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13th December 2017:
I've had this idea going through my head for awhile now, although it's not quite what I'm after, but that might come later.
Although it's not raining - at the moment, there's a very cold wind blowing which kept me inside. I did get as far as the garden!
I was determined to get to grips with the white balance on the Panasonic for a start. (Which will please Les Fisher I'm sure!)
So I got my black glove and my white stiff paper and fired off a few photos. In some of them I had to adjust the white balance afterwards, but making sure I'd set the WB correctly on the camera for this one, other than a slight crop is SOOC.
Now all I need to do now is check I can take an inside photo next without making a mess with my horrible orange light.
I'm fighting my way through the battle of leaving comments. Sorry if they all look a bit different to the way I usually write them. Though Flickr staff say they're working on it ................
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Ruth Ann and I will have a quiet day at home on Christmas (today), but Tuesday all the family members who live in Virginia will be at Carol, Jim, and Isabella's home near Williamsburg.
Happy Holidays!
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That is how this Great Blue Heron described himself on the dating app for birds. Maybe he wasn't being misleading! (for those of you not familiar with American idioms, that means tall and good-looking).
National Theatre, South Bank, London, England, UK.
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The old aeroplane hangar at the Gatow airfield (Berlin).
Formerly used by the Royal Airforce during the cold war.
Today part of the German Airforce Museum Gatow.
Still a lot under construction (December2017)
IITC Volvo FL10 (98-C-24022) at their Tramore Road Depot, Cork 19th December 2017, in use as a yard shunter.
15th December 2017:
The left hand side of my our bed used to snore terribly so I had earplugs to get some sleep. For quite awhile all has been quiet and I stopped buying them. The left hand side of the bed had stopped snoring.
Oh no; for the last week and a half I've been kept awake by the left hand side of my our bed. So when Rufus took it him out for a walk yesterday, I suggested they stopped off at the chemist and bought me some earplugs. They did and I had the best night's sleep in ages. The left hand side of our bed may have snored, but I couldn't hear it.
Although the sun made a rare appearance this morning the wind was pretty strong and horribly cold. I just didn't want to go out for more than a few minutes. So I took my props out as far as the garden table, placed them in various ways and took some photos. This is the one that I happened to like the best.
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Blackpool Lifeboat had just been launched on this Sunday morning ...this was a practice launch ...a colleague of mine works for the Coastguard
. . . The cardinal rule when photographing snowy owls is DO NOT get too close so as to scare them and make them fly!
In this case, a woman who was not paying attention came strolling down the dirt road where 3 or 4 of us where camped out watching this owl, and forced it to fly. We tried to wave her off from the other side, but she thought we were just being very friendly!
Have a great pre-Christmas week Facebook, Flickr, and 500px friends!
I took this last Sunday morning when the weather improved and gave me some lovely light.
I feel sorry for the chalet holders this year. The weather has been dreadful and I'm sure they aren't doing a great deal of trade.
The Christmas Market goes on until the end of the month, so maybe trade will pick up - if the weather does ...
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25th December 2017:
We got the decorations out to put on the top of the Christmas cake, but they didn't get any further than the breakfast bar.
Maybe we'll have some room left after dinner tomorrow evening to have a mince pie and a slice of cake.
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11th December 2017 Silver bauble on our Christmas tree!
Had to use a shot from the 9th because no time today!
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Capreolus capreolus
Happened to have my camera in hand as I wandered past our bedroom window, this guy was looking in.
"My," Santa exclaimed, "you're big kiddies!"
Santa, Visitors -- and Empty Benches
Merchants Square
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
With a high in the 60s and most of the rush of getting ready for Christmas behind us, two years ago we spent a pleasant several hours walking around Colonial Williamsburg one week before Christmas. This year, we're still scrambling with preparations, and have not yet gotten to Williamsburg or Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden to see this year's Christmas decorations -- and it's not as warm as two years ago.
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Digging into the almost empty November archives for a bit of colour.
I hardly got out at all last month due to the weather, hope it's better this month.
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Still cleaning out my USB key and external hard disc and came across this bench down at the Port. Can't remember if I've used it or not, but Happy Bench Monday all the same.
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21st December 2017:
A very Happy Christmas to everyone, especially those who won't be around on Christmas Day.
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The Greta oto, or Glasswing Butterfly is found in Central and South America. Most butterflies have tiny scales that adhere to the wing surface, giving them their color. Have you’ve ever held a butterfly and seen a powdery substance on your hands afterward? This powder is made up of some of the scales that have rubbed off. Glasswings have some of these scales on the periphery of the wings but the rest of the wing membranes are scale free, and therefore, clear. It’s clear that this adaptation may render them more difficult to see, track, and capture. It’s kind of a twist on an old adage, “What you see is what you get!” So, maybe the inverse is true…transparency is allusivity. #GlasswingButterfly
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9th December 2017:
Christmas arrived in a big box this morning. Sarah (my sister) sarah p packham managed to get our Christmas pudding, cake and mince pies to us. Along with some chocolate money and the two little figures, they're decorations for the cake but are also edible.
Gone down with rather an uncomfortable sore throat and need to be better by tomorrow, so I'm afraid this is a dump and run. Also excuse the clutter behind the goodies, I wasn't really concentrating on what I was doing.
Forgot to add that although the pudding and mince pies are shop bought the cake is home made. :O)
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Florida Everglades ~ #266 in Explore 1/9/17
Was a very dramatic sunset, bringing in the new year.
Captured the night before New Year's Eve... 12/30/16
(two more photos 'from this night' in the comments)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
"Moonage Daydream" - David Bowie - 1972
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCP_ZzWi0y0
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3rd Place Competition Winner ~ theme: Fire in the Sky
The Pinnacle of Photography Group ~ December 2017
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McGill's 0115 LO67CGY
Mercedes-Benz 516CDi Mellor Strata
Clydebank Bus Station
X22 Greenock.
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Actually taken earlier this month when we had some sun. Although I think I'm forgetting what that was.
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Saw this Jackdaw almost as soon as I'd left home and in case I didn't see anything else grabbed a couple of photos. At least the sky was blue at this stage.
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I was a week behind uploading and posting and I'm finally all caught up. We went to a movie and dinner tonight. Saw Lady Bird, but really wasn't crazy about it. Then to one of my favorite vegan restaurants in Chicago.
29 days left, I think I can do it!
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Christmas Lights In Containers
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Abstract.
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