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There is a bit of a story behind this image.
The weather forecast had been saying mist all week for the weekend, unusual in itself as the weather usually promises much then changes completely at the last minute. In addition to the promise of Misty weather there was also the opportunity to meet up with some Togs from the deep South west that had crossed the border of Cornwall and made their way up to the grim north.
Also another tog (Mike Dutson) had been tempted to leave his beloved Lancashire and meet us in the Peaks. The last member of our party travelled over from the photographic desert of Northamptonshire.
Geoff and I travelled up after work aiming to be on Mam Tor in the dark to get the light trails of the cars snaking up the pass in the mist. It was all going to plan, we arrived on schedule, the mist and fog was swirling around, we found our compositions and started to wait eagerly for the cars to go through the pass. We waited for three hours and not a single car went through the pass. We realised as 4am approached that we had arranged to meet the other togs at Hitter Hill for sunrise, so with much grumbling, moaning and a bit of swearing, we packed up and started to go back to the car. You guessed it! as soon as we moved a van went through the pass!!! So not the composition I had hoped for but at least it was something for the nights effort
These were definitely table grapes, I tried one and it was delicious. I was just sorry I couldn't get a whole bunch off to bring home!!
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Rookie mistake: I was so busy working the focus controls on the new camera I forgot to set white balance. This is the corrected version.
Couldn't believe my timing on this one. I saw it there down the bar, looking so pristine and Andy reminded me to take it quick since the customer was about to take a drink and ruin the shot. Looks like I just made it, huh?
So that's my advice to you this weekend...grab it before it is gone!
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Space crew gave it a pet name: „The Grab”. Officially however, it is called MV-300 – a vehicle designed to search for radioactive crystals (powerful energy source) that are often found in massive rock formations. Usually it is accompanied by the team equipped with exo-suits, who extracts the crystals from the rocks. MV-300 can not only “grab” the massive rocks, but it also has an inbuilt reactor that can fuse the crystals and transform them into the fuel.
I noticed some seriously sexy clouds at around sunset yesterday… so I grabbed my camera and went out searching for something interesting to photograph.
I had an idea to visit one of the local farm dams to shoot some reflections… but the clouds were looking so good that I was forced to stop and shoot them a couple of times along the way. This was one of those times… I really liked the way that the lines created by the young wheat seedlings were leading my eyes around the hill, towards the sun and those two farm dams in the distance.
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 11mm, aperture of f11, with a 1/80th second exposure.
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Tomb, Melaten graveyard
Das Grabmal auf Melaten wurde vom Bildhauer August Schmiemann für den wohlhabenen Kaufmann Johann Müllemeister erschaffen.
The tomb on Melaten was created by the sculptor August Schmiemann for the wealthy merchant Johann Müllemeister.
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I spent quite some time watching the Chickadees eating lunch at Fort Whyte Alive.
They are very tame little birds and several flew to a branch close to me, positioned the nut in between their feet and nibbled at it like we do with corn on the cob.
I was surprised to see so many nuts available for them, usually the squirrels sniff out the goodies and munch everything in sight.
(HAS FLICKR BEEN EXTRA SLOW FOR ANYONE ELSE?? This past week I've had more problems with streaming on this site than ever before. My computer has had to "recover the webpage" every 10-15 minutes while I'm on and navigating through groups has been more than tiresome.)
Captured a few days ago for Window Wednesday.
Up early before dawn woking at the computer next thing I now the room is aglow with golden light.
Grabbed the iPhone rushed to the window and fired off a few shots.
Very lightly edited on the iPad in Snapseed.
Happy to remove if this beyond the guidelines for WW. They do say thru windows is ok, but as there is no frame showing, or windows on the other side in view, maybe this doesn't qualify.
HWW to window stalkers and a great rest of the week to all.
been a while since i touched my camera. i've been busy with other things and also not feeling very creative or active.
this shot was in my library and its from a surf trip in 2004 during the biggest swell that year.