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Went out with Jerome this morning for some Mona pool work, and I must say we were gone from the start. All reports had the tide around the wrong way so we thought we were rolling up to a 1.9m high tide with a 3-4ft swell. Yes we thought over flowing pool , well it was low tide and no over flow.
This pool has been shot to pieces so I thought I would try and get something different and this is what I have come up with.
I would say the best shot I have taken for a while. I've been so busy with work this year and have felt I've been rushing my shot and processing a little, so I really took the time to slow down and have a good think about the task. I got to a point before today where I would just sit there look at a shot and literally have a mental blank as to where to start. In a sense my work flow went out the window.
It was a little scary, four years of self training went out the window. A big sigh of relief here.
I was told a few years ago to just slow down and have a good look around, take a deep breath and let it flow. Really good advice.
Hope you like.
Felix Resort close to Oradea, Romania
I took this shot from the balcony of the hotel room, above the pool.
I'd love to be able to do a flip like Brian, but, since I don't suppose that will ever happen, I guess I'll have to settle for taking photos of him in mid-air instead. That will surely save on the pain of belly and back busters!
This lake, or 'pool' in Sutton Park, is one of our favourite places to go. There are paths through the woods all around it, and which also lead on to Bracebridge Pool and Little Bracebridge pool. There is also a nice Bistro nearby which we like, and the much more upmarket "Boathouse" Restaurant - a very picturesque place.
Sutton Park has a fascinating history, and we really appreciate living so close to it!
Blackroot Pool was built in the 18th century with the primary aim of powering a watermill. The lease which allowed the pool to be constructed was granted by the Sutton Corporation in 1757 for 2 shillings (£0.10), well below what appears to have been the 'market rate'. However, the lessees were the Corporation's Warden and his nephew. The mill was initially used for leather dressing, but later became a water-powered saw mill. The modern saw mill is used to make gates, fences and other timber products from timber produced within Sutton Park. The pool is approximately 12 acres (5 hectares) in size. Angling is permitted in the pool; the main species of fish found here are Bream, Roach, Carp and Pike.
I LOVE INVITES - BUT NO MULTI-INVITES PLEASE!!! THANKS!
Dolphins lived here from at least 1988 to 1993. Now it is one of the swimming pools.
On the resort side of Hamilton Island near Catseye Beach, looking out to the Whitsunday Passage, named by Captain James Cook in 1770.
Taken on the last day of our holiday in the Whitsundays.
Many islands in the Whitsunday group, popular for yachts and cruise boats. One of our favourite places for a holiday. Hamilton Island is one and a half hours flying time North of Brisbane in Queensland.
Whitsundays July 2014
ODC Future... plan to go back soon :-)
Pool at the villa in Jávea, Alicante, Spain
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Astoria Park has one of the largest and most popular swimming facilities in the country, with a main pool and diving pool that meet Olympic standards, as well as a wading pool. At 330 feet in length, the main pool is the largest in New York City. Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, an avid swimmer himself, recognized the importance of aquatic recreation and launched a campaign to open eleven new pools throughout the city during the summer of 1936. The labor and construction came from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), whose administrator Harry Hopkins described the pool in Queens as, “The finest in the world.” Astoria Pool was a model for the other ten pools. It has been said that Moses intended it to be the grandest of the new pools because it had the best view of the Triborough Bridge, which was completed in the same year.
Perhaps the most exciting events in the history of Astoria Pool were the Olympic Trials for the U.S. Swim and Diving Teams. The pool’s grand opening was July 4, 1936, and it was on this day that the finals of the Olympic swim tryouts began. This remarkable contest returned to Astoria in 1964. The two fountains located on the east end of the pool (which now spray water twenty-five feet in the air) served as Olympic torches which burned throughout the events in 1936 and 1964. The diving pool has a 32-foot elevated platform, built to conform to Olympic standards.
[NYC Parks website]
Taken in Astoria, Queens