No questing. These are apple orchards.
No questing. These are apple orchards.
@Wormsmeat has written: @ChrisOly has written:Giant
Gala anyone?
Not sure I understand what you mean. Gala apples I'm guessing.
No quessing. These are apple orchards.
Sagalassos
Just got in last night from five weeks in Turkey, Jordan and Israel. I will most likely be posting one site a week for quite a while, and today's candidate is Sagalassos, located in the lake region of Turkey.
Although Hittite records mention Sagalassos as far back as 1400 BCE, the main reason we visit today is to see the Roman ruins --- most notably, the Antonine Nymphaeum, with a Roman fountain that is still operation. The statues at the Nymphaeum are replicas, the originals having been moved to the Burdur Archaeological Museum about 30 miles away. The location is very remote, and so the site was never looted as much as some other ancient sites. Excavations began in the mid-1980's, and only a small portion of the site has been excavated so far.
Just absolutely fabulous site. You have certainly been blessed by great weather.
Awesome. Simply awesome. So is it actually just the one bird, or were there more?
Thank you it was a single bird and captured several frames during its flightpath.
I like these two the most. The simple composition and splash of red. And the bird shot actually works rather nicely.
thank you
A majestic animal !
Breaking the software is the first step to real creativity, lol. 50sII, Helios 44 58/2, R72.
This is very creative, I liked it
Some B/W taken at a car show
Here is something a little different
Several frames merged into one
This is a very interesting and impressive capture(s)
@Daneland has written:Scotland is a beautiful country but just too wet and dark for me. Nice forest, the vegetation and animal life must be fully dependent on the gulf stream. Otherwise it would have been frozen good part of the year.
Yes, I can't deny it rains quite a lot! And daylight hours are short in winter, but the quality of light for landscape photography is wonderful. And from March to September there is more daylight than in London :)
We all have our preferences. I love to visit London - and other big cities - but a day or two is plenty :)Thanks to the maritime environment the winters are relatively mild - though we had some exceptional cold spells this last winter. There are palms and other subtropicals growing in the nearby botanic gardens. I fear a lot of these places are doomed if the Gulf Stream fails.
I don't know, I lived in New Castle for a year and I did not like the place very much. But Scotland was very beautiful all the times I visited but it was all summer days and dry. Still long way for retirement :)
Sagalassos
Just got in last night from five weeks in Turkey, Jordan and Israel. I will most likely be posting one site a week for quite a while, and today's candidate is Sagalassos, located in the lake region of Turkey.
Although Hittite records mention Sagalassos as far back as 1400 BCE, the main reason we visit today is to see the Roman ruins --- most notably, the Antonine Nymphaeum, with a Roman fountain that is still operation. The statues at the Nymphaeum are replicas, the originals having been moved to the Burdur Archaeological Museum about 30 miles away. The location is very remote, and so the site was never looted as much as some other ancient sites. Excavations began in the mid-1980's, and only a small portion of the site has been excavated so far.
I have never heard this place, definitely worth visiting. Did you go to Pamukkale (Hierapolis)? It is amazing, I will never forget the swimming pool with ruins and the water literally was fizzy.
Giant
Gala anyone?
Really a big tree. I would like to see it with full of fruits
A Disappointing Sunset On Heapey Moor
It's been a while since I was last up Great Hill, so I made an effort to head up there one evening this week. It was a lovely evening for a walk and the sky looked promising, with some high and scattered cloud cover. But sure enough, that ever present fog bank over the Irish Sea was there to ruin things as the sun made its final dash for the horizon, leading to slim pickings on the image front.
2. Looking Across The Moors From Great Hill Farm
This shot is looking back across the moors in the direction I've come from. The upper portion of the sky is full of interest, but you can see how it fades towards a grey mass as the eye moves down towards the distant horizon. I took this just before I headed up to the summit of Great Hill and the sun sank into the featureless band of oblivion, sucking the colour out of my surroundings.
This is superb
Alcácer do Sal, Portugal.
Forgive the distortion, shot from the hip.
The distortion works out great for this picture, I like it a lot.
Here is something a little different
Several frames merged into one
A transition of movement, love it.
@raythentic has written:I deeply despise how the poor quality of the previews completely changes what I can initially perceive an image to be. Don't be too mad at me here, but I went from "WOW," thinking this was a puddle reflection, to, "Oh, it's just a bird in the sky."
If I would have known for you to be so picky I would have brought a bigger bottle of water for the creation of a nice puddle :P
Its all good, thanks :)