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I love spring! Longer days and few storm. After a working day I pick up my bag and go chase the light!
GR20 - Haute Corse
Sur les pentes du massif de la Muvrella.
Repose en paix, mon ami.
Etape 3: De Carrozu à Asco.
This guy was sitting, or sleeping I think, on the metal door to our boiler room outside in the garden. It didn't bother him a bit that I was moving in and out so close to him snapping away.
He was actually facing towards the ground so it was a bit of a struggle to get in a good position without throwing my back out due to the height he was at....too high for me to crouch and too low for me to stand.
If any of the neighbours had seen me sliding up and down the door with my body they'd probably have thought 'what's that nutter doing?' 😜
Taken using the Laowa CF 65mm F 2.8 CA-Dreamer Macro 2X lens on my Sony A6000
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Facing Moss Landing. In Monterey’s bay, California. Monterey’s bay is a natural haven for whales, and those are often spotted feeding around them. The boat from Monterey cruises for about a hour and a half to see the whales, right in front of the gas power plant.
Am Kochenhof, Stuttgart
see also Eppingen:
www.flickr.com/photos/rolfnoe/15554864027/in/photostream/
and Heilbronn:
A French officer and two German generals face each other. Other captured French soldiers appear in the background.
These lovely Cosmos flowers are planted in front of a very dark grass (possibly black mondo grass?) which provides a striking backdrop. I can't take credit for the planting which is the work of the wonderful garden designers/gardeners at RHS Hyde Hall Gardens in Essex. (I have to confess to a little jiggery-pokery to hide a bit of dead grass and give better balance ;)))
Many thanks for all the lovely comments and faves on my images.
I just love the way you can see weather and light coming towards you when at the coast (west facing anyway). There is a magical congruent feeling to it, calming and real. This shaft of light slowly came directly towards me and eventually passed strait overhead.
Yes as a landscape photographer you are watching the weather all the time, it helps you predict the conditions for dramatic light, but there isn’t normally so much time to watch it coming towards you. What this coast has in particular, (Bedruthan Steps in Cornwall) is wide open vistas, high cliffs and lots of weather! A fantastic mix of elements that really speak to the elemental, helping me live in the moment. Whilst waiting for the shaft of light to be in the right place, I felt totally at peace. I saw it coming, saw its direction, and enjoyed the moment. It felt very real.
A couple of bits of news. I’ve posted a Cornish view here, as I’m in preliminary talks to exhibit my work in Cornwall. I’ve been talking about it for years, but was prompted into action by a very kind lady who was enquiring about a print for her office. She passed my details on through her local networks, thanks so much for that (o: (sorry don’t mention names here)
Secondly, thanks to a Cornish company “the Heart of the Garden”, I’m about to be in 700 outlets across the country with a new charity greetings cards range. Sadly I cannot claim credit for all of them, but I’ve five cards in the mix...
In this image you can see the front lift fan inlet deployed, and the tail exhaust in a downward-facing thrust position.
70013 'Oliver Cromwell' passes the signal box at Quorn with the returning Dining Train, GCR, 14.7.18.
-16- Tjark Kölsch (EC Bad Nauheim), DEL 2 - EC Bad Nauheim gegen Ravensburg Towerstars, Bad Nauheim, Colonel-Knight-Stadion, 28.12.25
I was going to call it Urban Fragmentation, but it occurred to me that he would maintain his personal integrity no matter what the bus did.
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I cant believe my luck with this photo. On a day I took 1481 photos, this is a standout, I think, taken late in the day. Climbed over a lot of tricky rocks and lowered myself into the spot. Was focused on getting shots of waves breaking against the rocks, which was great but out of the corner of my eye spotted this guy standing on the furthest cliff, way out from where I was. He passed me on the way out, carrying a Nikon camera, said hello, asked how I was going taking photos. He walked out there bare foot! I didn't know he was going to this spot, just lucky I saw him and also changed camera settings just minutes earlier to be able to shoot into the sun. The sun and light were perfect. I've got to say this is a favourite.
In medieval times, long before the naval base at Devonport was established, the English fleet would be moored in Cawsand Bay, which is part of Plymouth Sound. In 1596 the Spanish mounted a raid on Cawsand but were beaten off by the local militia, and a small fort was constructed on the knoll where the congregational church now stands.
The requirement for further defences in and around Cawsand Bay became clear in 1779 when the English fleet was absent and a 66-strong Franco-Spanish fleet anchored here intending to land 30,000 soldiers ashore. The invaders had planned to seize the high ground and bombard Plymouth. It would have served as a foothold on English soil. But as with the earlier Armada, the plans were disrupted by stormy weather.
A battery was then constructed above Cawsand and when a renewed threat from the French was perceived in the 1860s a series of large new forts were built to protect Plymouth (and Portsmouth) from attack by sea. It included the one above Cawsand (pictured) which was built on the site of the 18th century battery. These forts were to become known as Palmerston's Follies.
It was constructed with nine guns facing to seaward, covering Cawsand Bay itself, and a further 14 guns to protect the fort from a landward attack. But improved longer range weaponry on other forts in Plymouth Sound meant the coastal defence role of Cawsand had ceased by 1903. The fort remained garrisoned throughout WWI however and was released by the military in 1926. It is said that the guns were only fired once, causing houses in Cawsand village to fall down. After many years lying derelict it was converted into residences. It is now a Grade II-listed building.
Sources: www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/south_west/cawsand_fort.html, britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101329146-cawsand-battery-ma...
Rainy days, a camera, a mac, photoshop and a spare hour see me trying something new.
This was a lot of fun experimenting and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.
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sometimes things work out . this one had a feel of that . the perfect moment . he put his hands behind his back and the gull was facing the right way .. at opposite sides of the photo