*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2024.01.25 ***

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Still pretty frosty here at home in Pilsbach

Moonset to Sunset

We had a day of sunshine last week, a rare break in the grey winter.

The moon was setting over Whitbarrow Scar when I got up, so dashed outside with camera in hand.

Later in the day we drove over to Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, just a few miles away. It's famous for it's reedbeds and associated birds. There were a few interesting ducks... But they're a tricky subject on this thread 😉 There was a bit of warmth in the sunshine, but as it went down it quickly became bone chilling damp cold.

Catching the last rays.

Wow - the form of that tree is just stunning. A giant bonsai. What's that little patch of blue?

Such beautiful light.

Brilliant shot. I remember something similar a while ago.

Wow!

The red of her coat really connects with the red doors and pulls the whole shot together.

Marianas Rest

My photography is bit down recently, warm cloudy weather with ice on roads does not invite going out for shooting. So I'll torture your ears with another set of rock music.

2 weeks ago I visited rock club where 5 estonian and finnish rock bands performed. It was quite big effort from me to sustain 5 hours there, as previous evening I visited another club where 2 bands performed with my camera and had one beer too many, so my inner energy levels were quite low. So I planned to take this 5-hour show easily and started with energy drink instead of normal beer to pace myself though evening. Alas, during second band power went out due to snowstorm and next 2 hours people spent in candle and mobile phone light, waiting for power to restore. Fortunately beer was still cold and cash was accepted, so it helped to spend this waiting time. But all this meant that the evening lasted over 7 hours and I got home around 3 AM, after my struggle through snowstorm, very-very tired. Oh, well, at least wait was well worth of it, for last band all the light show was turned on and music was to my taste: melodic, engaging, expressive.

I am well and truly in the photographic doldrums at the moment. Nothing seems to inspire me to get out and do some photography. Here is one shot I took whilst out with my wife just after Christmas. The Reggia di Colorno is on the Po, near Parma. The fog came down, but we did have a good lunch in a trattoria we know just over the river in Lombardy.

This was the only shot I salvaged from our day out.

This has a surprisingly gentle vibe 😁

This one's very dynamic!

It's been a very drab winter here too. I sympathise with the lack of enthusiasm.

Everyone seems to be struggling a bit at the moment.

Very grand building. You'd think that with all the precision architecture and garden planning they'd have managed to get the fountain in the middle 😉
(it does seem to be the actual fountain that's off centre, not your position).

You've captured those light rays really well. This one especially so.

That's a shame. The muse will return. Especially if you buy a bit of new kit.

Ice Art @ -20C

I like the way the tree cuts the picture in half, to give the impression of two pictures. It goes without saying that the colour is lovely.

Where have I seen something similar from you?