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davemac 23-09-2014 20:29
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I wanted to prepare the following photo for the competition in B&W but can't manage to upload - it isn't quite how I wanted it in any case and I was hoping the expert Photoscapers might be able to explain to me how to do what I want.

I wanted to put the photo in B&W, as I have done in the version with the frame, but using the colour isolation technique which Margaret has used so successsfully on here in the past so that the man's hat stayed in it's original colours, even though they are more or less black and white, and would provide an interesting contrast I think...an alternative would be the opposite - the hat as in the B&W with the rest in colour, what do you think? Is this possible and if so how do you go about it?
Choose the tools option, then effect brush, choose the type of effect you wish to apply, then chose your brush size from the circles just above the tab. then all you do is brush over the area you wish to be grey scale or sepia. it helps with accuracy if you enlarge the picture, this then gives a better line definition.

For all Photoscape users, there is an update that gives more options, brush size addition and a few more bells and whistles I have yet to play with.

davemac 23-09-2014 20:38
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Here are a couple done earlier in the year, my bluebells, and one of mine Mrs P. applied the technique to, and I have to admit is better at spotting a suitable picture for this application than I am.

davemac 23-09-2014 20:41
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118510)
Is this what you meant Dianne?
You just have to play around a bit with photoscape.
1) load the picture to photoscape.
Choose tools from the menu.
Click on Grey scale.
For large areas that you want to remove colour go to the Zoom and reduce buttons on the R hand lower edge of the picture.
Reduce the size of your pic.
Choose the large brush........and hold the L button on your mouse and sweep the circle over the areas where you want to de colour.
Give a wide frame where you want to leave colour. To remove the colour from areas close to your target(where you want to leave the colour) Zoom in and use a smaller brush.
It takes a bit of patience, but the results can be spectacular.
You were quicker off the draw than me, however the advice is the same.

Margaret Pilkington 23-09-2014 20:42
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I'm not sure I have explained the process very well Dianne.
This is one of the pics I treated in this way. I think it is particularly effective, but might not be to everyone's taste.

Margaret Pilkington 23-09-2014 20:45
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Dave I like to think it is my artistic bent which makes me spot the pics that the colour removal work for....but maybe I am just deluding myself :D.
A lot of pictures happen before I take them...in my head that is.
Sometimes the idea is better than the execution.......but you have to remain open to possibilities.

davemac 23-09-2014 21:15
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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1118445)
Davemac, I know you are happy when you come home from filming with a wet gusset and I am not doing it properly if I return dry. I have to consider my old bones which have lasted a long time and I want them to carry on.
I cheat a little when taking shots low down or high up ones which means leaning backwards with a risk of falling over so I use this little device which isn't expensive and will, with the included adapters, fit any viewfinder.
Call me a softy, I don't care.
I have to my knowledge never called you a softy, and I wouldn't presume to criticise anyone's technique either. We all have our own way of taking pictures, also we have our own specific types of photographs we prefer to snap.

I wouldn't want anyone to use my specific camera, in the same locations looking at the same subject, and contorting in the same way as I do, it would very soon become tiresome if we all did the same thing.
What I would encourage is for people to go out and take photographs with the camera they are comfortable with, and a subject they have a symbiosis with, that way the passion for the subject comes through.

I would also point peoples attention to the name on the thread "today in pictures" it was never about who takes the best pictures or who specialises in a specific genre, or whose tackle is bigger than mine. It was, and still is about a persons day in pictures or just a snapshot of that day. It doesn't have to be in photographs either, it could be watercolours or oil paintings to take it to the extreme.

However, if you go back to the beginning and look at the photographs produced, and select at random through the thread to the present day, you will come to the conclusion that the photographs produced from then to now have shown a definite improvement, not on an individual basis but the group as a whole. This has not evolved by everyone doing their own thing, but by bouncing off one another, and a willingness to share ideas, techniques, software wrinkles, and other "stuff". We all extract inspiration from the group, and I would like to think that if I take a picture and someone else can expand on it, then they would do so.

Right this is the most I have typed in one go, I have to go and have a brew, and a Garibaldi

Margaret Pilkington 23-09-2014 21:28
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Yes Dave, you are right.
We could all stand in the same spot with the camera of our choice and all of us would come away with a slightly different perspective on the scene.
It is good to get advice from others......to see the shots they have taken. Some of them take your breath away and numerous times I have thought ' I wish I had snapped that'.
There is an element of competition, but it is the healthy sort...the sort that makes you want to achieve more.....but there is much good natured stuff on this thread.
I like to see the snapshots of another persons day....and for those on the forum who cannot easily get about, it takes them to,some interesting places.....without the need for them getting a wet gusset.
Long may it continue.

Gremlin 23-09-2014 21:39
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I know you never called me a softy Dave, it was meant in a light hearted way.
Sometime I find it easier to use the right angle viewer to get a photo I would struggle with otherwise.
After two serious spine operations I know that if I got into the positions I have seen you get into to get your wonderful close ups of fungi I would never get up again.

Margaret Pilkington 23-09-2014 22:02
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I just worry that if I got down there someone might think I have collapsed and would try to resuscitate me....or worse.... Just kick me into the canal with the rest of the rubbish.

davemac 23-09-2014 23:00
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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1118523)
I know you never called me a softy Dave, it was meant in a light hearted way.
Sometime I find it easier to use the right angle viewer to get a photo I would struggle with otherwise.
After two serious spine operations I know that if I got into the positions I have seen you get into to get your wonderful close ups of fungi I would never get up again.
I like to think that my perspective on the low down stuff would give people and idea, even if they didn't know it was me, perhaps they would consider that it might be, and this is the point, we plough our own furrow photographically, but appreciate the furrow next to us as well, this then makes as a whole, a ploughed field.

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118525)
I just worry that if I got down there someone might think I have collapsed and would try to resuscitate me....or worse.... Just kick me into the canal with the rest of the rubbish.
You can rest assured that should you get down and dirty, and then find you can't get up again, someone would be there to include it in their day at the pictures.

Margaret Pilkington 24-09-2014 06:22
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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1118526)

You can rest assured that should you get down and dirty, and then find you can't get up again, someone would be there to include it in their day at the pictures.
See......now that is something else to worry about!
I really don't like featuring in pics.....I,prefer a 'behind the camera' approach:).

mobertol 24-09-2014 08:18
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118510)
Is this what you meant Dianne?
You just have to play around a bit with photoscape.
1) load the picture to photoscape.
Choose tools from the menu.
Click on Grey scale.
For large areas that you want to remove colour go to the Zoom and reduce buttons on the R hand lower edge of the picture.
Reduce the size of your pic.
Choose the large brush........and hold the L button on your mouse and sweep the circle over the areas where you want to de colour.
Give a wide frame where you want to leave colour. To remove the colour from areas close to your target(where you want to leave the colour) Zoom in and use a smaller brush.
It takes a bit of patience, but the results can be spectacular.
Thanks Margaret -I will have a play around and see what happens, I doubt it will turn out as well as yours - I was hoping it would stand out a little more so I may try something a little different.

mobertol 24-09-2014 08:25
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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1118511)
Choose the tools option, then effect brush, choose the type of effect you wish to apply, then chose your brush size from the circles just above the tab. then all you do is brush over the area you wish to be grey scale or sepia. it helps with accuracy if you enlarge the picture, this then gives a better line definition.

For all Photoscape users, there is an update that gives more options, brush size addition and a few more bells and whistles I have yet to play with.
Thanks. Hopefully will manage to "get" the technique through both explanations - will give it a try later. The programme does keep asking me if I want to update it but I wondered if it was worth it or not - sometimes they take forever to do it for only minor changes.

mobertol 24-09-2014 08:32
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Referring to Dave's post above - I agree that being a part of this group of enthusiasts has given me a lot of input and ideas. I don't do the technical stuff as my mind doesn't seem to work that way (odd for an engineer's daughter!) I do like seeing everyone elses work and I think there are definite styles which have evolved since the thread started. Everyone has made such an improvement in their offerings and the range of subjects and places is what keeps it so interesting. Long may it last!

davemac 24-09-2014 09:30
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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1118542)
Thanks. Hopefully will manage to "get" the technique through both explanations - will give it a try later. The programme does keep asking me if I want to update it but I wondered if it was worth it or not - sometimes they take forever to do it for only minor changes.
there are a number of new widgets to make it worth the update, and it only takes minutes to complete the precess. once learned the selective colour option is straight forward, as is the sepia option, there is also a new bandicoot colour option but not too sure what this is about.

Margaret Pilkington 24-09-2014 09:53
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I did try the update, but it created some problems with my system and despite several attempts to try and sort it out I had(eventually) to do a system restore and go back to the old version.
I like the old version anyway. It does what I want it to do.......and it is so easy to use.

I think the essence is to have the right sort of picture for what you have in your minds eye.(and you have to accept that sometimes it will work and other times it won't...it is a learning experience)

Dianne I think the picture of the hotel(which I manipulated and sent you) is a prime example of what you can do.......and although it is not an improvement on the original, it is a different picture.

davemac 24-09-2014 19:38
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Today in Pictures, an hour around Foxhill Bank, I noticed that despite the sun shinning there was a drop in temperature, to cold for shirt sleeves but too warm for a coat.

Gremlin 24-09-2014 20:19
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I only found out where Foxhill bank was a couple of weeks ago Dave.
I drove down past Toscos and there was a little car park. The place didn't look up to much so I drove away.
It looks a lot better than I though after looking at your photos.
Might have another drive down when it's a fine day.

Margaret Pilkington 24-09-2014 20:26
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I have never been to Foxhill Bank either.
It looks like a great place for an autumnal walk.

Gremlin 24-09-2014 21:04
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Dave, question, did I go the right way to Foxhill?
Looks a bit dodgy to park for a while.
We must arrange a walk again similar to the one we did on the Bash track.

Turtle 24-09-2014 21:36
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All lovely photos, Dave, although I'm drawn to 9 & 10 because of the patterns of sunlight :)

davemac 24-09-2014 22:19
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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1118599)
I only found out where Foxhill bank was a couple of weeks ago Dave.
I drove down past Toscos and there was a little car park. The place didn't look up to much so I drove away.
It looks a lot better than I though after looking at your photos.
Might have another drive down when it's a fine day.
That's the same place I parked, if you went down to the very bottom, past the boarded up working mens' club. The area goes from that car park right down to Foxhill Mill as was, and then over to the left is an access road that Dickens is reputed to have used when visiting the area (Dianne is more the specialist on that particular area). Within the boundary are two large ponds, on which has had a Kingfisher bank installed, and tinker brook wanders through the site as well. When the leaves are off the trees the site looks somewhat bare, but Spring through to Autumn a visit is a must. The last two pictures are of the gate you would have gone through had you parked up and just walked over the bridge.

davemac 24-09-2014 22:21
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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1118608)
Dave, question, did I go the right way to Foxhill?
Looks a bit dodgy to park for a while.
We must arrange a walk again similar to the one we did on the Bash track.
You can always park on the car park for the football fields, Foxhill and Whiteash, it is on Harvey Street, then just cross the road and hang left to come down to the gate previously mentioned.

shillelagh 24-09-2014 22:51
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a wander down bash lines today .... :p

Turtle 25-09-2014 01:02
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Beautiful reflections in number 9 :)

davemac 25-09-2014 06:14
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Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1118616)
You can always park on the car park for the football fields, Foxhill and Whiteash, it is on Harvey Street, then just cross the road and hang left to come down to the gate previously mentioned.
correction, should have said right to get to the gate

Gremlin 25-09-2014 08:20
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The gate in your photo is next to where I parked Dave so I must have been at the right place.
If I had continued over the bridge would I have got to Harvey street, maybe not by car?

Is that the Tinker brook next to where I parked for a few minutes?

Lived around here for 45 years and still don't know much about the place. I must get off the main roads more often.

davemac 25-09-2014 16:52
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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1118634)
The gate in your photo is next to where I parked Dave so I must have been at the right place.
If I had continued over the bridge would I have got to Harvey street, maybe not by car?

Is that the Tinker brook next to where I parked for a few minutes?

Lived around here for 45 years and still don't know much about the place. I must get off the main roads more often.
Yes going over the bridge and through the housing estate you are indeed on Harvey Street.
The gate in the picture is not visible from the small car park, you walk a short way over the bridge over tinker brook and its on the right, the path then follows the brook for a while before going behind a fenced off area.

Gremlin 25-09-2014 17:39
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Thank you Dave.
I will be having a look around there next week if we get a fine day.
I could do with loosing a few pounds from my waist.
Maybe able to bend down and get a wet gusset, can't wait.

davemac 25-09-2014 20:24
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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1118666)
Thank you Dave.
I will be having a look around there next week if we get a fine day.
I could do with loosing a few pounds from my waist.
Maybe able to bend down and get a wet gusset, can't wait.
There are even ducks on the pond, so you might want to take some bread.

putsinker 25-09-2014 20:25
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Hard drive crashed last week, Asus fitted me a new one free but had to start again with my pics, boo hoo. Can't find my memory stick with my back ups.

davemac 25-09-2014 21:14
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Originally Posted by putsinker (Post 1118690)
Hard drive crashed last week, Asus fitted me a new one free but had to start again with my pics, boo hoo. Can't find my memory stick with my back ups.
They never breakdown at convenient times, and when they do it has consequences that were never anticipated.

Margaret Pilkington 25-09-2014 21:49
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Originally Posted by putsinker (Post 1118690)
Hard drive crashed last week, Asus fitted me a new one free but had to start again with my pics, boo hoo. Can't find my memory stick with my back ups.
Oh dear.....been there, done that....now have things backed up in several places......but it is a salutary lesson to us all.
Back up those files......you only lose the ones you want to keep.

putsinker 26-09-2014 04:32
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Its not so tragic, and every cloud etc. I got to have a trip to Saigon to the Asus service ctr, and treat myself and the missus to a posh restaurant with western food. To be honest my computer was a mess, I had years of stuff filed all over the place, totally disorganised, half of it never to be used again. I was in the middle of sorting it as I have started posting stuff on Accy web and it was taking me ages to find pictures that I knew I had but didn't know where, when "puff" everything gone. Lot of handy things filed on my Hotmail, all my active corry etc. I got all my favorites back when I signed into Google chrome, You tube guitar tutors, Hotels, Hospital locations, various shops, Loads of handy stuff, so no worries really. Now everything is organised, I am filing stuff as it happens so it's where I can find it now. Just found my memory stick this morning so all that stuff will go on in an orderly fashion. Some interesting stuff on there so that will get posted on the site eventually.

putsinker 26-09-2014 08:17
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Started to sort pics out and found these. Puts a new slant on moving house,Tee hee.

Margaret Pilkington 26-09-2014 10:24
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My sister in law who lived out in Australia actually did this......she bought a house she liked and it was put it on the back of a low loader and transported it to her daughters homestead...which was in the next town.

putsinker 26-09-2014 11:47
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118717)
My sister in law who lived out in Australia actually did this......she bought a house she liked and it was put it on the back of a low loader and transported it to her daughters homestead...which was in the next town.
No low loaders here Mrs, just britches ass steam, Hee Hee

mobertol 26-09-2014 15:03
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Following Dave and Margaret's tips n how to use photoscape I have adjusted the B&W themed photo again. Quite pleased with the result - will have to ask Mick to upload it to the competition as it just won't work for me!

Margaret Pilkington 26-09-2014 15:38
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Well Done Dianne...see told you it was easy:)

mobertol 26-09-2014 15:43
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My time is no longer my own since convalescing oldest son came to stay 10 days or so ago. Glad to say he's on the mend but will be staying a while longer. Here are a selection of recent pics:
1 Michelmas daisies
2 91 year-old Remo having a rest on his daily walk past
3 Harvesting the last of the maize
9 Little fishes (whitebait) in a nearby stream (Last photo as I messed up!!)
4 Some that got caught by my youngest son and were fried up for an aperitif with friends
5 Youngest (Edoardo), his dad and friend Massimo
6 The clams we had after with some spaghetti! Delicious...
7 Where I go for a bit of peace and my afternoon tea
8 They forgot a couple of cobs so I picked them up for decoration

mobertol 26-09-2014 16:08
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118734)
Well Done Dianne...see told you it was easy:)
That's 'cos you made it seem so easy - not bad for a first attempt - I will be looking out for further suitable subjects now. Gives a different slant on things. Thanks again -I tried to send you some Karma but it wouldn't let me the other day... :)

Have just managed ;)

Margaret Pilkington 26-09-2014 18:00
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You will look at pictures now with different eyes.......I see pictures that can be 'messed' with and I itch to do it.......but if they are someone else's pics I usually hold off until I have asked.
For the Karma...Thank-you. I am glad to be able to help.

DaveinGermany 26-09-2014 18:05
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A severe case of furry ratbag fluffiness & awwh spotted today. :)

Gremlin 26-09-2014 18:21
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I came home this afternoon and saw the rose tree had flowered again, third time this year.
Out with the camera, intruder made the snap more interesting. I thought I would try to be a bit artistic so I framed it.

Margaret Pilkington 26-09-2014 19:52
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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1118753)
A severe case of furry ratbag fluffiness & awwh spotted today. :)
Aaaawww! I want one!
(it's Ok because 'I want' doesn't get).

maxthecollie 26-09-2014 20:14
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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1118753)
A severe case of furry ratbag fluffiness & awwh spotted today. :)
Looks like you love your pussies

gpick24 26-09-2014 20:28
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A few from today

DaveinGermany 26-09-2014 20:42
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118770)
Aaaawww! I want one!
(it's Ok because 'I want' doesn't get).
I was offered my pick by the farmer but I had to decline, as lovely as they are I don't think the Hound would've been best impressed. :)

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Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1118777)
Looks like you love your pussies
That's as maybe Frank, but these are just furballs at the moment. ;)

Margaret Pilkington 26-09-2014 20:49
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I could scoop them all up.....but it really isn't practical.
Pasha, our current moggy is an old lady and would not take kindly to young whippersnappers invading her space.

mobertol 26-09-2014 22:24
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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1118732)
Following Dave and Margaret's tips n how to use photoscape I have adjusted the B&W themed photo again. Quite pleased with the result - will have to ask Mick to upload it to the competition as it just won't work for me!
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118734)
Well Done Dianne...see told you it was easy:)
Just gave it another try and it has now let me upload the photo to the comp.- may be gremlins at work :confused: :D
Will now look for some other subjects...

davemac 26-09-2014 22:29
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Today in Pictures, Cutwood Park as it turns brown.

mobertol 27-09-2014 07:15
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Today in Pictures, Cutwood Park as it turns brown.
Lovely autumny photos with some great splashes of colour. You got the landmark trees above Rishton in 6 and 7 but I think my favourite is the close-up in number 2.
Those trees were planted for Queen Victoria and King George aparently - a group from Rishton wanted to replant some new ones in the same area for the Queen's Diamond jubilee to keep the tradition running but the landowner (a farmer) refused them permission which is a great shame as it was a really good idea.

davemac 27-09-2014 08:52
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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1118815)
Lovely autumny photos with some great splashes of colour. You got the landmark trees above Rishton in 6 and 7 but I think my favourite is the close-up in number 2.
Those trees were planted for Queen Victoria and King George aparently - a group from Rishton wanted to replant some new ones in the same area for the Queen's Diamond jubilee to keep the tradition running but the landowner (a farmer) refused them permission which is a great shame as it was a really good idea.
Thanks, the blurry object behind the puff ball in number two is a tree stump, I think this is feeding the fungi. The trees on the hill behind suffered a bit in the storms earlier in the year, one place I go "the pines" just above dean clough reservoir, a lot of the pine trees blew over, this destabilised the remaining trees, this caused the footpath through this area to be closed. I don't know if this group of trees are in the same area, I will make a note when I go up, I think possibly later today.

just checked Goggle Earth and I think the trees are off Wilpshire Road.

mobertol 27-09-2014 14:12
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Have been having a play with the colour isolation on Photscape - hard to find the right subject - some are more effective than others. Practise makes perfect (I hope!)
1 A fern ready to unfurl
2 Croquet on the lawns of Sizergh Castle
3 Red Hot Chili Peppers

Margaret Pilkington 27-09-2014 15:13
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You just have to keep practicing(or messing, as I call it)...and yes, some pics lend themselves more than others.
On picture number three I would have left to colour in the shutters too.
Number one works very well......number two...well there are so many options with that one :).

Turtle 27-09-2014 18:56
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A few from today
Beautiful reflection patterns in the one with the swans :)

Turtle 27-09-2014 19:04
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This is the Limehouse Conservation Area - on the site of a lime quarry that was in use from the 1840s to the 1950s. I've been wanting to come here all summer, but only now is it feasible for me (no mozzies!).

mobertol 27-09-2014 20:00
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1118863)
You just have to keep practicing(or messing, as I call it)...and yes, some pics lend themselves more than others.
On picture number three I would have left to colour in the shutters too.
Number one works very well......number two...well there are so many options with that one :).
It's a steep learning curve - glad of some critical feedback, so thank-you.

Number three has strong colours with the Bougainville which is Fucschia pink and the shutters too were a good colour - will have another play with it. It's quite absorbing when you get going! :)

mobertol 27-09-2014 20:03
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Originally Posted by Turtle (Post 1118895)
This is the Limehouse Conservation Area - on the site of a lime quarry that was in use from the 1840s to the 1950s. I've been wanting to come here all summer, but only now is it feasible for me (no mozzies!).
Love the light and colours in 7 and 8 - that bridge in 10 is too good to be true - such a simple but effective arch!

maxthecollie 27-09-2014 20:12
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Huncoat to Hapton on the canal banks
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Margaret Pilkington 27-09-2014 20:12
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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1118905)
It's a steep learning curve - glad of some critical feedback, so thank-you.

Number three has strong colours with the Bougainville which is Fucschia pink and the shutters too were a good colour - will have another play with it. It's quite absorbing when you get going! :)
Yes, it is quite addictive.(and can be time consuming too - I can lose hours)
I hope I didn't come across as too critical...after all it is down to personal taste.
I think perhaps number three is one of the pictures taken at the same time as the hotel pic...or at least I took it to be one of those.

mobertol 27-09-2014 20:29
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Lovely photos - great close-ups and what wonderful skies - Lancashire at its best!

mobertol 27-09-2014 20:35
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Yes, it is quite addictive.(and can be time consuming too - I can lose hours)
I hope I didn't come across as too critical...after all it is down to personal taste.
I think perhaps number three is one of the pictures taken at the same time as the hotel pic...or at least I took it to be one of those.
Yes, was taken on the same short break. I have the same photo taken the day before around the middle of the day (this was early morning the next day -went back especially) and it was a lesson on light. The first shot was flat without depth and shadow even though the composition was completely unchanged...
Criticism is welcome -hard to see your own mistakes and it makes you look harder at what you're trying to do! :)

mobertol 27-09-2014 21:02
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A selection of photos from today - quick bike ride this evening to nearby village of Cortetano. Flowers, old buildings and mulberries. (The rose in number six is a miniature - around 1cm diameter if that!).

davemac 27-09-2014 22:50
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Today in Pictures, a walk down to the wet bit, then up the other side. (Dean Clough)

Eric 28-09-2014 01:53
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Have been having a play with the colour isolation on Photscape - hard to find the right subject - some are more effective than others. Practise makes perfect (I hope!)
1 A fern ready to unfurl
2 Croquet on the lawns of Sizergh Castle
3 Red Hot Chili Peppers
#3 is special.:D

mobertol 28-09-2014 09:26
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Today in Pictures, a walk down to the wet bit, then up the other side. (Dean Clough)
Great results with the colour isolation - really like what you've done with 3 and the leaves are very striking - good choice of subject - I am still lagging behind you and Margaret in this speciality...
Very moody panorama in number one and nice shots of the funghi especially - will never tire of seeing them - not many round here as yet! I hope to have a good walk this afternoon so will keep my eyes peeled.

Margaret Pilkington 28-09-2014 09:49
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Today in Pictures, a walk down to the wet bit, then up the other side. (Dean Clough)
Love number 9 &10. Great shots.

davemac 28-09-2014 12:20
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Great results with the colour isolation - really like what you've done with 3 and the leaves are very striking - good choice of subject - I am still lagging behind you and Margaret in this speciality...
Very moody panorama in number one and nice shots of the funghi especially - will never tire of seeing them - not many round here as yet! I hope to have a good walk this afternoon so will keep my eyes peeled.
Did you spot in number one (post 9651) the reservoir in Cutwood Park, and off to the right the copse of trees that you said were planted for Queen Victoria.
The fungi here are not as plentiful this year, but I think they may bloom next year due to all the trees down at the start of the year.

gpick24 28-09-2014 17:40
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Another walk down the Dunk today, then through the woods and along the canal.

1. A Robin, keeping an eye on us.
2-4. A dapper Dipper (was quite a long way away, need to get closer for a better pic).
5. A butterfly, possibly a Painted Lady.
6. A daft dog.
7. Some swans.

Margaret Pilkington 28-09-2014 17:43
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I love the robin.
There do seem to be a lot of robins about right now.

Gremlin 28-09-2014 18:31
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Sorry to bore you again with my "Today in pictures" but it's what I did today.
I went along to the Museum at Leyland and they had the old charabanc out so I had a ride round in it.
No.3 A genuine Burnley tram conductors badge, shown by the grandson of the original owner.

No. 4 A working lorry which is not being restored because it has been used in a few TV programs. Drove in by a nice young lady.
No. 5 The tax disc they had to put in the window for the filming.

No. 6 My old favourite, brings back memories.
No. 7, Finally to balance the books, my rose without the creepy crawler.

gpick24 28-09-2014 18:36
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I love the robin.
There do seem to be a lot of robins about right now.
Haven`t seen that many recently apart from this one today and one yesterday, earlier in the year they were everywhere.

Margaret Pilkington 28-09-2014 18:45
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There are quite a few near our house.
I didn't realise that male and female robins looked the same. What i took to be a female is apparently a juvenile robin.
A couple of weekends ago a robin kept flying into my neighbours garage window.
It spent the whole of the afternoon flying against the glass. I asked my neighbour to see if there was a bird trapped in his garage.....there wasn't, it was just that the robin could see its own reflection and was fighting it.
My neighbour put a board against the glass so that there was not a reflection and the bird left.

gpick24 28-09-2014 18:51
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I'm sure there's plenty around, but the birds in general are being very shy at the moment, I hear them in the trees and bushes but the little sods won't show themselves.

Turtle 28-09-2014 21:48
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Sorry to bore you again with my "Today in pictures" but it's what I did today.
I went along to the Museum at Leyland and they had the old charabanc out so I had a ride round in it.
No.3 A genuine Burnley tram conductors badge, shown by the grandson of the original owner.

No. 4 A working lorry which is not being restored because it has been used in a few TV programs. Drove in by a nice young lady.
No. 5 The tax disc they had to put in the window for the filming.

No. 6 My old favourite, brings back memories.
No. 7, Finally to balance the books, my rose without the creepy crawler.
Not bored in the slightest. I enjoy everyone's different take on the Today in Pictures thread. :)

Turtle 29-09-2014 19:18
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Some pics from today's exercise walk - the leaves they are a changin'!
Also a one from our condo's meet your neighbours BBQ (good lads these - they helped by setting up, flipping burgers and putting stuff and burgers away. I was amused by their choice of T-shirts!) and a few more from the Limehouse Trail.

davemac 29-09-2014 21:59
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Today in Pictures, there is always a wet bit before we head back.

1.Start point, its made out of ginger bread, well I thought it was until I licked it.
2. The stuff that fungi are made for.
3. Whalley Road passes straight through the bank of trees over yonder.
4. I'm from the valleys (say with a welsh accent).
5. Once again the colours of the Summer fade to the colours of Autumn and as this transition occurs the plucky photographer with a moist gusset is there to record the bounty each season brings.
6. That's a big knobbly thing.
7. Very soon the rains will swell the river and will take with it the herbage that has sprung up in the fertile sediment on the edge of the River Calder.
8. There I am thinking that I was the only person for miles, then the place gets mucked up with folk.
9. That's what happens if you don't moisturise.
10. Heading back up the hill we notice a plume of smoke, I get out my pocket guide to smoke signals and start to transcribe the message, it goes as follows.........MY.............HOUSE............IS ..............ON..................FIRE.......

Turtle 30-09-2014 19:11
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it's still quite green where you are Dave. I didn't see the pesky human in number 8 until I zoomed in!
Your captions are a scream ! :)

Eric 30-09-2014 19:23
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but the birds in general are being very shy at the moment
Over here too ... with Thanksgiving coming up, the turkeys are getting real antsy ... and the ducks and geese with hunting season .... :eek:

davemac 30-09-2014 21:48
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today in pictures, what I thought would be an uninteresting walk around the park at teatime turned into the opposite, and made me late home for comestibles.

1. They are starting to look a bit tired, and the weeds are taking over, but still a red drift in a browning environment.
2. The sun behind a tree (just in case you didn't get it)
3. I'm on the floor again.
4. I think those leaves are glad its time to change position.
5. Why are the vast majority of Fungi in shades of brown?
6. See.
7.Getting ready.
8. So is this one.
9. Will this have time to flower.
10. Just to finish off, another flat on my face shot.

Turtle 01-10-2014 00:02
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These are beautiful shots, Dave. Inspired, I would say :)

davemac 01-10-2014 08:28
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These are beautiful shots, Dave. Inspired, I would say :)
Thanks, Its an interesting time of year, Autumn colours with the bonus of all those fungi.

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A varied selection from Monday and Tuesday. Monday we decided to go to the seaside and Tuesday to Entwistle Reservoir

Eric 01-10-2014 13:08
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Found my camera ... it was in the cupboard with the canned goods:confused: ... whatever; there's no snow, no squirrels ... so here's a fat, fluffy, furball contemplating mischief:

Turtle 01-10-2014 14:03
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I really like the fact that there's no snow :)
Nice puss by the way!

Turtle 01-10-2014 14:03
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Nice capture of that butterfly M!

Eric 01-10-2014 15:07
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I really like the fact that there's no snow :)
Nice puss by the way!
That's Emma ... found on porch lost and hungry.;)

Accyexplorer 01-10-2014 17:07
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Remembering the work of Shirley Baker,, there are some lovely (60s) pics for anyone interested.

Remembering the work of Shirley Baker - BBC News

Margaret Pilkington 01-10-2014 19:53
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Some great pictures there.
I like the one of the children swinging on the street lamp.

davemac 01-10-2014 21:29
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Today in Pictures, a rainy day in Rhyddings Park.

Turtle 01-10-2014 22:01
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Remembering the work of Shirley Baker,, there are some lovely (60s) pics for anyone interested.

Remembering the work of Shirley Baker - BBC News
I admire her work - never seen it before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Accyexplorer 02-10-2014 13:37
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Some great pictures there.
I like the one of the children swinging on the street lamp.
That's my personal fave too M (just something about it) it seems to perfectly capture the spirit of the kids from days gone by.Like other Shirley Baker photographs they are all very clear,direct and strong images :).


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I admire her work - never seen it before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Glad you enjoyed them T, if you liked them you should check out some of her other work.....hope you enjoy the portal to the past ;)

Margaret Pilkington 02-10-2014 15:28
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I also like the one with the washing hung across the street......you can't imagine that happening can you?
I remember scenes like those portrayed....very much the era of my growing up.
Maybe that is why I like them so much....they take me back.
We might not have had much money, but we did see life.

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On a nice day like today we let Max choose were to go. We wrote three different walks on three pieces of paper and asked him to bring one. He chose Longridge Fell with lunch at the Eagle and Child Hurst Green

Margaret Pilkington 02-10-2014 15:48
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What a clever boy your max is......and some really stunning pics there Frank.

maxthecollie 02-10-2014 15:50
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Why thank you miss.

Margaret Pilkington 02-10-2014 17:05
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Most welcome Frank.

gpick24 03-10-2014 18:27
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At last, a walk out with the dogs when it`s not dark or raining.

1. Walking through Clayton fields.
2&3. A buzzard being chased off by crows
4. A friendly horse
5. Basking in the sunshine
6&7. A cute little tree rat in The Woodlands.
8. Duke taking a dip
9. Daisy`s nicked Dukes stick
10. A swan on the canal

davemac 03-10-2014 22:27
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Today in Pictures, a short punt around a bit of Huncoat Colliery.


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