Originally Posted by Restless (Post 1074770)

Good advice....Will take it into consideration

There is a photo I want to take..... I am stuck on this idea for a picture but do not know how to go about it. I want to stand in the middle of Accy Stanley(even though I don't like football and yet I wear a Stanley hat) and do a photosphere.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1074725)

Today in Pictures, it was forecast for rain, and rain it did.

1. Look at this and play the theme from Coronation Street in your head.
2. The lane between Lower Barnes Street and the Hyndburn Bridge pub. The fact that it is cobbled means it must have had some importance when industry thrived down here.
3. Due to the rain there has to be a moist moment.
4. River Hyndburn as it heads for the pub.
5. Change of direction, same river.
6. Wet stuff all around.
7. Just time for another moist moment.
8. Alright then, one more.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1074764)

Enthusiasm comes and goes, but if you sell your camera and it returns you will be sad.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1074813)

I agree with this. So far this year my opportunities for taking pictures have been very limited...but I would not consider selling my camera's(I have a few).......I am not into taking pics with a phone.....my phone doesn't do pics and I really don't envisage having one that does.
I have an Ipad, but find it very limited for taking pictures.

I would only sell my camera's if I was very short of cash(and they wouldn't be worth much) and had a pressing bill to pay or no food to eat.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1074810)

Love those cobbles, Dave! The pic of the cyclamen in the previous set was really good too - signs of autumn there. Love the bowling green pic too!

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1074791)

The weather here has started to be wet, and with that brings with it more opportunities for moist moments, and I do like to be out in all types of weather, especially the frosty bits.
The plant you see is a very common weed here, Himalayan Balsam, and has become very invasive, but it does have a nice flower, it can get over 6 feet tall. It was introduced in 1839 by Kew Gardens as an ornamental plant but soon escaped into the wild and became the problem it is today, along with Giant Hogweed and Japanese Knotweed, another two plants that are invasive and push out native species.

Originally Posted by Turtle (Post 1074843)

I just found out we have it in Ontario too. Pretty, but nasty :(

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1074789)

If you want to take it, ask the groundsman when he is knocking about, or do you want it full of spectators ? Or write a letter to the club, I am sure they will assist. Whichever way, do it.

Originally Posted by Restless (Post 1074905)

I think empty would be better. It would be a bit weird spinning around all over the place in front of the spectators :D

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1074919)

Driving along Hyndburn road today I saw a sign advertising a Model Railway Exhibition in the Hyndburn Sports centre. Nowt better to do so I popped in for ten minutes and came out two hours later. I was amazed at the quality and size of the layouts, it's on Sunday as well if you fancy taking the kids or re-living your youth.

No.1 Looking down from the balcony.
No.2 Wishful thinking.
No.3 Station that never was. (I think).
No.4 Liverpool Lime street station.
No.5 Ditto.
No.6 An American paper mill model rail yard.
No.7 Proper smoke from model shop fire.
No.8 Another busy station.
No.9 The big layout was controlled from this panel and run to a strict schedule.
No.10 Part of the big layout.

If you look closely at the last picture you can see the effort the modellers have put in to get it as authentic as possible.
Notice the policeman frisking the chap outside the cannabis cafe, in the window of the Wilkinsons Hi Fi shop at the end there were two tiny model TV's flickering away in the window.

I was lucky that I always carry my little pocket camera with me.