Hunter Valley Rural Safari

 

Well it's been a while since the last post but a lot of paint has run off the brushes and rollers since last time I posted!

I did manage to get an afternoon in for a Rural Photo Safari.  Just a leisurely drive and stop off when something grabbed my eye.

I left home and went through East Maitland to Tocal, Paterson, Vacy, East Gresford and Allynbrook.  

It is such a lovely area and is sure looking green at the moment!

Stopped off on the Tocal Road to get a few shots of the Tocal Homestead.  Beautiful place with awesome looking fences of thick timber; a real rural scene!  Tocal Homestead built in 1845 is now a wedding venue and is the perfect backdrop for such a function.

From Paterson then, up to East Gresford.  As I drove through town I saw a lot of people and horse floats down at the local Showground.  Of course I went and had a look!  It was a fairly busy gathering for Team Penning; where teams of riders will separate a calf from the mob and try and coerce it into a small pen within the larger corral.  It was really great to see the skills from horses and riders and reminded me of the Campdrafts that used to be held in my town when I was a kid.

From East Gresford, I went to Allynbrook, a small rural locality on the Allyn River.  My main interest here was a Church.  St Mary on Allyn Church with cemetery alongside. The church is constructed of grey granite and was built and constructed in 1845.  A history of the church can be found here.

The weather closed in toward the end of the afternoon and, on the way home, I took the time to capture some typical farm buildings in amongst the gum trees just on the outskirts of Paterson.

I had actually taken more photos than you see here but, on first inspection of the files in Lightroom, I noted that the focus was out slightly and in some cases was very soft.  I had shot with a Tamron 18-270mm  lens.  I reviewed all of the files and noted that this affected all of the photos taken at 18mm and up to about 35-40mm.  I was very disappointed.  These are the best of a bad bunch!  More about that focus problem next post!

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