Managed this high level shot of the s.e.o's today ,with the welsh hills as a colourfull backdrop .it works for me anyway.lesson learned today you can't count on light being constant ,do not leave tripod in car boot GRRRRRRRR

I managed to catch another nice sunset at home and I nipped into the field at the side of our property to catch a silhouette of this old Tree.

I have taken shots of it before and it won't be long now until the farmer has to take it down before it falls. It has had a long life and it still has a nice shape to its structure.

Managed to escape the chewing teeth of the deer

Managed to get out this morning and pay the beach a visit - this time it was Newcastle Beach, NSW; Australia.

Here I've used the rusty posts that surround what's known locally as The Canoe (or World) Pool a children's saltwater pool that is located beside the Newcastle Ocean Baths.

The sun was pretty high in the sky so it was necessary for me to use my Lee Big Stopper and Lee .9 Hard Grad filters to create this long exposure image.

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Hope too that you have a wonderful week!!!

I managed to get out to the Pond [Lake] last week. It was a very dull day, but made a welcome change to the rain and high winds we've been getting lately.

There were plenty of ducks, gulls and geese around plus a pair of swans and this pair of white doves.

I've never seen any white doves over there before, so this was a nice surprise and they stayed put for me too.

When I got back home I decided to look doves up on line as I know nothing about them. Most results seemed a bit disparaging about them and called them pigeons. Well, I suppose they are of the pigeon family but to me they are so much more distinctive.

Anyway - I know pigeons can be seen as a nuisance, but I read somewhere that people's perception of them changes for the better when they find out how useful and stoic homing pigeons were during the war and they were even awarded medals - so there!

Managed to shoot a few lovely shots of one of these speedsters swooping low over the field picking of midget flies. This is a 50% crop.

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Just managed to capture the northern lights on a 50:50 cloudy night. Corona appears as a curtain from straight above, with rays coming down directly overhead.

The pinkish clouds are glowing from light pollution, produced from 2-3 lights that illuminate the junction of two major Alaska roadways, a couple of miles away.

Rokinon 12 mm 2.8 manual fisheye lens.

Had a trip to the East coast at the weekend, Parked at Bempton Cliffs, When we got to the clifftops they were shrouded in a thick sea fret (mist).. and hoards of birders scratching their heads! Managed to capture this Gannet in a brief mist interlude ! May 2016 east Yorkshire UK

Managed to get out once while in Newcastle over Christmas (annoying 2 beautiful sunrises which I missed due to Christmas Day and a flight to Southampton!) and headed to my favourite local spot, St Mary's Lighthouse. For once got the tide height and sunrise pretty bang on for a nice level of water over the causeway.

St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay

Nikon D750 / Nikon 16-35 @ 20mm / f/8 5s / LEEfilters 0.6nd Hard Grad

Sitting on a cold, wet hillside, hoping the light would improve. Out of boredom, from time to time I would wander around - then suddenly (when I was over 100 metres away from the set-up camera), the sun came through a small gap in the clouds. Channelling my inner Usain Bolt, I ran as fast as the terrain would let me, and managed to get one shutter click off before the sun disappeared again behind a huge bank of clouds.

Explored December 5, 2017.

Managed to capture "Santas Grotto" in Hulls Princess Quay before the arrival of all the Children,

managed to catch up with 2 Wood Sandpiper's in poor grey misty conditions this morning. Should have waited untill afternoon when the sun came out. Passage migrants who stop off to feed after their long flight. Usually get a few every year but not that common

Finally managed to get out again for a sunrise shoot!

I decided to give my old Tokina 11-16 lens another run (now that I've got a new crop camera - Canon 7D mk ii).

Unfortunately, a lack of cloud and sunrise color didn't welcome me back - but the moss covered rocks and a couple of filters helped extract some life from the moment!!!

Hope you like this!!

Thanks always for your comments, views and favorites - very much appreciated!!!!

Have a fantastic day and weekend!!!

Hopefully I'll be a bit more active on flickr again soon.......

Lee .6 ProGlass + Progrey 1.2 Reverse Grad used.

Managed to sort of save this one after ruining the whole roll by not loading the tank correctly !!!! Won't be making that mistake again.

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Cabane des Marindes is a berghütte managed by the CAS (Club Alpin Suisse). Il is locate at 1'867 meters, in the magical Vallon des Morteys, just below the dreaded Vanil Noir.

Here we are looking down to the vallon. The view shows the Dent de Foliéran to the left and the Gastlosen range in the background.

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Manage to capture the dewdrops before they disappeared

This is a shot taken from above the waterfall that I call the Whale's Tail in Puck's Glen. The scene is a wee bit cluttered due to logging and landslide debris and this is the reason why the water over the rocks has been re-directed and no longer takes the shape of a whale's tail.

The things I do for my photography :)

Managed to entice this pecker in front of the camera, lets hope he can get used to the camera.

"Her words are like her plays. Dangerous and hard to fly pass" ~ Gossiping Hufflepuff

I will be starting an Album of Slytherin Quidditch Players and hopefully other house team players.

Managed to get the French Tricolore flag

Managed to grab a quick shot before if flitted off. never seem to stay still long. This little fella is exploring some mossy branches . Lovely little birds can be quite confiding so when one strikes A pose for the camera I grab it !!

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Thanks to everyone that takes the time and makes the effort to comment and fave my pics its very much appreciated

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...you might see 4 Jays!...managed to catch one...bit of a distance away so not very sharp...

textures thanks to Tòta.

Set up at Peyto Lake waiting under clear, starry skies for the Aurora to appear. Unfortunately, it was a no show but I managed a shot just after sunset when the stars began to appear.

Some wan sunshine manages to squeak through the mist

I managed three visits to the Mjällådalen nature reserve during our July trip to my mother-in-law in Härnösand, Sweden.

As on the previous two, my son joined me and proved an invaluable photography assistant and beetle herder.

My favourite find on this visit - and possibly of the entire trip - was this red morph of the green-socks peacock beetle (Elaphrus riparius). That's right, this is the very same species as this one: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53022438739/in/album-721...

This is the smallest peacock beetle in Sweden at 5-7 mm (.24") and quite variable in colour although this hue has to be considered quite extreme.

As before, Daniel turned out to be invaluable and we came up with a process where he put his hands down on the sand with his thumbs ands index fingers formed a diamond shape around the beetle so it couldn't run away and I then stuck the camera down close over it and took a shot whenever it took a little break in running around like it was on crack.

This is the top of the large waterfall in Pucks Glen.

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The books and assignments keep piling up in Otter's OWLs year, he is only just managing to keep up.

I managed to capture a few shots of this beautiful Blue Headed Tree Agama. Size: Length - ±15 inches. Its head, particularly in males, is large and triangular. The head and body are distinctly separate. The ear openings are larger than the eyes, and the tympanums (eardrums) are visible.

He then quickly climbing a few meters up in a tree, where he sat bobbing his blue head at me!

Hope you will enjoy this photo.

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Managed a little Street Photography recently.

Managed to find my special Mimosa tree yesterday, but sadly it had a good prune at the end of last year and all the lovely low branches have gone. So used a bit of zoom instead.

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.

Drone photo taken above Whistlefield Hill looking towards Loch Goil

I managed a wee trip up to the Highlands for the afternoon yesterday.

The Bauchaillie was one of my stops and I arrived just before 4pm as the sun was side lighting the foreground.

With conditions due to change for the worst over the coming days I wanted to get up and take in some of this breathtaking scenery.

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This shot took about four attempts. Clearly I must have been struggling with the altitude as I managed to compose it wrong or mistime the delayed shutter release.

Was in Muskegon, MI for work a few weeks ago and managed to be in town for an amazing sunset.

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Managed to get Petrov up into the forest for a test flight with new firmware, just as the Sun was about to disappear below the ridgeline.

Day 16 of Pentax Forum's Daily in August 2017 Challenge.

Managed to capture this lovely little creature on Saturday morning at Reddish Vale Country Park..

Erithacus Rubecula

The UK's favourite bird - with its bright red breast it is familiar throughout the year and especially at Christmas!

Males and females look identical, and young birds have no red breast and are spotted with golden brown.

Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they are aggressively territorial and are quick to drive away intruders. They will sing at night next to street lights.

Managed to get a couple of pics today. Jazss and Seb if you guys have time I neeeeeed new pics. I've been offline so long I've forgotten how to take photos. I'll pay you!

*throws lindens around with wild abandon*

I managed to acclimate this Swallowtail Butterfly to me when it was a caterpillar, and it remembered me after its metamorphosis. It's willingness to let me get close, coupled with some cool temperatures, allowed me to take a lot of photos.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order.

Isolation, a full moon, a beautiful view and some decent toons on the car stereo .... bliss :)

This is my whisky-fueled, wee hours test shot using my home-made version of a Gary Fong flash diffuser. The real thing costs £50-£60 ... my version costs 60p :D

having managed to pull myself out of bed with only 3 hours sleep, i drove to buttermere in the lke district uk. its a place i frequent but havent had a walk round it for a few months.sunrise wasnt anything special but there was some interesting driftwood laying around and the low water levels made the usual shot of the lone tree a bit unpleasant on my eye.

this old branch on the other hand stuck out like a sore thumb. i really like how its twists and the textures on it really appeal. it made an excellent foreground subject.

Whilst walking through the ravine part of Pucks Glen is definitely a highlight, walking along the track at the top of the glen also has its highlights.

Managed to get a shot of this turtle paddling along the coast off Argostoli.