Guest Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 The very beautiful Cat Bells, Derwentwater, English Lakes, this morning.
Veedub Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 36 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: I was at Willington soul club last Saturday night. Are Willington gravel pits close by ? Steve Here's where it is Steve. https://www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/willington-gravel-pits First time I've been there today, brilliant site, loads of Cetti's, cuckoo,whitethroats, etc. spent 3 hours wandering around there. I'll have to get to Willington soul club ! Mike 1
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted April 20, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 20, 2019 English Bluebell Woods. Steve 9
Winsford Soul Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 34 minutes ago, veedub said: Here's where it is Steve. https://www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/willington-gravel-pits First time I've been there today, brilliant site, loads of Cetti's, cuckoo,whitethroats, etc. spent 3 hours wandering around there. I'll have to get to Willington soul club ! Mike Thanks Mike. Will definitely have to go and have a look Steve 1
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted April 21, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 21, 2019 One of the weirder native Spanish orchids, Serapia lingua. 9
Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 One of the most famous canyons of the Sierra de Guara Natural Park (Aragón), the Vero River canyon (next to the village of Alquézar). A beautiful excursion by 8 Km very easy, a mixture of trekking and swimming.
Popular Post Tomangoes Posted April 23, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 23, 2019 Views from the Westin Sarasota tonight. Stunning. Ed 6
Widnes63 Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 14 hours ago, tomangoes said: Views from the Westin Sarasota tonight. Stunning. Ed You certainly get around Ed !!! 1
Popular Post Tomangoes Posted April 23, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Widnes63 said: You certainly get around Ed !!! Casey Key today... Indeed.. Ed 5
Popular Post Stevegods Posted April 24, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 24, 2019 Just back from first time out in Cyprus .. nice Island .. just chosen the wrong week as I think the weather was better here . There worst winter ever so I was told . 9
Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 Jumping in the Gorgas Negras Canyon (Alcanadre river, Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park, Aragón):
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted April 24, 2019 Author Popular Post Posted April 24, 2019 Today I cycled to the Amsterdam woods and I saw... A fine male pheasant Reed bunting Warbler - possible sedge, sadly obscured behind a leaf Ducklings 7
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted April 24, 2019 Author Popular Post Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) And I also saw... Oystercatchers Ducks in flight Frogs - singing a full-on frog chorus! And hares One thing I didn't get a photo of was a little grebe. It could sense me as soon as I approached the pool it was in (no hides anywhere in the woods, unfortunately) and would dive and swim away to safety. Next time, maybe. Edited April 24, 2019 by Amsterdam Russ 8
Widnes63 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Amsterdam Russ said: And I also saw... Oystercatchers Ducks in flight Frogs - singing a full-on frog chorus! And hares One thing I didn't get a photo of was a little grebe. It could sense me as soon as I approached the pool it was in (no hides anywhere in the woods, unfortunately) and would dive and swim away to safety. Next time, maybe. What a day Russell !!!
Winsford Soul Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 Great series of pictures Russell. Definitely looks like a Sedge Warbler mate. The wide buff coloured stripe above the eye is very visible and distinctive Steve
Amsterdam Russ Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, Widnes63 said: What a day Russell !!! Thanks! It started slowly and I wasn't very hopeful, but a bit of perseverance paid off in the end. Still miffed at not getting that little grebe, though.
Amsterdam Russ Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Great series of pictures Russell. Definitely looks like a Sedge Warbler mate. The wide buff coloured stripe above the eye is very visible and distinctive Steve Cheers, Steve. Warblers and waders - two groups of birds I've never been good at identifying, even in my days as a member of the Young Ornithologists Club! 1
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted April 24, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 24, 2019 There we go Russell. Just for you mate. Think it's a ten spined Stickleback in its beak , you can count them if you enlarge the picture Steve 7
Amsterdam Russ Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: There we go Russell. Just for you mate. Think it's a ten spined Stickleback in its beak , you can count them if you enlarge the picture Steve Haha - thank you. If only the ones here were so accommodating!
Popular Post Len Posted April 24, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 24, 2019 Hi Guys, I'm no photographer (hence first time I've posted any on here) But I think these couple of snaps are pretty good... This first one is of an Osprey (Sea Hawk) I think that is what the captain of the boat my family and I went on said anyway - It 'swooped' across the top of our boat, and I just pointed my phone camera and hoped for the best! This second one is a 'memory' one for me - It's of a stunning sunset after a wonderful day on Clearwater Beach with my family just last week Keep them photos coming! All the best, Len 14
Winsford Soul Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 Stunning picture's Len. Taking pictures is as addictive as buying records my friend and as expensive. Trust you are well and safe sir Steve 1
Len Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 All well 'n' good thanks Steve. I'm still in 'cloud cuckoo' land having just returned home from a fabulous holiday - Disney was great fun but exhausting, so was glad to head to Clearwater for a few days. I say 'cloud cuckoo' land as to be able to have a holiday like that after 20 years of Whitby every year is amazing! Ref photography, I have to admit, I never really saw the 'skill' in it. As far as I was concerned, you just point a camera and press the button Yeh sorry about that folkz! I now know that there is more to it - Focus etc etc aside, the fun bit, well skill really, is what is behind the shot, the waiting, and of course capturing a 'moment'. The sunset picture looks even better when seen straight from my phone camera than on this larger computer screen - Can anyone tell me why? All the best, Len 'David Bailey' Dopson
Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 Here's me as a "Cave Man (Troglodyte)" as the title track by Jimmy Castor Bunch… This is a kind of underground canyon, Santa Elena, the birth of the Ara River on Bujaruelo / Otal Valley in Aragón (we come for a hole in a valley, descend some fossilized levels and get the "active" level, the underground river, and come outdoor for another hole in another valley)
Winsford Soul Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 5 hours ago, LEN said: All well 'n' good thanks Steve. I'm still in 'cloud cuckoo' land having just returned home from a fabulous holiday - Disney was great fun but exhausting, so was glad to head to Clearwater for a few days. I say 'cloud cuckoo' land as to be able to have a holiday like that after 20 years of Whitby every year is amazing! Ref photography, I have to admit, I never really saw the 'skill' in it. As far as I was concerned, you just point a camera and press the button Yeh sorry about that folkz! I now know that there is more to it - Focus etc etc aside, the fun bit, well skill really, is what is behind the shot, the waiting, and of course capturing a 'moment'. The sunset picture looks even better when seen straight from my phone camera than on this larger computer screen - Can anyone tell me why? All the best, Len 'David Bailey' Dopson Len ' David Bailey ' Dopson. It's called pixelation. Your phone screen is small and made up of so many pixels , where as your computer screen is much larger with many more pixels. Basically your spreading and stretching the pixels which causes the blurd picture on the pc screen. Take the picture on the computer and it will look stunning on the phone Steve 1
Guest Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Thought i`d try the panorama mode on my S10+ Edited April 25, 2019 by Guest
Tattoodave Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, flamingemeralds said: Hanging out with old friends! Poppy, Jemima, Humpty, Big Ted and Little Ted, choose your window 1
Popular Post Martyn Pitt Posted April 25, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 25, 2019 You don't have to put on the red light ........ Sorry ... 9
Winsford Soul Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, martyn pitt said: You don't have to put on the red light ........ Sorry ... It's that wolves accent you have acquired mate.
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted April 25, 2019 Author Popular Post Posted April 25, 2019 The view from our balcony about 20 minutes ago. Photo courtesy of my elderly iPhone5. 11
Guest Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 2 hours ago, TattooDave said: Poppy, Jemima, Humpty, Big Ted and Little Ted, choose your window It's Hamble
Widnes63 Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 9 minutes ago, flamingemeralds said: It's Hamble What's Hamble ?
Amsterdam Russ Posted April 25, 2019 Author Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Widnes63 said: What's Hamble ? Courtesy of Wikipedia... Quote Hamble was a little doll and one of the original five toys but dropped from the show during the 1980s to be replaced by Poppy. According to Joy Whitby, creator of Play School, Hamble was chosen as representative of a more "downtrodden", humble background than the “middle-class” associations that the teddy bears had. She was disliked by presenters as she could not be cuddled. According to the BBC website Chloe Ashcroft "did a terrible thing to Hamble. She just would not sit up...so one day I got a very big knitting needle, a big wooden one, and I stuck it right up her bum, as far as her head. So she was completely rigid, and she was much much better after that." (This was mentioned in a BBC Radio 4 programme called Trumpton Riots, available on YouTube.) In the edition called Through The Arched Window (in which the Radio Times said that Chloe Ashcroft would be interviewed and wasn't) the knitting needle incident was mentioned, however the person admitting to it was Julie Stevens. Poppy, a black doll who replaced Hamble in November 1986, in response to changing attitudes in society (the Hamble doll was also getting rather fragile at this point.) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_School_(UK_TV_series) Best pic I could find... Hamble is on the right... Edited April 25, 2019 by Amsterdam Russ Image added 1
Widnes63 Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 29 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said: Courtesy of Wikipedia... Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_School_(UK_TV_series) Best pic I could find... Hamble is on the right... Thanks for clearing that up Russ, can't believe we are having this conversation 2
Guest Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 I stand corrected! I had no idea that there was a Poppy. You just never know when I might need that information. Your knowledge of Play School characters leaves me humbled, or Hambled in this case
Tattoodave Posted April 26, 2019 Posted April 26, 2019 11 hours ago, flamingemeralds said: It's Hamble Don't you think I did research first? I knew it wasn't Hamble, but couldn't ever remember another doll. The "choose your window" bit came from a night in Osnabruck where I was seeing the pre Midge (Man)Ure Ultravox perform and was asked by some obnoxious paratrooper to do just that, and his intention was to throw me out of it. Needless to say I saw the performance end, and he didn't. 1
Popular Post Winsford Soul Posted April 26, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Very wet Male Sparrow hawk in the back garden. Taken through the kitchen window Forgot to add that the bottom picture was taken from the upstairs bedroom window hence the difference in the background Edited April 28, 2019 by Winsford Soul 16
Popular Post Rick Cooper Posted April 29, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 29, 2019 A lucky squirrel found one of last year's apple crop and sat on the fence just outside the shed window. 12
Guest Josep Manuel Concernau Robles Posted April 29, 2019 Posted April 29, 2019 A very short and little canyon subsidiary of Perles river (next to Coll de Nargó, prepyrenaican mountains in catalonia):
Guest Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 Sunday afternoon in the sun watching the mighty clarets take on the nodding donkeys. A walk in the park with the family. And the wild garlic in full bloom. I often pick some to accompany whatever i`m planning on for dinner. Accrington Town Hall Saturday night. You have got to love this weather!
Popular Post none Posted April 30, 2019 Popular Post Posted April 30, 2019 Sun is out . Going Beacon Fell with the dogs . Unwind time after massive night at Accrington Town Hall on Saturday. Planning for May 25th at Town Hall starts tonight . Promoter's meeting . Making improvements for May 25th . 7
Amsterdam Russ Posted April 30, 2019 Author Posted April 30, 2019 12 minutes ago, Soulfulmerlin said: Winding Down after Epic opening night at Accrington Town Hall And the connection to photography is?
none Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Amsterdam Russ said: And the connection to photography is? Embedded in the video . Very good they are . Just adding music to them .
Amsterdam Russ Posted April 30, 2019 Author Posted April 30, 2019 50 minutes ago, Soulfulmerlin said: Look at the photos 48 minutes ago, Soulfulmerlin said: Embedded in the video . Very good they are . Just adding music to them . Seems to be no more than shameless plugging of an event.
none Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 Where photos were took . Moved elsewhere. Suggest change definition of term
Dave Moore Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 Off Topic Photos deleted. Event photos/videos are best posted in the Comments of the Events Section or the Reviews Section of the site. Comments about Moderation and/or suggestions for site should be posted in Site Stuff Support Forum. Site Moderation Team 2
Popular Post none Posted May 3, 2019 Popular Post Posted May 3, 2019 Been out with the dogs . Few nice snaps from Beacon Fell . 5
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