RSPB Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore
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Photographed at RSPB Frampton Marsh {Lincolnshire, UK}.
Ruffs are superb birds, they come in all sorts of colours, shapes and sizes!
This trio were flying fast and flow over RSPB Frampton Marsh. I wondered if it was some form of display/courtship as it was very unusual compared to the usual goose behaviour/flight.
Frampton marsh RSPB
They have planted hundreds of sunflowers this year and they are very popular with the locals
R766 and 42101 round the sweeping bend at Frampton with the second run of the day from Wagga Wagga to Cootamundra as 9S34.
Saturday 5th April 2025
Taken at RSPB Frampton Marsh. The Reed Warblers don't tend to sit right out in the open like the Sedge Warblers do. So this 'showy' individual was appreciated!
Having conquered the Bethungra Spiral with ease, CF4420, QL005 and CF4421 head through Frampton with 3964 loaded Qube grain train to Inner Harbour for export from Quandialla via Junee
Monday 28th April 2025
Making their way through the Frampton deviation, RL303, 1106, 44202 and 8037 haul a load of Barley from Junee to Joe White Malting at Minto as train 3164.
2020-10-12 Qube RL303-1106-44202-8037 Frampton 3164
Frampton Lakes.
The Common Hawker Dragonfly can be seen throughout the summer and into autumn. A fast-flying insect, it usually catches its prey mid-air. Look for it around lakes and ponds.
My thanks to everyone who viewed, faved or commented on this photo. It is much appreciated.
GM22 and CLP13 head away from Frampton with feeder train 3872 from Grong Grong to Manildra.
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Tithe barn wall.
This was taken at Frampton Tithe Barn which has featured before in the Wattle monochrome image.
I'm always a bit drawn to windows and doors, arches and portals. And so with this. The window is quite small - less than two feet square. Presumably for some sort of communication or transaction.
But I'm allergic to sepia toning so this is a challenging move for me. Cliché it may be, but I need to grow up a bit and be more accommodating and less prejudiced :)
And this image was one of those where I half think the original full colour version is more interesting - the bricks have a wonderful range of colours.
Thank you for taking the time to look. Much appreciated. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100x :)
[Handheld in daylight.
Developed in Photolab 3 going for a full range of colour and retrieving the deep shadow detail in the top of the window from the raw file.
Sharpened in Affinity using High Pass and Linear blend which is good for large features and lines I have discovered.
A fair bit of correction to the geometry to get the lines parallel.
The crop was difficult to try to get the visual tension balanced between the S truss and the window, limited by the in-camera framing. Hmmm... take more next time and crop later...
Into Nik Silver Efex for the conversion, using a colour filter to add variation in the brick brightness. Lots of micro-contrast and structure.
Lots of localised tweaking in Efex around the window, in the window, and around and in the S-shaped wall truss.
Heavy sepia toning for the silver with a more yellow tone for the paper.
Finally, a light light vignette, though quite subtle I think.]
It was a flat grey day and so with a few nice birds on the local reserves, thought I would venture out just to see them. I knew there would be a crowd of admirers for this Wryneck and so just took images when it 'popped up'. Not a fan of barbed wire, but they are such amazing looking birds, you just cant resist pressing the shutter button. This is a vertical crop from a landscape orientated image.