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A quick walkabout our garden reveled a treasure trove of fungi.
Top left: Purple Jelly-disc or Jelly-cup - one I'd never seen before.
Top right: Honey Fungus
Bottom right: Sulphur Tufts
Bottom left: Hairy Curtain Crust (?) & Smoky Polypore on a felled/dead beech tree
I wouldn't dream of trying to identify or even eat any of these. We have an estate forager for that! He takes our cottage guests out and about on foraging walks.
As the guide says... "Never Munch on a Hunch"
Day 26 of the October 2016: a month in 31 pictures.
I collected Clyde (and his sister, Bonnie) 7 years ago today
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The Money Shot
This is my 16th submission for the October 2012 A month in Pictures project.
www.flickr.com/groups/photoadayforamonth/
My complete set of pictures for this challenge can be found here - MY OCTOBER 2012 SET
Yesterday I found an un-checked Euro Millions Lottery ticket from 27th July 2012, when I typed the numbers into the online checker I found that I had won the princely sum of £2.80 !!!!
Well today as soon as the local shop opened I was in there like a rat up a drain pipe to collect my winnings.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 40mm macro lens
F20 @ 1/60 second exposure
ISO 100
On-camera flash
White card background
Two layers created in CS5 - one processed with Topaz Adjust and the other with Silver Efex Pro - then the opacity of the Silver Efex layer reduced to 58%
Despite a dire weather forecast, the day actually ended up quite nice. Took a walk before dinner. Despite appearances this is not a cloud, it's steam from the power station which has been working flat out today.
Photo 24/31 October picture a day.
29 October. New princess cut aquamarine engagement ring hot off the bench.
4.50mm Princess Cut Aquamarine (0.44ct)
0.30ct tapered baguettes
View 2013 set or View 2012 set or View 2011 set
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A month in 31 pictures. View all the group shots
Shot taken for the Photo-a-day-for-a-month group . This is my photo for 18th October
Living directly on a flight path I no longer photograph planes anymore unless something special comes in and I just happen to be in the garden, or if something comes in at a different angle. Today this helicopter came in at a different angle and quite low so I gave it a bit of my attention. This is the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance.
Canon 50D | 70-300mm@300mm | 1/640 SEC | F5.6| ISO 400 |
The rest of my October Challenge set here: www.flickr.com/photos/janflicks/sets/72157631674212094/wi...
Just realised I can't post this in all the black and white groups now! I may end up replacing this with either one or the other version on it's own...
Took at little bag out on my walk today and brought home a few bits to photograph. Not the best specimens, but was keen to photograph my new little vases.
Photo 23/31 for the October picture a day group.
Photo 57/117 Still Life for the 117 Pictures in 2017 challenge.
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Noticed a new bud poking through the leaf above it today. Sort of reminds me of a seahorse.
Photo 5/10 for the October Picture a Day Group.
Photo 11/31 October Picture a Day
The Rookery is not so far away, and several times a day they fly above my house, headed for the fields for a peck around. Here they are taking a moment, mid-way between the rookery and the field in the late afternoon sun.
I didn't know Marion Smith (1947-2020) but this is her memorial bench in Queens Park Loughborough. Amongst other things she was a keen bee keeper, chair of Loughborough in bloom, an international athlete and a councillor at the Borough Council. The pigeons seem to like her bench, I think perhaps park visitors are putting food there.
Photo 20/31 October Picture a Day.
2 October.... and it's raining, there's always a macro shot to fall-back on, and my 'other job' as a bespoke jewellery designer and photographer. Now who wants to buy this beautiful sapphire and diamond ring?!
View 2012 set or View 2011 set
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The children and dogs enjoying the sea... all now soaked!
Similar scene to another I took for the challenge this week... but too good to not use.
My good neighbours have chickens and sometimes a few come my way. This week 4 hens eggs and 2 smaller Bantam eggs, and I've had some of them poached on wholemeal toast for lunch today.
Photo 07/31 for the October Picture a Day Group, and also 101/116 Food for Free for the 116 Pictures in 2016 group.
Hat: customised ebay buy
Hat pin: made it myself
Glasses: Theo
T-shirt and top: Primark
Longsleeved cardigan: Primark
Sleeveless cardigan: Zara Girls
Skirt: handmade by me
Petticoat: Dear Celine
Leggings: handmade by me
Socks: HEMA
Boots: Schuh
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For a lot of my life I didn't really like fruit; it wasn't a taste thing, more I couldn't bear the texture of it. I'm pleased to say that has (for the most part) changed and I eat a lot more. Today was a first for me, I ate a fig. It has to be said though that the prime reason for buying the fig was to photograph it.
As usual for my still life shots, I had no clear idea of what I was going to do - it just evolved by trying different backgrounds, bases, props and light. Ended up with black background, natural light and reflector.
Shot taken for my October Picture a day challenge.
A mosaic composite of my 31 pictures taken for the Photo-a-day-for-a-month group
1. Two's company, 2. Eat Me!, 3. Smart Car, 4. My Birthday Boys, 5. Bubble Blowing Fly, 6. An Open & Shut Case, 7. Squirter, 8. I'm a Lumberjack, 9. Buzzard, 10. Hello Leiobunum Rotundum, 11. Town Hall, Loughborough, 12. Barbie with Rembrandt Lighting, 13. Autumn on Ice, 14. A Sunday Ramble, 15. A Cheesey Grater Shot, 16. Spiral, 17. A Day of Pampering, 18. Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance, 19. Oily flag, 20. Conserving Energy (Feathered Thorn moth), 21. Flower Splosh, 22. I could have had a Pandora, 23. A hole in the net, 24. Concentration, 25. Grate Cutlery, 26. Autumn Berries & Bokeh, 27. An Autumn Amble, 28. Ted's Extra Hour, 29. An Elegant Lady, 30. Haunted House of Horror Cakes, 31. Brad & Angelina take a break from the kids
Created with BigHugeLabs Mosaic maker (free). bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php
So after realising that I had missed the start (but bluffing my way back into the game) I have at least tried to produce a photograph specifically for the October Challenge. Here you go... obviously I ran out of time, so a night shot with one hour to go is what I am offering. Take it or leave it!
It's Broken
This is my 29th submission for the October 2012 A month in Pictures project.
www.flickr.com/groups/photoadayforamonth/
My complete set of pictures for this challenge can be found here - MY OCTOBER 2012 SET
This is a shot of my beloved Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM wide angle lens.
I bought it in January of this year and it is the most favourite of my lenses and is the one lens that is always in my bag when I go out.
Unfortunately yesterday whilst on an URBEX trip with Steve K - my tripod with camera and the above lens toppled over and the lens is no more.
I turned round and can only describe what I saw as a slow motion sequence where the tripod was falling away from me and I was unable to get to it in time before it hit the floor.
The lens hood met the ground first and smashed into the three peices as seen above and the front of the lens hit the ground almost square on - amazingly neither the filter or the glass of the lens suffered even a scratch - about a third of the metal flange (in-front of the gold ring has gone and both the AF and manual focusng are totally kaput - the zoom still works however as can bee seen in the shot the focus it stuck beyond infinity..........
A call to the household insurance people will be made tomorrow...........
I have checked over the camera and it appears to have suffered no damage whatsoever - quality kit them Nikons !!
Nikon D7000
Nikon 35mm lens
F5.6 @ 1/60 second exposure
ISO 100
On-camera flash
Walking up to Haytor I met Simon who has invented an offroad ponytrap for the disabled. Obviously I had a go with it! He's looking for more opportunities to use this machine, and it looks like a good thing for a bit of crowd-funding.
The Garden of The George Public House in Earley, Reading on the bank of the river Loddon. Didn't have time even for a swift half ...
I have decided to use my nifty-fifty for this year's October Challenge. I couldn't resist popping my Raynox macro convertor on, today, when I spotted this spider on the window. Hope that's not considered to be cheating.
Lots of shots this evening... all combining sunset at roadside. Going for a rural/ industrial thing. More to post soon. View On Black
Day 27 of www.flickr.com/groups/photoadayforamonth/
Other days: www.flickr.com/photos/rmrayner/sets/72157627683367119/show/
Down to the last second !!
This is my 5th submission for the October 2012 A month in Pictures project.
www.flickr.com/groups/photoadayforamonth/
My complete set of pictures for this challenge can be found here - MY OCTOBER 2012 SET
Really did leave it to the last second - very rainy night and I was all out of ideas so decided to shoot my iPhone showing the time and use the traffic lights and street lamps as the backdrop - the rain on the window and the wide apature created some interesting and colourful Bokeh.....
Nikon D7000
Nikon 35mm lens
F1.8 @ 1/20 second
ISO 100
iPhone 4 showing time !!
"Sweet Childhood" for Cherry On Top Group.
She won't go anywhere without them.
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"Doce Infância" para o grupo Cherry On Top.
Europa não vai a nenhum lugar sem os seus brinquedos preferidos.
I took a lot of photos today.. but this is one of my faves.
Making the best of the October Indian Summer. We did some swimming and went to the beach. It must be summer agan. Result! View On White
Day 2 of www.flickr.com/groups/photoadayforamonth/
Other days: www.flickr.com/photos/rmrayner/sets/72157627683367119/show/
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