A new year, a new photography thread! Thanks to everyone who's participated in these threads, whether as a photographic contributor, a commenter, or as someone who just pops in from time to time to admire the latest offerings. The Soul Source photography thread now enters its sixth year (well, technically it started life in April of 2013, but who cares?), which I think is amazing.

As I mentioned in the last post of the 2018 thread, its longevity is entirely down to you and your continued involvement, so thank you one and all for making this a real highlight for so long. Cheers, and here's to another photo-filled year!

 

 

Starlings in flight...

One of the last canyoning adventure (on winter season…!):

 

You can't beat a Indian washed down with this. 7.5 % Belgium beer

Happy New Year to Show us your great photo, reader's,  contributors.  Keep the posts coming .

Steve 

 

Grandson Thomas,  Growing up 

Steve 

Edited January 1, 20196 yr by Winsford Soul

This is not a photo but an illustration I made for a friend who had a little restaurant:

 

16 hours ago, josep manuel concernau robles said:

This is not a photo but an illustration I made for a friend who had a little restaurant:

Nice, but let’s please stick to photography. Thanks for your understanding. 📸👍

Happy New Year to you all ... here is one from the first day of the new year, a Heron posing in front of the hide, odd this as usually they will take flight at the slightest movement.

2 hours ago, martyn pitt said:

Happy New Year to you all ... here is one from the first day of the new year, a Heron posing in front of the hide, odd this as usually they will take flight at the slightest movement.

Come up to Pennington mate. Your beating them off with a stick, don't even need a big lens. 

Steve 

There are so many fans of Gil Scott - HERON on this thread… 😀

Here's another photo of my wife on an impressive landscape on catalonian prepyrinaican mountains:

Sorry for some photos with poor quality that are from the 80's, 90's by analogical cameras and after scanned on a middle resolution.

Edited January 2, 20196 yr by josep manuel concernau robles

Here are a few of the last photos I took last year. I'm in the process of flogging my camera and getting a new 'un this week, (bought a couple of records though lol) . Redwing, Kestrel, Nuthatch, Buzzard and a couple of nice tree pics. Hopefully be posting again soon. Keep your Great Photos Coming, All the Best folks

Nice Pictures John. Any idea of what camera your after? 

Steve 

Unusual message display at the Hard Rock Tenerife. Largely Symbolic...

Ed

10 hours ago, John Jones said:

Here are a few of the last photos I took last year. I'm in the process of flogging my camera and getting a new 'un this week, (bought a couple of records though lol) . Redwing, Kestrel, Nuthatch, Buzzard and a couple of nice tree pics. Hopefully be posting again soon. Keep your Great Photos Coming, All the Best folks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fantastic! Specially the one of the krestel. Where I lives there's a Krestel that every day is above the building next to the mine. Frequently I can see krestels, buzzards, Bonelli's eagles and with a bit of luck some astors or any "Accipiter nisus" (I think is "Sparrow hook"…?). There was a time that I makes some acceptable photo with my analogic Zenith camera with 50 mm objective Helios… (some photo of Gypaëtus barbatus, Neophron percnopterus,…) but the real great photographer of birds I knows is a long time friend (both of us formed an ornitologic group); he got a great equipment (a Buchlander with 250mm zoom and duplicator in the late 70's!!) and have some books published some with photos by him and illustrations by me (I'm a great fan of some great bird illustrators in the UK as Terence Lambert and some spanish as Olegario del Junco). A great salute from Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain).

Here's another slot canyon on Aragon Prepyrinaican mountains:

 

4 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Nice Pictures John. Any idea of what camera your after? 

Steve 

Cheers Steve, been using a Sony Cybershot bridge camera with x35 zoom, looking at a Panasonic Lumix with x60 zoom. I've usually got 3 dogs in tow so need something compact but want to get a bit closer and in my price range lol.

2 hours ago, josep manuel concernau robles said:

Fantastic! Specially the one of the krestel.

Thank you, Lucky to have a variety of birds close to where I live. I Like to take a few photos when I walk our dogs, two hobbies in one. Great to see all the different photos on here.

5 hours ago, John Jones said:

Cheers Steve, been using a Sony Cybershot bridge camera with x35 zoom, looking at a Panasonic Lumix with x60 zoom. I've usually got 3 dogs in tow so need something compact but want to get a bit closer and in my price range lol.

I shoot with Canon as you know but the lumix gets good reviews and so does the fuji bridge cameras. Endless choice mate. Be interested to hear your choice 

Steve 

 

From today at RSPB Leighton Moss. Cormorant with a eel

Steve

Another prepyrinaican landscape. Here we can clearly see the geological structure, the parallel stratification of an anticlinal fold...

Great White Egret

Steve

 

Starling Murmuration . A few from this evening

Steve

 

Happy new year to you all. Some great photo's already. Love the pointing finger of the Starling Murmuration , brilliant Steve

I had a wander over Helvellyn and a few more fells on New Years Day, and what a day. More like spring than winter 🙂

1st one is a Brocken Spectre on Striding Edge, the 2nd is looking back on a clear Striding Edge with a distant Ullswater in the background and the 3rd is looking over to the Western Fell ranges from my lunch spot on Dollywagon Pike 🙂

Brilliant pictures Andy . Love those spectre pictures especially , I don't spend enough time in the hills for anything exciting like that

Steve 

PS thanks for the kind comments 

7 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Brilliant pictures Andy . Love those spectre pictures especially , I don't spend enough time in the hills for anything exciting like that

Steve 

PS thanks for the kind comments 

Right place and all that 🙂 Was hoping it to be all clear, then wishing for an inversion but I suppose a spectre or four will have to do 🙂

Only ever seen one inversion that was  above Pistell Ryhdar waterfalls but the mist/ clouds came down and met it, sat it out for 30 mins then it cleared to blue skies as if nothing had happened 

Steve 

Luckily I've seen a few but always hope to see one when I go out especially October-March. Such a great feeling

Buzzard  ? . I'm assuming 

Steve 

3 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Buzzard  ? . I'm assuming 

Steve 

I also think is a buzzard. Here in Spain buzzards (Buteo buteo, "ratonero común" on spanish and "aligot" in catalonian idiom) usually have the bellow parts more clear but there's also some ones who come from North Europe during the winter and are shadily colored.

Heres's my sons some years ago, Whe lives next to the "Costa daurada" but prefers a bath on the river than on the beach:

 

Male Otter. Taken from too far away to get a decent photograph even heavily cropped but as its the first one I've seen for ages thought I would share it with the good people of Soul Source

Steve

Funky pigeon! 

Ed

 

River Lea

Ware.

Gazebo capital!

 

Not a gazebo in sight Ed. Are they fair weather gazebo, ers. ( what sort of word is that ) 

Steve 

Almost half way through January already and I'm only now posting up the "most liked" photo for last month. That honour goes to @Winsford Soul for his classic capture of a robin. Congratulation, and well done! 👍📸👌

It seems I'm a "canyoning obsessed"… but that is real… 😋

Another beautiful canyon on catolonian pyrinaican mountains:

 

10 hours ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

Almost half way through January already and I'm only now posting up the "most liked" photo for last month. That honour goes to @Winsford Soul for his classic capture of a robin. Congratulation, and well done! 👍📸👌

Well done Steve and good to finally meet you last night. Hope to catch up again along the way 👍

On 11/01/2019 at 14:42, Winsford Soul said:

Not a gazebo in sight Ed. Are they fair weather gazebo, ers. ( what sort of word is that ) 

Steve 

I think maybe the gazebos are those little shed-like thingymabobbies on the bank? Are they?🤔

39 minutes ago, flamingemeralds said:

I think maybe the gazebos are those little shed-like thingymabobbies on the bank? Are they?🤔

I see them now. Only been using my mobile to access the site recently.  Note to ones self.  Open your eyes. 

Steve 

41 minutes ago, soulandy said:

Well done Steve and good to finally meet you last night. Hope to catch up again along the way 👍

Thanks Andy.  Like wise,  quite a few friends in common,  it's a small world 

Steve 

11 hours ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

Almost half way through January already and I'm only now posting up the "most liked" photo for last month. That honour goes to @Winsford Soul for his classic capture of a robin. Congratulation, and well done! 👍📸👌

Massive thank you very much for the likes and comments ,it makes the sometimes hours spent trying to get a picture worthwhile when you see what people think about your pictures. 

Steve 

9 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Massive thank you very much for the likes and comments ,it makes the sometimes hours spent trying to get a picture worthwhile when you see what people think about your pictures. 

Steve 

Great picture Steve , the Robin looks in immaculate condition , the one that comes in to my garden looks a dirty chap  his/her white plumage is filthy, it will use the feeders and is well fed but it seems adverse to using the bird bath.  

Edited January 14, 20196 yr by shinehead

13 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

I see them now. Only been using my mobile to access the site recently.  Note to ones self.  Open your eyes. 

Steve 

They do look very small to be fair....gazebolets...baby ones. Although, for me, I think I would have called them summerhouses or just "posh sheds". It's a lovely photo though, really makes you want to get outside and take in the air. God, I sound like my grandad. Actually, speaking of grandads and sheds. I'll post a photo of his shed later. It really should have been put on the Listed register for sheds.

15 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

I see them now. Only been using my mobile to access the site recently.  Note to ones self.  Open your eyes. 

Steve 

I was also confused by the name but the locals insisted it's their claim to fame:)

Ed

3 hours ago, tomangoes said:

I was also confused by the name but the locals insisted it's their claim to fame:)

Ed

Well there you go! 18th century gazebos! That's marvellous. 😊

And here is my late grandad's "gazebo", specially constructed out of....anything .... Story goes, in high winds, bits of it would fly off into other people's gardens and the following day the neighbours would happily return them so that grandad could rebuild it.  It wasn't joined together, just constructed of strategically placed pieces of wood, corrugated sheeting and odds and sods, to shelter his pride and joy. What a guy. God bless you Grandad. 

Taken this morning when it was -1 Celsius,  

Female Reed Bunting

 

Adult Female Roe Deer and last years Fawn

Acrobatic Long Tailed Tit

From today at a new site for me . Lunt meadow in-between Liverpool and Southport

Short Eared Owl hiding in the rushes and the same picture heavily cropped so as its visible

Steve

3 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

From today at a new site for me . Lunt meadow in-between Liverpool and Southport

Short Eared Owl hiding in the rushes and the same picture heavily cropped so as its visible

Steve

Great pic steve👍👏 baz

Little Egret on the edge of a half frozen pond

Steve

 

 

 

1 minute ago, baz1 said:

Great pic steve👍👏 baz

Thank you kind sir. Trust you and the lovely Shelly are well 

Steve