Image by Steve Alexander © 2007

Thanks to my vigilant pilot who noticed this Flower formation on Clatford Down a few days ago, we flew yesterday evening (June 22) and got some shots of it before it got too old -- he was dodging rain clouds along the way!

It’s located inside an oval gallops (that’s a first!) between Manton House and Redpost Farm, at approximately SU 155-705 on the Ordnance map.

Because of the poor lighting conditions I boosted the contrast and colour with Photoshop. (I’ve noticed on the Forum that some people complain about that. But I promise you wouldn’t like the very dark and dull original images. And you wouldn’t be able to see much detail if I didn’t use the sharpening filter. It’s bad enough as it is, shooting with a video camera!)

Here’s a shot that locates the formation on the ground. This shows you how the pictures look without any Photoshop tweaking.

- Peter Sorensen