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Miss Penelope, one of our resident female Anna's Hummingbirds, sipping nectar! She is enjoying our George Davidson Crocosmia flowers.
Taken in Hillock Wood, Buckinghamshire where everything I needed all appeared at the same time, mist, sunlight and autumnal colours and simply in awe of the spectacle that faced me.
So, same tree as the first shot I posted from this session but taken at a different time and about 6 foot to the right as the sun had moved. Amazed at the dynamic range that was in the raw file, no hdr for this.
It is the third largest freshwater loch in Scotland with a surface area of 38.5 square kilometres (14.9 sq mi). It is the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, measuring 41 kilometres (25 mi) from end to end with an average width of 1-kilometre (0.62 mi). The loch runs approximately south-west to north-east, roughly parallel to the two sea lochs of Loch Etive and Loch Fyne. Via the River Awe and Loch Etive it drains westward from its northern end and thus into the Atlantic Ocean. At the narrowest section of the loch are North Port (Taychreggan Hotel) and South Port (Portsonachan Hotel). Once used by cattle drovers, a ferry ran between these shores to facilitate crossing to markets beyond. The Transatlantic Cable, which runs through the village of Kilchrenan, was laid across at this point in 1955.
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I live in San Diego, California, so I am no stranger to spectacular Pacific sunsets. That said, I spent several years at sea with the Navy and sunsets on the open ocean are on a different plane. While this is not from the deck of a ship, it is from Two Lovers Point on Tumon Bay in Guam.
I don't know if there is science to back up the theory that the cloud formations are inherently different...but I can say that I certainly miss this aspect of my former career.
Looking north east on the banks of Loch Awe, I could sit here all day long, as every moment that passes offers something new to cherish
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Our journey most days started and ended with us driving passed Kilchurn Castle, so i thought i would take the opportunity "as it would be rude not to" to photograph it over the three days of passing!
And I can't fake another smile (and I can't fake)
And I can't fake like I'm alright (no smile)
Ooh, ah (ooh, ah, ooh)
And I won't say I'm feeling fine (I'm feeling fine)
After what I been through, I can't lie
Ooh, ah (ooh, ah)
Here you see the ruin of Kilchurn Castle on the shores of Loch Awe (Argyll & Bute, Scotland).
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Part of a wider panorama that sweeps round from Kilchurn Castle, past the feet of towering Ben Cruachan (1126 metres) round to this promontory into Loch Awe..... and fresh Scottish midges.
I knew my trained assassin skills had not deserted me. Can you find the two men lurking in the woods?
It's just a shame there wasn't a herd of gingery Highland cows paddling in the waters in the foreground.
There have been several eagle sightings in my neighborhood, but I was not lucky enough to see one until yesterday am. I came out of my driveway to a nearby crossroad and this one was straight ahead of me in a pecan tree. Of course, no camera in the car, but he was kind enough to wait on me to pull off this still shot and then he flew. Luckily, I had installed my telephoto and new extender the day before!!
Der VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach (kurz AWE) war ein Automobilhersteller im thüringischen Eisenach. Das 1896 als Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach gegründete Werk wurde 1928 von den Bayerischen Motoren Werken AG übernommen und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verstaatlicht. 1953 erhielt das Werk den endgültigen Namen VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach und produzierte ab 1955 den Wartburg. 1991 wurde das Unternehmen von der Treuhandanstalt geschlossen. Gleichzeitig eröffnete Opel ein Werk in Eisenach, das die Tradition der Autoindustrie in der Stadt fortführt.
Kilchurn Castle is a ruined structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was first constructed in the mid-15th century as the base of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who extended both the castle and their territory in the area over the next 150 years. After the Campbells became Earls of Breadalbane and moved to Taymouth Castle, Kilchurn fell out of use and was in ruins by 1770. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland and is open to the public in summer.
Being in Mount Athos, you inevitably seek to shed light into the most dark corners of your own existence...
Location, Iviron monastery, Mount Athos (Agio Oros), Hellas.
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I've taken a look back through my archives and have started re-visiting a few images either re-editing or processing previously untouched frames. This is one such frame of a sunrise from 2010, I hope it isn't too boring taking this action.
Another image from a perfect morning for photograph on Loch Awe. The conditions were constantly changing as the mist rolled in and out several times creating different moods and light. This is a panoramic stitch as the castle emerged from a particularly thick patch of mist.
A gentle light on woodland floor,
Surely life must need of more,
To grow through leaves with trees so tall,
A long way down this light must fall,
But natures knows her plants can cope,
It’s from our feet she'll trust and hope.
Robin
I was very excited when I spotted this last week on our hike in Dundas & was able to catch the awe of forest light
FREE ALL HEALTHY WILDLIFE THEY HAVE RIGHTS.
This loch extends for 21 miles from Dalmally in the North to Torran in the South plus a long 4 mile finger-like extension from Trevine to Bridge of Awe.
It looks very calm here but when the wind is blowing down it it can be very unforgiving, there have been many tragedies caused by boats being capsized by the unwary. I lost a good friend to it when his rowing boat overturned with 4 others on board, all perished.
A view across one of the islands on Loch Awe a few miles north of Ledmore in Assynt, Scotland. This was taken late in the afternoon at the end of a superb day spent on the summit of Canisp.
I would say that 95% of the photos taken of this post have a boat moored to it. It was out on the water that morning.
I like the grasses and the scabious growing around it and the jaunty angle it has assumed.
A black and white, long exposure, landscape image of two strangers standing in awe in front of Skógafoss in Southern Iceland.
I have been working on this image for quite some time now, returning to it from day to day. I think I am finally happy with this completed edit. I don't normally do black and white landscape images but I really think this one benefits from that treatment. I hope you all like it too. :-)