Happy New Year to one and all. A new year means a new beginning, so here is what is now the 10th Soul Source photography thread.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed over the years, whether by posting up pics, commenting on them, or simply liking them.

My first contribution is a short iPhone slo-mo vid of some fireworks as seen from our balcony as 2021 departed and 2022 began.

Here's to a great year ahead!

 

Experimenting with some garden lights.....its all a bit of fun.

 

 

 

Not my image obviously , but one I have to share nevertheless ... 

The first deep image from the James Webb Space Telescope , Webb’s image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground – and reveals thousands of galaxies in a tiny sliver of vast universe .

Click on and scroll back 13 billion years .... all this from just 12.5 hours integration ... 

 

Edited July 12, 20222 yr by Woodbutcher

Star trek just got real!

Ed

 

I worked on the James Webb program; it was one of the most interesting projects I worked on in my 41-year career in the aerospace defense projects. We made the nonexplosive actuators that opened the 3 sun shields, totally mission critical, if just one failed it would be a been a mission failure. To see the whole assembly in the high bay at Northrop was spectacular. 

 I always thought that if you had a 'big bang' then the result would be expansion in all directions, like a bomb blast or drop of water into a puddle etc.

Can anyone please explain why we can look back 13 billion years to nothing/ creation of the universe but there does not seem to be anything on the 'otherside' of the bang?

Sorry if I'm being stupid.

I am genuinely interested in the answer.

Yes, what existed and came together that it might create the Big Bang?

And - here’s one that’s always puzzled my little brain - if the universe is infinite, why is it expanding?

Maybe a new thread needed for discussion on these topics.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 12, 20222 yr by Amsterdam Russ
Galactic reasons

Full Moon view NYC 7-12-2022

Not quite the manhatten skyline...but a big ball of cheese for sure in DN4

Ed

Just got back from Cornwall ,was looking for slow worms the whole fortnight then walked from Campsite to Boscastle and nearly stood on one on the path.Also sunset from caravan .

The view of the beach at the back of Vic & Al’s place Isle of Wight.

Castle o'Burrian , Westray a couple of weeks ago.

It was about 08:30, there were quite a few there usually at that time most are out fishing !!!  More than last year,  less Skua's about due to bird flu ( apparently)

Edited July 27, 20222 yr by Spook

Tourist in London Town for a few hours and managed to get a bus on the tower bridge. Queens flowers are well watered 

 

one I got yesterday

A couple of days around Bala/Barmouth and had a flyover of the Hercules two days running over the campsite. In fact on the Tuesday morning two flew over 5 minutes  apart. A Great sight. Barmouth is always a favourite 

Edited August 14, 20222 yr by Soulandy

this is our home, in the beautiful coastal town of Olon, Ecuador

and this is the beach, nice walk into town...

 

 

On 11/08/2022 at 17:52, Soulandy said:

A couple of days around Bala/Barmouth and had a flyover of the Lancaster Bomber two days running over the campsite. In fact on the Tuesday morning two flew over 5 minutes  apart. A Great sight. Barmouth is always a favourite 

Am I missing something ... ?   That's a Hercules.

You'd need a slightly longer focal length to see two Lancasters in the air as there are only two flying examples in the world and "Vera" is in Hamilton , Ontario ... she and our own BBMF Lanc haven't been in the air together since 2014.

2 hours ago, Woodbutcher said:

Am I missing something ... ?   That's a Hercules.

You'd need a slightly longer focal length to see two Lancasters in the air as there are only two flying examples in the world and "Vera" is in Hamilton , Ontario ... she and our own BBMF Lanc haven't been in the air together since 2014.

Oh my mistake. We were told by someone on site it was a Lancaster and not really being in the know. Still a great sight and one Hercules flew over the daughter's house today while we were sitting in the garden 👍

Edited August 14, 20222 yr by Soulandy

4 minutes ago, Soulandy said:

Oh my mistake. We were told by someone on site it was a Lancaster and not really being in the know. Still a great sight and one Hercules flew over the daughter's house today while we were sitting in the garden 👍

Here are a few shots I took of the two Lancasters together in the sky from Little Gransden Airshow back in August 2014 ... 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool, nice one 👍

Spent last week on holiday in the Lake District with my family.

I hope my photos do this wonderful place some justice. 

 

Amsterdam IJzijde (waterfront) the other night...

Just knocked up a quick animation from the 28 frames I caught as he turned for home overhead ... 

Generally they just fly by straight and level so the timing was a tad lucky today ... 

P.S   The thumbnail's a shot I snatched earlier , unfortunately he wasn't as close this afternoon ... 

 

Was waiting for the Spitfire to appear over the trees ( could hear his Merlin growling from miles away ) when this fella kinda distracted me ... 

Knocked up a quick animation in Moviemaker of the 20 odd frames.

 

Bit of TLC on this boat and it should come back to life 🤔 Taken on the River Exe the other day 

Spent my birthday 29 Aug looking towards Messonghi, Corfu

A few pics from last night's firework display in Aalsmeer. It takes place every year on the first Saturday of September (lockdowns excluded of course!) and is one of the three largest displays in the Netherlands. The fireworks are launched from a barge anchored about 50 metres from shore. It's well worth seeing if you happen to be in the Netherlands at that time of the year.

The quality of my pics isn't brilliant as they were taken with my iPhone.

 

 

Couple of 'test' shots with the new camera , I picked up an "as new" EOS 2000D from MPB for the wildlife and aircraft side of things , but obviously I had to try it out on the end of a 'scope too ... 

The woodpecker's a crop of about 1/4 of the original 6000 x 4000 image.

 

Edited September 10, 20222 yr by Woodbutcher

Just now, Jaco said:

Views from the CN Tower, Toronto

Not a great photo but one for the film buffs

Again not a great photo but afternoon action at Rogers Centre. Blue Jays versus Tampa Bay Rays

2 hours ago, Jaco said:

Again not a great photo... Blue Jays...

You might not think so, but it's a good enough photo for me. But with the Blue Jays playing, maybe it depends on the point of view. 

 

 

 

 

Sorry - couldn't resist. 

20 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

You might not think so, but it's a good enough photo for me. But with the Blue Jays playing, maybe it depends on the point of view. 

 

 

 

 

Sorry - couldn't resist. 

They are currently getting hammered 11-0, so you are spot on 😊

Last one from this trip. Spectacular sums it up perfectly 

Just got back from Lakes for 2 weeks ,caravan site at Burrowdale end of Derwent water,loads of wild life including Goshawk,lesser spotted woodpecker, tree creepers, nuthatches and loads of red squirrels.

Son fishing derwent water and caught 8 decent perch in 10 mins

Fred's come out to play tonight 

Didn’t try it, but bet it was Warm and Sticky 

 

Back Tor on Mam Tor ridge

Planes at Manchester today 

 

Fairies bonnets, seen in the Amsterdam woods today, and photographed with my iPhone.

Haven't posted anything in ages... here are some beasties in the night, first is 25lb, second was 27lb common.

Edited October 17, 20222 yr by Mal C

Over the last couple of weeks the side road outside where we live has been dug up and the sewage pipes below replaced. This afternoon the workmen relaid the road surface, which is made up of bricks. These were originally laid in a herringbone pattern with all bricks being the same colour. Now they're not - and the pedestrian crossing is, well, like something out of an abstract nightmare.

Oops!! 

20 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

Over the last couple of weeks the side road outside where we live has been dug up and the sewage pipes below replaced. This afternoon the workmen relaid the road surface, which is made up of bricks. These were originally laid in a herringbone pattern with all bricks being the same colour. Now they're not - and the pedestrian crossing is, well, like something out of an abstract nightmare.

 

Oops!! 

I knew those "coffee" shops would come to no good eventually ...  😜

A few from a weekend in snowdonia a couple of weeks back. 

Waterfalls, disused railway viaduct and Llyn Elsie above Betws y Coed

 

A Thursday afternoon visit to the seaside, in this case Zandvoort on the North Sea. A bit windy, a spattering of rain, but plenty of bright sunshine and blue skies when the clouds broke. Cobwebs were definitely blown. All told, not bad for late November, not bad at all.

 

Doing some therapy work in my spare time with our greyhound. 

 

 

 

Some more Pet Therapy. 

Brilliant stuff Chris 👏 

Great day on Moel Siabod, Snowdonia today. 

Moel Siabod from Llyn y Foel

Summit trig point and wind shelter

Summit view towards Snowdon 

Moel Siabod and Snowdon from Plas y Brenin