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Lights illuminate the picturesque old street of shops at Christmas Steps on a misty winter morning in Bristol.
Taken at upper Melincourt brook tricky getting across stream but preferred this side. To get further upstream you need to climb out of valley 200 - 300 ft, due to huge rocks and fallen trees , walk along the top and then drop down gorge to stream and next waterfall. Quite an effort and no mobile phone signal.
See my stream for next waterfall upstream "Slippery Slope"
f11 ISO 160 44mm 1/5th sec
Polariser filter
12/11/18 #2142. An unplanned visit to Porto airport, which was bathed in afternoon light. I had a few hours to kill before the BA flight to Gatwick. The flight itself was going fine until we were approaching Gatwick, when things got very bumpy, due to thunderstorms. At one point either the plane was struck or there was a bolt of lightning very close by. I saw it through closed eyelids. Perhaps the other alternative flight option - TAP direct to London City - would have been a better bet.
After taking this set of photos I went to the park and gardens to sit by the little formal pond, At the time I was the only there until a group of six loud teenagers turned up five girls and one boy, the boy was an oddity for as far as i could tell he wasn't seeing any of the girls neither was he openly GAY! Yes i know how very stereo typical of me but lets face it you seldom see one straight guy with a bunch of girls.
I sat watching and listening and still couldn't fathom the dynamics of the group with regards the lad. Who knows it doesn't really matter and maybe I was tad jealous hence my first thoughts.
I did have a funny thing happen at the priory while looking at a war memorial. About 80 yards or so away runs a little road with a few shops on its far side, the one closest is now a hairdressers and on the third floor I spied a girl having her done by the hairdresser and i could clearly hear them say while looking down at me "Is that a man" to this i gave a beaming smile and they quickly turned away.
I am amazed i could hear that comment from that distance as i am sure they were to lol.
Had bit of a day being read today not in a bad way all those who noticed me smiled knowingly at me in a positive way. the hair let me down today as did my toe that was rather painful due to the shoes being a little tight.
As a student, I walked on these steps twice a day for 4 years during term time.
Leica M11 Monochrom, Leica 35mm Summilux FLE.
Fence shadows on stone steps at the Tower of London. (Colour photo even though it looks b&w!)
7DOS contrast - light/dark, horizontal/vertical.
52 Weeks shadows
Bedruthan Steps is a stretch of coastline located on the north Cornish coast between Padstow and Newquay, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Eval and is part owned by the National Trust. The Trust maintains a shop and cafe and the cliff–top view of rocks stretching into the distance along Bedruthan beach makes the area a popular attraction for tourists and painters. The property affords walks along the coast path and the steep steps at Bedruthan allow access to a series of rocky beaches at low tide (not owned by the Trust). Signs at the top of the steps down to the beaches warn visitors not to risk swimming in these waters due to heavy rips, fast tides and submerged rocks.
Bedruthan Steps is a stretch of coastline located on the north Cornish coast between Padstow and Newquay, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Eval and is part owned by the National Trust. The Trust maintains a shop and cafe and the cliff–top view of rocks stretching into the distance along Bedruthan beach makes the area a popular attraction for tourists and painters. The property affords walks along the coast path and the steep steps at Bedruthan allow access to a series of rocky beaches at low tide (not owned by the Trust). Signs at the top of the steps down to the beaches warn visitors not to risk swimming in these waters due to heavy rips, fast tides and submerged rocks.
A quiet afternoon in St Mary Magdalen Church at Battlefield, just outside Shrewsbury. If you want to visit the key is available from the Farm shop..
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Just playing to see what's working and what isn't with my 4 blocks so far...
feel free to comment or add notes! I welcome any suggestions!
Directions for your own super-fun wonky steps or log cabins generously posted by krom_mama here.
Go! Try your own!
An all nighter down at Porthcawl last weekend in an attempt to do an updated vlog .
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7voiuCRnmc
Weather wasn't what we had hoped for, forecast was for lightning and big waves off a S/W wind. Unfortunately no lightning and the waves were diminishing on an outward tide.
So ended up capturing a less likely shot of this location, looking back into town with the steps down to the waters edge providing some nice leading lines at the beginning of blue hour.
We waited out for dawn and I hopped for some nice storm light on the calm side of the lighthouse but alas that didn't pan out, still I have some nice images but they lack any of the drama people have come to expect from this location.
Combined with a tide that was really on its way out by morning it proved to be a difficult adventure photographically.
However it's the first outing for me in a while so still really enjoyed the change of scene.
Pentax K1
smc Pentax-DA * 60-250mm F4
0.5sec f4.0 ISO 800
On the Mediterranean island of Malta.
The warm colour of the houses is highlighted by the sunshine reflecting off the steps. A local resident relaxes by sitting on his doorstep. (Can you see him?)
As a young boy one of my real pleasures and a memory which has stayed with me were visits to the joke shop that was to the right of this picture. An intriguing and mysterious emporium of masks and ghouls, hairy hand gloves, fake blood, hand buzzers, X ray specs, snappy chewing gum, fake boils and scars. Such places still exist and there is still an appeal for many especially with office parties around Halloween
Film of trip : youtu.be/WX5yxNyFnDg
Meall a’ Ghiuthais
There have been signs of good weather in the last few weeks and even at the weekend the sun has come out. I hadn’t been up to Torridon for a while so headed north arriving at the Glas Leitire car park a little before noon.
Things were looking good and blue skies dominated with a white capped Slioch looking rather good across the waters of Loch Maree. The forecast was for cloud to spill in from the west later on but I hoped to beat this and get some views and photographs from the top before the cloud capped the magnificent Torridon Mountains….
The walk through the pinewood was fantastic and felt very spring like in the sun with the dancing flies out and about! The path is probably one of the most engineered (in a good way!) I have seen. Steps cut into the rock and even cross hatching scribed into the rock to prevent slips. A lot of work had gone in to this!! Numerous cairns mark the way and soon I was reaching the small peak of Leathad Buidhe at around 450m. The views were amazing. The Beinn Eighe Massif dominated the south with wide spread views east and North, a great viewpoint on its own and worth a trip even if you don’t fancy a Corbett into the bargain. A photo stop was had ad I snapped happily away
The exposed location meant that the breeze had picked up here and after a few snaps, I was soon on the go and ascending the steeper slopes towards Meall a’ Ghuithais. I kept to the wind scoured slopes as I didn’t fancy treading across loaded open slopes! If I thought the views from Leathad Buidhe were good, the summit views only got better with Torridon spread out before me. The summit sits on a perch high above the Glen below and Beinn Eighe, Alligin and Dearg all looked superb with their white coats on. After more photos and filming I was soon heading down aware that sunset was approaching. I took the western branch of the path down which was a good option as it was slightly less steep but still beautifully made.
A fine outing on a fine winter’s day with grand views of one of Scotland’s finest areas.
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