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.

 

 

Thank you to Steve for the invite, I've enjoyed looking through the pictures on this thread. I was saying about a video I took of a butterfly that was in my garden, at the time had no idea what it was until a friend told me, hope you enjoy watching it, Shelly xx Humming Bird Hawk Moth 

VID-20150916-WA0021.mp4

OMG not sure why? but it seems the only way you can watch it is by it down loading? new to this so how do I get video to open on here please? xx

 

Easiest way is to upload the video to YouTube and then share a link from there .

Easiest way is to upload the video to YouTube and then share a link from there .

oh thank you, will get my sister to do it now for me  x

Thank you to Steve for the invite, I've enjoyed looking through the pictures on this thread. I was saying about a video I took of a butterfly that was in my garden, at the time had no idea what it was until a friend told me, hope you enjoy watching it, Shelly xx Humming Bird Hawk Moth 

VID-20150916-WA0021.mp4

OMG not sure why? but it seems the only way you can watch it is by it down loading? new to this so how do I get video to open on here please? xx

 

Hi Shelly. Glad you're liking the pictures. I've only been privileged to see one hummingbird hawk moth in my life. Your video footage is fabulous (so jealous ) regarding the video, I'm not sure either but the link worked perfectly well. Perhaps the mods on here could advise you how to alter the format so as it's a direct video clip as opposed to a link. 

Steve  XX

Duff post.

 

Peter I'm so surprised at you duff posting.  it must be ages since on of us did that, it's normally me my friend. 

Steve

Peter I'm so surprised at you duff posting.  it must be ages since on of us did that, it's normally me my friend. 

Steve

Evening Steve

I was attempting to try and solve Shelly's issue with uploading her vid - but failed!

It's a great video isn't it - beautiful creature.

Peter

 

Hi Shelly. Glad you're liking the pictures. I've only been privileged to see one hummingbird hawk moth in my life. Your video footage is fabulous (so jealous ) regarding the video, I'm not sure either but the link worked perfectly well. Perhaps the mods on here could advise you how to alter the format so as it's a direct video clip as opposed to a link. 

Steve  XX

Thank you Steve, got my sister to quickly upload on yt so now got a link to the video to put on here  some brilliant images on here xx

Evening Steve

I was attempting to try and solve Shelly's issue with uploading her vid - but failed!

It's a great video isn't it - beautiful creature.

Peter

 

Thank you Peter, I did as another member suggested, put on yt now have a link and video for people to watch it x

SECOND ATTEMPT  XX

Shelly that's brilliant , I've never heard of one never mind seen one , great first photo x

Thank you Steve, got my sister to quickly upload on yt so now got a link to the video to put on here  some brilliant images on here xx

Shelly. It's a very addicted thread is this . Before you know it you will be out and about taking pictures 

Steve. XX

Shelly. It's a very addicted thread is this . Before you know it you will be out and about taking pictures 

Steve. XX

good job I have camera built in my phone then LOL that's what I used to video humminbird hawk moth  xx

40 Silver darlings straight off a boat on beach.Now going in freezer  bait trey.Proper fresh herring with no blood in gills and around eyes like you get in a supermarket.

Edited October 25, 20159 yr by NCFC

40 Silver darlings straight off a boat on beach.Now going in freezer  bait trey.Proper fresh herring with no blood in gills and around eyes like you get in a supermarket.

You ought to be having them for your dinner Chris.

Peter

You ought to be having them for your dinner Chris.

Peter

 When you have been brought up on em its the last thing on my mind.Dropped 4 round mums for her tea though:-).

 When you have

been brought up on em its the last thing on my mind.Dropped 4 round mums for her tea though:-)

Piking season is upon  us Chris . Bet it's your favourite time of year mate

Steve

I wish it was a clearer shot, taken this morning whilst out on my bike.

 

Edited October 27, 20159 yr by Chris L

Just been downloading my photos taken on my most recent visit to NYC and i thought the one below was a bit "arty' and might be worth posting on here.....

Taken about three weeks ago as i walked the High Line which is a disused raised train track on the west side running from Hudson's Yard down through Chelsea Village and the Meat Packing District. It is free!

A Shoveler getting airborne ...

A Shoveler getting airborne ...

Another wow factor Martyn. This thread is amazing - just when my mentalist issues start to take a hold I see a photograph like this and get an immediate hit of positiveness and a reconnection with nature and my spirit. That may sound a little poncy - but its true.

Thanks everyone.

Peter

Cheers Peter, ... I like that you can see his eye through the wing on the second image ... but that is just absolute pure luck on my part 

 

 

Female barn owl now at taxidermist

Remember my owl.Here she is now

 

Edited November 2, 20159 yr by NCFC

 

 

Don't know what happened to the reply to Chris,s post

Steve

Edited November 2, 20159 yr by Winsford Soul

Remember my owl.Here she is now

That looks great Chris. The taxidermist has done a good job.

Steve

 

John Burton from Burgh Castle done it.Very good at his job.Cost me £100 to have done

Remember my owl.Here she is now

 

Just look at those talons - you wouldn't want to mess with them would you.

Not sure it's my cup of tea but as Steve says someone has done a good job.

 

 

Test upload from new camera and laptop

hopefully both work

The dark woods

Steve

Edited November 5, 20159 yr by Winsford Soul

A further "arty" photo from my recent stay in NYC.  Although I took this one through my bedroom window it somehow avoided the usual reflection. This is the Chrysler Building which was for a very short time in 1930 the tallest building in the world...... I love Art Deco.    It is 77 floors and my bedroom is on 51st floor of an apartment block on East 39th Street. 

 

 

Edited November 6, 20159 yr by Rbman

an old advertisement

Today I found a long lost photo which I had took on the Monday after the season ended and Jack Walker had bought his championship.  We were doing some work in his private box so as soon as I looked at my job-sheet off home I went to pick up my camera and get into character 

Picture taken by one of the joiners. Back in the days when some of us had hair.

 

How things have gone full circle since. 

Edited November 7, 20159 yr by Guest

Here's a few from me with my first real outing with the new camera. Taken today at Pennington flash

Steve

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 20159 yr by Winsford Soul

A few more from today

Steve

 

Forget to add that I saw what I think where  two brown migrant hawkers yesterday whilst I was out and about at Pennington Flash. November 7th. Couldn't believe it. Don't think that I have ever seen them at this time of year. But we haven't had any frost,s yet to kill them off.

Will post a not very good  picture later. 

Steve

20 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Forget to add that I saw what I think where  two brown migrant hawkers yesterday whilst I was out and about at Pennington Flash. November 7th. Couldn't believe it. Don't think that I have ever seen them at this time of year. But we haven't had any frost,s yet to kill them off.

Will post a not very good  picture later. 

Steve

Hi Steve

Yep, it's been very mild- up to 14 degrees in the day still and no where near freezing at night. There has been lots of talk about us having the coldest winter for over a hundred years. Having said that we've a long way to go yet.

Looks like you're enjoying the new camera.

Peter

Here's what I think is a brown migrant hawker. I,m sure Martyn will put me right.

Steve

52 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Hi Steve

Yep, it's been very mild- up to 14 degrees in the day still and no where near freezing at night. There has been lots of talk about us having the coldest winter for over a hundred years. Having said that we've a long way to go yet.

Looks like you're enjoying the new camera.

Peter

Morning Peter Hope your well m friend. The weather is barmy at the moment, lets see how long it lasts.

Yes I,m loving the camera its very technical compared to the last one I had. But some of the things are familiar, will get there.

Steve

6 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Here's what I think is a brown migrant hawker. I,m sure Martyn will put me right.

Steve

 

learnt something new, Thank you. I was expecting to see a bird not a type of dragonfly  x

7 minutes ago, JustASoulie said:

learnt something new, Thank you. I was expecting to see a bird not a type of dragonfly  x

Evening Shelly. Hope your well.  I learn something new on here every time I log on.

Steve. X

A collage I have done of mainly flora of Cockfield Fell right near where I live. Although I have snook in a Small Heath butterfly too. The Gorse; Eyebrights; Lousewort (pink flower) and Heath Milkwort (blue flower).  

Edited November 8, 20159 yr by suzannek

On 8 November 2015 at 11:37:34, Winsford Soul said:

Here's what I think is a brown migrant hawker. I,m sure Martyn will put me right.

Steve

 

Sorry for the delay in responding Steve, but I have been away for a weeks sunshine 

Steve there is a Brown Hawker or a Migrant Hawker (also a Southern Migrant Hawker). 

Brown Hawkers have a distinct and unique amber coloured wing, which makes them easy to identify, which I do not see on the one in your photo. I would think what you photographed was a female Migrant Hawker. Migrant Hawkers are always the latest ones to appear, and with the mild weather we have been having they seem to have been around for a bit longer.

Edited November 10, 20159 yr by martyn pitt

Some fantastic photo's on here again, great thread :-)

Not posted anything on here for a bit but thought I'd share these from a few weekends we have had in wales between end of September and last weekends heatwave. Water is the theme

One from last weekend is the toll bridge and the George hotel at Penmaenpool

And this is the bridge to Barmouth over the Mawddach Estuary

Barmouth beach

 

Edited November 10, 20159 yr by soulandy

Llyn Elsi above Betws y Coed

 

Some cool wooden dude :-)

Bala Lake in the mist and Cregennan Lake under the Cadair Idris Range

Two more from a sunny Barmouth although the bikes could be at a beach in L.A. or somewhere :-)

Llyn Geirionydd & Llyn Crafnant

30 minutes ago, soulandy said:

Llyn Geirionydd & Llyn Crafnant

Lovely.

Peter

11 hours ago, martyn pitt said:

Sorry for the delay in responding Steve, but I have been away for a weeks sunshine 

Steve there is a Brown Hawker or a Migrant Hawker (also a Southern Migrant Hawker). 

Brown Hawkers have a distinct and unique amber coloured wing, which makes them easy to identify, which I do not see on the one in your photo. I would think what you photographed was a female Migrant Hawker. Migrant Hawkers are always the latest ones to appear, and with the mild weather we have been having they seem to have been around for a bit longer.

Thanks Martyn. I knew that you would know, even from that rubbish picture.

Hope you and the lovely Carol had a nice holiday mate. 

Steve

The new cross country season got underway this week end. This is our team we fielded at Leamington, most of us old enough better.. Ade

1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said:

 

Hope you and the lovely Carol had a nice holiday mate. 

 

Yes we did thanks Steve ... here are a couple of my holiday snaps 

These were taken in the rocks below our patio, I managed to get to within 10 feet of the Sanderlings without spooking them

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 20159 yr by martyn pitt

7 minutes ago, martyn pitt said:

Yes we did thanks Steve ... here are a couple of my holiday snaps 

These were taken in the rocks below our patio, I managed to get to within 10 feet of the Sanderlings without spooking them

 

 

 

Bloody Hell (spoken in a really posh voice)

9 hours ago, martyn pitt said:

Yes we did thanks Steve ... here are a couple of my holiday snaps 

These were taken in the rocks below our patio, I managed to get to within 10 feet of the Sanderlings without spooking them

 

 

 

 

Why has that grey duck only got one leg? spoken in Estuary Cockney!!

Dave it's auditioning for the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie ...  

Either that or it's what most birds do when they are resting 

5 hours ago, martyn pitt said:

Dave it's auditioning for the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie ...  

Either that or it's what most birds do when they are resting 

I heard on Qi that flamingos let half of their body sleep when stood on one leg, I wonder if other birds have the same capacity?  (This time spoken with an enquiring tone)