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Basking in the sun to gain some heat. I think this is the male of Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum)) but any entomologist that looks in might correct me on that.
Lichen on a gatepost that I turned to black & white for a better effect.
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A new sandstone gatepost pillar is in place at the northern end of Lord Derby's Coach Road. The previous one had been lying on the ground having been clouted by a "wide load" of agricultural produce.
It was on a visit to Buttenshaw Park in the Blue Mountains where I came across two curious sandstone pillars at the entrance. It turns out the pillars are gateposts and the lasting remanents of 'Moorecourt', residence of Charles Moore. Mayor of Sydney between 1867 and 1869, Charles Moore held a number of local government & NSW legislative positions. Moore St (now Martin Place) and Moore Park were named after him having facilitated their development and he laid the foundation stone of Sydney Town Hall.
Parked at Dorridge station is one of the unreliable Ford A-series with Alexander (Belfast) bodies JOV 735P, 4735. Bought to work from Acocks Green garage on the then new Dial-a-bus service.
The picture also contains a period scene of Dorridge station, stabled on the far tracks is a train of car carriers, Dorridge was used at the time to load new Land-Rovers from the nearby factory. Next to the Blue Datsun is a GWR cast iron gate post which still survives today in the same place although the road level has been brought up to it to eliminate the steps. The cattle dock at the side of the Vauxhall has gone as obviously has the contactors coach, all is now neat tarmac filled each day with the latest offerings from BMW, Audi, Jaguar and Range Rover.
PJS
We expected our new Lidl to open in time for Christmas. At this rate we'll do well to get in for Easter! Somebody dug a big trench leading in and then disappeared.
I was hoping to find on an old OS map that these old Gateposts were on an old farm track possibly leading to long demolished Windyharbour which sat halfway up the green lane section of Yew Tree Lane. No such luck although the late 1800s/early 1900s maps show a field boundary along where they sit so at least we know why they are there. Nice they have been preserved too.
A small hilltop group of trees near Taddington marking the site of a Tumulus.
A slightly different version of an earlier upload.
Saw this on the way out. Initially it was on the ground in the long grass with a kill. When it had finished eating it flew up onto this gatepost and perched.
This is the northern, south-facing side of the gatepost, where direct sunshine (well, on occasional sunny days!) presumably favours the green algae/lichen giving this carved Green Man an apt hue.
I wish I could claim to have intentionally centred the cobweb on his right eye, but it's a happy accident.
On Beacon Fell...I've been messing around with desaturation. I love the effect of slight desaturation of an image and in this one I've gone a little further and only
left (and in fact slightly increased the influence of) the greens.
Below stanage edge on a dull cloudy day.
This view of the same spot by Paul Newcombe shows the place off in sunshine and colour
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....also there is a lens cap on the ground by the gate if anyone out there has lost one ;D .....72mm size I think
Great Wood, Broadbottom
Straight out of camera JPG.
Using a modified ypras of Pro Neg Soft, Colour -2, Highlights +1, Shadows +2 on the fuji x100s.
the boundary of the HSL - the HSE testing site at Harpur Hill near Buxton.
The HSL is a remarkble test facility because of the sheer scale and nature of its testing work that includes full-size tunnels where disasters such as the King’s Cross fire can be recreated, Europe’s largest impact test track for crash testing trains, and replicating some of the more bizarre accidents such as heating up shipping containers packed with fireworks until they explode. A section of the London Underground was built here, complete with 2 tube trains, to understand the effects of the 7/7 bombing...
The strangest thing is that there are numerous public footpaths which criss-cross the vast site. No one will stop you but there are hundreds of close circuit tv cameras that turn as you pass, monitoring your every move!
For all who would like to see the colour version, personally I prefer this to the monochrome. No comments necessary.
At about f4 maybe f2.8, it was pretty dark and I wanted to be at 1/250th at least for the lens length but the weight adds stability. Shot on the Nikon SP.