Headington Festival 2011

The Festival has been running for several years now and is gaining its place as a fixture on the Headington calendar – right up there with the open gardens (this week and next). All credit to Headington Action for being the driving force behind this.

A children’s brass ensemble performed today, to general admiration all round. They were great little performers ably lead by their conductor who wore a general, restrained air of anxiety right up to the final, warbling note. A tremendous achievement …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iPhone video)

Sagrada Familia creation facade | three views

A conventional distance view, encompassing the entire facade

This photomerge picture is created from five overlapping frames – pushing the technology somewhat

 

Detail of part of the facade

Monestir de Sant Pere de Casserres

A lovely example of Catalan Romanesque architecture about 20km northeast from Vic in Catalonia, in a fabulous setting

 

River panorama

 

Two Catalan panoramas

Begur castle

 

Sa Tuna

 

This summer’s major holiday was in Catalonia and Barcelona. Kicking off a selection of pictures on this blog are a couple of panoramas from the Costa Brava, about 100km north of Barcelona in and around Begur.

These pictures are created using the photomerge facility in Photoshop Elements.

Oxford | Vivitar 24mm | MD/MA adapter | AF cameras

^ Radcliffe Camera and local signage; soft at the edges (Sony A100)

 

^ Oxford prison/Malmaison hotel panorama (Minolta 9000 | Fuji C200 film)

 

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