I know, the colour of this bird has nothing to do with the Holidays, but it does look rather festive! A Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is a nice addition to any winter scene!

Short days and northern weather.

Early afternoon, northern Norway, November 2016.

Part of the river Lynher at Golberdon nr Callington Cornwall. i have been after a good Autumn scene over the last few weeks and came across this gorgeous tree full of deep red leafes ... Thank you for looking and comments

Berrington Hall Garden.

Taken this evening at Dell Quay Marina near Chichester. I took 25 pictures over an hour and a half standing in cold water just to get this one good one. So don't worry when the pro on his vlog tells you he always does it in one. Maybe he does maybe he doesn't. Most of us don't.

86seconds exposure

Manual

EV0.33

F13

ISO64

58mm

I used an ND 4 grad filter as the sky was so bright with the sun starting to dip down to the right.

I also used an ND10 to get the effect on the water but also to try and get as much colour in the frame as I could as the sun was starting to go behind a massive bank of cloud just out shot.

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights

Another 'too far away to shoot' Kingfisher at Westhay.

This month's Snap Happy theme is 'Scarlet'.

It doesn't get any more Scarlet than these craypots and ropes in Apollo Bay!

Please respect the group rules when commenting and keep it positive folks . . . no mention of anything negative please.

An eight shot drone panorama of Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens at sunset

Selective Colour is a process that highlights one colour or a coloured object in an otherwise black and white image. This makes the selected color pop .

There are different ways to create an image with a selective colour:

1. You might have a camera with an inbuilt Selective Colour edit tool

2. You can use an editing software which is provided in the internet – many are free to download

3. You create a black and white scene (or with different shades of grey) and insert an item of vibrant colour and take a photo of that scene.

I am the winner of a White Balance Expodisc www.expoimaging.com/product-overview.php?cat_id=1&key...

Thanks Jason at Learning Digital Photography Forum

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somewhere there's the perfect balance of form, movement and colour

~ Dechen Shak-Dagsay, Tina Turner - Lotus Sutra / Purity of Mind ~

Handheld shot. Lily pads in a lake. Colour adjustments.

Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

National Trust, Dyffryn Gardens. I was fascinated by this splash of winter colour and spent a happy hour in this area of the gardens,.

The shades are translucent by the flower blooms.

Colour version of a recent photo from Macclesfield's Treacle Market. I love the vintage feel of this stall :)

Runner up in the Landscape category of the Practical Photographer magazine Photographer of the Year competition 2010. Ian Bramham won the round with Cloud Machine, and in my mind was unlucky not to scoop the overall prize with his amazing shot:

www.flickr.com/photos/ianbramham/4368926776/

West Ealing

The colour in the sky was being reflected in the wet sand, so I thought it was time to play with some long exposure panning shots. This is taken on Berrow beach and is a 2 second exposure. The camera was mounted on a tripod to try and keep the horizon level.

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A field in East Yorkshire I just coudnt resist poking the camera lens through the bars of the gate

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Flower Themes - Orange Flowers - Week 1012

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Early summer colour in the North York Moors

Have I changed the colour in this? Yes, I DEsaturated the reds by 10% to try and keep it real.

/@Work with cracking great light today, Enjoy! :-)))

Panasonic DC-G9M2

OM 150-400mm F4.5 + MC-14

/edited to taste