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Now that I have fixed the Adobe Infrared processing challenge I can begin to play with the files. The 590nm conversion files can be push processed to do incredible things.
Botany Marshes is on the Swanscombe Peninsula; close to this spot are a number of industrial sites on the north bank of the River Thames at Northfleet. Beyond the little 'hill' in the foreground the Channel Tunnel rail link tunnel under the Thames.
More and better info here;
swanscombemarshes.co.uk/the-marshes/ with a lovely video.
91124 is seen at Botany Bay north of Retford working 1S27 the 17.30hrs Kings Cross - Edinburgh.
24/6/2020
Pole shot
I have a complicated relationship with this photo. It's very old and was taken in 2021, when I was just starting my path in photography.
Native to South and Central America and now cultivated in some southern US states, it is popularly referred to as the ‘cannonball tree’ because not only are the fruits as large, round and heavy as their namesakes, but when falling to the earth, they often do so with loud and explosive noises.
The bark, leaves and flowers have by long tradition been used for medicinal purposes by indigenous peoples. Said to have anti-bacterial, antiseptic and analgesic qualities, the bark supposedly cures colds, the juice from its leaves is good for treating malaria and for skin diseases, while chewing young leaves alleviates toothache, and the interior of the fruit can disinfect wounds.
It was such a perfect day, sky is so clear and the seawater was so clam, image taken 30 minutes before the sunset and the tide start creep in. I went down the shore via a pub call Captain Digby form Kingsgate bay.
Filter:B+W 110E ND3.0
Lens:Canon EF 17+40 f/4 L
Aperture:F/9
Exposure: 30 Sec
Lightroom
These striking, pumpkin-colored Jack-o'-Lantern Mushrooms (Omphalotus olearius) had emerged from roots of a huge but toppled windfall tree in woodland near the park's Panther Swamp.
Their species, quite poisonous, is famous for the eerie bluish-green bioluminescence of its gills, visible at night.
Sunset at Botany Bay, Botanical Beach Provincial Park, Vancouver Island. This is as far up the west side of the Island as you can go by road from Victoria.
After 3 days looking for 92's in Bulgaria i returned to find 4S45 diverted via the ECML today,so the bonus of 92 heading north on a perfect sunny evening had to be done