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Lovely pics Frank.

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Nice one,great tits ;)

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Enfield Wharf this morning in the cold misty winter sunlight.
Don't think the ducks wanted to test the water.

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A couple of "macro's" an a massive paw print (size of my hand) :eek:

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Are they actually nesting in that box Frank? Or is it just them being nosey? :)

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Gotta be a Sasquatch.;)

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Not sure about that Eric, but most probably something abominable. :D

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I don't think they are nesting yet, but they are there quite a bit.

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Anomalous primates in Accrington? Next you'll be telling me the Easter bunny's real ;)

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Mine from this weekend (mostly today).

1. He must have a screw loose going in there.
2. Off down to the Dunk.
3. Playing fetch.
4. Nuthatch & Great Tit??
5. Can we go now?
6-8. Around the Dunk woods.
9. A rather chunky Robin.
10. He`s found something under there, rats nest maybe.

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5 and nine are my favourites....lovely shots.
Wish I had captured them

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Today in Pictures, is another of those walks in the extreme, I did intend to walk down to the river and snap some snow scenes, got into Gt Harwood, all gone, so where can I go that will be covered in snow, higher than yesterday, colder than yesterday and more "life in the extreme" Pendle Hill it is then.

1. This is a new installation, something I knew nothing about, and I have to say fascinating.
2. That will be our final destination, it doesn't look all that far away from here, but it is.
3. The temperature is at freezing point, but the sky and clouds are giving a colour and cloud display.
4. The rays are over Gt Harwood, you can just see Dean Clough Reservoir.
5. Off to the right you can see Longridge Fell.
6. You can see the reservoirs again in this one.
7. Although we are getting further away from our starting point it doesn't look like we have moved much at all.
8. We have arrived at the point we will turn around and head back in roughly the same direction.
9. I have been given a sign, we must return.
10. And with a final lean against the wall its time to head back.

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Lovely pics Dave, I was thinking of going up there today but the mrs nicked the car.

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Nice shots - charming birds! They're tits I believe?

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Nice mood in number one :)

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All great - but I LOVE number 5. And the robin of course :)

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Breathtaking davemac! Kudos to you.

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It was the busiest I had seen it for a while, walkers, sledgers, snowmen builders, and not forgeting photographers, I had to walk for 30 minutes before they thinned out and I was almost on my own.

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Today in Pictures, is a joint effort today, so I suspect all my techniques will be revealed later.

1. According to mummy, I'm going to be a proper little madam.
2. Time to stand in a stream.
3. Third res down from the top.
4. Same res but round a bit.
5. The sun appeared to stay in the same place for ages.
6. Guess what's wet now.
7. Sitting on a metal bench could weld you to the spot, especially if you have wet strides.
8. Heading down to the monument.
9. Oy...get down from there.
10. And with that "accy" went to bed.



p.s. thanks for the company.

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Love number 9 and number one.....the light is magical.
Great shots Dave.

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my version of walkies with davemac round the coppice ... :p

first 8 are from the new camera ... the last 2 are from the old camera .. now why should that happen ... mmm well someone forgot to take a new set of batteries with her ... and the batteries expired while halfway round the coppice .. so its a good job I did have the old one with me .. :o

i'll have to post more tomorrow ....

thank you for taking me ...

2 ... is the reverse of the avenue parade zoom test ... from the look out point on the coppice .. and it wasn't at full zoom either ..

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Number 5 looks like I have my pants on back to front.

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Jen..I LOVE number 8.......it's the light again, and the shadows.
I see you had the services of a guide.
The zoom is great too.

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I had a good time .. and it was fun .. a bit slippy, a bit muddy, and davemac tried to get me to fall in a stream but I managed not to :p

my first time up the coppice ... I will hopefully venture up there again ... with an extra set of batteries ... :p

and surely dave you should have checked your trousers before you left home ....:D

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Just be thankful he had trousers on Jen.....he could have been wearing shorts!

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I was toying with the idea of my pink tutu but it was in the ironing pile, still, perhaps next time.

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Just a warning for Davemac whatever you do don't offer to take Jen for a coffee in any café she has very expensive taste.
cost me over £4 when I took her
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Now.....that is a picture I would like to see.:)

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I was waving at you from up by Spire Farm

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Here you go Margaret.

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I suppose I am fortunate that there are no coffee shops on the top of the coppice, well not yet anyway.

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Funny enough I was telling jen that your local walk was up the other side of Spire Farm.

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I didn't realise anyone had taken my snap from a previous visit when I was wearing it..........now if you can just take all the wrinkles out of my face

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No ones safe when i`m out and about in my gillie suit.
Just a quick skin soften and....

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I remember that night, it was a corker.

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heres my pics took over last couple of days owt n about round accy x

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Great shots mark,especially the ones from the coppice...


...keep them coming :alright:

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Love the marmalade cat....I have always wanted a cat just like that.....I will just have to make do with a picture.

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marmalade cat? Is that the technical term for those "ginger toms"?
I've always attributed "gollywogs" to marmalade not cats, but I haven't eaten the stuff in donkeys years.

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Today in Pictures is an unusual collection of cloudscapes, silhouettes, and a bit of wet bits.


1. A weak sun illuminating the cloudscapes.
2. Its green underfoot but snow on the tops.
3. It was only a few days ago that I walked the ridge that is now in view.
4. Its not often you can look at the sun, but today it was very watery.
5. Silhouettes in abundance.
6. Having arrived at the wet bits, it was time to wet the bits.
7. You can just see the rocks in the previous photo, and the steep climb I have just done.
8. The sun has dropped a bit.
9. The second tree drops more branches every time I come past here.
10. And with this shot it was time to paddle up the hill in the rather slutchy field.

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Love the altocumulus mackerel sky in no. 4.

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I did try and look up what type of clouds they were, but just too many to be certain, and its not my area of expertise.

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Mackerel Sky, mackerel Sky, not long wet not long dry...or that is how the saying goes.
Lovely shots Dave....I am at a loss to choose a favourite....they all have good light and interesting(attractive) elements in them.

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Yes, they are called Marmalade Cats.....I always wanted one and had a name all ready for him if he walked into my life.....Marmaduke.
When I was a child we did have a marmalade cat.....we inherited him....he was called 'Sandy' and refused to have his name changed

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Thanks for that M,what happens if your cat ends up being female....marmamarge perhaps?.......you really are a polymath :)

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No it would still be a Marmalade cat......and I think that(and I maybe wrong here, but will bow to anyone else's greater knowledge)all marmalade cats are males.....like all tricolour known as 'carpetbag' cats are female......something to do with feline genetics.

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I have just checked our friend Google(shudder)......it seems that the majority of ginger cats are male, female ginger cats are much less common.......so if I did get a ginger female.....it would be Marmaduchess, rather than Marmaduke.
This is highly improbable as Pasha, my current cat is going to be our last pet......we are both getting too long in the tooth to be taking on another pet.

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On the way home today (early finish Wednesday) saw this gang of furry vandals (10 of 'em) in a field making free with the farmers toils. :)

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No snow Dave?

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Up here in the balmy North we've had frosts & the like, if you're wanting snow you've got to head on down to the deep South (well at least south of the Kasseler berge) but there's still time yet Frank. ;)

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Today in Pictures is just a quick tootle, and more documental than anything else.

1. This field during the summer was a large trench while they put a large water pipe in, you can just make out the rebuilt wall that had to come down.
2. It came very close, so I kicked away snow and leaves to reveal a bit of soil, it was straight down.
3. Who left that gate open there is a hell of a draught.
4. Can you tell where I am yet.
5. Just leaves at the moment, the flowers are still tucked away until it gets a bit warmer.
6. And with that last shot the BIG shop awaits

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Probably my mrs, she leaves everything else open.

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Agreed but I love the 2 photos of Dave - brilliant! :)

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Great set of photos -love what you've done with number 7. :)

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Altham graveyard? Lovely photos...

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This week I've been playing with B&W shots, since a friend of mine on Facebook issued me with the five day challenge (post one B&W shot each day for 5 days). I groaned at first but reluctantly agreed to do it. They started out as regular colour pix, but I used Photoshop to remove the colour and improve the contrast etc.
1. There’s a spider on the wall. Miss Pris on the hunt.
2. Crystals (a pot I made).
3. German style sausages at our deli (Bockwurst, Westphalians and Weisswurst for DiG).
4. The only outdoor shot (it’s COLD over here!) Early morning at the Guild cottage where I work.

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Correct, St Marys burial ground.

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Its good to have a focal point, and can stretch the imagination to see a B&W shot in a world of colour, nice idea.

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Is it just me, or can anyone else see the face in nr. 4? :rolleyes:

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I had to get out again and take some winter shots :)

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I didn't notice until you mentioned it! Hah hah I seem to do that a lot, unknowingly.

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Pix 3-4 remind me of all my cold walks to school down Sandy Lane back in the early 60s. Talk about frozen knees by the time I got there!

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Lovely shot of the robin, and there's my favourite graveyard again, in a wintery mood.

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A stroll in the snow today with my pocket camera up to Higher Brox Farm

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I love all these snow scenes- we haven't seen a single flake yet. It can be a nuisance but winter doesn't seem the same without a few snowy days.
I'd drive over if I had time, just to walk in it and see a snow covered Pendle again.
As it is, just keep posting your snowy ones please, it's the next best thing!

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It's starting to thaw fast now and it is very wet

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My old stomping ground! Well almost, this farm is the posher side :)

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Today in Pictures, still wet, white, and wonderful on my tootling.

1. A walk around Hameldon Woods reveals a lot of downed trees.
2. There has to be a wet bit.
3. Beech are the only tree still with a few leaves, apart from the evergreens of course.
4. Silver Birch show off their bark, it gets lost when the leaves are out.
5. The wood, a wall and a wet bit, I don't think I am in Narnia though.
6. Baubleicious and if you look carefully you can see a little fat chap.
7. Top edge of the quarry, had time been available I would be up there.
8. Amongst the pine trees.
9. An abandoned farmhouse and attached cottages overlooking Winfields'.
10. A long forgotten about sluice gate that once regulated water to Britannia Mill.

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Did you live up this way?

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I can see a face in number 4 too.
I love number one.....that is a great shot.

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Thank you Margaret. I thought of you with a couple of these, and how you can add colour selectively and beautifully. It would have been out of line for me for this particular challenge though :)

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Yes, Frank. I lived in number 4 Heights Cottages, around 1963. There was no indoor loo, but a communal one for the row of cottages. No bath even. And no hot water - my Dad had to get us an immersion heater. I remember taking a 'bath' in the kitchen sink.
My sister was born there in one of the two bedrooms. I heard everything that transpired that night. Primitive conditions for a baby to come into the world, by our standards these days anyway :)

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I always thought that winter had no colour except white and darks. This year however, I've taken the time to really look, and there are lovely though muted colours to be seen. Your photos of today's jaunt really show this beautifully :)

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Caroline, I am not clever enough to ADD realistic colour......I am only at the stage of being able to selectively remove colour.
I can add a single colour then remove some of the background colour.....so I could make Pris a mauve cat, but not give her her true colour.
Recently I haven't had time to do any of that......but I am still making cards though(by request).

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Thanks, I do like to be out in the snow, the problem with snow though is that it is a very bright and can appear grey if not exposed correctly, my trick is to overexpose by one stop.

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A few more from yesterday :)

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Thank you for explaining, Margaret. However you do it, it's a good effect and I've seen how it has enhanced your photos. The cards you make are wonderful, and a worthy creative outlet.
I think Miss P. would be amused to see herself in mauve hah hah!

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I will work on it.

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Sorry Margaret! Please don't. That wasn't my intention. I know how busy you are! Clumsy of me.

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No, not at all. It was a bit of a diversion from all the work I have been doing lately.
Here you go, see what you think.
I like it...and I enjoyed remembering how to do it too:)

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Oh Margaret, that's fabulous!!! What an exotic pussy she is to be sure :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Does that mean you like it?:)
You are very welcome....I enjoyed doing it.

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I most certainly do like it! You did a great job. And Miss P. is beside herself with glee, and quite honoured.
Thanks again!
C
xo

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I love a good b+w image with a splash of colour chucked in for effect (though some turn out alot better than others)...I think, I'll be having a go myself when I get some time...."watch this space" as they say :)

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Glad you like it too.
Some pictures are more effective(when this process is applied) than others.
I really like this one..but I had to scratch my head to remember how to do it...Haven't done it for a good while.

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Yes,creative as usual,I'd never of thought of using purple (works well).
Do you use colour splotch or whatever that apps called,Im pretty sure it was you who said it was a good app?
I've just downloaded a few app's to help me but if you know of a good one I'm all ears :)

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No, it is Photoscape...a Free(I really like that word) editing tool that is very simple to use...but it is on my desktop not a portable device(i think they do photoscape as an app, but I am told is isn't that great).
I do have some on my Ipad but can't just think what they are right now

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dave the farmhouse above winfields is called tannerbarn .. and its owned by dale Winfield ... :p

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Just a few today, I was trying to get a Kingfisher for the photo comp but no sign today, but I did bump into my old friend the dipper.

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I could mess about all night with my pics applying bits of colour :D,,,,,, sadly ,I've not got that long :)
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Number one is particularly effective :)

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Just wondering, AccE, what is the building in No1?
My first guess was a fire station tower for drying hoses but I've never seen one in stone. The crane tower for a warehouse that's no longer there?

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Yes, I understand the constraints of time.
I have not had a lot of time to indulge myself in my usual pursuits.....photography, card making and editing pictures.
So when I do get a little bit of time I relish the luxury of doing what I want to do, instead of doing what I have to do.
Now I will go and put another coat of varnish on the table.

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I think its the training tower for the old Fire station here in Accrington.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ion-65602.html

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Cheers T :)

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That's interesting, If it was in good condition it would be worth a mint today, my daughter works for him at his internet and mail order site at Britannia mill.

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Great artical (for those who like B+W pics) from the dailyfail:-

Incredible pictures of 1950s London show the way things used to be | Daily Mail Online

I especially like the pic of the "urchins".

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Today in Pictures was a dull and dismal day, Birdy Brow to Hurst Green following what would have been the tree line if they hadn't cut them down. So never the less we managed to cut a few shapes.

1. With the sun low in the sky it illuminated the mist on the ground.
2. It was a dark day all round.
3. There were times when you could feel the temperature drop rapidly.
4. The tree fellers appear to go around old and mis-shaped copses.
5. The views have changed.
6. I suppose woodpeckers will take advantage of the standing damaged trees.
7. Where large areas have been levelled, self sown seeds germinate and race to dominate the sky.
8. But not here just yet.
9. You can see the new flush of pines heading to grow past the old stock.
10. The light is starting to go, and we have a way to go, by the time we were back at the car it was dark.

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Lovely silhouettey pics,
ps congrats on the observer hat trick.

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Thanks, there wasn't much else to photograph, visibility was pants, pines were high on either side except where they had cut them down, it was an interesting walk but photographically a bit bland.
I have not been uploading to flickr for a few months, but have just got back into it, but thanks for noticing.