A new year and a new photo thread to keep us entertained through the months ahead.

My first addition is something suitably seasonal - a wintery scene taken in the Amsterdam woods.

All contributions very much welcomed, and if the photos we've seen in previous years is anything to go by, we've a lot to look forward to.

Enjoy!

Taken in Culzean Castle Gardens.....

Ailsa Craig.....

Llama time......

Great Tit in black and white

 

5 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Great Tit in black and white

 

Me at my first wedding steve😂😂  my first look at the photo saw me thinkin it was frozen stiff 😂😂😂

Edited August 2, 20186 yr by baz1

Vapour Trail catching the sunset 

Steve 

Took my youngest son to work with me today.

Private job..no hard hat required !

More from Paris,

Joan of arc

The main window in Notre-Dame 

And the Venus de Milo 

18 hours ago, Soulsides said:

Took my youngest son to work with me today.

Private job..no hard hat required !

He's a Beauty, love all Sight Hounds since we've had our whippet (nearly 5 years). Their temperament makes them fantastic pets, so loving and lazy lol 

Had a Fabulous night Sat night, saw Gordon Giltrap, John Etheridge and Paul Brett and Ray Burley live in Cardiff at the Vintage Guitar show, these boys are some of the Uk's leading guitarists... anyhow I got a shot of Gordon Giltrap 27 years after I'd photographed him as a young Photography student... made my night...

 

 

 

Edited August 6, 20186 yr by Mal C

54 minutes ago, Mal C said:

Had a Fabulous night Sat night, saw Gordon Giltrap, John Etheridge and Paul Brett and Ray Burley live in Cardiff at the Vintage Guitar show, 

Did Gordon Giltrap play 'Heartsong' Mal ?..I absolutely love that track and the Perilous Journey lp were both a massive influence on me when I first started out on the acoustic guitar as a teenager.

 

Love the photo's btw !

50 minutes ago, Soulsides said:

Did Gordon Giltrap play 'Heartsong' Mal ?..I absolutely love that track and the Perilous Journey lp were both a massive influence on me when I first started out on the acoustic guitar as a teenager.

 

Love the photo's btw !

He did... it was brilliant, I thought it was 'The Travel Programme' with Judith Charmers but he said she was ITV, and he wrote the theme to that as well... I love 'Lucifers Cage' but as there were so many Guitaristas on, they only only got three songs a piece...

 

Edited August 6, 20186 yr by Mal C

another Master... sadly departed... 😞

 

Edited August 6, 20186 yr by Mal C

Sunset in a still scorching Netherlands...

 

 

Sarasota yesterday... 

 

Ed

Some snaps from yesterdays walk, hope they are of interest, trying to be creative taking picture of windmills through hole in an old stone gatepost, men at work, wheel ruts in the old cart track on the moors, ...… Major Lance?, must have been a long walk/limp home.

 

 

Ain't no shoe left in these old soles!

A Large Skipper male butterfly and a Small Skipper underneath both taken down Gaunless Valley woods aka the bottoms 

How about this for a pretty moth a micro moth a Barred Yellow 

The "most liked" photo for the month of July was this one taken by @Winsford Soul showing the dramatic sunset hues enhanced by local moorland fires.

 

Well done, Ste!

 

On 04/07/2018 at 14:50, Winsford Soul said:

Last nights sunset.

Where I live in Manchester the sun at this time of year sets above the moors at Bolton and Horwich. The colours are caused by the fires on the moors

Steve

 

 

46 minutes ago, Russell Gilbert said:

The "most liked" photo for the month of July was this one taken by @Winsford Soul showing the dramatic sunset hues enhanced by local moorland fires.

 

Well done, Ste!

 

 

 

Thanks Russell and everyone else who voted for the sunset.  It's a honour to be voted No 1 in such esteemed company 

Ste

1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thanks Russell and everyone else who voted for the sunset.  It's a honour to be voted No 1 in such esteemed company 

Ste

On 08/08/2018 at 12:36, Winsford Soul said:

 

 

Even Betsy, my brothers rescue dog, enjoys her own pool  -  she just doesn’t like any water being in it!

 

two photos from bhr/bsso racing this year

I went in search of a new best mate on Saturday. I'm not quite ready yet but this fella is in the running.

 

Edited August 13, 20186 yr by Peter99

51 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

I went in search of a new best mate on Saturday. I'm not quite ready yet but this fella is in the running.

 

He's a handsome chap, needs some TLC obviously, good luck when the time is right.

2 hours ago, TattooDave said:

He's a handsome chap, needs some TLC obviously, good luck when the time is right.

Yep, he's lovely Dave. I took him, and three others for a walk - obviously not all at the same time. The only problem with Ace is that he doesn't like other dogs. 

 

Pete

5 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Yep, he's lovely Dave. I took him, and three others for a walk - obviously not all at the same time. The only problem with Ace is that he doesn't like other dogs. 

 

Pete

Then he just needs extra work, it can be done, check out the dog whisperer.

1 minute ago, TattooDave said:

Then he just needs extra work, it can be done, check out the dog whisperer.

I'm hoping that it can be sorted through socialising training and general training. I'll be signing up to a local training school when I get my dog.

 

Pete

I have not had much time to get out with the camera the last couple of months, managed a morning out on Saturday.

 

A male Migrant Hawker 

A few from the last couple of weeks

And a few more 😃

 

At the ball game. Durham Bulls v Charlotte Knights in downtown Durham, North Carolina ( also home to perennial Northern Soul e-bayers Carolina Soul ).

4 minutes ago, Andrew Jordan said:

 

At the ball game. Durham Bulls v Charlotte Knights in downtown Durham, North Carolina ( also home to perennial Northern Soul e-bayers Carolina Soul ).

Went to watch San Francisco giants last year, loved it ( once I got to know the rules from my american friend who took me) 😄nice pic. 

Wow, some excellent photo's again these past few weeks. Had a great week in the small village of Alpbach in the Austrian Alps back in July. A really beautiful place with some great scenery. A few from there

First one is the Church and swimming lake at Reith, the second one is the view looking down on the towns of Munster, Kramsach, Brixlegg and the third is going into the abyss on the gondola 🙂

 

A couple more from Austria

The local swans checking it's all clear to come ashore for a good pruning 🙂

 

 

Edited August 17, 20186 yr by soulandy

Heron in mid flight down the canal tonight... 

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Some photos from todays walk of the remains of Cheesden Lumb Mill built in 1786 in what is called locally the Forgotten Valley, looking through the window back down the valley I've just walked up, this is at the start the sides get steeper the further down you go, the valley travels for some miles and has the ruins of ten or so cotton mills along its length showing not all our industrial heritage is found in towns and cities, the area I live in for those bothered to get out in the hills and onto the moors is rich in industrial archaeology. The small waterfall falls into what was once the Waterwheel Pit which provided the power for the mill.

 

 

Edited August 20, 20186 yr by Twoshoes
added more info

Nuthatch on feeder this morning

 

12 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Nuthatch on feeder this morning

 

Bloody hell Steve. Thats one helluva photograph bro. Stunning.

Pete

1 hour ago, Peter99 said:

Bloody hell Steve. Thats one helluva photograph bro. Stunning.

Pete

Thank you kind sir  today is the first time for a while that I've actually taken a photograph despite taking the camera out  quite often.  I've certainly become more picky in what I decided to point the lens at over the last few years. Have i a become a snob. ? 

Steve 

Edited August 23, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

5 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thank you kind sir  today is the first time for a while that I've actually taken a photograph despite taking the camera out  quite often.  I've certainly become more picky in what I decided to point the lens at over the last few years. Have i a become a snob. ? 

Steve 

You're only after the rare stuff mate! 

 

Pete

 

 

On 23/08/2018 at 13:40, Winsford Soul said:

Nuthatch on feeder this morning

 

Going to be a record picture for me.  I've got 150 likes and 20 comments at the moment on my Flickr page.  

Well chuffed. May have to start taking some pictures soon if it carries on . Plus I treated myself to a new manfrotto tripod today so that will be a excuse to get out. 

Update got 200 likes and 46 comments including my replies.  

Steve 

Edited August 25, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

2 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Going to be a record picture for me.  I've got 150 likes and 20 comments at the moment on my Flickr page.  

Well chuffed. May have to start taking some pictures soon if it carries on . Plus I treated myself to a new manfrotto tripod today so that will be a excuse to get out. 

Steve 

Top stuff m8 just an exquisite picture,I was sat on your music feeder last sat 😮 took the nuts and bought um both 👍 atb steve ♥ baz n shelly

Baxter in Coniston

 

Ed

Here's something a bit unusual for the North west a female Garganey.   

 

Edited August 25, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

Terrapins at Pennington Flash. Something that you don't see every day.  Infact it's the first time that I've actually seen them at Pennington. 

Steve

Edited August 25, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

5 hours ago, tomangoes said:

Baxter in Coniston

Great name for a dog, he looks a very happy chappy 😊

A Small Tortoiseshell on garden fence