That really messes with your eyes.

Love that off center angle.

Some amazing shots.

Just shows how flexible buildings can be.

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The Tail End Of Autumn

Due to work commitments, I've missed the best of the autumn colours by about two weeks, but I recently managed to get out into Roddlesworth Woods over a couple of days to pick up some of the scraps of what remained before the storm that's been battering us for the past 24 hours or so strips the last of them.

For the first visit, the Met Office lured me out with the promise of dry conditions with broken cloud, reality translated this into overcast with added drizzle. Fortunately, I'd brought along the Z8 + 24-70 f/2.8S, so I wasn't too concerned about a little bit of drizzle as I wandered around pointing it at groups of trees that took my fancy.

The woods here are vast, lining a valley with the river Roddlesworth at the bottom, effectively splitting them into two distinct areas. On this first trip I remained on the Eastern slope of the valley, exploring a few paths I've never ventured along before in loop taking me down the valley and then back up again to where I'd begun.

A Break In The Trees

I'd spotted these brightly lit trees on the far side of the river as I made my way up the hill and was fortunate enough to find this break in the trees on my side that also worked as a nice framing element.

Reaching

I often get the impression trees are reaching for something, light I suppose, but it's fun to anthropomorphise this into other things.

These two for me in this set.

Delfi

Returned this week from an autumnal trip to Greece. One of the placed (re)visited was Delfi, home of the most famous oracle of the ancient world. It's an extraordinary place, clinging to the sides of Mount Parnassos, Greece's second highest mountain. The lower slopes are reminiscent of Tuscany, but surrounded by spectacular cliffs.

The place was an oddity even in ancient time, not so much a town as a centre of pilgrimage, and was richly endowed with offerings intended to 'placate' (=bribe) the priests and gods. Each city in Greece had its treasury, all crammed with priceless works of art and spoils of war. This one is the Athenian treasury.

Apollo was the main deity, his temple having been rebuilt several times after various earthquakes.

This one for me. The sky makes it.

Curious headwear. And just look at the eyelashes on that donkey 😁
So many wonderful old churches.

What fun! And yes, the tongue is clearly critical!

The colourful one really catches the eye amongst this set - love the way the blue sky is reflected by the branches.
Backlight - who can resist? Great job.

I feel a bit like that some mornings 😁