Church door at Beckingham

Camera: Minolta Hi-Matic 7sII (Cosina-Made)

Lens: 40mm f1.7 Rokkor

Film: Fuji Neopan 400

Developer: Xtol

Scanner: Epson V600

Photoshop: Curves, Healing Brush (spotting)

Cropping: None

This wooden latch is simple but effective :)

Taken for Fence Friday. HFF and Happy Easter everyone.

Chapter 2013, Page 88

Some random shots with the 30m macro lens on the X-T5.

She was flying low, just about my knee. Not afraid of you once you build a trust. Brilliant creatures. Always feel blessed to see them around and wanted everyone to share that moment with me. Hope you will fall in love too with these marvelous beings.

Not a padlock, but again I feel comfortable enough to add this to my locks' collection!

While I was taking this photo I saw that a screw was not fully done up – so I got out my handy penknife to fix it.

This is one of the latches on my feral cat feeder. So far the raccoons haven't figured out how to open the latches. Yet. I also have wood inside the feeder that brace the food dispenser in the corner. Without the wood, the cats would push the dispenser to the entrance and allow the 'coons to feast anyway. Apparently last night a raccoon pulled out one of the three braces. Smart buggers. Or at least persistent.

We have actually started feeding felines at a second location. Where? Our garage. Kevin put in a small cat flap on the service door. I have the flap propped open revealing food inside the garage, including a sprinkling of cat nap. Someone now is regularly dining in our garage. My birdseed stash is still intact, so it's not a raccoon. I believe we have a feline who now visits each night. Eddie? Quite possibly. Or maybe some other feline that we haven't even met yet. Curio, in particular, now takes a great interest in the door to the garage whenever I am leaving. Wonder if a new feline scent is wafting. . .

Why the second location? As much as I love all critters, the mice living in our cars are problematic. We'd rather not have to pay someone to remove nests repeatedly. And that means we need to make our garage a less inviting place for murine inhabitants. So, so sorry, adorable wee beasties. I won't set traps (other than live ones, but where do I take them?). So this approach will have to do.

[SOOC, f/3.5, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/250]

Latched gate

72 of 365. Our Daily Challenge -- Latch.

I found this antique window latch about 20 years ago for about a dollar at a yard sale. I've been waiting for just the right place to use it. My husband is in the process of building a potting shed (or, garden cottage) for me from salvaged materials, including old, shabby chic windows. This antique bronze latch fit just perfectly into this new-old space. I can't wait til it's finished.

Texture: Fly Edges

20 September 2008; US-41 in Houghton County.

This is a part of Overnight Photo Trip September 2008.

For Our Daily Challenge (New) - Latch

Close to the Abbey, down a narrow passage, is the Old Baptist Chapel which was used by the local congregation from 1623. The chapel itself was originally a timber-framed 15th-century house, but adapted in around 1720. It fell into disuse when a new chapel was built in Cheltenham and was largely restored by the local council in the 1970s. A fairly unornamented building, as you would expect, it did have this very pretty window catch.

St Nicholas, Remenham.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

In my garden

Seen in Venice, Italy

Old padlock and latch on a gate.

Close-up of an old wooden door shaped by wear and time. The simple, sturdy metal latch evokes protection, silence and intimacy. An ordinary scene turned graphic, where textures and patina create a minimalist and timeless image, blending rustic character with the quiet memory of places.

Latch on an old back door.

the latch on a wagon at Tenterfield (NSW) railway museum

On a barn found on a back road in Bedford County, Virginia; in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

Part of the medieval fortifications in Tallin.

Georgetown, Penang

An old latch on a barn door at the farm.

Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon

Sat. the 5th Early Morning Walkabout cut short. Tripped Face First into the Sidewalk.

Deep Gash on Left Eyebrow. Broken Left Pinky and Abrasions on both Knees.Limping back to My Cave.

One of my many latch hook rugs.

a much better photo of my rug, which i posted some time ago. original design based on a pulp novel cover. wool yarn, some hand-dyed, latch hooked into canvas. approximately 3.5 x 4.5 feet. photo by brian chase.

saw this lovely old metal door and latch at an old silk mill today. With a little processing to bring out the contrasts and colour it looks very painting like ….

Barn door latch at Cocking,

Although the 75mm f/1.25 Noctilux produces a much more rapid fall off into out o f focus, the 75mm f/2 APO Summicron with its coarser bokeh provides much of of a context, instead of simply obliterating the background into a wash of tones or colors.

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