Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1012151)

these were took today on the way home from preston .. we came back over grane rd .. the wind turbine over ossy ... it does look lost on its lonesome ...oh and took from a moving car ...:D spugster says that second one is creepy ...

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 1012209)

These where taken on our romp to Amsterdam on thursday to sat:D
1) Humber Bridge
2) the so called sun Deck not much sun this is deck 12
we where on deck 10 but you had to go down one deck to deck 9 to get the lift to deck 12 then through the bar to the stairs down to the smoking area which is a covered area with a bar but very cold and windy.:D
3) the other side of the sun deck
4) part of the central railway station note the (clock) its not a clock :D
5) front of central Railway station

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1012213)

Lovely pics Mick. Can we have some more....Please?

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012308)

First four pics are our experience of an Italian storm as promised for Di the other day.

The rest are from earlier today - we had a visit from the Red Arrows as part of this weekend's seaside festival here in Morecambe. I took these pics from the bedroom window. Richard was upstairs just above taking pics out of the velux roof window on the top storey. He's got some nice closeups taken with the zoom on his horrid big heavy camera. Might post some another day if posting someone else's pics isn't cheating...

1 The campsite near La Spezia on the coast north of Pisa in the evening of arrival, mid-September 2009. The name of the campsite is Camping River...
2 The scene on awakening next morning - I say awakening, we hadn't had much sleep thanks to the storm
3 Richard (in red anorak) visiting our next door neighbour
4 Richard returning to our motorhome - just visible through the window glass and the rain
5-10 Red Arrows, lunchtime today. Note the birds on the left getting in on the act in the last pic

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1012315)

I love hearing the rain on a caravan/camper roof!:D

What was the occasion for the red arrows flypast? Lucky to catch them so well...

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012320)

Yes - but perhaps not all night long as it was on this occasion. It's nice in a tent too...

The Red Arrows were part of the seaside festival, a weekend of entertainment which as far as I can see has b all to do with the sea - mainly pop groups on a stage about a mile away which I can hear as I'm typing this, plus the planes and a few other things down by the Midland Hotel. Doesn't float my boat at all but they have it every year. They also have a kite festival and a sandcastle festival plus other "music" festivals during the summer.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1012346)

some pics from my recent visit to Llandudno.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012418)

I was in Llandudno last weekend. My wife was feeling just about well enough to go away so I managed to get a last minute booking in a little cottage at Nant Y Glynn near Old Colwyn, five minutes for the sea. We have friends and relations there and they took us to Llandudno for a meal but we didn't get chance to look around. I take a little mobo scooter in the car for my wife and she really enjoyed herself whizzing along the prom at Rhos, it did her a power of good.

The only photo I took were at Rhos on Sea and the cottage where we stayed, it's the first on the left opposite my car.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1012339)

More Lakes shots -1-8 a walk up Place Fell near Ullswater then 2 shots from other walks in the area to show dark skies. It's amazing how the weather changes when you're out -you have to be prepared. No7 shows Broherswater as seen from Place Fell, path to Hellvelyn to the left.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012463)

Today in Picture, it felt like we had journeyed up the Orinoco.

1. View from pot house lane across Ossy.
2. Walking around Jackhouse Reservoir we arrive at the top Res (empty) and follow the stream that runs through the now tree covered area.
3. This is a fly on a flower, or a flower with a fly, I cant decide.
4. This is the stream that enters the top res.
5. This is a bit further up.
6. I never expected this.
7. This is back up a bit in order to go around the waterfall.
8. After a climb we followed the stream to within a stones throw of Haslingden Old Road.
9. You can see the blades for the next wind turbine laid out ready, they are huuuuge.
10.Missing out the descent, we arrive back at Jackhouse, next the walk along Pot House Lane, to the car.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012464)

great pics
6 and 10 for me, and what fly is that?

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012464)

great pics
6 and 10 for me, and what fly is that?

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012465)

Dont know yet, will look it up before I put it on flickr.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012466)

?? Hoverfly of some sort, on purple loosestrife.

I like no 6, really could be on the Orinoco.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012433)

We could only get the cottage for three night Margaret, we went Sunday and back Wednesday, it was enough for my wife and she was ready for home.

We had to see the consultant on the Thursday as well, he is very pleased with her and we are now hoping for a year or two longer together.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012464)

great pics
6 and 10 for me, and what fly is that?

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012466)

?? Hoverfly of some sort, on purple loosestrife.

I like no 6, really could be on the Orinoco.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012482)

Gardensafari Hoverflies (with lots of pictures)

The mouth parts are unique to this species, the Heineken hover-fly. Well thats my best effort at identifying, what do you think? Its in section 4 scroll down to almost the bottom of the page.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012455)

Diane, lovely pics, but its puzzling me if number 7 is place fell, and thats brothers water with red screes dead centre, then am i wrong in thinking that helvellyn is north west of there and that would put it on the right?

put me straight

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012486)

Yep, think you've cracked it.
Heineken Hoverfly - Rhingia campestris | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Well done, that was a toughie. The way it holds its wings is odd, most hoverflies have them spread out rather than folded. That snout is a dead giveaway.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012570)

I have been taking photos for more years than I can remember (or wanted to) but because of this thread I decided to buy a macro lens.

My first efforts are not very good, mainly due to the breeze moving the plant.
I am not as nimble as Davemac so won't be crawling around on my knees where the sway of the bushes is less noticeable.

The photo of the thing with the long legs was taken on the patio glass doors with some kitchen roll stuck behind.
You can see my first effort with my reflection on it in picture 5.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012595)

The reflection was a mistake that's why I stuck the paper behind the long legged thing for the second try.

I put the reflection photo on to show my mistake.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012595)

The reflection was a mistake that's why I stuck the paper behind the long legged thing for the second try.

I put the reflection photo on to show my mistake.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012598)

One person's mistake is another person's arty shot! I've done a few like that but the main reflection is my red camera rather than me!

Still coming to terms with the macro setting on my compact camera and like you Gremlin I'm not as nimble as Davemac so can't get down in the long grass!

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1012604)

Results of my wanderings yesterday evening around the farm -was struck by how many old doors there are -all shapes and sizes...The first door (two in one) is one of the oldest I think and is no longer opened. The farm was up and running 1760.

The anvil at the end is for Dave -I know it's his sort of thing...:)

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012618)

If you hadn't said it was a mistake we wouldn't have known.



You don't have to be nimble to get down, its controlled falling, its the getting up that invites grunts



The end one was the first I looked at, you do realise that you keep setting trends, cobbles, arches, doors, steps, lets have a set of old machinery and widgets if you have any.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012418)

I was in Llandudno last weekend. My wife was feeling just about well enough to go away so I managed to get a last minute booking in a little cottage at Nant Y Glynn near Old Colwyn, five minutes for the sea. We have friends and relations there and they took us to Llandudno for a meal but we didn't get chance to look around. I take a little mobo scooter in the car for my wife and she really enjoyed herself whizzing along the prom at Rhos, it did her a power of good.

The only photo I took were at Rhos on Sea and the cottage where we stayed, it's the first on the left opposite my car.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1012623)

more from Wales.
1) White Rabbit - wooden Sculpture in the centre of Llandudno.
2) Queen of Hearts Sculpture in wood - the face on this is scary.
3) War time poster.
4) War time poster.
5) blue skies over the roof tops - and chimneys...I like chimneys
6) Ironwork decoation on the ridge tiles.
7) A vista of West Beach - the children love it here.
8) The Grand Hotel. Taken from the pier.
9) sail boat - yes the sea was this colour. I took this from the top of the Orme...with maximum Zoom
10) All I said was 'mint sauce'.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1012677)

A lot of the doors are like that in Bath. A blue badge guide told us that this was to allow for the ladies dresses of the time...the pavements were wider too for the same reason.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012675)

Ha ha Dianne great minds think alike but today you got there first! I had just been through my photos and put together a portfolio of doors - here is the first batch!

1 National library of Greenland, Nuuk (capital of Greenland)
2 Door at the back of the old church, Sisimuit, Greenland
3 Reconstructed Viking church and longhouse (in the back ground), Brattahlid, Greenland The Fate of Greenland's Vikings
4 Posh dining area on board cruise ship Discovery
5 Cork library
6 Brightly coloured shop/office, Cork
7 Somewhere in Cork
8 Turkey comes to Cork
9/10 Georgian doorways in Cork - Irish ones seem to be wider than here, and often have the two side pieces as in pic 9 - I've seen similar in Dublin

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1012681)

Great minds as they say;)

Lovely varied and colourful selection yours though -less rustic than mine!

It's amazing how you can think of a theme and make a collection ...

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012701)

I am starting to get hooked on this macro photography since I got the new lens.


Two more pictures to make up my quota for today.

By the way Margaret I like the Llandudno photos, the ARP poster reminds me of the time I was in it. I was only about 4 years old and the ARP chaps let me be an honorable member, they had a room above the Walsden Co op butchers (near Square road) and they used to stand me on a buffet to play darts.

We never got any action because the enemy stayed well away.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012716)

I agree mobertol, when you enlarge the photo you can see it's hairy back and just how ugly the face part is.


I don't know the names of many insects and don't usually bother about them but seeing as the lens cost a fair amount of money I want to be able to use it.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1012623)

more from Wales.
1) White Rabbit - wooden Sculpture in the centre of Llandudno.
2) Queen of Hearts Sculpture in wood - the face on this is scary.
3) War time poster.
4) War time poster.
5) blue skies over the roof tops - and chimneys...I like chimneys
6) Ironwork decoation on the ridge tiles.
7) A vista of West Beach - the children love it here.
8) The Grand Hotel. Taken from the pier.
9) sail boat - yes the sea was this colour. I took this from the top of the Orme...with maximum Zoom
10) All I said was 'mint sauce'.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012675)

Ha ha Dianne great minds think alike but today you got there first! I had just been through my photos and put together a portfolio of doors - here is the first batch!

1 National library of Greenland, Nuuk (capital of Greenland)
2 Door at the back of the old church, Sisimuit, Greenland
3 Reconstructed Viking church and longhouse (in the back ground), Brattahlid, Greenland The Fate of Greenland's Vikings
4 Posh dining area on board cruise ship Discovery
5 Cork library
6 Brightly coloured shop/office, Cork
7 Somewhere in Cork
8 Turkey comes to Cork
9/10 Georgian doorways in Cork - Irish ones seem to be wider than here, and often have the two side pieces as in pic 9 - I've seen similar in Dublin

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1012751)

heres mine from today ... :D by the way they are 3 different spiders .. theres 3 big webs attached to a christmas tree, a plant and the lavatera ...

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1012751)

heres mine from today ... :D by the way they are 3 different spiders .. theres 3 big webs attached to a christmas tree, a plant and the lavatera ...

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012748)

Never realised tortoiseshell butterflies were so furry till Gremlin and Dave posted their pics today. Aren't they beautiful?

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012753)

Glad you are having a go at wickthings, mind they don't shoot up your nose. I did wonder if anyone captured the sunset tonight, it was visible from my house which is unusual, as I don't have a view to the horizon. Nice shots by the way.

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1012757)

i do try ... but they dont come out that often .. either too much zoomed in or cant zoom in enough .. got some of the bees that visited the foxgloves but havent had too many butterflys this year ... havent planted up the garden like i normally do ... :rolleyes:

dave that crump ball thingummjig ... that looked like some of the blueberries off my blueberry bush .. when there was some on it ... lol

Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1012779)

rather use the zoom ... that way i dont get too close dont like insects too much .. they sting, they bite and i end up wi a big red spot ... plus the camera refuses to take pics from time to time ... kind of saying that its too close or its zoomed in too much ...

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012780)

Sound like its time to leave a note on the mantelpiece for Santa.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012618)

I
The end one was the first I looked at, you do realise that you keep setting trends, cobbles, arches, doors, steps, lets have a set of old machinery and widgets if you have any.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1012848)

As requested a load of old bits and pieces of iron and widgets!:D

I think Gremlin might appreciate some of these too!

Weigh-scales and chains given a seppia effect.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1012848)

As requested a load of old bits and pieces of iron and widgets!:D

I think Gremlin might appreciate some of these too!

Weigh-scales and chains given a seppia effect.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1012848)

As requested a load of old bits and pieces of iron and widgets!:D

I think Gremlin might appreciate some of these too!

Weigh-scales and chains given a seppia effect.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012863)

love the scales, and (this sounds weird) any chance you have, or could take, one of the chains wet? think some oil or water would gave loads of texture.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012866)

I think you should talk to somebody about this.


What type of compact have you got, and how is the canon taking better shots.
I just get curious how people take shots and what equipment they have used, especially if I think "I wished I had taken that shot"

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012777)

With regard to the zoom for the wickthings is it that you cant get close enough. I would go closer rather than zoom if possible.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012870)

for a start the compact is a little point and click hitachi, and it will only take the "standard shot" landscape, portrait.....full auto, yaydayyadayada, you know the score, i use it when im djing, and hand it out for people to take around the room, they bring it back, i put their piccies on a screen then burn em to disc for em to remember their evening.(intrestingly enough, and a bit of a thread wander i once gave it out when asked to do a Sunday afternoon at the railway in Huncoat, as i was carrying my stuff in the locals from the bottom of whinney hill were carrying it out of the other door, needless to say they were only joking, and my equipment was returned, except for my camera didnt come back to me that day, probably my own fault, but at least they weren't members of a criminal gang that terrorised a community, murdering anyone who got in their way, and if you understand that, good, if not ignore anything bracketed) it that sort of camera

no DoF adjustment, and i do like a bit of the old DoF, to go with my wet chains

(dirty laugh, sid james style)

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012880)

I have taken photos for a transport and machine forum for years and only just started to get interested in macro. I borrowed a book from the library and also bought one specific for my camera.
The advice I got regarding macro is to get as close as possible, if there is a slight movement left or right then it will be exaggerated the further away you are, basic trigonometry.
The lady who does my gardening was watching me take the photo of the butterfly and she said I was only an inch away.
The trouble with getting too close is the light can be blocked out by the camera if you are not taking notice, I also only use manual focus.

My main interest is big machinery or vehicles, motorcycles, steam engines, ships, planes or lorries. Although they are not "Today in pictures" the ones below are some I took for the magazine, I used a film camera rather then digital for some of them.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012863)

love the scales, and (this sounds weird) any chance you have, or could take, one of the chains wet? think some oil or water would gave loads of texture.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012870)

no DoF adjustment, and i do like a bit of the old DoF, to go with my wet chains

(dirty laugh, sid james style)

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012880)

I have taken photos for a transport and machine forum for years and only just started to get interested in macro. I borrowed a book from the library and also bought one specific for my camera to learn more about macro photography.
The advice I got regarding macro is to get as close as possible, if there is a slight movement left or right then it will be exaggerated the further away you are, basic trigonometry.
The lady who does my gardening was watching me take the photo of the butterfly and she said I was only an inch away.
The trouble with getting too close is the light can be blocked out by the camera if you are not taking notice, I also only use manual focus.

My main interest is big machinery or vehicles, motorcycles, steam engines, ships, planes or lorries. Although they are not "Today in pictures" the ones below are some I took for the magazine, I used a film camera rather then digital for some of them and lost a bit of quality through scanning them.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1012883)

Whilst I say, you choose the camera that you are comfortable with, some people dismiss the compact as just that compact. I use a compact fujifilm F500exr and apart from interchangable lenses it does most things a SLR or a Bridge will do and is 16 megapixels.
Having said that we all choose a camera for different reasons, my main reason for choosing mine was, it had to fit in my top pocket. Not a photographical reason, but a reason to take photos, as its always in my top pocket. I even have a pocket in my pyjamas, just for chance something crops up in the night.:camera8:

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012865)

the scales have a definite spaghetti western feel!

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012891)

Just to show you how sad I am when it come to machinery.
I stumbled across the old building near the holiday cottage we rent at Gatehouse of Fleet and couldn't resist a peep inside.
Lo and behold, another treadle lathe, there were things there untouched for years including an old air compressor last tested in 1939.

Looking at the lathe in the last picture it appears someone has been in for a crafty drink since then.

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1012891)

Just to show you how sad I am when it come to machinery.
I stumbled across the old building near the holiday cottage we rent at Gatehouse of Fleet and couldn't resist a peep inside.
Lo and behold, another treadle lathe, there were things there untouched for years including an old air compressor last tested in 1939.

Looking at the lathe in the last picture it appears someone has been in for a crafty drink since then.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012865)

the scales have a definite spaghetti western feel!

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1012889)

agree that if it suits your purpose, but i am a messer, and when you have so many settings on a dslr to play with, there is something about looking and thinking right i will need a higher iso cos its a bit darker and i ail have to use a slower shutter and iwnat to blur that background and change the exposure, cant do any of that on my compact, it takes images but not pictures, if you know what i mean

and i dont think you can post those pics that just crop up in your pjs, unless you belong to some other forums, your not telling us about lol

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1013021)

you just made it a roody doody comment, i said if something crops up in the night, not as you suggested if it crops up in my pyjamas, and there we are back to macro photography again.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012943)

Sorry can't compete with all the machinery so here's some more doorways, this time from Italy.

1 Ferrara cathedral
2 Not really a door but a gateway - abandoned Roman arch in the docks at Ancona
3 Ancona cathedral
4 Music shop, Castelfidardo, the town that makes accordions - my other half surveying the scene from the doorway
5 Osimo
6 And again
7 Wine shop, Pienza
8 Florence
9 Pisa - leaning tower of...

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1012943)

Sorry can't compete with all the machinery so here's some more doorways, this time from Italy.

1 Ferrara cathedral
2 Not really a door but a gateway - abandoned Roman arch in the docks at Ancona
3 Ancona cathedral
4 Music shop, Castelfidardo, the town that makes accordions - my other half surveying the scene from the doorway
5 Osimo
6 And again
7 Wine shop, Pienza
8 Florence
9 Pisa - leaning tower of...

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1013025)

Nice set of doors, number 5 is the one that does it for me, its the cobbles going off into the distance.

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1013026)

2&7, like the shade split on 7

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1013029)

2 - that picture brings back the whole of that three week Italian holiday for me, was a fantastic sunny Sunday when we were in Ancona...
7 - I like it too, was purely accidental I can assure you!

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1013033)

see if that was me i would have got in trouble off mrs church, cos i would have took one of them bottles and sat around waiting till golden hour lol

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1013040)

Today in Pictures, a walk to the right of muddy.

1. They were cutting the grass as we went along the canal.
2. Its a Speckled Wood Butterfly, this one is with the zoom as it was over a wall.
3. It rained earlier.
4. Ripe seeds of the Deadly Nightshade. (very poisonous ).
5. I remember those cygnets when they were eggs.
6. Balls, yes its another Cramp Ball fungi.
7. Looking toward the fenced tomb of the once mighty Petre family.
8. Its a totem of Trametes fungi.
9. Donkeys in the field adjacent to Clayton Hall
10. This dog is so far past muddy I'm thinking of putting a few plants in.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1013029)

2 - that picture brings back the whole of that three week Italian holiday for me, was a fantastic sunny Sunday when we were in Ancona...
7 - I like it too, was purely accidental I can assure you!

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1013044)

number 6 looks like john merrick has just walked passed and dropped something

Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1013044)

number 6 looks like john merrick has just walked passed and dropped something

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1013040)

Today in Pictures, a walk to the right of muddy.

2. Its a Speckled Wood Butterfly, this one is with the zoom as it was over a wall.
4. Ripe seeds of the Deadly Nightshade. (very poisonous ).