Roger Bennion's photos with the keyword: Willen Hospice

Thought I should try a few candids at this event....and, this is one of them :-)

On 23 June I was torn between two essential photo opportunities!! Both were held @ Willen Lake, Milton Keynes. One was the Milton Keynes Dragon Boat Festival with much needed funds from the event being donated to the nearby Willen Hospice. The other event was the 33rd Anniversary of the building of the Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda. This was the first Peace Pagoda to be built in the Western World. We arrived in plenty of time but although the distance between the two events was not huge it would have been much better if I could have been in both places at once :-) So, it was a case of goin’ back and forth between the two :-) In the afternoon there were multi-cultural events at the Pagoda. These delightful Japanese ladies sang songs in English as well as Japanese. It was difficult to find good viewpoints (excuses again!) without standing in front of people. But I was fairly pleased with this effort. I felt the shot would be enhanced by a little soft focus so I did just that in Photoshop :-)

I don't know to which Team these belonged but I thought it was an opportunity to try some people shots :-) The Festival raises much needed funds for the nearby Willen Hospice.

'They' say you should always try and have a little bit of red in a shot. I think I might have met this criteria here :-) The Festival does a brilliant job of raising much needed funds for the nearby Willen Hospice! And, the competition was very fierce :-)