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« Reply #675 on: 19:02:07, 03-10-2008 » |
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Good light today, so the cameras had an outing in between bashing bots and hitting the Gym. The usefulness of a long lens apparent here: looking towards the Bell Rock lighthouse, almost 14 miles away, built to protect shipping from the dangerous outcrop of rock at Inchcape, the drastic effect of which can be seen quite plainly by the amount of white water crashing around it. |
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« Reply #676 on: 20:28:00, 03-10-2008 » |
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This picture is so beautiful, Ron Dough. It took my breath away when I saw it appear on the screen.
It is so beautiful there. The colours are fantastic.
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« Reply #677 on: 21:01:55, 03-10-2008 » |
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Great work, Ron, and lovely to see your other shots in your flickr account, especially the Carnoustie ones with those fabulous skies.
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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« Reply #678 on: 21:37:24, 03-10-2008 » |
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One more of today's, from about a mile closer to us than the other, up on the hilly ridge above the main Dundee to Arbroath road, perhaps thirty minutes' walk from here. We're looking across two firths: the one which dominates the picture is the silvery Tay, with Fife's eastern extremity, Fife Ness, behind it - eighteen miles away. Beyond that are the Lammermuir Hills, south of Dunbar, and thus south-east of Edinburgh, on the far side of the Firth of Forth, about forty-five miles as the crow flies. Despite this considerable distance, and the fact that the Forth often has worse weather than the Tay, they're visible far more often than not. |
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« Reply #679 on: 21:49:40, 03-10-2008 » |
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This is also beautiful, Ron Dough.
Mountains across the bay look a little like here.
Everything is so clear. I can see every grass. the sky is beautiful.
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #680 on: 23:19:42, 16-10-2008 » |
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It's early autumn, without a doubt. The light has been splendid all day, just right for the sprouting winter barley, and the trees just starting to turn. |
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« Reply #681 on: 23:21:23, 16-10-2008 » |
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Great, Ron. The leaves are starting to turn here too, so I must try and get out with the camera soon.
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« Reply #682 on: 00:13:22, 17-10-2008 » |
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No autumnal shots for me yet, this is a pic of the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital taken from the new Selly Oak Relief Road (or whatever it's called).  [cotitsalv] |
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« Reply #683 on: 01:22:12, 17-10-2008 » |
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Here's an autumnal photo I took in Dent, in the Yorkshire Dales the other day:  For some reason that's not as sharp as the picture actually looks when I view it from my hard drive, but I can't work out why...  |
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« Reply #684 on: 10:05:59, 17-10-2008 » |
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. . . The usefulness of a long lens apparent here: looking towards the Bell Rock lighthouse, almost 14 miles away, built to protect shipping from the dangerous outcrop of rock at Inchcape, the drastic effect of which can be seen quite plainly by the amount of white water crashing around it. Here is Turner's view of the Bell Light from a rather closer vantage point: And for those requiring further orientation here is its infamous situation: |
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« Reply #685 on: 10:35:41, 17-10-2008 » |
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It looks like many of my photos "Mrs K", the lighthouse is tilting to the right  I took a whole batch of photos yesterday at the same location as my earlier post and nearly every one was slightly crooked, I just can't seem to hold the camera straight. Thanks heavens for the "straighten" facility in Picasa, which I use to make basic adjustments like straightening and cropping - it's very quick and easy. |
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« Reply #688 on: 21:17:08, 18-10-2008 » |
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A few autumnal leaves snapped today  [cotitsalv] |
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« Reply #689 on: 21:21:29, 18-10-2008 » |
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I have wondered what the word [cotitsalv] under Andy and others' posts means. Any enlightenment.
I take it the picture of Senators Obama and McCain is enhanced, at least as far as McCain goes.
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