Accrington Web - Today in pictures

I climbed out of the back window yesterday and did a disappearing act, I got sent to my room on my return. So where did I go, Hameldon Woods, the Bluebells are at full pelt at the moment, the only disappointing thing, scramble bikes have, and still are as far as I know driving through the blooms and ripping up large drifts. Anyway I found enough to photograph, so as you would expect when you go down the woods to photograph the Bluebells, there are Bluebells and lots of the woods, with just a moistening of a wet bit.

It's such a joy to see the bluebells out in all their glory - number 9 is my fave :)

Turtle

18-05-2015 19:13

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I have been experimenting with ideas for my cardmaking and because I have been asked to do some wedding cards recently I took these pictures. i have to say the idea wasn't all mine...I saw something like it, but thought I would do my own thing in a similar vein.
I know it isn't green fields, rushing streams or waves crashing on the shore, but for now..... this is all I have.

I do like the heart shadow idea - it will make a really nice wedding card :)

Turtle

18-05-2015 19:14

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mine from yesterday ... and another butterfly for mrs p .. :D and the tedster cooling his paws .. haslingden and sherfin today .. a change from bash lines

Nice shots Jen :)

Turtle

18-05-2015 19:16

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Today was a day I had to tie on my flat cap, the wind came whistling down the plains. Dean Clough on a day of clouds and patchy sun.

A windy day, but it gave lovely cloudscapes! I'd be thrilled to have taken any of these :)

Turtle

18-05-2015 19:17

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Taken on my phone while walking the dogs (new software - has a better macro mode)

Nice close ups! Must be a good phone :)

Turtle

18-05-2015 19:21

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After my jaunt of road over the moors of Walsden I had a look around the village school and church I attended.

No 1. The Eastern moor taken from the west on top of Summit tunnel. Over the hill is Blackstone Edge, from Littleborough to Sowerby Bridge.
No 2. Making my way back down.
No 3. Cricket field through the chimneys.
No 4. Gordon Rigg garden and tat centre.
N0.5 St Peters Church school, now converted in to five luxury appartments which were lucky to get shown around by a resident. £250K each. My day paid £200 for our house across to way in 1939.
No 6. Church spire from behind the school.
No 7. Silly shot from graveyard, school chimneys.
No 8. Chimneys of old vicarage, now a very posh private residence.
No 9. View from old school playground.. There wasn't even a fence when I went there. We would loose a ball in the canal and stand by the side throwing stones to get it back, and not a child was harmed.
No 10. Coming down from the moor we passed Bobby Ball's old place. It used to be a run down farmhouse.

Some nice shots of your trip down memory lane, Gremlin. I particularly like number four :)

Turtle

18-05-2015 19:24

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Today becomes last Friday evening, as we visited Spring Wood, Whalley. It was a specific visit to view the Bluebells, but I couldn't help but notice that this year the Wild Garlic has the dominant position and appears to have spread into Bluebell regions and overpowered them in places.

I must admit the white garlic flowers look pretty amongst the bluebells, but it's a bit disconcerting to see them taking over. Lovely shots, davemac :)

Eric	19-05-2015 01:47

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just a reminder for a few members that cant count its 10 photos per day not 11
will let it go this time but will delete in future http://www.tiptopglobe.com/skin/smile/s9900.gif

Eleven is cool ... think of it as a Spinal Tap number.;)

maxthecollie

19-05-2015 09:45

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I cannot post any pics on here this week as I am in a country where the speak funny and the place name start with a stutter (LL).I am sure there is a knot in the cables here because my internet is in and out.

Margaret Pilkington

19-05-2015 17:11

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Have a lovely time!

davemac

19-05-2015 21:42

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Today,it is my bestest walk, around Calf Hey Reservoir, initially in the rain.

Studio25

20-05-2015 11:52

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Nice close ups! Must be a good phone :)

Thanks, Turtle. It's a Samsung Galaxy S4 running A Better Camera.

I only use that app for macros - I use the stock camera app for everything else.

DtheP47

20-05-2015 16:04

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Here's a pic just in from my daughter in law over in Cincinnati showing the state a postcard that I sent my grandaughters from the very same country you are in Frank arrived to them.
Don't think it was sheep that were responsible.

maxthecollie

20-05-2015 16:39

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We are in Anglesey about 10 miles from RAF Valley. A place called Capel Gwyn

DtheP47

21-05-2015 08:02

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We are in Anglesey about 10 miles from RAF Valley. A place called Capel Gwyn

Know it Frank...my shed on wheels is about 25 miles South of you in Tudweiliog.

Morecambe Ex Pat

23-05-2015 09:43

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Sadly the blue tits who were showing an interest in our nest box did not move in. I till see them around and they happily go on the bird feeders when I am working only a few feet away.

We do have some sparrows nesting in the trees and this chap was being fed this morning so I assume that it is one of their recent brood.

Margaret Pilkington

23-05-2015 09:55

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Lovely shots....I am envious.

maxthecollie

23-05-2015 10:04

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Beware of booking cottages through Trip Advisor. We read the reviews on this on in Capel Gwyn on Anglesey and booked it. Since we booked it had two bad reviews and the owner laughed it off as being from rival cottage owners. It is very damp and cold. The cottage can be seen on
Holiday Cottage in Rhosneigr, Llanfaelog with beach/lake nearby and balcony/terrace

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Gremlin

23-05-2015 12:51

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Nice presentation Frank. Can you post it on Trip advisor?
I had a similar experience once and left the cottage after two nights and went into a hotel.
I send a dozen photos to Hoseasons when I got home but they refused to do anything about it because I should have notified them as soon as I saw the state of the place.
The book case was full of mouldy books, all priced in Pound shilling and pence.
There was brown sugar in a basin which had solidified in to one lump. A jam butty down the back of the settee. The list was endless.
It puts you off renting the cottages again. Like you we used them because we took a dog.

maxthecollie

23-05-2015 14:23

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We have always had good cottages up to now in Scotland and Wales.The photos are only a few. I have put my review on Trip Advisor, but like Accyweb, I can only post ten pics. There has been two bad reviews on trip advisor since we booked, but the owner has laughed them off saying it was from his rivals.I am prepared to take it further. I have contacted Trading Standards in Anglesey so say it was not fit for purpose.

Margaret Pilkington

23-05-2015 16:34

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We have rented houses in Llandudno through Holiday Lettings...and though you can pay through Trip advisor, it isn't the agent in the deal.
The two houses we go to are in tip top condition and are always spotlessly clean and have everything you could possibly need other than a good mobile phone signal....and internet.
There is BTopenzone, but it is very sporadic and apt to drop out.
I am sorry to hear that you have had such a raw deal...I would be seeking some money back.

davemac

23-05-2015 21:38

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Today was a return to Musbury Heights.

1. The steep walk up the hill.
2. One of the derelict properties that are dotted around the area.
3. You climb all the way up here to take photos,and you are "mucked up" with photographers when you get here.
4. And here we are Musbury Heights.
5. Kept as a hint to what was once here.
6. The tramway, you can still see the wood sleepers and iron rail pins if you really look.
7. Walking the length of the tramway.
8. Off the end and down to reservoir level.
9. Approaching the wet bit and a right turn heading back.
10. The remains you see are the remnants of weavers sheds and farm buildings, evicted by the water board for fear their animals would contaminate the water. Now the area is dotted with animals, and you have to ask was all the displacement, heartache and the destruction of the community really necessary after all.

maxthecollie

24-05-2015 09:35

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A walk in Penrhos Coastal Park
1) Irish Ferry waiting to leave Holyhead
2) Bluebells in the wood
3) Every Country Park has to nave a folley
3) 5) & 6) Coastal Views
7) A ruin
8) & 9) Flowers
10 Another ruin

Margaret Pilkington

24-05-2015 10:36

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Dave, I like number three....the people do not spoil the picture....they are part of it.
When I am snapping and people move out of shot, I tell them that I do not mind them being in my picture if they do not mind being in it.
Sometimes people give life to pictures. That is not to say an unbroken view of nature is not beautiful.
People just give a shot another dimension.

davemac

24-05-2015 13:59

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As you know people do not feature very strongly in most of my pictures, but this one would not have been taken had it not been for the people, it was just a whimsical remark about climbing all the way up the hill, and it was a bit of a slog, to find we were beaten to the summit.

Margaret Pilkington

24-05-2015 15:16

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Yes Dave, I thought it was a bit whimsical, but as you say folk don't often feature.....and you can be sure that when they do they add something.
Your pictures are always,(without exception) beautiful, thought provoking and interesting.They bring the outdoors inside for those who cannot get out into the great wild wetness...another of your themes.

Gremlin

25-05-2015 15:30

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I had a ride over to Heptonstall today, there is a grave there containing the remains of David Hartley. He was know as the Yorkshire coiner. His crime was to cut edges from the old coins and melt them down to forge new ones and he was very successful until he was caught.
He was hanged at York and left swinging for a week before being taken back to his home in Heptonstall where he was buried.
I then showed my friend around the village.

No. 1 The grave.
No 2. Towngate where my sister lives.
No 3 & 4. The old Church.
No 5. Local entertainment.
No 6. looking back towards Todmorden.
No 7. Same spot but with a bit of zoom on the lens.

Gremlin

25-05-2015 19:33

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Another three of the Church.
Past it's best and the new Church which shares the graveyard is 200 years old.

maxthecollie

25-05-2015 20:45

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Some more pics from our time on Anglesey

maxthecollie

25-05-2015 20:47

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I forgot to rotate no 10 before I published it

gpick24

25-05-2015 20:49

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My first outing in a while, been a bit busy with another project (bought an old banger that im doing up a bit), not 100% on some of the bird species so feel free to enlighten me.

1. Waiting and hoping for San Martins, I think they are nested in the opposite bank but no sign today.
2. A lit up Dill Hall Lane, The Coppice in the background.
3. Lapwing.
4. ?
5 & 6.I think these are House Martins, an absolute nightmare to photograph.
7. ?
8. Mmmm, that yellow one looks tasty.

davemac

25-05-2015 20:55

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Today with a threat of rain, but with a wind to keep it away we set off to Troy Quarry.

1. Spoil piles are now almost invisible.
2. A slight diversion passed the quarry, I am looking for a trough.
3. Sheep are content to live in the scar ridden landscape.
4. On the edge of a long lost community the gate post still stands sentinel for its owners who have slipped into the past.
5. Found it, it looks out over the quarry it came from.
6. Troy Quarry, stone from here paved London, its quartz based sandstone was used to pave large areas of the Capital but the most famous location is Trafalgar Square, how many of us have walked the capital and not realised the stone under our feet came from home.
7. Life on the edge.
8. We all find ways to entertain ourselves. Life on the edge part 2.
9. The area has a gentle bumpiness about it.
10. This stream is one of many that draw lines in the landscape of this area.

Margaret Pilkington

25-05-2015 20:59

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Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1141437)

Absolutely love number 8...but that is because I am a mad cat woman :)

maxthecollie

25-05-2015 21:02

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Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1141437)

You did well to get the house martins as they are so fast.The yellow bird I think is a sisken.

Margaret Pilkington

25-05-2015 21:04

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number 4 looks a bit like a greenfinch
I love number 8...but that is because I am a mad cat woman :)

Margaret Pilkington

25-05-2015 21:07

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Have a look at the picture on the RSPB site...tried to post a link but it wouldn't work for me.

Margaret Pilkington

25-05-2015 21:12

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Greenfinch | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

See if this works.

gpick24

26-05-2015 06:41

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1141444)

Greenfinch | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

See if this works.

That looks like him, thanks.

Margaret Pilkington

26-05-2015 07:11

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You are welcome.....I used to be a bit of a bird watcher when I was growing up.
I still like to spot birds now and again, but my vision is much less reliable these days.

maxthecollie

26-05-2015 13:06

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Some more from our Anglesey Jaunt

Morecambe Ex Pat

27-05-2015 08:39

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A trip to Manchester Airport to collect the wayward holidaymakers. I decided to visit the Runway Visitor Park to pass the time and get into anorak mode. The final 2 pics are the delayed flight from Heathrow which I was waiting for.

mobertol

27-05-2015 16:00

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Back to Lake Garda last week when my nephew and his friend who were visiting from NZ. A selection of photos from that day out - we went to Sirmione and visited the Roman site right on the edge of the headland know as "Le Grotte di Catullo" (photo of an aerial photo depicting the place included to give a better idea of where it is!) it is an amazingly suggestive site with fab views.

Accyexplorer

27-05-2015 19:02

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I'm wondering if anyone can help,I've stumbled across a slight issue with regards to taking photo's, Whenever i use any zoom my pics turn out 'goosed' :confused:

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What can it be? broken component? A setting issue?

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Gremlin

27-05-2015 19:07

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Could be that when you extend the lens it lets light in. It's not an easy fix.
Try taking the same shot a few times. each time extend the lens a little further.
Have you another lens to try or are you using a bridge camera?

Accyexplorer

27-05-2015 19:18

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It has me baffled (not hard,i know).... it happens every time i use zoom (even slightly),yet its fine without :confused:.
I don't have a lens as such due to it being a "bridge camera" G, i'm wondering if something has broke inside or our peg has messed with the settings.

Morecambe Ex Pat

27-05-2015 19:20

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Are you using an auto setting?

Accyexplorer

27-05-2015 19:33

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Are you using an auto setting?

Yes,i know manual is better but i prefer auto ;)

gpick24

27-05-2015 19:36

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Only seen something like that on a laptop screen, and it had a bad connection.

gpick24

27-05-2015 19:37

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Does it look like that through the viewfinder as well.

Morecambe Ex Pat

27-05-2015 20:27

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There is nothing wrong with auto unless you are being really experimental.
The reason I asked about automatic is that in the zoomed images seem to have a higher ratio of light shades than the ordinary shots. Is it possible the compensation settings have been altered.
Does it give you that effect on all zoomed images?

maxthecollie

27-05-2015 20:37

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Have you got a default setting on your camera you can go to?

Accyexplorer

27-05-2015 23:34

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Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1141568)

Does it look like that through the viewfinder as well.

No looks fine,then when I take a shot it goes fuzzy....probably something or nothing :confused:

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Anything is possible,our peg has had her mitts on it so she may of changed a setting.

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Have you got a default setting on your camera you can go to?

I tried resetting it to default but the same happens when I use zoom....very strange.

gpick24

28-05-2015 06:37

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Can you upload the same photos without stripping the exif data, that way we can see what settings have been used. If not upload them to photobucket and post a link.
Can`t think of any camera setting that would do this, but worth a look anyway.

gpick24

28-05-2015 08:55

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You could also place your camera in a black bin bag with just the end of the lens poking out of a hole, wrap an elastic band around it, take a picture (zoomed) if it improves then then you have what Gremlin suggested, light leaking in somewhere.

Light leak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

maxthecollie

28-05-2015 09:05

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Some visitors to our garden

Accyexplorer

28-05-2015 14:53

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The bloke in a camera shop in Bburn says it's the light sensor or something like that.....surely that should effect all the pics?
it's not worth fixing as its only a old (Fuji finepix SD6500fd) camera and it'd cost more than buying another camera.....sales pitch? Hmmmm
Its still ok for macro and none zoomed images so all isn't lost :)

gpick24

28-05-2015 15:08

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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer (Post 1141623)

Well your Peg was the last to use it, so she owes you a new camera.:dancedog:

Margaret Pilkington

28-05-2015 15:13

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Yes, but she will only replace like for like..Get to cash converters!

gpick24

28-05-2015 20:04

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Just a few gosling pics from a quick walk along the canal

davemac

28-05-2015 20:56

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Today was a windy experience, one minute I was on the edge of "Ossy" Moor the next I was promenading along the Rossendale Way. It proved to me we live in green and sometimes pleasant land. On the way home the Gorse lining the motorway was belting out full colour and the Ox Eye Daisy was giving a hint it was about to drift white flowers everywhere, and on the wind you could smell the Hawthorn flowers.

1. Jamestone Quarry with Ossy Moor off to the left.
2. As we edge up the hill a big machine is pushing stuff around in the quarry.
3. I am starting to wonder if I am in for a dousing.
4. Trees are shaped by the elements, and not by their desire for the light.
5. I am stood on the Rossendale Way, and just over that wall is Ossy Moor.
6. On the boundary looking in the direction of Helmshore.
7. The remains of what I believe is an old cart track.
8. The top end of Jamestone Quarry, and tucked into the "V" of the trees on the right is Troy Quarry.
9. The turbines are turning under turbulent skies.
10.Just on the edge of Ossy Moor looking over to Calf Hey and Musbury Heights.

Margaret Pilkington

28-05-2015 21:16

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Number 8 is a stunner.

Accyexplorer

28-05-2015 23:20

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Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1141629)

Well your Peg was the last to use it, so she owes you a new camera.:dancedog:

I suggested this idea to Mrs E,I have to say,she wasn't impressed :D
She said (sarcastically) "yes dear,of course,what camera would you like?
I replied "the one with a shutter that operates so fast, it would be able to take a picture of a you with your mouth shut".......🙊

Turtle

29-05-2015 21:54

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1141440)

Absolutely love number 8...but that is because I am a mad cat woman :)

me too!

Morecambe Ex Pat

30-05-2015 13:28

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I see this chap regularly but can't tempt it down onto the bird table or feeders

maxthecollie

30-05-2015 14:04

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I see this chap regularly but can't tempt it down onto the bird table or feeders

Have you tried niger seeds?

Gremlin

30-05-2015 14:38

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I was in the Blind Welfare Society yesterday with my camera and decided to try out a new lens I have.
It's has a fantastic range for 18mm to 300mm.
Nothing special, just messing about. All untouched or modified.

No 1. A customer.
No 2. Collection box.
No 3. The upper car park on a busy Friday afternoon.
No 4. Across the top of Union street.
No 5. Four coach train, unusual, or is it.
No 6. Taken from same spot as the train.

I'm very happy with my purchase.

mobertol

30-05-2015 15:08

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A short walk up the lane by the river turned into a bug bonanza!

Margaret Pilkington

30-05-2015 15:26

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I am not a big fan of bugs, but I do like your pics Dianne....you have captured these insects beautifully.
The butterfly is gorgeous, and the flying thing with its wings folded(not sure if that is a butterfly too) reminds me of my tiffany style lamps that I bought a couple of months ago.....when our refurbishment was being completed.
Lovely work.

Margaret Pilkington

30-05-2015 15:28

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Today it was the take down of the pics in the exhibition.
I brought mine home, they are framed and awaiting a man with a hammer to put them up on my wall.
Picture to follow.

Margaret Pilkington

30-05-2015 17:29

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some of my offerings for today...
1) Ma,on her first full day at home
2) Boys will be boys...framed.One of the pictures from the exhibition.
3) Blue and white....framed. My other picture from the exhibition
4) both pictures together...now all I need is a man with a hammer.
5 & 6) Accrington Pipe Band on Broadway today.

Turtle

30-05-2015 18:14

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A short walk up the lane by the river turned into a bug bonanza!

Well done Dianne! I really like number four :)

Turtle

30-05-2015 18:16

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It's good to see your Ma home and looking good, Margaret. Your photos for the competition are great - they should have received recognition :)

Margaret Pilkington

30-05-2015 18:28

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There were some far better than mine that received no recognition.
I like the ones I submitted and they are going on my wall now they are framed.
I have found a man, but he has mislaid his hammer:)

Accyexplorer

30-05-2015 19:52

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Glad your mother is on the mend M,as for the "exhibition",hmmmm....I think it was fixed either that or the judges had been in the pub all morning :D

Your pics look splendid framed,a lovely addition to anyones home but as you took the shots even more so.
I bet you could make a bob or two selling your B&W images (framed) on a well known auction site ;)

Margaret Pilkington

30-05-2015 19:58

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Jason someone else who has seen my framed pics said exactly the same thing.

It would have been good to know how the judges came to their decisions. That said, there were a lot of very very good pictures, so it cannot have been an easy job.

Yes Ma is improving, but she will stand watching......I am sure she will be pushing the boundaries when my back is turned. :D

davemac

30-05-2015 21:05

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Today was a very long walk over Pendle Hill, I just kept saying "will just look over the next hill" and by the time there were just to many more hills to look over, I had walked and snapped away from the car for about 2 hours, and applying the theory of relativity I guessed it would be the the same time to return. This proved to be incorrect, by not stopping as often to take photos and walking in straight lines I made the return journey in just over an hour.

gpick24

31-05-2015 07:54

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1141817)

Today it was the take down of the pics in the exhibition.
I brought mine home, they are framed and awaiting a man with a hammer to put them up on my wall.
Picture to follow.

Completely forgot that was this weekend :(

Margaret Pilkington

31-05-2015 09:03

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If you want your pics back then you need to contact them.....I was told that any that were not picked up by the owners would be destroyed.
When I went into the library a lot of the pictures were still on the display boards.
If I had taken the picture that you submitted I would definitely want it back....it would be framed and on the wall.
Now where IS that hammer?

gpick24

31-05-2015 10:18

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I`ve emailed them.

maxthecollie

31-05-2015 10:42

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A circular stroll from our house yesterday

Margaret Pilkington

31-05-2015 10:43

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Great stuff.

davemac

31-05-2015 19:27

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Today was a visit to Spring Wood, The pay and display machines are fitted, signage in place, but still wrapped in plastic, so its only days now. The Bluebells are all but finished, the Ransoms are passed their best, and making way for Ferns and grasses.

1. Ransoms making the best of dappled shade.
2. Despite the eradication of the Rhododendrons policy some still remain in small areas.
3. A nice flower, but the plant is invasive.
4. Also it is one of the only bold flower colours at the moment.
5. An old wives tale, when cows lie down they are tired.
6. Ransoms in a wood pile.
7. A different wood pile, same effect.
8. Stood here the smell of Garlic is strong.
9. Red Campion, although not invasive still manages a few colourful clumps.
10 Just a quick check under the bridge to see if I can find any !

Turtle

31-05-2015 19:48

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Every shot sends beauty to my side of the pond. Thank you davemac :)

davemac

31-05-2015 21:16

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Every shot sends beauty to my side of the pond. Thank you davemac :)

If that is the case, then my job is done. Thanks.

mobertol

31-05-2015 21:37

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It's good to see your Ma home and looking good, Margaret. Your photos for the competition are great - they should have received recognition :)

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It would have been good to know how the judges came to their decisions. That said, there were a lot of very very good pictures, so it cannot have been an easy job.

Yes Ma is improving, but she will stand watching......I am sure she will be pushing the boundaries when my back is turned. :D

I'm glad to see your mum looking so well too - parents - they are irreplaceable!

Glad to see someone made it to the final evening of the Photo exhibition - I spoke to my aunt today but unfortunately she didn't make it as they were away. She was very enthusiastc about some of the film nights and workshop events though. You photos look fab framed Margaret - as to the voting my aunt more or less expressed what I heard from you all here - I think a popular jury would have come up with different winners but then we are not "artistes" - just amateur photography enthusiasts ;) o.O

Margaret Pilkington

31-05-2015 21:50

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Thank you Dianne...you are right.....you only ever get one mum....and they are to be celebrated every day, not just Mothers Day.
There were some stunning pictures, I do hope the owners go and collect them.....even if they then sell them.
The donations were to enable the event to be repeated next year.
I will no doubt enter that one too.....but not for the winning....for the taking part, and for seeing the photographs of others.
It does stimulate you to improve.

mobertol

31-05-2015 21:59

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I would love to have been able to take part more - Adam bent the rules a little to accept my pics!

mobertol

31-05-2015 22:46

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Attachment 49132A selection of recent photos - first 2 from Lake Garda - a duck on the lake and a peek through a barber shop window, a couple with reflections taken at the Parco Sigurtà - an amazing garden which I visited on the way back from the lake and the others are taken in the center of Cremona - was experimenting with reflections of the old buildings in some of the violin-makers windows.

Margaret Pilkington

01-06-2015 07:22

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Ooh, so many of my favourite things in that selection.
Reflections, bikes, architecture, people watching.
Lovely Dianne!

Turtle

01-06-2015 10:28

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Lovely shots Dianne. Is that a stone turtle I see on the wall in number 4?
:rolleyes:

mobertol

01-06-2015 10:33

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Lovely shots Dianne. Is that a stone turtle I see on the wall in number 4?
:rolleyes:

It is indeed and there were real ones in the pond too :)

mobertol

01-06-2015 10:37

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Ooh, so many of my favourite things in that selection.
Reflections, bikes, architecture, people watching.
Lovely Dianne!

Some of my favourite subjects too, I will post some more from the amazing gardens at Parco Sigurtà next ( were the reflections in the ponds were taken) - I love a well managed garden to wander round and this one has loads to offer :)

maxthecollie

01-06-2015 14:01

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Some more pics from North Wales

maxthecollie

01-06-2015 14:03

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I am thinking of upgrading my Sony DSLRA450 to a Sony A77II. I may put my DSLRA 450 up for sale on Accyweb if I don't get a good part ex on it.

Margaret Pilkington

01-06-2015 14:13

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Were some of those pics take at Llanberis Frank?
Some of that scenery looks familiar to me.

maxthecollie

01-06-2015 14:15

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All but the first one which was taken at a country park. We went there to take Max for a walk but it was a children's adventure park with that wooden carving at the entrance. We diverted and went to Llanberis for the day.

Margaret Pilkington

01-06-2015 14:33

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I like Llanberis.....have visited quite a few times.
Love the slate miners cottages.

davemac

01-06-2015 20:10

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Today was the first day of Summer, so goodbye to all those moist gussets, an what did I get......... a wet gusset far beyond wet, when I returned and stood in the conservatory we were just dripping over the floor......champion.

1. Hawthorn bushes are dotted around the area covered in blossom, giving them the appearance of a covering of snow. Plus when you get close a very strong "lily of the valley" perfume.
2. Its been a while since I have seen Bistort.
3. If there is a wet bit, I am stood in it.
4. Ransoms are not as spent as at other locations.
5. Plus the Bluebells are still performing here.
6. Red Campion sat above the largest drift of Forget me nots I have seen for some time.
7. Looking the length of the site.
8. There doesn't appear to be another soul around the site.
9. Perhaps I should go as well.
10. The Bracken on the left are just sending up fronds, the next time I return they will have smothered out a lot of other plants.