I spent last night and the early part of today in Oxfordshire, having delivered an emergency food parcel to the ever hungry Mrs Shpics…..
On the way back, I thought I’d give myself a break from all of the serious photographic thought that my university course has necessitated, and simply shoot something for fun….So throwing caution to the winds, I did.
Glympton is a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ little village on the road back to the grim North….It seemed an ideal spot to whack my DSLR on a tripod and mess around with some long(ish) exposures.
It ain’t Art, and it ain’t Conceptual, but it is rather pretty.
(Give’em a click to see’em bigger).
All Images Copyright Stuart Allan Hyde
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janemorley2014
There I am trying to find the wretched website template I just looked at and a moment of escape and repose on wp finds you in a moment of repose with Monet’s bridge transported to Glympton!! It may be a bit pale but it is his bridge isn’t it 🙂 Mind you, not at all sure how the French pronunciation of a delightful English name like Glympton would turn out ?
😀 Hope you are duly refreshed for the end of week intellectual fray ? 😦 🙂
Stuart Hyde - shpics
I’ve just been waxing lyrical about your soft and fluffies…..
Are you psychic?
It is rather crying out for a water lily isn’t it?
Glampville?
🙂
janemorley2014
Of course I’m psychic, dare say all that studious brain activity has transmitted itself across the murky Channel… 😕 I think Monet’s ‘Bridge in grey’ looks very well in Champagne de Glympton? 😀
Stuart Hyde - shpics
I don’t know if the little river Glyme has quite enough bubbles for that appellation……
More of a dribble than a fizz!
🙂
janemorley2014
Looks like a proper little bubbling river to me, they call anything a river over here, bless ‘um, even the strikingly named local stream the ‘Arce’ is known as a river….:?
Stuart Hyde - shpics
Priceless…
*I’m off for a dip in the Arce……
*I just popped in a finger to see how warm it was……
*Up the Arce without a paddle…
I could go on.
🙂
janemorley2014
Oh Lord please don’t – I knew I shouldn’t have mentioned that one
Stuart Hyde - shpics
Oh I’m SO glad you did…Made my day!
janemorley2014
Thought it might
Those students are doing you no good at all 
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🙂
Emilio Pasquale
So what would make this art? A naked nymph rising from the little river Glyme? I apologize for being vacant from your blog for so long. But I have not been getting notifications of new posts.
Stuart Hyde - shpics
No apology necessary Emilio Old Pal
🙂
Wordpress is a law unto itself.
The ‘Art’ question is a big one though….After a couple of weeks on my ‘BA photography/Art’ course’, (checkout, lightandasmallblackbox.wordpress.com )
it seems it would need to have a subtext & be in need of contextual analysis……Pretty pictures it seems do not cut the mustard.
I’d be more than happy with the naked nymph.
🙂
corneliaweberphotography
You mastered beautifully the waterfall. Nice break from Student assignements !
Stuart Hyde - shpics
Hey Cornelia 🙂
Thank you. It was a nice place to wind down a little.
tesid2014
love them both and will wait with baited breath on your photo of a water nymph when you persuade your muse to pose for you haha.
on a more annoying note i was going to harcourt later but it’s very grey and dull.
see if i am tesid2014 on wordpress!!!
Stuart Hyde - shpics
I can just see her……Birthday suit and Wellingtons.
Spanish weather will sort you out, so I wouldn’t worry too much.
V-Light
So pretty! The one with the bridge is my fave for sure! 😀 It’s also nice to see some color again…B&W is cool but you know…you gotta keep our eyes satisfied with some color too 😛 A+
Stuart Hyde - shpics
I can’t do without a bit of super-saturation to get me through the day…
🙂
scillagrace
Sometimes ‘pretty’ is as good as a feast. 🙂
Stuart Hyde - shpics
Aesthetes of the world unite…
🙂
docugraphy
Great!!! I love the artificial look.
Stuart Hyde - shpics
They do look a bit hyper-real don’t they?…
Can’t honestly say why.
🙂
docugraphy
Yes, but it looks great!