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One of the hidden gems of Essex. The Mardyke River runs its lazy course from the South Essex fens out to the River Thames at Purfleet. Here's a delightful little corner of it by the Davy Down Riverside Park.
(SOOC shot, no crop.)
This was a rather impromptu little long exposure taken on my phone from the 2nd floor of New Broadcasting House, looking over the piazza towards All Soul's church.
Rather than use a tripod to stabilise the 1 minute exposure time (using the incredible 'Even Longer' app), I just pressed my phone up against the window with my hand and held it there for a minute! This is the only way of capturing the piazza without lots of people in it as it's always busy ...
I think this is scarlet waxcap but happy to be corrected. Found by my friend amongst dense heather - he said one couldn't miss them - I did.
Gold and purple are the dominant colours of the New Forest heaths at this time in summer, a highlight in the seasonal chnages and a favourite time of year of mine - who says landscape photographers don't like summer! The magenta bell heather is just going over now and the ling heather coming to its best. There were no distant landscapes this morning - just a grey blanket so more intimate scenes were the order of the day.
It’s haunted. If you believe that sort of thing.
Cash’s Well, Martinhole Wood, Langdon Hills Country Park, Essex UK
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Featured in Flickr Explore during April 2021 and on the BBC’s website in May 2021 (Sky at Night gallery ‘Mapping the Milky Way’)
Single exposure taken with an astro modified A7S and Nisi Natural Night filter.
Unfortunately didn't have the right tripod with me so this is a large crop. The early frost had left droplets on the moss heads which with the sunlight converted them to mini lenses contracting the view beyond
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Old Meggison Falls lie on the Kildale estate in North Yorks. They are currently fenced off and allowed to accumulate many fallen trees so the foreground has been taken from another area. I'm guessing the estate owners got fed up with clearing up after visitors. A pity because they are one of the best falls in the area.
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Our lone Epping Forest red deer in a more noble and calmer moment. He has been injured rutting with the fallow bucks but none of that is obvious here. I don't think I realised how close I had got during my stalking.
Another good morning in the woods. I almost stumbled on to these bucks - it looks light in the pic but it was almost dark - well done digital sensor. These two appeared to be sharing a group of females - or rather were both waiting for the right signals. The animal on the right is a pale form and I expect would qualify as leucistic.
Little egrets are usually solitary and trespassers upon their territory are swiftly challenged. The bird on the left quickly got the message and departed.
youtu.be/sV7w5TaYjRA - The Big Sky by Kate Bush... love this song...
Have a great weekend, everyone :-)
The Mourne Mountains, also called the Mournes or Mountains of Mourne, are a granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. They include the highest mountains in Northern Ireland, the highest of which is Slieve Donard at 850 m. Wikipedia
Following the Mardyke as it flows underneath the M25/ A13 interchange. "Where the ragged people go."
Thurrock, Essex UK
It's that tree again; this time with parallel crop lines going up the hill. Unsure what the crop will be; I will have to wait until next year.
It's proving to be a difficult season, I imagine due to the continuing dry conditions. But here we are under a canopy of ancient trees with a little cluster of mushrooms. If anybody wants to offer an ID here I'd be grateful, I'm thinking some kind of Brick Tuft or Chestnut...
Gravel Hill Wood, Langdon Hills, Essex, England
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EXIF plus a little fill flash aimed a few degrees left at 1/64 power. WB corrected for accuracy in Affinity.