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Feel free to post more, you are allowed 10 per day.


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It is that my friend, but as the M.i.L lives at Heimstetten by Munich & as we were down visiting for Christmas, it's only about 1.5-2 hours drive, so not to bad. :)

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28th Dec 2017 - Loco 44871 on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

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One from a wintery morning, searching the park near all saints church in Clayton le Moors.

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29th Dec 2017 - Winter from Pendle

A few images today from Pendle Hill, I was hoping for more of the white stuff.....

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Oakenshaw weir on a wet day.

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30th Dec 2017 - LMS Black Five 45212 leaving Irwell Vale

Sad to think of the 842 of these engines built between 1934-51 only 18 have been preserved....

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31st Dec 2017 - Skipton Church Interior

My final image for the One A Day Every Day Challenge, today was Day 731 (or 2 years) of taking and posting an image every day....

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Keep it up, Ryewolf, and all the others who put their photos on here, in 2018.
I, and I'm sure many others, really enjoying viewing your efforts.

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Happy New Year to all Accy Webbers.

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I also would like to wish everyone on this forum a very Happy New Year...x

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Thanks, I doubt I will be posting images everyday, 2 years of going out and trying to find something to photograph has been a tough challenge and to be honest I could do with the break from it.

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My first venture out with the camera in a few days...

Black Five 45212 leaving Ramsbottom this evening - although the timetable said this was supposed to be a diesel train...

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7th Jan 2018 - More Steam Trains - at Townsend Fold near Rawtenstall

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Don’t let the blue sky and sun fool you, here is one from a very cold field where I go prospecting.
Our British countryside is beautiful :)

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A couple of birdies from Saturday at Spring Wood picnic site near Whalley. A Robin on a fence and a Nuthatch in a tree.

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I set out with good intentions of some serious photography in Todmorden Park. After five minutes I was frozen stiff so after grabbing a couple of quick shots I scarpered.

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It's been a while since I've been out with the camera, 731 consecutive days taking photo's sorta exhausts your local area... I spotted these pink peeling shutters on Victoria Street, Accrington, I liked the way it looked almost like some sort of sci-fi writing...

15th Jan 2018 - Pink Shutters

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Like this one...clever picture

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Thanks, it's surprising how often the most mundane of objects that would normally just be overlooked or walked past unnoticed provide an interesting image.

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Not one from today, but a few years ago and one of the very few times I've managed to capture an insect in flight.

A Hoverfly hovering

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20th Jan 2018 - Steam Train in the Snow

Black Five 45212 at Townsend Fold near Rawtenstall

I had hoped to catch the steam train arriving here from the opposite direction, but as you can see from the second image, it arrived tender first...

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I’ve been to the East Lancs plenty of times and remember a train with a loco at either end.
Both locos with front end to the train.
How hard would it have been to switch them so they whichever way they travelled it would be boiler first.

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The Black Five, in the photo's I took, is currently on loan from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (I think). I'd guess it's pretty difficult these days as very few places have turntables to change the direction of the engine. Normally steam trains from Bury to Rawtenstall come Engine first and tender first from Rawtenstall.

As most of these heritage railways have limited track and no loops, I'd say very hard to have the engine always facing front. Plus a whole lot of regulations to have steam trains running on mainlines....

I'm still glad they do have them running, I was 6 years old when the last regular steam trains ran in 1968...

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But one at each end boiler to train seemed crazy. There are pleanty of places on the line to swop them end for end and have them tender to train at each end. It made it a bad day for photographs.

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Anyone know what this is, it was on a wagon that came to my works and was picked up from the old Accy Brickworks.
Weighs 1.2 tonne according to the driver.
Looks like a big mixer to me.

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As you said it looks like a mixing blade from inside a cement wagon ..... but then again, what do I know? :)

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Been a while since I posted in here, mind you the weather has been pretty dismal this month... Finally there was a bit of blue sky and a nice sunset...

29th Jan 2018 - Stonyhurst College

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One from last month that I was twiddling about with in Topaz Studio..

Pendle Hill

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few from accy other day

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Always interesting pictures

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The photography forum I visit has a Weekly Challenge, this weeks was Cutlery, so these were just a few ideas I had... Just some cheap brightly coloured kids knives, forks and spoons from Tesco photographed on a white napkin on a black background. (Cost £1.50)

For the last two I ran the images through Topaz Studio (a free download) and used a preset called Urban Street II, I then found an online graffiti tag maker to complete the image. The final image is the one I used for the challenge.

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A bitterly cold day out at the ELR, never got above 1c, there were hail and snow blizzards...

City of Wells 34092 arriving at Townsend Fold

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A lovely clear night on the way home tonight.

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Ooh, I love that!
Great shot. Well done.

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Thanks Margaret, it`s amazing how much more detail a camera can pick up than the human eye at night time.

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A few pics from todays drive to Glencoe

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Glencoe is a beautiful place all year round

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Only seen it in winter but it`s certainly a lovely place.

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Yesterday we went for a walk up The Pap of Glencoe, then a little wander around the base of the three sisters.

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It looks like that Deer is in the process of losing its "velvet", really good photies them GP24. :)

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Thanks Dave


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Great set of photos gpick.
I used to stay at the Glencoe hotel on my way to pick up a 44 foot twin screw motor cruiser me and my wife chartered from Banavie near Fort William.
We sailed all around the area for a couple of weeks, just the two of us. There was a boating club at Ballachuish near Glencoe where we moored one night.
It’s a fantastic place to visit.

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Thanks Gremlin, we stopped at the Ballachullish hotel for the 2 nights when we were around Glencoe, we are now at the Great Glen Water Park on the banks of Loch Oich.

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A rather random collection of images from Sunday

1. Colour Bloom - a copper table lamp spotted in Skipton
2. Barden Tower - near Bolton Abbey
3. Red Nail - from Silsden - my take on those 1920's Russian propaganda posters
4. Earl Crag and Wainman's Pinnacle near Cowling

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Today we went for a drive to Mallaig, stopping at Morar & Glenfinnan.

1. Commandos monument at Spean Bridge.
2. The Harry Potter viaduct at Glenfinnan.
3. Glenfinnan monument,
4. A Buzzard.
5. Mallaig marina.
6. The white sand beaches of Morar.
7. A church at Glenfinnan overlooking the Loch.
8. Some crepuscular rays (and red deer)
9. A still Loch Oich.
10. Starry night over Loch Oich.

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Did you get to see the locks at Banavie on the Cally canal.
We went up them and throught the canal to Cally marina at Inverness.
We dumped all the photos a few years ago when we downsized to a new bungalow.
Really regret it now.

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Been there. done that, got the T-shirt! :D

Going back a few years we'd go up to the land of the Jockeens & spend about 5 days touring (covering mamy, many Distilleries) & all the local touristy places.

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We did see the locks, a better pic would have been at night when the light them up but this was the only chance I got.

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Last lot from Scotland..

1. Glen Garry.
2. A pano of Glen Garry.
3. There was still plenty of snow on the way to Skye.
4. A Royal Navy Merlin..
5. They landed at Sligachan Mountain Rescue..
6. To take some photos of their own..
7. Then off they went.
8. On the way back from Skye.
9. These were in Loch Oich, Goldeneye Ducks??, wouldn`t come anywhere near close enough for a decent pic.

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A few nice cars from a day out in Southport today..

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Looks like something out of TG or the GT. :)

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The Atom has been on Top Gear a few times, don`t know which one was at Southport but the V8 blitzed the power lap...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zNPFcn3pAw

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I thought I'd better post the mandatory moon photo seeing as the sky is so clear tonight.
300mm lens hand held.

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Ooh Russell...love that shot!
Great stuff.
I never get tired of seeing those moon pictures...they fascinate me.

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On the subject of engines, a rather shiny engine from a Harley Davidson motorcycle.. not what what make (the engine did say Screamin Eagle Twin Cam) but it was one of those soft tail fatboy types (so possibly custom built)

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can't have snow without a few pictures to remind yourself not to go outside again

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rising bridge 11.15pm .... not much traffic about I wonder why? :D

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One I took of St John’s church in Baxenden on Tuesday.
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What a lovely crisp picture.
I like it Jason...I like it a lot.

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A cold day waiting for trains to arrive the right way around on the ELR, the snow wasn't as bad as I'd expected though.

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Another one of the Union of South Africa on Saturday...

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Just had a look at the picture mentioned, cant see any WALKERS.

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They must've been Rishy's, then

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I see no ships.

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I suspect chips, not ships, are of more interest to him/her.;)

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Against my better judgement, I decided to brave the elements and go searching for treasure today.
I didn’t find much but, I did manage to snap this shot of a spring lamb with its mother which was a bonus.
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Another gull. This time on the top of Great Orme.

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A short walk down to the river with Daisy & Duke.

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Great pictures, love dogs

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It was too nice a day to stay in bed so we upsticks and went for a spot of lunch at Dunsop Bridge. Returning via Bentham. Clapham and then Settle for afternoon tea.

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What a lovely way to celebrate the first day of British Summertime.
I just got my bedding in the wash, line dried and back on the bed...your days seems much more interesting.

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Thanks Margaret. We did the washing yesterday knowing/hoping that Sunday would be a nice day.

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Great to see those two rascals back.

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A few images from the weekend...

1. The bridge at Ilkley (bah at)
2. Ribblehead Viaduct
3. Ingleborough
4. Cow and Calf at Ilkley
5. Mystery duck at Ilkley - possibly a Mallard/Muscovy hybrid.

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Where've they gone? We've all don't it been talking to someone only to turn round and find they aren't there.. A Bluetit at Spring Woods today...

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Great picture

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Great shots (as always) :)

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A few pictures of a frog at Lomeshaye Marsh from yesterday...

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Brilliant pictures

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I think your "Frog" is actually a Toad. :)

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Thanks Dave, so I've been told, a Common Toad (Bufo bufo)...... Not a frog

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I also thought it might be a toad, it has the warty look to it...frogs are smoother and a bit greener.

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Looking on computer this morn came across photo of some colliers under the heading of
Abandoned collieries, take a look and let me know if my eye test is due look at the guy at the front left if your not sure what you see look at the smirk on his face

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Not seeing any photo Ferret Man :)

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try msn news

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Best to include a link if you`re referring to something on another site -
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...mes/ar-AAvBnzs

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Thanks for that as you can tell not a comp wiz

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It took me a while to find it but I think I get your drift, ;);).
Your's Taddy.

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Looks like the 'gent' next to the King is about to reveal something too.;)

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Duke

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Yes, you're right. Duke at the time, but later King.

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and what did the flasher at front turn into

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Common Lizard

Just a few from a late evening drive up today around Pendle Hill - I've seen Common Lizards up here before, in fact on this same stretch of drystone wall. I only had to wait about 20 minutes before I spotted one. These were were taken using my Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens, either on it's own or in conjunction with the Canon EP12 or EP25 extension tubes.

I used aperture priority and single point focus, f9 to f11, iso 400

The lizard is about 15cm max from nose to tip of tail.

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The last one is my favourite, all great pics

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Really great photos of an amazing critter; agree the last one is special.

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Another Common Lizard from the same spot up near Pendle Hill...

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When a phone picks a fight with a forklift, there`s only going to be one winner :(

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A couple from today from a late evening drive out to the Trough of Bowland...

A Red Legged Partridge and a couple from Dunsop Bridge.

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Our Max is recycling his fur after a brushing to line the birds nests