A6 numbers 13-16

Francesca Fashions

Photo 13. “AUTUMN IN HARCOURT” by Alan Goss

This photograph of Albert Street, Kibworth Harcourt was taken in mid-October and captures the golden autumn colours of the tree in the foreground.


The sunlight was 90 degrees to the right of where I was standing, so I attached a magnetic circular polarising filter (CPL) to my lens to bring out the true colours of the leaves on the tree. A CPL is an artistic filter whose effect cannot be easily replicated in post processing. 


Rotating the filter can maximise/minimise its impact. It is also a useful tool to cut out reflections in water to get a photograph of an elusive fish.  However, it can also remove that much desired reflection on a lake as well, so it needs to be used wisely and not left on your lens all the time.


Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III, ISO-200, 148mm-focal length (35mm equivalent), f/8, 1/80s  


Bekky Earnshaw Hair

Photo 14.  “BEAU CHAMP” by Alan Goss

‘Beau Champ’ or, translated into English ‘Beautiful Field’, was taken on one of our regular walks along a path between Kibworth’s football pitches and the cricket club in the middle of June.


Looking across to the Fleckney Road, it was the line of trees, lush crops and blue skies that caught my eye. The line through the crop was made by the farmer and not another path.


Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III, ISO-200, 38mm (35mm equivalent), f/8, 1/640s 

Minarik Hair and Beauty

Photo 15“PANORAMA CANAL” by Steve Bowyer

This stunning and slightly disorientating image has been created with nothing more than a mobile phone and its standard "panorama” function.


The canal is perfectly straight but the panorama function distorts the image in an interesting way. It was taken under one of many bridges on the “Leicester Line” of the Grand Union Canal. This man-made waterway is now over 200 years old and is maintained by the Canal and River Trust.


The increasing sophistication of the modern mobile phone means that it can produce some very good quality photographs as well as being handy when you are out and about.


Apple iPhone 13, ISO100,  26mm, f1.6, 1/997s

Kibworth Antiques & Interiors

Photo 16“I LIKE A GOOD WINE” by Steve Bowyer

John’s career was in the IT industry but over the years he has passed a number of wine trade examinations, culminating in the award of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust Honours Diploma.


He has travelled extensively to visit vineyards, taste wines and judge in international competitions, most notably in California, Australia and South Africa. 


John has a sizeable “cellar” where he has wines ranging for the very young to some that are over 70 years old. John is a resident of Kibworth where he hosts wine tasting evenings for local u3a members and has a regular column in the Kibworth and District Chronicle.


Nikon D3500, ISO 8000, 69mm, f8, 1/80s