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mobertol 03-11-2014 07:17

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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1122712)
Today in Pictures is another of those yesterdays pictures today.

1. Brown leaves.
2. More brown leaves, this is the gate we just came through.
3. And just for good measure even more brown leaves.
4. The reservoir that everyone visits.
5. There are usually herds of ducks, but not so many if you don't have bread.
6. The theoretical boundary to Foxhill Bank.
7. A scramble through the brush for a bottom end view of the wet bit.
8. Steps up to the area that looks down on the rest of the area.
9. The wet bit is off to the left and down a steep slope.
10. And finally back to the gate we came through, and back to the car.

I love number one - but I must disagree on the title Dave I am not seeing brown leaves - more like amber, gold, jade and burnt sienna ;):D

mobertol 03-11-2014 07:20

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What a lovely walk - I really enjoyed it! That cottage by the lock is to die for.

maxthecollie 03-11-2014 07:27

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Yes there was a woman walking on the canal bank with an elderley collie and we got talking to her. She lived in that cottage.

mobertol 03-11-2014 07:33

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1122738)
Today I managed a brief walk along the canal bank.
Here are some of the pics I took.
1) the cygnets are almost swans now
2) this feels a bit like a mug shot.
3)) I took a picture of this during the summer.....trees in full leaf....now they are almost bare...still a good picture! (well, I like it)
4) posing for me
5) here's lookin' at you kid.
6) berries.
7) going round the bend
8) there was a bird perched here just a second ago.
9) Looking out to the misty hills.
10) duck.

Looks like it was a lovely day for a walk. I like number one best - the difference in texture between the swan's feathers and the waters is sort of tactile. I don't get so close to them myself -bit wary of swans!

mobertol 03-11-2014 07:34

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1122743)
The ducks beak in the last one looks like some kind of reptile! Ohrnor an alien duck! :eek:

Looking twice I can see what you mean :eek::D

mobertol 03-11-2014 07:43

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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1122781)
Today in Pictures, a badly scarred section of the planet, but it did support the industrial revolution.

1. Old workings, just off Clough Head car park.
2. Jamestone Quarry, still an active quarry, but not with the same fury that was present in the late 1700's.
3. One of the buildings that litter what was once a busy cart track.
4. The cart track as it is today, once the main road of the past.
5. Along with crumbling buildings, there are miles of stone walls slowly adopting a horizontal position.
6. Stone walls overlooking the quarry that excavated the materials.
7. Despite the harsh environment the area is littered with fungi.
8. Looks like I'm gonna need a bigger coat, Pendle in the distance.
9. Part of the expanse that is Ossy Moors.
10. Heading back to the car park, Grane Road passes between the first plot of trees and the rest.

Love those delicate funghi - it's very desolate up there - a bit "Wuthering Heights", I wouldn't like to be around in bad weather. Is that twisted tree a Hawthorn?

davemac 03-11-2014 08:44

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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1122799)
Love those delicate funghi - it's very desolate up there - a bit "Wuthering Heights", I wouldn't like to be around in bad weather. Is that twisted tree a Hawthorn?

It is, there was a line of them along a wall line, and all a bit contorted by the environment.

Margaret Pilkington 03-11-2014 11:05

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More from Yesterday.....
1) Especially for Dave.......I know what a Fungi he is :)
2) I like the shape of this green plant.....not sure what it is...but I know a guy who will know.
3) a patch of bright sunshine on the misty hills
4) it's that duck again
5) Barges moored on the canal...they were just resting prior to their uphil journey to Leeds
6)The canal bank
7) Canal bank with duck and reflections of blue sky.

Dianne the cygnets came quite close to me, they seemed to want to know what i had in my bag...alas it was only filters and a spare battery...nothing edible.

maxthecollie 03-11-2014 16:27

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Is that one of our continental cousins fishing for his supper on the left in number 5?

Margaret Pilkington 03-11-2014 17:48

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No......well he spoke with a Lancashire accent and he had a little boy of about six with him and they didn't look like they were catching anything other than weeds.

gpick24 03-11-2014 21:39

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Had another go at night time photography (well what else is there to do when it`s always dark)

davemac 03-11-2014 23:08

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1122804)
More from Yesterday.....
1) Especially for Dave.......I know what a Fungi he is :)
2) I like the shape of this green plant.....not sure what it is...but I know a guy who will know.
3) a patch of bright sunshine on the misty hills
4) it's that duck again
5) Barges moored on the canal...they were just resting prior to their uphil journey to Leeds
6)The canal bank
7) Canal bank with duck and reflections of blue sky.

Dianne the cygnets came quite close to me, they seemed to want to know what i had in my bag...alas it was only filters and a spare battery...nothing edible.

1 is a bracket fungi and 2 are the flowers of the Ivy now turning to seed.

Margaret Pilkington 04-11-2014 05:12

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I never knew that ivy had flowers......but I liked the shape of them.
See, I knew you would know what it was. A fount of horticultural knowledge....that's what you are Dave.

Margaret Pilkington 04-11-2014 05:13

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Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1122857)
Had another go at night time photography (well what else is there to do when it`s always dark)

Number 3 is my favourite.....did you use a starburst filter?

gpick24 04-11-2014 06:02

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No filters Margaret, twinkle effect on the lights is from increasing f-stop.


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