Show Us Your Great Photos 2024

[Christopherbirch]

The (Northern) 'Soul Nebula', taken from the back of the house

[Jaco]

Mallorcan sunset 

[Woodbutcher]

Managed to snatch two frames of this fine beastie just after sunrise this morning , just as it lifted off in search of some breakfast ... 

 

[Mal C]

Southerndown Beach over the last few days, we have been so lucky, swam every night for a week...

[Mal C]

On 26/07/2024 at 16:23, Woodbutcher said:

A fleeting glimpse of one of the noisy buggers that passed fast and low over mine this lunchtime. Only managed to catch the trailing F-15 and he tracked directly across the Sun as I pressed the shutter , made for a different and quite pleasing sequence when stitched together ... 

Nice to see your creative talents coming out... you get a gold starr

[Woodbutcher]

Quick snap of the rising Moon while waiting for my supper , EOS 90D + Sigma 150-600 C. ... 

 

Edited August 16 by Woodbutcher

[Peter99]

47 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

Quick snap of the rising Moon while waiting for my supper , EOS 90D + Sigma 150-600 C. ... 

 

I like that, good catch mate.

Did you take a photograph of your supper by any chance?

I hope all is well with you.

Your friend.

Peter

[Woodbutcher]

3 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

I like that, good catch mate.

Did you take a photograph of your supper by any chance?

I hope all is well with you.

Your friend.

Peter

I have but two hands Peter , and when I'm in the vicinity of food they are fully employed grasping a knife and fork not faffing about with cameras ... 

[Jaco]

Sardinian sunset

[Twoshoes]

On 16/08/2024 at 21:52, Woodbutcher said:

Quick snap of the rising Moon

Hope the weather is good for you tonight, just seen there's to be a special moon tonight, look forward to seeing any pics you might take.

[Peter99]

4 hours ago, Twoshoes said:

Hope the weather is good for you tonight, just seen there's to be a special moon tonight, look forward to seeing any pics you might take.

I was only thinking last night; I've not seen the moon for ages. Then went outside, late on, and saw the moon, it was very orange. Nice

Cheers.

Peter

 

[Woodbutcher]

5 hours ago, Twoshoes said:

Hope the weather is good for you tonight, just seen there's to be a special moon tonight, look forward to seeing any pics you might take.

Nothing overly special to me , just appears a tiny bit bigger that the eye can't distinguish from the last one , it's just the third full moon in a season with four full moons , more over-hyping by the media. 

It may still appear a bit 'redder' than usual when it first appears over the horizon and that's down to the jetstream dragging smoke and soot over from the wildfires in Canada.

And I'm probably going to be clouded out but I might have a chance of it rising , if I'm not asleep by then ... 

[Twoshoes]

2 hours ago, Woodbutcher said:

more over-hyping by the media. 

You are right there, gave it the full monty on the BBC this morning, shame I thought it was going to be something really special and was looking forward to one of your brilliant moon shots.

[Woodbutcher]

40 minutes ago, Twoshoes said:

You are right there, gave it the full monty on the BBC this morning, shame I thought it was going to be something really special and was looking forward to one of your brilliant moon shots.

Sorry about that , just for you here's one I shot nine years ago as a test shot for the lunar eclipse that was occurring a couple of hours later , I don't think I've bettered this one despite numerous attempts , the 'seeing' was great that night ... 

When I get the right opportunity I intend doing a hi-resolution mosaic using the a different 'scope and monochrome camera but I've kinda got out of practice beggaring about in the dark ... 

You can do the clicky thing and get the bigger image .

Edited August 19 by Woodbutcher

[Tony Foster]

 Complete amateur and no way in the league of some of the other great posts, but thought these maybe worth a share 

Edited August 27 by Tony Foster

[Peter99]

1 hour ago, Tony Foster said:

 Complete amateur and no way in the league of some of the other great posts, but thought these maybe worth a share 

Hi Tony

I hope you're ok.

There's nothing wrong with those photographs - they brought back lots of memories. That's what photographs are all about; creating and evoking memories and experiences.

Thanks for taking the time to post them up.

Best wishes

Peter

[Peter99]

Nothing impressive, but this cheered my low mood today. It's pretty isn't it. 

 

[Ncfc]

Robin with my new camera. 

[Peter99]

50 minutes ago, Ncfc said:

Robin with my new camera. 

Hello mate.

It's been a while, I hope you're well. That, is a cracking picture of a beautiful bird.

Peter

[Ncfc]

15 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Hello mate.

It's been a while, I hope you're well. That, is a cracking picture of a beautiful bird.

Peter

All good here thanks and Likewise. Just started up wildlife photography but is way harder than i thought. Picture lost quality as Bluetoothed from camera to a cheap android phone. 

Same bird below. 

[Ncfc]

Red Admiral showing off. 

[Soulandy]

Had a few days in wet and windy Wales earlier this week. Not great photos as such but fun ones.  

The wife and granddaughter "clicking" on Barmouth beach 

And a couple of the steam engine's at Bala railway at Llanuwchllyn Station 

Edited August 30 by Soulandy

[Ncfc]

Birds hid up moulting atm so reduced to taking photos of squirrels on top of telegraph poles. 

[Mal C]

My daughter, "My love, can I take a picture?"

No, I dont do pictures...

Yuf of today....

[Ncfc]

Blue tit out in the sticks this morning. 

[Ncfc]

Young starling looking rather stunning in the morning sun.

[Peter99]

23 minutes ago, Ncfc said:

Young starling looking rather stunning in the morning sun.

That's a stunning photograph Chris. You're sure getting to grips with that new camera.

Well done mate.

Peter

[Ncfc]

43 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

That's a stunning photograph Chris. You're sure getting to grips with that new camera.

Well done mate.

Peter

Getting some practice in ready for my winter pike fishing season on the Broads.

Obviously while the fishing is slow i have plenty to go at with the camera. 

[Ncfc]

Wheatear on the move back to Africa.This one passing through Gt Yarmouth today.

[Ncfc]

Male and female Stonechats

[Ncfc]

On 07/09/2024 at 16:41, Ncfc said:

Male and female Stonechats

Edit it is a male and Juvenile male. 

[Ncfc]

Little Grebe lift off.

[Jaco]

Couple of pics from the Danube at night.

Parliament building and Buda Castle

[Twoshoes]

12 hours ago, Jaco said:

Couple of pics from the Danube at night.

Parliament building and Buda Castle

If you are interested in the history of Hungary and Budapest we found The House of Terror museum to be very good, frightening what people will do to their own citizens. You do though to get the best out of it have to spend time watching the various videos so if your time is short best to give it a miss and stick to the sights. Great pics by the way.

[Peter99]

34 minutes ago, Twoshoes said:

If you are interested in the history of Hungary and Budapest we found The House of Terror museum to be very good, frightening what people will do to their own citizens. You do though to get the best out of it have to spend time watching the various videos so if your time is short best to give it a miss and stick to the sights. Great pics by the way.

Even in modern times the people of the old eastern bloc suffered a great deal under the old communist regimes. I've spent time in Romania, was an unpaid Director of a childrens orphanage for a while, and as an aside to that work I learnt a great deal from my Romanian friends. Romania is a stunning country. Some of you will have seen the video we produced back in 2009 I think. I'm one of the lead protagonists in our infamous annual Lupta cu apa! I always let Costica win - you can see me with the hose pipe!

 

 

 

[Peter99]

My very tall Sunflower has just the one bloom which has opened today. It's a rubbish photograph; but the plant is tall! It's just about reaching the branches of the Mock Cherry tree in next doors drive - should I try and climb it tonight. Could there be a crock of gold up there? 

[Jaco]

8 hours ago, Twoshoes said:

If you are interested in the history of Hungary and Budapest we found The House of Terror museum to be very good, frightening what people will do to their own citizens. You do though to get the best out of it have to spend time watching the various videos so if your time is short best to give it a miss and stick to the sights. Great pics by the way.

Thanks for the tip but we didn’t get to it. So many things to cram in on a short trip. Amazing city.

[Soulandy]

2 for the price of 1 round here on Thursday

[Tony Foster]

Evening from the bridge in Conwy

 

[Mike]

iPhone test

edit - below added

iphone use the HEIC format for storing images

When uploading them on here the iphone converts them to jpeg format first and then uploads ok, as per above

However if you save them off somewhere from your iphone and then try and upload them you may hit issues

if you do hit issues you can either convert them to jpg or similar format and upload/share

or upload them direct from the iphone

let me know if an issue and need any help

cheers

mike

Edited September 17 by Mike
explanation

[Peter99]

As per usual the quality of my picture isn't great; just taken with my iphone. But, nonetheless here's a picture of one of my sunflowers with a busy bee, taken in yesterday's afternoon sunshine. 

 

[Ncfc]

Juv Stonechat on the gorse

[Tony Foster]

Conwy 

[Tony Foster]

An attempt at capturing the beauty of nature.

[Ncfc]

The Goldfinch on the dog walk this morning.

[Mal C]

Light from the super moon in Allt-yr-Yn. No filters on this one, straight point and shoot. 

[Soul16]

Whilst not technically great (phone camera and through a pane of glass), I think this photo captures the joy that having a garden bird feeding from your hand brings.

It only took a couple of weeks to get him to do this. It's now a 3 times daily event.

[Ncfc]

6 hours ago, Soul16 said:

Whilst not technically great (phone camera and through a pane of glass), I think this photo captures the joy that having a garden bird feeding from your hand brings.

It only took a couple of weeks to get him to do this. It's now a 3 times daily event.

Great photo.

My photography companion.

[Mal C]

Dunraven Bay (Southerndown beach), a fossil hunters paradise. Good for a swim as well...

[Mal C]

Just saw this on Linkedin, Manhattan, New-York, 1888. Picture of some salty looking dudes...