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From the same day as www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/26730944450, a great day for cloudscapes, with sun and rain, and amazing clouds everywhere. I still have so many shots of my Gothenburg period, and this shows the start of spring in this nice city.
Cheddar Gorge
Driving home from Wales on Sunday I stopped at Cheddar Gorge to meet up with my friend Scott for sunset.
This is a bit of a long one so settle down for a. nice cuppa...
We met in the car park at the pack of the gorge and took the slog up the hill to the top. Everything was going well until we got to the spot where we needed to set up and Scott had realised he'd lost his phone on the way up. So, off he went looking for it while I carried on watching the sunset.
I got a few shots off and finally, Scott came back, albeit empty handed and pissed off about losing his phone. We decided to call it a day, but ladies and gentlemen, there is a twist...
As we walked back in the fading light Scott stopped randomly at various places and called to his Google assistant on his phone, and thankfully near to the spot where he thought he'd lost it he shouted OK GOOGLE and low and behold, his phone heard him and lit up like a Christmas tree!! It was hidden near a tree and probably wasn't very visible during the daylight, but the wonders of modern technology and the darker light helped us find it with no bother.
So, in the end, it was a bit of a wasted journey for Scott but at least he'd found his phone and the evening wasn't a complete disaster.
Here's the first of two shots I took, I hope you like it.
The Lauteraarhorn is a peak (4,042 m) of the Aarmassif in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It lies close to the Schreckhorn (to the north) and the Finsteraarhorn (to the south). At the foot of the Lauteraarhorn lie the Lauteraar and the Finsteraar Glaciers, tributaries of the Unteraar Glacier.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauteraarhorn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unteraargletscher
Taken from the Panoramastrasse Oberaar, between Grimsel Pass and Oberaarsee.
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Wishing you all a safe and peaceful holiday spent just the way you like to.
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Fumarole di Fosso Pisano.
"A fumarole (or fumerole - the word ultimately comes from the Latin fumus, "smoke") is an opening in a planet's crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide. The steam forms when superheated water vaporizes as its pressure drops when it emerges from the ground. The name solfatara, from the Italian solfo, "sulfur" (via the Sicilian language - compare to the volcano Solfatara), is given to fumaroles that emit sulfurous gases."
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Another one from the archives not processed before, again from early this year. I had to put in this one, the wave looks so like a toy teddy bear. February had some fairly exceptional weather with 3 named Storms for high winds and the wettest February since records began. On Saturday 29th February I again visited Newhaven to take in Storm Jorge, so named by the Spanish Met Office. Conditions were ideal with the rain having cleared earlier in the morning leaving sunshine and the winds increasing behind the front. The tides were also ideal being at 2.15. For this one I was on a high shingle beach safe from the waves and shooting with a long lens.
The wall is a breakwater for the harbour and with a serious storm massive waves come in from the SW and hit the breakwater also creating a lot of backwash and turbulence. This picture was taken about 1 and a half hours before high tide.
This picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Minolta 75-300mm zoom at 210mm. Taken handheld. No chance of a steady tripod in those conditions. The image was processed first in Camera Raw Editor. Then it was Topaz Denoise followed by Topaz Clarity and more contrast with an adjustment layer. Converted to Mono using Topaz B&W Effects.
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This was a quick phone snap from my long awaited visit to the Sky Garden at the weekend. A fantastic place where the views over London are immense, and the wine rather expensive!! (I did not indulge at £9 for a miniscule glass, perhaps that's normal London prices but I got a whole bottle for a tenner at Pizza Union afterwards!)
I'd highly recommend a visit if you get the chance, photography is a bit tricky as once the interior lights come on there's a lot of glare on the windows, but regardless of that it's an amazing place to sit and watch all the lights come on as London gets ready for dark.
Edited in Snapseed to disguise the glare and bring a bit of drama and texture to the sky, and because I just can't help myself 😂
Excerpt from www.tourismoxford.ca/things_to_do/outdoors/trails_and_hik...:
The Veterans’ Memorial Walkway, which is part of the Trans Canada Trail was renamed on July 1, 2006 and starts at Bridge and Rolph Street and ends at Quarterline Road. The trailhead is landscaped with a large limestone marker, gardens and benches. Parking is located across the road from the trailhead. The Trans Canada Trail continues along Quarterline Road south to Newell Road and south on Bayham Drive to Highway #3.
- a flatlay for Saturday Self-Challenge: knolling
In 1987, in the quiet after-hours at Frank Gehry’s furniture shop, as a janitor named Andrew Kromelow cleared up, he would gather stray tools and experiment with arranging them in a grid-like pattern.
He called the practice “knolling,” after the hard angles of Knoll furniture, a popular brand that Gehry was designing for at the time.
Today, knolling more often refers to the art of spacing out objects on a flat surface at tidy angles to one another and photographing the arrangement from above.
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From the volcano eruption in Geldingadalur, Iceland. This is from my second trip there, in May in a flight. The crader is much bigger and the eruption is pulsating but the lava flow is steady. The area I walked on in the first time is now under lava. It was snowing most of the time, making photoshooting not easy.
Definitely one of my favorites from the trip...
Another shot from high above Montana on our drive to Yellowstone. Pretty incredible scenes from Beartooth Highway.
Another from the recent set at Clevedon Pill.....high tide and sunset....
Clevedon Pill, Somerset, UK.
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Several evenings ago two of my husband's colleagues from Stockholm came over for dinner. One of them brought me a bouquet of gorgeous irises. The other brought a bottle of wine.
From some places of Kolovrat ridge, we have the whole massif of Krn in front of us. Here, it's with some scenery in front.
Although this small lookout tower appears to belong to the castle, I think it was built at a later date, more as an ornamental folly, Ravenscraig castle was on of the first Castles built to withstand attack by canons.
The Castle of Ravenscraig fell into the hands of the St Clair Family who were in actual fact Norse royalty, and the Shetlands and other isles around there were the property of Norway.
The Chapel of Roslin across the Forth was built by the St Clairs, also those who read/seen The Da Vinci Code will no doubt know this already, but it may also interest many that quite few of the Masonic Lodges also take their name from the St Clairs.
From Steve Race's boat trip.
RSPB Bempton:
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/bempton-...
SCOUT: "Daddy? Daddy!"
DADDY: "Yes Scout?"
SCOUT: "Daddy, I want everyone to see the beautiful Little Red Riding Hood that I received as a Christmas gift from Father Christmas and the Christmas Bear this year!" *Preens.* "I look soooo pretty in it! Can you put my photograph on Looking Close on Friday? Please!"
DADDY: "But Scout, the theme for this week is red bows."
SCOUT: "Well, my new Little Red Riding Hood ties with a bow under my chin!" *Nods emphatically.* "See?" *Points to bow with paw.*
DADDY: "Hhhmmm... well, that is true, Scout, it does." *Doubtful.* "However, it's very small! The bow needs to be more of a focal point for the photograph."
SCOUT: "Oh I can fix that, Daddy!" *Smiles.* "Wait there!" *Rushes away before coming back with a big red bow tied under his chin.* "Now can you put my photograph on Looking Close on Friday, please Daddy?"
DADDY: "Goodness! Where did that ribbon come from?"
SCOUT: "It was one of the ones you collected from Christmas Day, yesterday. I think I look pretty!" *Preens more.* "Now, can you PLEASE put my photograph on Looking Close on Friday, Daddy, so that everyone can admire me?"
DADDY: "Alright Scout."
SCOUT: "Oh thank you, Daddy!" *Preens even more.* "I knew you would see it my way... eventually."
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 26th of December is "red bow". My little bear Scout received this beautifully made Little Red Riding Hood cape from Father Christmas and the Christmas Bear for Christmas this year, and whilst Scout is correct, it does tie with a bow, the bow was very small, so being a master of dress-ups, Scout embellished his new cape with a lovely big red bow! I hope you like my choice for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
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From inside the small cave that has formed below the Skútafoss water falls. Located in a small valley behind Vestrahorn, not far out of the tunnel headed east on the ring road in Southeast Iceland.
New Bridge near Calver Derbyshire. Along the river Derwent, rifletions of the bridge and mill. Looking from the Calver side.
Taken from the tombolo beach of Bournda Island where it meets the mainland. A very strong, cold wind blowing this day and whipping up the sand in this area. Regular waves were crashing on the rocks here. Bournda National Park on the Far South Coast of NSW.
There was tiny avalanches rolling down the side of this mountain and the rangers were doing avalanche control that day.... I managed to get some cool shots of that. Straight from the Canon 40D with some sharpness added.
” The mountains are the last place where a man can feel truly wild”
Appreciate you! Stay Wild!
Excerpt from “A Short Walking Tour of the Yates Street Heritage District”:
29 Yates Street was constructed in 1854 for Thomas B. Bate, also of the Thomas & Bate Brewing Company. It was owned by the Bate family until 1935 when it was purchased by Henry T. Taylor, a descendant of Bate’s partner James Taylor. The house has contained several apartments since that time. It was built in the Classic Revival style as shown by its detailed eaves line and rectangular windows with shutters. The entrance portico, however, is distinctly Italianate, projecting from the façade of the building. It has been enclosed recently with curved doors matching the arched opening.
From scraps. Had a huge bag of brown/rust/beige that i never seem to use. Added some orange/red scraps to pretty it up.
Inspired by this beauty: www.flickr.com/photos/seweccentric/2412766466/in/set-7215...
Taken from the same point as the preceding photo - that is, from a little hill in the nature reserve "Gemene Weidebeek" near Bruges, Flanders. The cows are grazing in the evening light, several looking for some shade in this hot summer. From bottom right to middle left you can just about see the bed of a brook: the water has dried up, and the cows have traversed the brook to the meadow on the other side. This photo reminds me of some of the paintings by Emile Claus, a famous Belgian painter.
Looking east from Mogshade Pond nr Minstead, new Forest National Park
Well this wasn't what I was expecting when I set off at about 04:30am to go and shoot some heather with the hope of some mist. I went to Bratley View to see what was going on and was pretty disappointed as when I got there not a hint of mist and no obvious shots 'near' the parking area as light was flat and I could not spend long as had to get to work. I thought I'd go scout the area around Mogshade pond on the other side of the road whilst I was there.
Started shooting but light remained mostly flat with the odd burst of light when the sun briefly found a gap in the clouds.
However, across to the east there seemed to be some light coming through and when I glanced back the next time a small area of the landscape was really kicking off!
I quickly banged on the 70-200mm lens and forgot about heather and just started snapping away. It was just a few mins then the sun rose a bit too high but for those few mins the mixture of light generating the heat to create the mist was fabulous to see. It was no more then a few degrees on the horizon but the power of the zoom really brings the image to life. Wished I hadn't left the 100-400mm in the car!
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