Conkers

I don't often try still life photography; too much faff.  But I've been unwell for quite a few days with a really bad cough and I thought a walk around the village might make me feel a bit better.  I found these lovely horse chestnuts lying all around under the trees and I thought they'd make a good subject.

As far as the photo goes, I set the camera up on a tripod with the beam extended over our kitchen worktop.  I stood alongside on the kitchen steps trying to align the subject under the camera lens.  Couldn't get everything right; certainly I needed another light source apart from the camera flash to make the shadows disappear.  But hey, I did something instead of sitting around feeling sorry for myself and I learned something too.