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This is my garden blackbird who comes for food everyday. On this occasion he flew down and had a bath right in front of me while I was photographing newts. Then he turned and looked at me and gave his alarm call - or what we normally regard as an alarm call - in fact he was attention seeking. Then he started walking up the garden path towards the house looking over his shoulder to make sure I was following. Then he sat outside the kitchen door waiting - he got fed :) But of course, we shouldn't associate dumb creatures with human traits.
Before winter gets too far past us, here's another breathtaking Rocky Mountain landscape from our recent trip. We snowmobiled up Ptarmigan Hill to 11 to 12,000 feet and were graced with this view of the sun peeking through the clouds and illuminating some peaks in the distance.
Taken with iPhone 13. The image represents the great hall of the Tate Modern Museum in London seen from above. The people below, extremely small, reinforce the idea of the majesty of the structure that surrounds them at the same time emphasized by the strong black and white, where both the light and shadow areas are extremely clear.
Well, who knows...
Mycena mushrooms, each the size of a fingernail, on a moss covered tree branch deep in the woods. Note the water drop, I didn't see it until I got the photo onto a computer screen!
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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Single shot, manual focus, SOOC, no crop.
Looking towards Macclesfield Forest from Tegg's Nose, Cheshire :)
Originally the park was called Tegge's Naze and dates back to the Bronze Age, if not further.
Thanks for looking!
I raked our lawn yesterday, and the minute my back was turned there appeared another layer of fallen leaves... I have a feeling many of the trees will be bare by the end of the weekend. So here's a photo taken recently of the October sunshine and... leaves :D
Happy to report that my camera is back from repair - it needed a new rear dial. Hopefully some new photos to come soon!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Música (abrir en nueva pestaña) / Music (Open link in new tab):🎶🎵🎶Roxy Music - Avalon🎶🎵🎵
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"Donde la samba te lleva a ninguna parte,
Y el entorno se desvanece desenfocado.
Sí, la imagen cambia a cada momento,
y no conoces tu destino". ("Avalon", Roxy Music)
Una vista de Jorquera (Albacete), en la noche, de ayer mismo; la ingente nubosidad hizo que el resplandor del sol permaneciera hasta bastante después de haber desaparecido bajo el horizonte, aportando una interesante y peculiar nota de color a la noche, que la hizo más original y elegante. Disfrutamos de una magna jornada de fotografía, en muy grata compañía de buenos colegas 👍
; y de un buen recopilatorio musical de los 80 durante el viaje🎵 🎵🎶 😄
-English:
"Where the samba takes you out of nowhere
And the background's fading out of focus.
Yes, the picture's changing every moment
and your destination you don't know it." ("Avalon", Roxy Music)
A view of Jorquera (Albacete, Spain), at night, taken just yesterday; the huge cloudiness continued to keep the sun reflection on the clouds longer after it had disappeared below the horizon, providing an interesting and peculiar note of colour to the night, making it more original and elegant. We enjoyed a great day of photography in the pleasant company of good colleagues 👍 and listening to a good 80's music playlist along the way 🎵 🎵🎶 😄
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© Francisco García Ríos 2021- All Rights Reserved / Reservados todos l.os derechos
A favourite little scene I've photographed over the last few years and I have now managed to get in quite a variety of conditions from spring to winter, although I never expected to complete the set with snow - a real bonus and treat with some persisting autumn colour.
Yesterday we woke to a fall of snow. I knew before I even opened the curtains, because of the silence. It's as though someone had put a carpet on the ground outside and all the noise was dampened... :)
Life has a been a little busy lately but I will catch up in the next day or two. Wishing you all a great weekend!
Gull hanging on the stiff breeze, in total control and taking stock of its space.
Canvey Island, Essex UK
Cropped and added a little warmth
Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
At the suggestion of Victoria Carmichael a cropped version of this with Freddie coming right at you!
CC Week 18: bokeh
A rare spectacle, certainly for me in this part of the world. Snow is such a rare event in this very sheltered part of Hampshire and I've never managed to catch snow in the New Forest before. It was forecast to be sleet only and I held very little hope.....until large flakes started to fall at home and I made the dash here. Had the place to myself, the access road a little sketchy at times but after an hour or so it was all melting and back to normal! Still, I'm glad I managed a few shots of some favourite compositions.
There's a different backdrop every time I pass this building, enjoyed the touch of winter this time.
We took a walk, but I kept hanging back to catch the light I wanted... much to the irritation of husband and daughter! I keep encouraging them to take cameras along too ;-)
Thanks for looking!
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is 127 miles (204 km) long and was built between 1770 and 1816 to connect the big industrial towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire to the port of Liverpool and America. It also connected to Hull and the North Sea via the Aire & Calder Navigation, and then to Europe and Africa.
Another 'people with phones' shot. Could also be part of a 'people sat in cafes' project :-)
Have a great day, everyone! I'm still catching up...
Música (abrir en nueva pestaña) / Music (Open link in new tab): Ida Redig - Vintersaga.
Una toma del pasado sábado, en Chinchilla de Montearagón (Albacete), justo después de nevar. Se acerca el invierno...
Taken past Saturday, in Chinchilla de Montearagón (Albacete, Spain) right after a snowfall. Winter is coming...
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© Francisco García Ríos 2021
The wetlands of the Mucking Creek surround Crown Cottage. Only a few decades ago this creek was still navigable by the Thames sailing barges, with the crew very likely taking refreshments at what was then the Crown Public House. All this was told to me by a local man whose grandfather was a barge crewman. The house is now a private residence whilst the creek is a managed nature reserve and thriving wildlife habitat. Living memories and a living landscape...!
Mucking, Essex UK
SOOC exposure, 16:9 crop
If you’re me and you pass by one of the country’s largest gas and liquid fuel storage terminals you don’t photograph the modern shiny bit, you photograph an older bit. Then convert it to monochrome. Of course you do….
Canvey Island, Essex UK
** Cliché Alert ** There is an unwritten law that says if you are holding a camera in your hand and see some old boats beached at low tide, you must photograph them. Especially if there are 3 of them. Red is a bonus point. Under no circumstances can they be new, shiny or expensive.
We are an island nation. So who am I to argue…?
Two Tree Island, Essex UK
(SOOC except for 3:2 crop.)