Last weekend picspam: leaves and rocks

[kribu]

Have had a relatively busy Saturday morning - had coffee, cleaned up the kitchen a bit, scrubbed the walls where the cats sleep (and sneeze), and picked out a handful of pics from last Sunday's walk at Pirita, mainly in the convent ruins.

So here's the picspam before I have to start working.

All pics with the DSLR and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens - the first outing for that lens. As always with primes, the fixed focal length sets its limitations, but on the other hand, it's a rather nice "normal" length, so it's not quite as challenging as some others.



A lot of road building going on in the area, hence the dust.



The obligatory front shot of the convent (it's been in ruins since 1575).



And a side view.



The side passages are lovely.



Outside, with a view towards the river.



Side passages on the other side.



Lovely, but the dynamic range is trying for the camera... had to go on manual mode for a lot of these shots as P insisted on overexposing everything.



An old grave with lilies of the valley planted all over it.



Autumn.



Erm. No idea what that's supposed to be, apart from art.



More autumn.



And yet more autumn.



And the obligatory rust shot.

Right, time to work... mum seems to want to go out today too as it's lovely and sunny, so I ought to get at least a few dozen lines done before that.

Comments

[a-bees-buzz.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous, all of them. And thanks for giving the link with the convent's history - you know how I looooove me some research! Pictures are always more interesting when you have some idea of the stories behind them.

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed! And I'm always happy to include links when I have them handy, just on the off chance that someone might want to read more. :-D