Following on from the huge success of the "Show us your bird and wildlife photos" thread (some 31 pages and a staggering +1500 posts), I thought it time to start a "part 2".

 

As we don't always have the opportunities to take bird or wildlife photos, but nonetheless might be taking great photos of other things, I  thought a broader approach might encourage even more people to share their top photos. 

 

They can be anything to do with nature, landscapes, outdoors, indoors, superb holiday snaps - basically, whatever. If you think it's a good photo and you want to share it, this is the place.

 

Here's three from me...

 

Goose - seen showing off in the woods of Amsterdam.

 

 

Sunset - as seen from our balcony last summer.

 

 

Filey, N Yorks - what a beautiful place. We were here for my younger brother's wedding.

 

 

Staying with churches, here's two photos of our local house of worship as seen in different weather conditions.

 

 

 

 

Just a 75-300mm lens and a steady hand ... 

Staying with churches, here's two photos of our local house of worship as seen in different weather conditions.

 

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Nice brickwork on the gable end!!

A few more odds and sods ...

 

 

Sunrise behind the "Ship of the Fens".

 

 

 

M31 , Andromeda Galaxy.

 

 

 

Glider mayhem.

 

 

 

A nice little commission.

 

 

 

Saturn.

 

 

 

Cocoon Nebula.

 

 

 

Horsehead and Flame.

 

 

 

Toys.

 

Nice brickwork on the gable end!!

Very nice parish church all round. It dates back to the 16th century, apparently, and was built at a time when there were only something like 90 houses in the village. Of course, much of it has been rebuilt over the centuries and it had to be expanded as the local population grew.

A few more odds and sods ...

 

 

Sunrise behind the "Ship of the Fens".

 

 

 

M31 , Andromeda Galaxy.

 

 

 

Glider mayhem.

 

 

 

A nice little commission.

 

 

 

Saturn.

 

 

 

Cocoon Nebula.

 

 

 

Horsehead and Flame.

 

 

 

Toys.

 

 

Your astronomy shots are out of this world (pun intended)

The last remaining 8 sailed windmill in the UK

 

Bruges March 2013, got stuck in Brussels with Eurostar not working the next day

 

Enchanted City near Cuenca where Conan the Barbarian was filmed, sorry about it being sideways

 

My late dad putting the sails back on Horsey windmill mid 70s.

 

Note lack of hard hats and hi viz vests.

different islands different bikes, nice pics and great times ,

2) Wengen, Switzerland.

 

All taken on my iPhone but after seeing previous pictures I've decided to get a proper digital camera.

 

We took our holidays to Wengen this summer. Had a 7 day train, much of it steam, journey around the area, including Pia Gloria

A lot of  tadpoles in a tiny puddle, it was in May and the puddle would soon be dry. Poor little things !

 

Edited January 10, 201510 yr by Philippe

Staying with churches, here's two photos of our local house of worship as seen in different weather conditions.

 

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Aalsmeer-dorpskerk-foggy.jpg

 

 

Thought I`d share a snap of my church:

 

Russell. This new thread is going to double the amount of pictures and people taking part compared to the last bird and wildlife one. Nice one. Loads more pictures to admire and comment on.

Steve

Russell. This new thread is going to double the amount of pictures and people taking part compared to the last bird and wildlife one. Nice one. Loads more pictures to admire and comment on.

Steve

You're right, Steve. Really great to see so many contributions already - and lots of terrific photos. Looking forward to seeing how it develops (pun intended)!

Great shots! Amazing what you can do with a telescope and a camera!

Great to see the Vulcan. I spent my early years in Waddington Lincs opposite the Vulcan Bomber base watching them take off every day. My special trick was to get lost at air shows and have my name read out over the tannoy.

Kev

Taken from Plas Rhianfa hotel in Menai

Great to see the Vulcan. I spent my early years in Waddington Lincs opposite the Vulcan Bomber base watching them take off every day. My special trick was to get lost at air shows and have my name read out over the tannoy.

Kev

What age were you  - 30s-40s, something like that? 

Taken from Plas Rhianfa hotel in Menai

That's cool - can't quite make out where the pier touches the water and the reflection begins.   

What age were you  - 30s-40s, something like that? 

I lived there from 1953 until 1959 until I was 6

Kev

I lived there from 1953 until 1959 until I was 6

Kev

Must have been amazingly exciting being around all those splendid aircraft back then!

"The King and Queen" just round the corner from the 100 Club ... 

Taken from Plas Rhianfa hotel in Menai

Is that Bangor pier ? Obviously taken across the straits.

Steve

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"The King and Queen" just round the corner from the 100 Club ... 

There's a few queens just round the corner from the 100 club

Steve

Not many wearing 'hats' like that though ... 

Is that Bangor pier ? Obviously taken across the straits.

Steve

yes. Amazing reflections and like a mill pond in Feb

Stunners, Andy. More like that, please!   

Cheers Russell. I have one or two like that as I love it in them there hills :-)

The Marine Lake, West Kirby.

Another jetty and another church. Both pics taken early the same morning in the woods of Amsterdam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some beautiful but scarce flowers. Latin name is Lathraea clandestina (in French latrée clandestine).

 

Had a few days in Grenoble at the foot of the French Alps in December, nice place. Also had a day visit to Annecy, the Venice of France.

Annecy Christmas market

 

Annecy

 

Grenoble Bubble Car

 

Nice Spring day in December

Looking across to the Ogwyn Valley in Snowdonia with a view of Tryfan, Y garn, Gylderau, Carneddau, Snowdon and Llyn Colwyd in the foreground

Mount Vesuvius, 8 am in the morning from my balcony, July 2014.

Looking across to the Ogwyn Valley in Snowdonia with a view of Tryfan, Y garn, Gylderau, Carneddau, Snowdon and Llyn Colwyd in the foreground

Nice - I do like these mountain landscapes. My older brother's close to completing the Munros and he regularly sends spectacular shots from his excursions.

Mount Vesuvius, 8 am in the morning from my balcony, July 2014.

Snap ... 

 

Nice - I do like these mountain landscapes. My older brother's close to completing the Munros and he regularly sends spectacular shots from his excursions.

Only walked a couple of mountains in scotland, the Ben and Merrick near to Newton Stewart. Been up there a few times though and off to Skye in May. Favourite place is Snowdonia. Have a peek at my walks below

Have a peek at my walks below

Had a good look at your blog yesterday…   

Caernarfon Bay.......

 

Forgotten exactly where this is, but it's in the Lake District whilst walking

 

Kev

Some beautiful but scarce flowers. Latin name is Lathraea clandestina (in French latrée clandestine).

 

It's a parasitic plant, grows on the roots of willows and poplars

Samaria Gorge Crete, a nice walk

Samaria Gorge Crete, a nice walk

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Great walk that Dave, did it many years ago...........before digital cameras unfortunately

Great walk that Dave, did it many years ago...........before digital cameras unfortunately

Did it a couple of years ago, slept very soundly afterwards

If it's possible, can people try and resize their photos and make them smaller? Some of them posted are absolutely huge and are way too big to be seen properly on screen.

 

It's just a suggestion, but if you can reduce the width of images to somewhere between 700 pixels and 1200 pixels then I reckon most people should be able to see them ok.   

If it's possible, can people try and resize their photos and make them smaller? Some of them posted are absolutely huge and are way too big to be seen properly on screen.

 

It's just a suggestion, but if you can reduce the width of images to somewhere between 700 pixels and 1200 pixels then I reckon most people should be able to see them ok.   

As a technophobe is it a simple process as I wouldn't have a clue?  I'm not usually allowed metal scissors

Right-click on the file ... click on the "Open image in - "Paint" option

 

When open in Paint select "Resize" at top left ...

 

Select "Pixels" ... change the size in the boxes shown .

 

Then "Save As" whatever you wish to call the new version.

 

Saving as a PNG file should prevent any nasty JPEG compression artifacts .

Right-click on the file ... click on the "Open image in - "Paint" option

 

When open in Paint select "Resize" at top left ...

 

Select "Pixels" ... change the size in the boxes shown .

 

Then "Save As" whatever you wish to call the new version.

 

Saving as a PNG file should prevent any nasty JPEG compression artifacts .

Thanks Steve, I'll give it a go

Hopefully this is better, my first resized photo

The winds off the Atlantic blow the sand way up onto the road that leads to Punto Paloma, and they clear the roads several times daily because of the dunes, great area for windsurfing.

 

Madonna of the snow from the Sierra Nevada slopes

Long tailed tit

 

Female reed bunting

 

A few from today

 

Steve