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This is a beast of an animal, and probably The Boss of the herd.
Managed to capture during a fantastic few hours wandering around.
Tatton Park is home to two herds of wild deer: Red and Fallow.
It is fascinating to watch them throughout the year and see the changes they experience during that time. Here are some facts about our deer and a few fun activities for you to try at home or in the classroom.
Decided to go out last night for sunset, and decided after looking at the weather forecast that the coast was going to be best bet.
Didn't get the sunset that was promised / hoped for, so decided to try some long ish exposure images instead.
Perch Rock Lighthouse, also known as New Brighton Lighthouse or Black Rock Lighthouse, is located near Liverpool in the northwest corner of the Wirral Peninsula in New Brighton, at the mouth of the River Mersey.
Perch Rock gets its name from the wooden “perch” that once held the navigational light before the lighthouse.
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder : LCPL : 3 Stop ND Filters
Autumn at Holme Fell, looking over the disused tarns. A beautiful spot to watch the start of a new day.
On the down side, a pothole on the road to the quarry punctured my tyre and bent my alloy, so I'm not convinced it was entirely worth it!
Explored - 16/11/2022!
Sony a7R III | Sony 24-105mm f4
Very recently treated myself to a new lens and today I managed to get out and have a play.
Crime Lake at Daisy Nook Country Park.
Crime Lake was formed by the embankment that carried the Hollinwood Branch Canal across a small valley.
It was a popular place of leisure in Victorian and Edwardian times.
Today it forms part of Daisy Nook Country Park, between Ashton under Lyne and Oldham
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 & 10 Stop ND Filters.
Last image from my first proper wander out since lockdown has been relaxed. I wanted to go somewhere a little further from home, but wanted some where that I knew and would enjoy.
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely.
As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels. It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier.
The lighthouse was in continuous use until decommissioned in October 1973 having been superseded by modern navigational technology. Although the lighting apparatus and fog bell have been removed, the lighthouse is very well preserved and retains many features lost on other disused lighthouses.
It was restored and repainted in 2001 when an LED lightsource was installed which flashed the names of those lost at sea; including all the 1,517 victims of the sinking of the Titanic.
Taken using :
NIsi V6 Holder.
Landscape CPL
3 Stop Med GND
6 Stop ND Filter
Benro Rhino 2 CF Tripod.
Decided to make the effort and get up and out of bed to start doing sunrises again.
This is Higger Tor / Surprise View in The Peak District, the light was fantastic for about 20 minutes and then the grey clouds just appeared.
Another from my morning at the end of May when was lucky enough to witness a fantastic sunrise.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder & Landscape CPL
Taken at The Lone Tree Llyd Padarn ( Llanberis )
Taken approx 30 minutes before sunrise, on a fantastic chilly but glorious morning.
As per usual with this location on arrival there was already one person set up, and we were 80 mins before sunrise
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Filter Holder
Nisi Landscape CPL
Nisi 3 Stop GND Filter
Leofoto Ranger Tripod
Taken a few weeks ago during a fabulous couple of hours before and during sunrise.
Crime Lake is a regular haunt of mine due to it being 15 minutes from my house.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 Stop Med GND & 6 Stop ND.
Plover Scar Lighthouse, also known as the Abbey Lighthouse, is an active 19th century lighthouse sited at the entrance of the Lune estuary, near Cockersand Abbey in Lancashire, England.
The lighthouse consists of an 8-metre-high (26 ft) white conical stone tower, with a black lantern and twin galleries, built on a rock ledge that is uncovered at low tide.
With a focal height of 6m above sea level, the light can be seen for six nautical miles. Its light characteristic is made up of a flash of white light every two seconds
Taken during an arranged K & F Concept event a couple of weeks ago.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder
LCPL
3 Stop GND Filter
3 Stop ND Filter
Benro Tripod
Decided to have a lastminute socially distanced catch up with @SAPRICE_1 at a location that is quite local to both of us.
On arrival we were both surprised to see how low the water level of the reservoir was compared to normal.
The spot I took this image from is normally approx 12 feet under water.
Dovestone Reservoir lies at the convergence of the valleys of the Greenfield and Chew Brooks above the village of Greenfield, on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester, England.
The reservoir is on the western edge of the Peak District National Park.
It supplies drinking water to the surrounding area and is a tourist attraction, providing several walks amongst picturesque landscapes.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 Stop Med GND & 10 Stop ND Filters.
It was a such a fantastic display for this years Begonia Festival, that I just kept clicking.
I will put a few more up here, but you can see many more of them on my web site at www.peterstokesphotography.com/Australian-Botanic-Gardens...
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Went out with camera last Sunday for first time in nearly 3 months, and had a thoroughly enjoyable few hours.
The rusted wreck of a survey vessel sunk in an explosion in 1946 can still be sighted when conditions are right off the coast of Merseyside, and just over a mile walk out across the sands.
The remains of the SS Denham, which can be seen off the coast of New Brighton during low tides, emerge as a memorial to a terrible accident that killed all but one of her crew.
In 1946 - less than a year after the end of World War II - the 103-ton survey vessel struck a German mine that was still hidden in the waters off New Brighton, despite the bay having been swept for such devices.
The terrible explosion tore the vessel apart, killing eight members of the crew and left only one survivor who was thrown unconscious into the water by the force of the blast.
My first proper explore since lockdown has finished, and decided I need to go back to somewhere I knew, but enjoyed.
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely.
As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels. It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier.
Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and displayed two white flashes followed by a red flash every minute; the light-source was thirty Argand lamps, mounted on a three-sided revolving array (ten lamps on each side, with red glass mounted in front of one side). There were also three bells mounted under the gallery to serve as a fog signal; they were tolled by the same clockwork mechanism that caused the lamps to revolve.
The lighthouse was in continuous use until decommissioned in October 1973 having been superseded by modern navigational technology. Although the lighting apparatus and fog bell have been removed, the lighthouse is very well preserved and retains many features lost on other disused lighthouses.
It was restored and repainted in 2001 when an LED lightsource was installed which flashed the names of those lost at sea; including all the 1,517 victims of the sinking of the Titanic.
At low tide, it is possible to walk to the base of the tower, but a 25-foot ladder is needed to reach the doorway. The lighthouse is privately owned and maintained by the Kingham family, and is a Grade II* listed building.
Taken using :
NIsi V6 Holder.
Landscape CPL
3 Stop Med GND
6 Stop ND Filter
Benro Rhino 2 CF Tripod.
Another from sunset at Perch Rock on 22-09-2020.
I was very surprised, but thankful at the lack of people at the location during this visit.
New Brighton Lighthouse (also known as Perch Rock Lighthouse and called Black Rock Lighthouse in the 19th century) is a decommissioned lighthouse situated at the confluence of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay on an outcrop off New Brighton known locally as Perch Rock.
Together with its neighbour, the Napoleonic era Fort Perch Rock, it is one of the Wirral's best known landmarks.
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely.
As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels.
It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier. Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and displayed two white flashes followed by a red flash every minute; the light-source was thirty Argand lamps, mounted on a three-sided revolving array (ten lamps on each side, with red glass mounted in front of one side).
There were also three bells mounted under the gallery to serve as a fog signal; they were tolled by the same clockwork mechanism that caused the lamps to revolve.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder & LCPL & 3 Stop Med GND Filters
Taken early November when had an early morning ish wander around NT Dunham Massey.
Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouses and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Hall and Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.
Dunham Massey's history is reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a regionally important place during the medieval period, and the seat of the Massey barons.
The Georgian mansion with the remains of a castle on its grounds is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey:
I went out on this morning with only 1 lens, and a relatively new lens to me.
This is my first image of 2021.
I had arrived a little ealier than I originally planned, but the light looked to be very promising. I had just changed my footwear, and put on another couple of layers, and was treated to a stunning sunrise.
During the 19th century Reddish Vale was noted as a source of rare and interesting wild flowers and was the favourite haunt of the rambling 'hand loom weaver botanists' referred to in Mrs Gaskell's 'Mary Barton'. Ted Duncan also recalls that 'The Vale was completely unspoilt and wild flowers bloomed in abundance...
To people who came from Gorton it was paradise
The Vale has been managed since the early 1980's as a recreational open space.
It was managed until 1985 by the Tame Valley Warden Service under an agreement within Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) aimed at maintaining and enhancing urban countryside sites. With funding from the Stockport and Tameside Councils and the Countryside Commision, a temporary visitor centre was established and a great deal of work was done to improve paths, provide better access, establish facilities and manage vegetation.
Despite these efforts there were continual pressure to develop parts of the Vale which was fiercely resisted by local residents.
In 1988 a mass rally of about 3000 local people accompanied by the Gorton Brass Band succeeded in saving the Vale from a proposed housing development. In 1990, a proposal to create an artificial ski slope in Woodhall Fields was defeated by a 7000 signature petition.
The Country Park designation was finally approved in 1993 for a much larger area than originally envisaged.
The park boundary was further expanded in 1997 to its current size of 161 Hectares and, in 2000, a Local Nature Reserve was declared, covering 81 Hectares of the Country Park.
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder & LCPL Filter
Benro Rhino 2 Tripod.
Taken a few days ago, during a fantastic but very misty sunrise at Crime Lake.
This location is within 20 minutes of where I live, and somewhere that I visit regular ish inorder to try to capture a sunrise.
To date this is the longest Long Exposure I have attempted.
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 Stop GND & 10 Stop ND Filter.
Crime Lake is halfway between Woodhouses and the Visitors' Centre and forms part of the Daisy Country Park.
It resulted from canal works at the time of construction in 1794 .
As built, the canal severed the course of a brook and a culvert was made below the canal to accommodate this. A landslip blocked this and the waters were impounded on the offside of the canal.
The new lake and canal became one and the lake was officially known as Crime Bank Reservoir, but it is far better known by its later name of Crime Lake.
The name 'Crime' may have come from a local word for "meadow" or a local name for a particular meadow, rather than anything untoward
Taken this morning on a very enjoyable wander around NT Dunham Massey.
Dunham Massey is an Elizabethan house which was extensively remodelled by John Norris in 1732-40 for the 2nd Earl of Warrington.
On the 2nd Earl’s death in 1758 the house passed through marriage to the Earls of Stamford.
In 1789 the entrance front was remodelled by John Hope of Liverpool, and then again in 1905 by Compton Hall who created a neo-Caroline façade loosely based on Sudbury in Derbyshire. Hall was also commissioned to design Dunham’s sumptuous Edwardian interiors.
Much to Hall's annoyance, much of the interior decoration was carried out by Perry Macquoid, an interior designer and furniture historian who was married to Lady Stamford’s cousin.
The 10th Earl, who did a great deal to preserve the estate from development in the mid-20th century, left Dunham to the National Trust in 1976 – one of the most generous gifts in the Trust’s history.
Taken 40 minutes before actual sunrise time this morning.
I had arrived about an hour earlier, but by this time the light was starting to glow, and produce colour at
Dovestones Reservoir.
The reservoir scheme in the Greenfield Valley and Chew Valley by the Ashton-Under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield Waterworks Joint Committee commenced in 1870. The scheme was completed with Dovestone Reservoir in 1968 to collect water from the surrounding moorland.
The main contractor was A.E. Farr (Civil Engineers) of Westbury, Wiltshire. Its construction was opposed by local mill owners, who claimed that damming the river would cut off their water supply.
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 Stop GND & 6 Stop ND Filter.
Benro Tripod.
I haven't been out for a couple of weeks due to various other commitments and things. Decided on Thursday to go to Media City and have a play at some quite long exposure images, and to date this is my longest long exposure by some distance.
Media City UK is a 200-acre (81 ha) mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford and Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the University of Salford.
The land occupied by the development was part of the Port of Manchester and Manchester Docks.
The BBC signalled its intention to move jobs to Manchester in 2004, and the Salford Quays site was chosen in 2006.
The Peel Group was granted planning permission to develop the site in 2007, and construction of the development, with its own energy generation plant and communications network, began the same year. Based in Quay House, the principal tenant is the BBC, whose move marks a large-scale decentralisation from London. ITV Granada completed the first phase of its move to MediaCityUK on 25 March 2013, followed in two stages by the northern arm of ITV Studios: the second stage involved Coronation Street being moved to a new production facility on Trafford Wharf next to the Imperial War Museum North at the end of 2013. The Studios on Broadway houses seven high-definition studios, claimed to be the largest such facility in Europe.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder
Landscape CPL
3 Stop Med GND
10 Stop ND
K&F Concept Tripod.
A single shot, panning my camera with the surf along the Florida Coastline as a demonstration for my Workshop attendees. 2 more openings (of 6) for the next one in April! ✌ 🌊
*THE ULTIMATE FLORIDA DREAMSCAPES (SEASCAPES) WAVES, WATERWAYS AND POST-PROCESSING WORKSHOP!
*THE ULTIMATE MASTERING FINE ART PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP
(VEGAS) March 27-29, FREE optional bonus 1/2 day the 29th!
Elaine Davidson is renowned for her remarkable achievement in the realm of body piercings, having secured her place in the Guinness World Records for the most piercings on a single individual. Her unique appearance and dedication to body modification have made her a prominent figure in popular culture and within the body piercing community.