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On the way home from a walk the other day, I noticed some lovely native Bluebells surviving in a tiny patch by the side of the road. When I got home, I told the Sherpa I was going to try to photograph them and would be about 15 minutes.
It was heading towards sunset and the clouds were that wispy, ethereal shape that holds the promise of colour. So after the blue bells, I drove down to the lake for a “quick” look and found a pelican to photograph. I then thought it might be a good time to photograph my favourite little church. I realised I didn’t have my phone but knew if I went back home to let the Sherpa know, I might miss any sunset action. A “quick” look wouldn’t hurt. The clouds were gorgeous but didn’t colour up too much. As I packed up and left, I noticed the sky was a fiery red to the west so I was once again lured by the chance of a red sky reflected in another lake near- by. At some point at this lake I realised I had lost my Filter holder. Grabbed the torch and went looking. No luck. It was dark by then and I realised that what was meant to be 15 minutes was in fact about two hours. When I got back, the Sherpa was pulling into the drive. He was beside himself and had been searching for me for the last hour. Six missed calls on my phone.
I felt very guilty but it is so easy to get lost in time when you are out photographing. None of the images were worth the stress I caused!
When driving to locations I use Google maps on my phone and usually it handles diversions for me that I ignore. I know the area's we go to and I look at its routing option and think you're joking right? For once, after seeing a sign on the M6 promising us that the A66 to Keswick was closed I actually listened to Google suggesting we ignore the direct route to Keswick and take a diversion via Windermere.
Well, if it wasn't for the closure, we would have missed quite the misty morning on Windermere. Having tried a few various spots to pull over and shoot, many many colourful expletives later, much to Mandy's amusement, Waterhead was the only place to pull up and see what we could get. We grabbed the gear and made the mad dash to the edge of the banks outside of the youth hostel and shoot we did for about 45 minutes that, as always, went by in a flash. This one, as is usually the case, was a "feel" shot and one of my first, rather than over thinking, I dumped the tripod down, levelled the camera and pretty much hit the button. So first shot of the day turned out to be not the only one I came away with but, the one that makes me smile the most. When I say we almost "mist" it, we really did. What a morning in Cumbria.
This was a special day and one that really reminded me that photography is not all about technical perfection, sometimes it's just plain fun and thinking less can equal very much more.
Don't you just Love that weavey reflective look when you come across those glass castles in the sky !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and reflective day dear Flickr friends.
Poznan, Poland
Łazarz
Winter/Dawn
My fascination with puddles will likely never stop. So here we have a little sunrise, beautiful red cast of light reflected in the street. Luckily for me no traffic was happening on this morning......
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Well it's been a while since I visited my friends at the harbour. It was so lovely to see the Swans and Cygnets, it was very early in the morning, the sun was just waking up and trying to free itself from some stubborn cloud which made some nice deep tones and good reflections. A lovely walk good for the heart and soul. At Whitehaven harbour on the coast of Cumbria.
I have had very little time for Flickr of late so apologies for not keeping up. I did manage to get over the Lakes last weekend however as was blessed with a wonderful day on the Sunday. This is taken on the shores of Ennerdale on a pristine morning.
Provisional, my last upload to flickr,
my iMac has been broken after I had posted this picture.
On the laptop I have no postprocessing software
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One day baby, we'll be old
Oh baby, we'll be old
And think of all the stories that we could have told
Image taken in Landshut
Taken around an hour later than the previous picture, after the fog had lifted.
Willy Lott's Cottage is a house in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England which appears in several paintings by John Constable, notably The Hay Wain.
The property is Grade I listed to reflect its importance "as part of the Flatford Mill group" and "its significance in the work of the artist John Constable".
The earliest part of the building is sixteenth century. It was restored in the 1920s after a revival of interest in Constable's paintings. It has been renamed Willy Lott's House because this is the name Constable used in his paintings. It is owned by the National Trust.
The cottage is located on the bank of the River Stour, just downstream from Flatford Mill in the heart of Dedham Vale, a typically English rural landscape. Flatford Mill, along with neighbouring Valley Farm and Bridge Cottage, are leased to the Field Studies Council, which uses them as locations for arts-based courses such as painting, and as accommodation for science-based courses such as residential ecology trips for students up to A-level.
Been trying to get this shot for awhile now, and although it isn't perfect, it's the best one I've had of this scenario to date. Hoping for another chance with better lighting so I can use lower iso and higher f stop.
68/365 Duel
Poznań - Stary Rynek
Autumn
I do love reflections and I find myself looking for them in the smallest of places. Like this one...hardly larger than my shoe, but it yielded some incredibly big feels.
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Lake Mattamuskeet - Hyde Co, NC
On this morning I hit the road at 3am to be on location before blue hour started. There were almost no clouds in the sky but just enough to showcase this tree line. It's not easy being so close to the coast to catch this lake with little or no wind. On this day stars aligned enabling me to capture this amazing photo.