I really don’t know where the time goes these days. This shot was actually taken four weeks ago and yet we’ve waved goodbye to tulips, tree blossom and bluebells in that time.

Day 365 365/2010 – Whitstable Jetty, originally uploaded by luciferscage.

As half expected, the 31st December arrived mild, slightly misty and damp; not promising for a dramatic end of year/end of project shot. So a short trip to one of my favourite areas for photography, Whitstable, was in order as there has to be something there whatever the weather. Forgot to check tides (it was going out and near low water when I got there) and I couldn’t see where water and sky met, but I did have the Lensbaby with me.
So, that’s it. The 365/2010 project is complete and therefore the object of this blog has been met.

Day 364 365/2010 – Smarties, originally uploaded by luciferscage.

Penultimate day of the 365/2010 project and back from the brief trip to Devon (therefore no moody seascapes). So have some smarties.
Hopefully the weather tomorrow will be a bit better than fog so I’ll get a chance to get outside for the final shot of the project.

Another gloomy day of mist and rain. Decided to take a trip to Topsham and popped into a RSPB hide overlooking the River Exe. Fortunately there were a number of avocets around which were just settling after being spooked by a bird of prey (probably a peregrine falcon). Conditions (fog, rain, distance, naff light, small bird) made the D300 and 70-300 struggle, but managed to get a few shots after a bit of work in Lightroom.

All hopes of getting onto Dartmoor dashed by thick fog and mist. Temperature had gone up to 9C (from sub zero temperatures the day before), so the snow was meting fast and being washed away while we took the coastal path between Holcombe and Dawlish.

On the way to Devon, to spend a few days with the in-laws, we stopped at Lyme Regis just in time for the annual Lyme Lunge – an event where a number of people in fancy dress take a dip despite the weather conditions (-2C plus wind chill). This is not one of the participants.

Obviously brains weren’t on some person’s list of presents from Santa.

Popped out for a quick walk before starting the Christmas Day visits and had a stand off with this blackbird (Turdus merula), which I suspect is a juvenile male. I was a bit surprised that a) the bird should get so close (it flew down to me and the shot is hardly cropped) and b) that having got so close my lens could still focus on him.

Rochester Cathedral gearing up for a busy few days. As I took this the Evensong for Christmas Eve service had just begun.

Taken from inside the castle gardens.