Eden Project

22nd February 2003

Even though we spend a few weekends every year down on the North Cornish Coast we'd so far never managed a trip to the world famous - and quite wonderful - Eden Project; mainly because we'd not wanted to go there when it was crowded. Funnily enough a windy weekend in February worked out perfectly as it wasn't crowded and when you're inside the 'Biomes' (the bubbles) you're in a whole other climate anyway.

Sarah and Michael came along and we all had a great time. The place is definitely worth a visit.

The photos were taken w/ 'analogue' (i.e. film bearing) point-and-shoot cameras and the prints then scanned in. We can wholeheartedly recommend Kodak's rather wonderful TMAX black and white 3200 ASA film - even though on this occasion I foolishly left the camera on 'Night Setting' and over exposed many of the black and white photos. The colour shots were taken with a camera that Jacqui found in a storage box somewhere. She'd last seen it 11 years ago and it still had some film in - we thought we'd give it a go and it worked out pretty well.

• Three views of this incredible structure from the outside:
  • Landscape view
  • The rest of the landscape view...looks like we need wider angle lens.
  • Portrait view
• When you get there head for the biome on the right as it's less spectacular than the one on the left. It's still great, but there's no waterfall and it's just a little less impressive.
• Nice picture looking up at the leaves of a palm tree.
• Jacqui and Sarah descending along the 'banks' of the 'waterfall'.
• Every so often you can find an angle that leads to a completely convincing photograph. Here's a reconstruction of a bamboo house.
• Some weird looking pigs and piglets made from cork bark...one of the most sustainable/renewable types of wood in the world.
• Michael framed by the massive dome of the tropical biome.
• A colour and a black and white view looking down from the top of the fake waterfall.
• My favourite moment of the whole trip: a close encounter with a small group of cocoa plants. They're bright orange and about the size of a large lemon....the stuff dreams are made of.

Posted on Friday, 7 March, 2003 6:44 PM