens at East Ruston Old Vicarage:<\/p>\n

\"Ceanothus<\/a><\/p>\n

We made our visit during the afternoon of a normal opening day. Although it was quite busy with many cars and a few coaches in the car park, we managed to avoid most of the visitors, although there were a few views I couldn’t take because of the other visitors. As we were in the public visiting hours I couldn’t use a tripod – all the photos from this visit were hand-held.<\/p>\n

The weather was fine with blue sky and fluffy white clouds. However, it was rather breezy which limited my normal technique for taking the photographs. I was satisfied with the results in most cases though.<\/p>\n

In the view above,\u00a0 I wanted to show the wisteria that grows to the side of the Dutch Garden in context with the house.\u00a0 This view is a compromise between showing the wisteria at a reasonable size yet still showing a substantial portion of the house.<\/p>\n

From the same viewpoint I shot this second image to show the whole of the house:<\/p>\n

\"wisteria<\/a><\/p>\n

This photo, I feel, is fine as it stands but the wisteria is reduced to being part of the garden rather than a main feature. So which one is the better would depend on the context the image is being used for.<\/p>\n

The Mediterranean garden was looking good with it being full of flowers and foliage. I liked the look this view shows with the building being crowded by all the foliage:<\/p>\n

\"mediterranean<\/a><\/p>\n

As always (although it is my wife’s least favourite garden), the Desert Wash and Californian Borders was brilliant in the sun:<\/p>\n

\"Desert<\/a><\/p>\n

I love this view for the detail and interest: The bridge is mid-centre (which is a no-no for some camera club judges) with the sculpture on the right being ‘on a third’ i.e. off-centre (a plus for these judges). But there is also interest and detail throughout the photo. My favourite from the day.<\/p>\n

The full set of images can be seen within the East Ruston Old Vicarage Gallery<\/a>, but they are not in a single place as the gallery is organised by garden or view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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