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Southerness Lighthouse
A trip to Southerness yesterday for sunrise, this is the first of a couple of images with the light on the lighthouse but also the windfarm of Robin Rigg in the Solway.
Southerness Lighthouse, Dumfries and Galloway.
Sony A7RII + Sony FE16-35mm f4
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2023 and a all to short break in the wet, wet, wet New Year weather. Much prefer the cold frosty days although the mild weather does mean the central heating isn't working overtime.
Happy New Year!!!
Another 52/52 is over; challenging at times. Next week a new start with 52/52 number 10. I'm returning to one of my happy place's.
Grey and overcast but a least it wasn't raining. A quick shot from close to the carpark after taking my daughters dogs for a walk.
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WexMondays: Did not place
Competition leaderboard: Wex Photographer of the Year 2016
A lovely early summer afternoon; warm but not too warm. Lots of people about including a few fishermen.
Taken on a recent trip to the Farne Islands in Northumberland, Claire tasked me to get a photo of this puffin sat in it's burrow with dappled light coming from the foliage outside.
Taken with my D750, now in semi retirement, and the pretty handy Tamron 100-400.
This also won the WexMondays competition the other week.
Farne Islands, Northumberland
Nikon D750 / Tamron 100-400 @ 400mm / f/6.3 ISO800 / Handheld
Cold but bright and sunny weather this week so decided to try for a sunset.
You are still not able to walk round Great Pond, in conversation with the warden she said the reason was that during Storm Babet the bridge over the Decoy Pond outlet was washed away. She said they hope to have a temporary bridge in place in the next week or so. The path around Miller's Pond is now open; again in Storm Babet the pond overflowed and washed part of the dam wall away.
We've had a lot of named storms this winter which in my opinion is obviously down to climate change. What does our government think is the answer; drill more oil wells in the North Sea; pathetic!
I had a reconnaissance trip out to the grounds around Castle Howard Howardian Hills after work yesterday to find some spots for a potential sunrise shot. I managed to get the bridge over the New River but a herd of cows prevented me from venturing further towards the Temple of the Four Winds. I managed a handful of OK shots of Castle Howard and the temple in sunset but this one of the Howardian Mausoleum, taken about half an hour after sunset, was by far the best of the bunch. I got lucky with the moon being in the right spot and the clouds rolling in, but that's photography eh?!
'The Mausoleum rises 90 feet into the air and is supported by a colonnade of 20 pillars. Designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, it is one the finest free-standing mausoleums in northern Europe.
Building began in 1729 but was not completed until after the deaths of both Hawskmoor and the 3rd Earl, who was originally buried in the local parish church and re-interred in the mausoleum six years later'. (Text from Castle Howard website)
Week 26 and half way through the latest 52/52 project. The end of the year; in many ways glad to see the end of 2022, not the best of years. Here's hoping for a better 2023 and an early General Election, preferably before the end of January, lol.
Wishing everyone a Happy, Prosperous and above all Peacefully New Year!
The first day of the long Platinum Jubilee weekend and the park is very busy. unusually good weather for a Bank Holiday, the weather like us not used to having a Bank Holiday on a Thursday.
3 shot pano with my favourite lens (24mm tilt shift)
I've been meaning to get to Skipwith all year, mainly to find some macro subjects. A decent forecast and not too early sunrise was the prompt to go this morning!
The last time I was at Skipwith Common I was trying to impress my girlfriend with handbrake turns in my Fiesta 950 Pop! That was about 20 years ago by the way!
Generally overcast with brief sunny intervals. Surprisingly few people about to say we are in the school holiday period.
I said it before but what a difference a week makes! Last week snow this week a lovely warm, sunny St Paddies Day.
Definite signs of spring, leaf buds are beginning to show.
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WexMondays: Did not place
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What should be the last of the current project but the way the calendars worked there will be another shot next week.
What a difference a few hours makes; in the morning when I was out with the dogs it was very, very hot but the afternoon turned cloudy, overcast and somewhat cooler.
Right place, Right time Right camera!
Whilst hoping to get some photos of the bird life on the incoming tide from the Tidal causeway on Holy Island i could see a rainstorm beyond the island casting a faint rainbow over the North Sea, the rainstorm although only a narrow band gradually advanced towards me. When reaching landfall the storm was only sufficiently wide to engulf the South Eastern Quater of the Island. Shortly after this was taken the rain was falling on me and the arc of colour had dissapeared, as had the surface of the road behind me, it being covered by the waters of the rising tide.
Located in the county of Northumberland, in the extreme Northeast corner of England, just a few miles south of the border with Scotland, lies a tidal island known as Holy Island, also called Lindisfarne. Twice a day the ancient path to the island disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea. Each year there are many reports of people 'risking it' and having to be rescued from one of the raised safety points on the causeway.
Lindsisfarne or Holy Island is a small historic island located in the North Sea, 2 mi (3 km) from the English Northumberland, access is by a paved metalled causeway, called Lindisfarne Causeway, which is covered by the North Sea twice in every 24 hour period. This stunning and remote island is home to Lindisfarne Castle and Priory and is surrounded by breath-taking coastal scenery. It gets 650,000 visitors from all over the world every year.
It’s said to be one of England's greatest secrets. The drive is definitely worth it, a drive not to be missed!
The modern causeway that is cut off twice a day by the tides, is about a mile long. The causeway was constructed in the mid 1950s, until then for 1,300 years the Pilgrims Way footpath, marked by the line of upright poles, was the only access to the island.
this image is unedited apart from croping and framing
Taken a few minutes before sunset on a cold early December afternoon. December and the beginning of meteorological winter. If I had stayed around for another 20 or 30 minute the sunset was much more vivid; being cold, not really dressed for the weather, I decided to leave; by the time I reached home I was regretting leaving.
Very few people about 2 or 3 dog walkers and no one else.
A cover crop or green manure used to put nutrients back into the soil without the use of fertiliser makes a very colourful picture.
Another lovely January morning; again out with my daughters dog, Winnie. Warmer today so lots of slippery mud; it's been worse but not great. A few people about, including what looked like a school group.
Wet, dull and grey; but not cold! Enthusiasm for being out on Thursday less than zero; motivation for being out weather forecast for Friday even worse.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!!
Thursday 21st April 2022, the Queens 96th birthday and our 43rd Wedding Anniversary. The best description for the weather; overcast with sunny intervals. Good numbers of people around enjoying the last few days of the school Easter holiday.
A glorious early August morning, great to be out, temperature in low 20's, just right for me. Good numbers of fishermen about but very few other people.
The first week of March, the beginning of meteorological spring. The saying goes 'March; in like a lion out like a lamb or in like a lamb out like a lion'. The first few days have been neither lion nor lamb. Good numbers of people out for walks but a very cold wind blowing.
Not dull, grey and overcast; just foggy! Much the same all week. The first day of winter and it's beginning to feel much colder.
For a change taken from the top of the field rather than from Deep Lane. I am always very aware that getting too close to the tree will damage crops, a rare opportunity to take a close look just after the crop was removed. The tree stands proud and solitary; it is visible from much of Hardwick Park and always looks magnificent. Unfortunately if that horrendous waste of money called HS2 ever come to fruition this will be one of many casualties!
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WexMondays: Did not place
Competition leaderboard: Wex Photographer of the Year 2016
A lovely early November afternoon. I didn't hang around too long; I felt rather cold, that was more to do with me being inappropriately dressed rather than it being particularly cold. A few peoe about but not that many.
Summit of Goatfell, Isle of Arran.
Same evening but thick black cloud has moved over the range bringing rain and wind and pushing everything into shadow. The sun appeared far to the north-west as it set - looks like a decent sunset further north. Final one from Arran.
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Hot; very hot, too hot for me. In the East Midlands it's now officially a drought. This is certainly due to climate change; politicians need to stop talking and do something quickly! Don't open any new coal mines or issue new permits for oil or gas exploration; look to renewables.