Amsterdam Russ Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 A few from Little Gransden in August , first time two Lancasters have been in the air together for over 50 years ... Great shots! Amazing what you can do with a telescope and a camera! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Staying with churches, here's two photos of our local house of worship as seen in different weather conditions. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Just a 75-300mm lens and a steady hand ... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Staying with churches, here's two photos of our local house of worship as seen in different weather conditions. Aalsmeer-dorpskerk-bw.jpg Aalsmeer-dorpskerk-foggy.jpg Nice brickwork on the gable end!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Woodbutcher Posted January 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2015 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. 8 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 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. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Middleman Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 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) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted January 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2015 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 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Ncfc Posted January 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2015 My late dad putting the sails back on Horsey windmill mid 70s. Note lack of hard hats and hi viz vests. 8 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
barney Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 different islands different bikes, nice pics and great times , 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris L Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Philippe Posted January 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) 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, 2015 by Philippe 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Orotava Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Staying with churches, here's two photos of our local house of worship as seen in different weather conditions. Aalsmeer-dorpskerk-bw.jpg Aalsmeer-dorpskerk-foggy.jpg Thought I`d share a snap of my church: 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 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 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 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)! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stateside Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stateside Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Taken from Plas Rhianfa hotel in Menai 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 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? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 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. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stateside Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 What age were you - 30s-40s, something like that? I lived there from 1953 until 1959 until I was 6 Kev Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 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! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Middleman Posted January 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2015 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 "The King and Queen" just round the corner from the 100 Club ... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Taken from Plas Rhianfa hotel in Menai Is that Bangor pier ? Obviously taken across the straits. Steve Edited January 10, 2015 by Winsford Soul Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winsford Soul Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 "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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Not many wearing 'hats' like that though ... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stateside Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Is that Bangor pier ? Obviously taken across the straits. Steve yes. Amazing reflections and like a mill pond in Feb 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulandy Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Stunners, Andy. More like that, please! Cheers Russell. I have one or two like that as I love it in them there hills :-) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Stateside Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 The Marine Lake, West Kirby. 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Amsterdam Russ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Another jetty and another church. Both pics taken early the same morning in the woods of Amsterdam. 8 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Philippe Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Some beautiful but scarce flowers. Latin name is Lathraea clandestina (in French latrée clandestine). 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Soulandy Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 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 9 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Soulandy Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Looking across to the Ogwyn Valley in Snowdonia with a view of Tryfan, Y garn, Gylderau, Carneddau, Snowdon and Llyn Colwyd in the foreground 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Ceejay Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Mount Vesuvius, 8 am in the morning from my balcony, July 2014. 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 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. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Martyn Pitt Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Mount Vesuvius, 8 am in the morning from my balcony, July 2014. Snap ... 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulandy Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Have a peek at my walks below Had a good look at your blog yesterday… 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Zed1 Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Caernarfon Bay....... 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Stateside Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Forgotten exactly where this is, but it's in the Lake District whilst walking Kev 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Samaria Gorge Crete, a nice walk 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stateside Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Samaria Gorge Crete, a nice walkL1070859.JPGL1070874.JPG Great walk that Dave, did it many years ago...........before digital cameras unfortunately Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Great walk that Dave, did it many years ago...........before digital cameras unfortunately Did it a couple of years ago, slept very soundly afterwards 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 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. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 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 . 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hopefully this is better, my first resized photo 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 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 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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