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What size card do you use, Margaret. I have an 8GB in both my cameras and as soon as I have downloaded them onto my 2TB external hard drive, I format mt SD card.

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It's been a soggy week over here, except for a few drier moments. Dodging the rain clouds, hubby and I drove over to Esquesing Conservation area for the first time in many a year. I was struck by the noise of the gravel pit next door, and all the dust from the gravel hauling trucks. But once inside the woods itself, it was blessedly peaceful. The damage from last winter's ice storm was everywhere to be seen along with a few mushies. I had planned to get down a la davemac, but decided against it once a saw the snake! Just a wee fellow (a garter snake, quite harmless) but still a snake!

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Great Pics

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Atrip to the seaside today

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Thanks Frank! I'm so glad we decided to go - it really was a case of "watch those clouds". It was a bit mucky underfoot, but not bad. All the leaves are in their best colour right now, but not much of that in the woods! More to come tomorrow.

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64gb...it was what was recommended......but I have never filled it yet.
I think that the 64gb is recommended in case you shoot in RAW.....but I haven't tried that format yet.

I transfer to my computer after each session of photography(and to the 1TB external hard drive and a 128GB stick) after all you can't be too careful(after the loss of my last external drive I am super cautious)

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Looks like a lovely day, Frank. What is that fellow catching - shell fish of some sort?

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I think Davemac will be impressed with those Caroline.......he likes the fungi shots.

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Gordon Bennet. I shoot RAW and jpeg with my SLR and have never got near to filling my 8GB card. I once shot 115 photos of dog agility when Max used to do it and thet was near.

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I don't know but they were a long way out .Too far for me to venture.

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Wonder if he was shrimping.......and the guy with the bucket was cockling...but not cockling over.

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Hah hah - well, he can still out-fungi anyone I think! He's outstanding in all things moist. :)

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The guy with the bucket reminds me of when I tried digging for clams on a beach in Prince Edward Island. I got squirted in the face by the mucky devils - put me off, I can tell you!

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Yes...I can remember a day out to St Annes as a child we spent all day on the beach collecting cockles. Took them home in a large galvanised bucket.
When I saw what they looked like once cooked and out of the shells I couldn't bear to try them.....but Dad and the boys loved them drenched in vinegar).......the excess were swapped for a dozen eggs and a boiling fowl.
So the day was very productive.....cost very little(half a crown for the jug of tea to go with our sandwiches. Two bob back on the jug)
Those were really happy days.

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AND the eggs were new laid that morning and covered in bits of straw and hen muck.

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Nowt like fresh eggs.

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Us too! I think we were looking at the same thing from different sides though. you it appears were South (Heyshamish way) looking North We were Barrow way looking South (the power station). :)

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You both had a sunny day for it.

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Some more from yesterday but we'd moved on to New Brighton. :)

A picture speaks a thousand words - The "Bounder" heading into Liverpool by the Perch rock lighthouse - Porth Dinllaen, one of the ships from servicing fleet used to maintain the wind turbines of the Liverpool bay wind park - New Brighton & Perch rock Fort (Museum) - Perch rock Fort - L.A.R.C XV Amphibious vehicle, developed in the 60's by & for the US Military as a load & troop transport with a secondary role as a rescue vehicle - Just to put it into perspective - Liverpool seen from New Brighton - a Fat Albert (Hercules transport) heading out to the Irish sea - New Brighton lifeboatmen training.

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Mostly from this afternoons walkies.

1. From a few days ago, a minion.
2. Heading for the river.
3. A crazy dog.
4. Down by the river.
5-7. Daisy & Duke playing with a ball she found.
8-10. Hundburn brook.

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Love the soggie doggie ones

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Thanks Max, they do like to get wet.

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I love the doggie pics...but I especially love picture number 3.
It really made me smile.

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Love the lighthouse picture. I have a thing about lighthouses.

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I certainly wouldn't get down and dirty in a place where snakes were active, there is always next time

I certainly like the fungi shots, especially as they are in short supply here at the moment, I have returned to sites that were covered in them last year, this year....... nowt.

First rule in the things at ground level: if its not wet you are not doing it right.


On a general note there are some very interesting subjects being photographed at the moment on here, slightly envious my large curriculum does not permit such expeditions at the moment, have taken note of the large number of wet bits......outstanding.

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Just around the woods at Cutwood park, so it should come as no surprise that there are lots of trees, and brown bits, more trees and even more brown bits, and then to finish off some brown bits with trees.

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Me too, especially nr.6. :)

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Kinda like sex, eh;)

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I cant remember.

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Me neither.......:)

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Mind bleach :D

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Isn't that what posh people get coal in?

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that took me a moment to suss out, I was thinking "scuttle"

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Police helicopter was out yesterday so i had a few shots :)

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Today in Pictures, a walk around Huncoat Colliery site on a day when Autumn was very evident.

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No. 10 is a great pic, the angle the mushy is growing combined with the web makes for a lovely pic.

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Thanks, didn't see the web until it was on the computer, but I was on the ground very much in the same position as the fungi.

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only some from the 7 hour trip on the east lancs railway .... the A4s for Eric and im going today as well :D

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Just had a catch up of the week - what great photos from everyone, some real gems. Have really enjoyed perusing them all :)

I have been away on a short break to Lucca in Tuscany this week where I met up with my aunt and uncle. Left my "boys" behind and took way too many photos but it is an amazing town with complete bastions and walls surrounding it which are 500 years old and are a fantastic recreational area with spectacular trees and views. There are traces of the roman town in Piazza del Amfiteatro which is the only oval piazza in the world, lots of mediaeval buildings and churches and some more recent as well as amazing shops, many with the original art nouveau fronts intact . I also visited Palazzo Pfanner with it's lovely Italianate garden, the botanical gardens and the house where composer Puccini was born.
I immediately noticed that it is a bike friendly place so here's a first look at Lucca with pedal power in mind. Spot the tandem and monocycle!

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Number three ... the color of the walls ... fantastic.

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I have a thing about bikes.......so I was in my element looking at your pics.
I like picture number 3.....such vibrant sunny colours...but my fave has to be number 1.......but I cannot put my finger on just why.

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Nos. 1 and 2 ... I'm pretty sure that's a crab ... but I've never seen one in that livery.

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it is ...

these are the locomotives that were there

Locos scheduled to appear include:

• BR Class A4 4-6-2 No. 60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley"
• BR Class A4 4-6-2 No. 60009 "Union of South Africa"
• LMS Hughes Fowler Crab 2-6-0 No 13065 (first gala appearance)
• LMS A Class 0-6-0 12322
• BR Gresley 2-6-0 No 61994 "The Great Marquess"
• BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank No. 80080
• LMS "Jinty" 0-6-0 No. 16407
• WD Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 132 "Sapper"
• Peckett 0-4-0 No. 1370 "May

Steam Weekends | The East Lancashire Railway

if you look on that there is a sheet to download to tell you all the details of the steam gala eric

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Wherever you looked there were bikes - I struggled for an hour to reduce the photos from over 20 to 10 - some will fit in with another theme I have in mind.
I had to put in number one - aftermath of a cloudburst the first evening in Lucca - the light and reflections were special and will always remind me of that moment, we had set out without brolleys and took shelter under shop-fronts!

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You can tell that number 1 is special....it has atmosphere, ambience....whatever you want to call it....it conveys not just the picture, but a feeling too.
I love it!

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Nice to see a theme woven into the fabric of an atmospheric place.

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As usual I'm playing catch up .... again! These were Fridays jolly hol snaps taken up around Barrow in Furness & Ulverston so bear with me. ;)

A grounded Trawler by Roa Island - Piel Castle - One of our Navies silent protectors - Conishead priory & Buddhist temple (Manjushri Kadampa meditation centre) x4 - Stan Laurel Inn Ulverston x2 - And a Lighthouse above Ulverston???

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A cornucopia of lovely pics.....thanks son.
I really enjoyed looking at them....imagining myself to be there....without the imbuggerance of having to deal with traffic.

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First set of ten showing what people get up to on and around the walls of Lucca in Tuscany... (10 more tomorrow)
1. Taking a cat for a walk
2. Reading a book
3. Multi-tasking?! What, a man ;):D Smoking a pipe and texting.
4. Taking a dog for a walk
5. Sending a text to a friend in England
6. Enjoying the autumn sunshine
7. A bit of old-fashioned courting
8. Picnic with the family
9. Meeting up with friends and messing about
10. Taking in the view (young man from Scotland on his hols.)

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Dianne your pictures are delightful, and just what this thread was started for.
It shows a snapshot of your day.....what was going on in your little section of the world.
I love them.....they are ordinary, yet extraordinary.
A slice of life......I also think they resonate with me because, given the opportunity, they are the visual eavesdropping pictures I would take myself.

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Thanks Margaret :) Here's the next set of ten - more of the same!
1 He couldn't resist walking on the wall, it's quite a way down...
2 Resting a while
3 Easy way round, take a carriage ride. (4.2km round tour on the walls)
4 Ride in a buggy with the family - this way the kids don't moan!
5 Playing dominoes
6 Meeting old friends - top dog in his usual place, usual time.
7 Discussing politics
8 Contemplating the mountains
9 Snap!
10 Student reading group - all their own words.

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I like your 'more of the same' too.
They are just what I would have liked to have captured.
I like to catch shots of people doing what they do, without knowing that the camera is on them. The shots are more real somehow, and have a different feel to those shots where people know they are being photographed.

I love 5 and 6......they would both lend themselves to selective colour reduction very nicely......take the colour out of the background and just leave the men in colour.....think it would make for an interesting shot.......but that is just me!

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1 and 8 outstanding backdrop, and probably not noticed when people are going about their business.

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Mussolini ? ;)

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He was actually going on about Fascism so you are right in a way :D

Was lucky to catch him making that gesture but he was a typical Italian gesticulator!

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Today in Pictures, a walk back in time.

1. Who lies there.
2. That grass wants cutting.
3. Ivy gets everywhere.
4. the long shot.
5. The leaves on the ground are starting to pile up.
6. It went dark soon.
7. Its Ivy again.
8. This time next year you will not see the stone.
9. Heading back to the gate.
10. I see your back is no better.

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We're up to the week-end & a trip to Coventry to catch up with my Sister & her clan plus an old mate from the Army days.

The kids at the Ricoh (Isabel & Tom Niece & Nephew) - Slumming it at the "De Vere" Hotel (actually overlooking the Football pitch) - Stanley at the Ricoh Arena - Marion, Mutt, Sis & Si Sunday afternoon at the Memorial park - Said Mutt "Locket" - Tom & Sis chasing the hound out of a mucky puddle he'd been wallowing in - So into the pond with the grubby little Arab - A quick break then on with the games - Sunday evening in the "Signalbox" newly opened Hungry horse Pub, they even had a quiz on & we finished 3rd! Marion, Stan (Army mate) Lorraine & Joe - X years as a Civvy & look what happens! :D

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Piazza del Anfiteatro in Lucca - unique place as it is a perfect oval. The mediaeval buildings sprang up around the remains of the old Roman amphitheatre. Any stone from that was slowly poached away for other buildings leaving the outline of the amphitheatre and the 4 arched entrances into it are where the gladiators used to enter it originally.

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I've really enjoyed the photos posted in the last few days! Thank you all. Sorry I've not had time to comment - will get back in full swing soon :)

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Oh those pics are beautiful....like a spoonful of warm honey.

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Was the pace of life as relaxed as the photos suggest. Interesting location by the way.

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First decent drive out for ages.

1-6. Northumbria and Cumbria countryside.
7. A Kestrel.
8-10. Brough Castle ruins.

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Some very atmospheric shots.
I especially like number five...those earthworks look very interesting.......I like seven as well.
That is a great capture.

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The locals seemed to enjoy a very laid-back lifestyle - many getting about on foot or on bikes. Not many cars allowed in the walled town though the local buses thundered through during the day and didn't take any prisoners.
I really liked the feel of the place -there were lots of tourists but it still retained a small-town, intimate feel.

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Yesterday a sunset over the tracks

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I must of just missed you R, I was passing over that bridge as the sun was setting.....It was a beauty :D

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Creeeeeepy :D

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Don't worry, I wouldn't want to hold your hand, I just thought it may of been nice to bump into another member and have a chat about lens sizes etc :D

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Well that chat wouldn't go that far since I know crap about lenses.... I used my nexus 5 :D

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Today in Pictures started in a field adjacent to St Mary's Burial Ground, across the field to The Millennium Baby Wood, and back up the main road.

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good shots d, can't decide if I like No5 or 10 best.....


....ok it's No5 that's my fave ;)

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More from around Lucca -the statue is of locaklly-born Puccini. I have done some colour isolation on a couple of photos.

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Have tried all fungi season to get a good shot of that fungi, but this year the slugs beat me to it every time.

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I love the coluur in them all - number 5 is such a great subject -I've never seen one in the wild - did you notice the little slug crawling up it?

I beg to differ though and say my favourite is number 6 ;):)

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I only know of a couple of sites that contain that fungi, but this year slugs have been in abundance, and yes I noticed that one crawling up the stem, they have got to most of the ones I have found this year.

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Yes,I noticed the slug too.I thought to myself, they must have a good immune system as that mushroom is well known for its hallucinogenic toxins.
I've had a look myself when I've been out in woodlands etc and still to this day haven't seen one,yet dave seems to find them on a regular basis (I'm not bitter though). :D

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It helps if you have a fungi detector set to about 6 mycelium on the sensitivity scale. However once you find some fungi you sort of "get your eye in" and they start to jump out at you from all sorts of places.

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Is that your way of saying I need a trip to specsavers d :D.
I can usually find shrooms etc without a problem it's just, that particular one just seems too elusive.

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I see that like here, most leaves are down now. There are still some lovely russet brown colours to be seen, and number 10 shows this beautifully :)
Cheeky slugs - they do like their mushies!

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Thank you for these wonderful shots, Dianne. I almost feel like I'm there (I wish:))

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Some Autumnal ones today

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Great shots m,the badgers is my personal fave they almost look real :alright:

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Two locations today,
1-5. A short walk around Pleasington
6-10. Through the fields and along the canal.

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I love the mucky puppy in No 6

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Well, the hols are over & we're back in Germingland & I'm still playing catch up. :rolleyes:

So from Cov to Chesterfield & its famous twisted spire church & aged buildings x3 - Then back into the Charabanc & across to Gods waiting room (Cleveleys) x2 - Finally down to Blackpool for the lights. All in all an average touristy day! :)

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You've clocked up some miles Dave.

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That we have Frank, as we got on the ferry last night in UK I checked the readings from the speedo. From leaving Germany up to getting on the ferry last night it was around 3,370 km, so aye we've done some distance. :)

Still, it was worth it mind!

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You`ve been over there too long Dave, that`s 1,872 miles for us real Englanders.:D (at least I think it is)

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I know, I know, but at least my being here keeps at least one of them from the Sunbeds elsewhere! :s_aim1:

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Following the Touristy trail, on Wednesday (our last full day at home) we wandered our way to Preston & from there to Lytham st.Annes (another contender for Gods waiting room! ;))

Architectural Preston x2 - A rather scary Duck (one of many at sites around the North West) - Some Mad Woman down Preston Docks (She couldn't find any Cats to feed so settled for feathered beasts instead) - Preston Dock (Without the Mad Woman) - Lythams most recognizable features, the Windmill & Old Lifeboat station shown together, then singly - New Lifeboat Station.

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From my visit to Crawford Lake a few days ago:
1. Recreated 15th century First Nations village. Archeologists discovered there had been up to 5 longhouses here, and 250 - 350 people.
2. Entrance through the palisades.
3. House of the Turtle Clan!
4 and 5. Inside (complete with modern day exit sign)
6. Cosy sleeping platform - no privacy in this house!
7 and 8. A complete surprise: inside one of the longhouses was this newly built presentation centre.
9. How could I resist?:p

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A couple of interesting links for those who enjoy photo's,especially vintage ones:

Look At This...: Photography - Vintage

Vintage Color Photos of US cities - SkyscraperCity

And if you want to see some amazing colour photos from the early 20th century check out the work of this guy:- Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Today in Pictures is another of those yesterday, today, experiences, and a roam around Churn Clough reservoir on the slope of Pendle.

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All stunners, Dave. Numbers 1 and 10 are my faves though :)

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You can see for miles in number 2 though, so impossible really to pick just two :)

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Really interesting. I really like the 1870s vintage photos.

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Me too T, photo's (especially vintage ones) are a kind of time machine and the best bit about older ones is there's not a handheld device or chav insight ;).

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About the same distance as from Toronto to Medicine Hat:alright: ... Too far to go for a pizza; but a decent drive.;)

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Well then, here's a song to help you relax:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJD3qcIL7s


:D:D:D

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Today in Pictures has become........ today, yesterday, and the day before.
The first three, Oak Hill Park, the second three, Mercer Park, and finally the last four a walk up tut cut.