Murder Scene?

 If anyone can explain this please get in touch.

In the middle of nowhere, a dead deer and magpie. Also, scattered around the scene is a large skeleton (could be a sheep), several decomposing birds and a single, fresh pig’s trotter. What’s going on?

Pig's trotter
Pig’s trotter
Dead deer an magpie
Dead deer an magpie
Sheep bones
Sheep bones
Bird bones
Bird bones

Cobblers Corner

Another in my occasional series about the decimation of rural life. Fellow photographer, Jane Wright who likes to photograph old buildings went to shoot this one and later commented that I have a habit of making Lincolnshire look American. She is probably correct as most of my historical influences are American photographers.

Garage East Kirkstead
Garage East Kirkby

Lightning

Most farms just have a dog as a trespass deterrent.

 

Lightning jet and farm dog
Lightning jet and farm dog

In Tiers

For many village pubs lockdown really did end in tiers, this on never recovered.

Sunday carvery pub sign
It all ended in tiers!

The Dark Side

“No trespassing, we’re tired of hiding the bodies”

Pictures of my childhood playground, The Old Wood and Hags Wood.

Keep out sign

Play house in the woods

Willow trees

Sheep in the woods

Play house in the woods

 

Lycanthropic tendencies

It’s a full moon, 2.30AM, I can’t sleep, restlessness, night sweats, hairy palms, jeez my toe nails… time for a walk. There are no street lights around here so it’s perfect for lockdown loonies.

Technical note: I had to photoshop all of these as the iPhone renders all images as daylight so, remove yellow, add blue, balance luminance, ignore AI, voila.

Dog shit bin by moonlight

house by moonlight

Cockerel weather vane by moonlight

Cricket pavilion by moonlight

Tree in moonlight

Country lane by moonlight

Mush

Q. What happens when you put a a new smartphone in the hands of lycanthrope…

A. He tries to break it of course. I have used this example to specifically show the current limitations of technology and AI. The image below was taken by moonlight at 3.00AM on an iPhone 12 flagship. Look at what the AI has done to the areas it can not decipher – mush. Think I’ll call it the ‘mush filter’.

 

iPhone Camera

A few casual pic’s from the iPhone – not much good for open landscapes when you blow them up but quite pleased in general, especially hand-held in low light.

Names carved in tree Tractor tyre Kissing gate Nativity scene Mistletoe Mistletoe Dead tree Keep out sign Memorial pebbles Lincolnshire Wolds