Amsterdam Russ Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 A new year and a new beginning for the fabulous Soul Source photography thread. We've had so many fantastic contributions from so many members over two very long-running and very lengthy threads now, so it makes sense to start afresh. For people who perhaps haven't contributed before, the idea is very simple: although the emphasis has been on nature/wildlife/flowers and scenic views, just post up and share pics you've taken of, well, just about anything. Here's three from me, which were taken today in a small nature reserve behind Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Although it started out as a very clear and sunny afternoon, conditions changed very quickly and it became very overcast - and, I have to say, there was very little in the way of birdlife to see. Perhaps they'd all cleared off elsewhere as the place was pretty busy with people out burning off the Christmas calories. Happy New Year!
billb Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 yes well done to all who contributed on the old thread. I'm no expert or critic on the subject but I thought that there were some absolutely cracking pictures. Do any of you enter them into competitions?
Zed1 Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 Not the usual Wildlife pic's, but..... From a classic show I went to a while back. Some retro Fast Fords. And, the best name for an internal combustion engine....... ever!.
Winsford Soul Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, billb said: yes well done to all who contributed on the old thread. I'm no expert or critic on the subject but I thought that there were some absolutely cracking pictures. Do any of you enter them into competitions? Bill. I second that. There's some fabulous pictures been posted on this thread, big thanks to Russell for starting it in the first place. Really looking forward to seeing more of the same this year. Ste 2 hours ago, Zed1 said: Not the usual Wildlife pic's, but..... From a classic show I went to a while back. Some retro Fast Fords. And, the best name for an internal combustion engine....... ever!. Nice pictures Gaz mate. Ste Edited January 1, 2016 by Winsford Soul
Widnes63 Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 3 hours ago, Zed1 said: Not the usual Wildlife pic's, but..... From a classic show I went to a while back. Some retro Fast Fords. And, the best name for an internal combustion engine....... ever!. Remember in the old days when you had that one friend who owned a car ? My friend Stu Conlon ( now in oz ) had a lovely red Escort Mexico , but it was too good for us to sit in haha !!! Nice Cortina Lotus !
Peter99 Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 4 hours ago, billb said: yes well done to all who contributed on the old thread. I'm no expert or critic on the subject but I thought that there were some absolutely cracking pictures. Do any of you enter them into competitions? Many of the pictures which have been posted are professional standard in my opinion - although I'm no expert either. However, I can say hand on heart that I've seen some of the best wildlife, and other, photographs on the SS thread. Well done everyone - keep them coming. Happy New Year. Peter
Peter99 Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, Widnes63 said: Remember in the old days when you had that one friend who owned a car ? My friend Stu Conlon ( now in oz ) had a lovely red Escort Mexico , but it was too good for us to sit in haha !!! Nice Cortina Lotus ! Liked them 70's Fords - very nice. I did have one of these - someone unscrewed all of the front wheel nuts whilst attending Notts Odd Fellows niter in Leicester once.
Winsford Soul Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) On 01/01/2016 at 22:08, Widnes63 said: Remember in the old days when you had that one friend who owned a car ? Ste. I was lucky in 1978/79 I had a gorgeous girlfriend ( Karen Mellor ) from ditchfield road who had a car. Ste Edited January 4, 2016 by Winsford Soul
Winsford Soul Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Peter99 said: Liked them 70's Fords - very nice. I did have one of these - someone unscrewed all of the front wheel nuts whilst attending Notts Odd Fellows niter in Leicester once. Peter. I still love my Ford car,s will post a picture tomorrow. Happy New Year to you my friend. Steve
Peter99 Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Peter. I still love my Ford car,s will post a picture tomorrow. Happy New Year to you my friend. Steve And to you mate - and Lou of course. A taxi driver pulled out in front of me an wrote of my Ford Capreeeee Ghia!
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 1, 2016 Author Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, Zed1 said: Not the usual Wildlife pic's, but..... From a classic show I went to a while back. Some retro Fast Fords. And, the best name for an internal combustion engine....... ever!. Lord knows why I remember, but these pics remind me of a one-liner which shows its age immediately to anyone who understands it at all, and it's that... A new model of car is to be introduced called the Ford Pubic, which is built on old Corsairs... Edited January 1, 2016 by Russell Gilbert
Martyn Pitt Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 Nice job Russell ... better have a Kingy then to welcome the new thread ... From 1/1/2016 This one got really close, less than 10m away
Tattoodave Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 Pyrostegia venusta growing over Hedera helix (I love to confuse, it's Flame Vine growing over Ivy to most) Narcissus papyraceus, the paper-white narcissus.
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 2, 2016 Author Posted January 2, 2016 30 minutes ago, martyn pitt said: Nice job Russell ... better have a Kingy then to welcome the new thread ... From 1/1/2016 Superb contributions as always, Martyn.
Martyn Pitt Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Cheers Russell ... here is a cute little Marsh Tit Edited January 2, 2016 by martyn pitt
Winsford Soul Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Here's my first contribution picture wise. Just for Peter my Ford Focus. Well it is a Soul site and just as a reminder my Birthday is the 27th of this month Steve . Edited January 2, 2016 by Winsford Soul
Winsford Soul Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 19 hours ago, Widnes63 said: Seen this van in Warrington. Ste. Are you sure it was in Warrington, everything is spelt right . You can take the lad out of Widnes, but you cant take the Widnes out of the lad Ste
Zed1 Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Ste. Are you sure it was in Warrington, everything is spelt right Ste Deffo Warrington Ste. The Van had no tax, bald tyres and a screwdriver in the ignition......... wanna buy a Stereo?. Edited January 2, 2016 by Zed1
Winsford Soul Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 50 minutes ago, Zed1 said: Deffo Warrington Ste. The Van had no tax, bald tyres and a screwdriver in the ignition......... wanna buy a Stereo?. What with one speaker ? Ste
Winsford Soul Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 8 hours ago, martyn pitt said: Cheers Russell ... here is a cute little Marsh Tit Stunning Martyn stunning Steve
Ncfc Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 A nice pike,note the healed scar near tail.Probably survived an otter attack when younger.
Martyn Pitt Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 A male & female Siskin out in the rain ... bet they wished they had stayed at home for the winter
Tattoodave Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 I love Siskins, Redpolls, Twite, Linnets, all pretty little singing birds, my father used to have captive bred ones to cross with canaries when I was a boy, he got very upset when I let them go
Winsford Soul Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Martyn. Its nice to see some different birds . I,ve just been adding up my year list for 2015 and it was 149 different species, that was country wide. One local birder had that many at Elton reservoir nr Bury . But that sort of dedication is bordering on a obsession if you ask me Steve
Martyn Pitt Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 30 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Martyn. Its nice to see some different birds . I,ve just been adding up my year list for 2015 and it was 149 different species, that was country wide. One local birder had that many at Elton reservoir nr Bury . But that sort of dedication is bordering on a obsession if you ask me Steve New Years Day I got a distant flight snap of a Glossy Ibis, I was just testing some settings for flight shots and as it was still pretty gloomy, and the bird distant I had not really clocked what it was looking through the viewfinder, then I zoomed in on it on the back screen ... that really pissed off the regular birders who had all left the hide about five minutes before it flew over. I don't keep a list of birds Steve, I do this as a hobby ... I count things for my job
Soulandy Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Excellent photo's on here. A couple from me on top of Snowdon New Years Day. Not often you have that place to yourself for half an hour Happy New Year
Winsford Soul Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 9 hours ago, soulandy said: Excellent photo's on here. A couple from me on top of Snowdon New Years Day. Not often you have that place to yourself for half an hour Happy New Year Andy. I have never seen Snowdon's summit empty before. Nice one. Great pictures, Do you carry a dslr up with you or do you use a digital zoom type ? Steve
Soulandy Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Cheers Steve. My camera is a Sony compact dsc hx50. I don't have a big posh thing :-) It's ok but not as good as the predecessor but that got water in it on the Carneddau!!!!! Second time I've been there when it's been empty. Andy
Martyn Pitt Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Like a blob of candy floss on a stick, the cute and adorable Long Tailed Tit
Ncfc Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 16 minutes ago, martyn pitt said: Like a blob of candy floss on a stick, the cute and adorable Long Tailed Tit Stunner Martin! How many in the flock?
Tattoodave Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 24 minutes ago, NCFC said: Stunner Martin! How many in the flock? Most I've ever seen was 18, like little looters, travelling from garden to garden
Martyn Pitt Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 28 minutes ago, NCFC said: Stunner Martin! How many in the flock? There were about a dozen of them, there are good numbers of them around the reserve
Ncfc Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 1 hour ago, martyn pitt said: There were about a dozen of them, there are good numbers of them around the reserve They don't sit still for long.
Winsford Soul Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 With a bit of luck, I'm hoping to get some pictures of the iconic flying Scotsman sometimes tomorrow at Heywood, near Bury. Just caught a glimpse of it today, I could see the steam from its chimney in the distance then when I got to the level crossing where I could see down the line it was just leaving Heywood station. So just the briefest of glimpse. Steve
Soulandy Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Good job it wasn't the height of summer the other day otherwise it may of been interesting
Winsford Soul Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, soulandy said: Might as well attach a photo Proper wasp nest Andy. Spent many a time looking for the nests. Very difficult to find in woodlands esp oak woods from which they build their nests from the chewed up bark. Used the grubs for fishing. Best roach and chub bait ever. Got stung a few times for my troubles. Steve
Peter99 Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 12 minutes ago, soulandy said: Might as well attach a photo Hi Andy Hope you are well. Loved your Snowdonia pictures. So, that is a nest of something - quite, i know not? Peter
Winsford Soul Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 11 minutes ago, Peter99 said: Hi Andy Hope you are well. Loved your Snowdonia pictures. So, that is a nest of something - quite, i know not? Peter Peter. Good evening my friend see my post above. Steve
Peter99 Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Peter. Good evening my friend see my post above. Steve Evening Steve I hope all is well. Yes, I saw your post just after. I was going to have a guess at the type of nest but thought best left to those that know better. It's a great photograph which reinforces just how amazing, wonderful and beautiful nature is. Peter
Winsford Soul Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 1 minute ago, Peter99 said: Evening Steve I hope all is well. Yes, I saw your post just after. I was going to have a guess at the type of nest but thought best left to those that know better. It's a great photograph which reinforces just how amazing, wonderful and beautiful nature is. Peter Peter. All is well my friend, thank you. What nest would you have guessed at ? Steve
Peter99 Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Peter. All is well my friend, thank you. What nest would you have guessed at ? Steve A wasps! Like lots of natural things it looks like a work of art - a thing of great beauty, yet something which creates and sustains life. Amazing.
Soulandy Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 13 minutes ago, Peter99 said: Hi Andy Hope you are well. Loved your Snowdonia pictures. A wasps! Like lots of natural things it looks like a work of art - a thing of great beauty, yet something which creates and sustains life. Amazing. Thanks for the comments. These two are in a house my brother is doing up, above the bedroom window. The plaster was loose but luckily all the little blighters have had it Tried getting the down as a whole nest but so fragile they crumble as soon as they are touched. Amazing things. Glad you liked the Snowdonia pics. Hoping I may be there again this coming weekend with all the snow about
Soulandy Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 47 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Proper wasp nest Andy. Spent many a time looking for the nests. Very difficult to find in woodlands esp oak woods from which they build their nests from the chewed up bark. Used the grubs for fishing. Best roach and chub bait ever. Got stung a few times for my troubles. Steve I know of a wild bees nest that has been in a particular tree for years and gets very busy in the warmer weather. I'll try and get a decent photo of it next time I'm passing it but it is about 20/30ft up. This is one from a couple of years back and you can just make out the bees
Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2016 Posted January 11, 2016 10 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: Proper wasp nest Andy. Spent many a time looking for the nests. Very difficult to find in woodlands esp oak woods from which they build their nests from the chewed up bark. Used the grubs for fishing. Best roach and chub bait ever. Got stung a few times for my troubles. Steve They have paper wasps in Spain, clever little recyclers of rubbish that build nests attached to grasses. Doesn't make them any less vicious as many a young boy with a stick will tell you. They aren't that common, preferring areas away from humans, for obvious reasons.
Winsford Soul Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 Here's a few from me from today Nuthatch and Water Rail Steve
Peter99 Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 First real cold snap of the winter. Making sure that my feeders are topped up. Peter
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