This sort of subject is difficult. I like this one the most.
This sort of subject is difficult. I like this one the most.
I have been wanting to get some shots of the kangaroos / wallabies reasonably close for ages but normally can't get closer than about 100mtrs when I am walking about (it is said their eyesight isn't very good but they must make up for it with their hearing). So I was surprised when a few hopped into view less 50m away from my verandah. I expected them to leave quickly from the slightest sound but they hung around and I managed to sneak inside and get my camera. I also managed to get the dog to sit down and stay (she chases them - thinks they are a threat).
Was horribly overcast and not many were very well focused but managed a couple.
I think they are Eastern Greys but not 100% sure...
Yes. I'm glad we don't actually live in the LDNP - far too much traffic and humanity, but these views are a gift (when we can see them!)
I have been wanting to get some shots of the kangaroos / wallabies reasonably close for ages but normally can't get closer than about 100mtrs when I am walking about (it is said their eyesight isn't very good but they must make up for it with their hearing). So I was surprised when a few hopped into view less 50m away from my verandah. I expected them to leave quickly from the slightest sound but they hung around and I managed to sneak inside and get my camera. I also managed to get the dog to sit down and stay (she chases them - thinks they are a threat).
Was horribly overcast and not many were very well focused but managed a couple.
I think they are Eastern Greys but not 100% sure...
I love this one. It's a little bit eerie, as though they mean you harm. Maybe I need counselling.
Serchio valley
The Serchio valley runs north from Lucca. It was my road home to Reggio, which involves a steep climb along minor roads up and over the Apennines. It has some interesting Romanesque buildings hidden away in small almost inaccessible hamlets. I have posted pictures of this area before here.
Piazza di Brancoli is at the end of a long winding single track road lost in woodland and olive groves. This little church has some marvellous carvings. I was about to go when a local lady passed by. She asked me if I wanted to see the inside and fetched the keys and let me see inside. I found this place by accident, as the Sat Nav did know my destination and I was using road signs and I had taken a wrong turning on my way to another site.
It seems like your destiny was to make these photos, the satnav and the local lady cant be a coincidence :)
I can’t understand why churches have so many gory scenes; they’re supposed to be places of peace and calm, aren't they?
Spring
Spring is now in full here, everything is green and smells like perfume section in mall.
But I tried to look behind that greenery and see shapes and lines not defined by colour. It was hard, more often than not I thought that there is something but when I raised camera set to the BW mode I saw nothing. But I discovered that dead and fallen trees are distinctive from everything else in forest/park. Here are some captures from wanderings.
It is a very nice use of BW.
Sky Shadows
Last night we had a fine sunset looking out over the Lake District fells.
The further peaks casting the dark shadows onto the sky (half right) are the Scafell summits, Englands highest mountain.
A little gentle ICM...
This is incredible. You’ve definitely nailed the movement here.
I have been wanting to get some shots of the kangaroos / wallabies reasonably close for ages but normally can't get closer than about 100mtrs when I am walking about (it is said their eyesight isn't very good but they must make up for it with their hearing). So I was surprised when a few hopped into view less 50m away from my verandah. I expected them to leave quickly from the slightest sound but they hung around and I managed to sneak inside and get my camera. I also managed to get the dog to sit down and stay (she chases them - thinks they are a threat).
Was horribly overcast and not many were very well focused but managed a couple.
I think they are Eastern Greys but not 100% sure...
They look very alert on the second shot. I always find kangaroos scary !
I have been wanting to get some shots of the kangaroos / wallabies reasonably close for ages but normally can't get closer than about 100mtrs when I am walking about (it is said their eyesight isn't very good but they must make up for it with their hearing). So I was surprised when a few hopped into view less 50m away from my verandah. I expected them to leave quickly from the slightest sound but they hung around and I managed to sneak inside and get my camera. I also managed to get the dog to sit down and stay (she chases them - thinks they are a threat).
Was horribly overcast and not many were very well focused but managed a couple.
I think they are Eastern Greys but not 100% sure...
They even stood to attention for you. Fascinating creatures.
@NCV has written:Serchio valley
The Serchio valley runs north from Lucca. It was my road home to Reggio, which involves a steep climb along minor roads up and over the Apennines. It has some interesting Romanesque buildings hidden away in small almost inaccessible hamlets. I have posted pictures of this area before here.
Piazza di Brancoli is at the end of a long winding single track road lost in woodland and olive groves. This little church has some marvellous carvings. I was about to go when a local lady passed by. She asked me if I wanted to see the inside and fetched the keys and let me see inside. I found this place by accident, as the Sat Nav did know my destination and I was using road signs and I had taken a wrong turning on my way to another site.
It seems like your destiny was to make these photos, the satnav and the local lady cant be a coincidence :)
I can’t understand why churches have so many gory scenes; they’re supposed to be places of peace and calm, aren't they?
Not just gory stuff. They loved a bit of porno too. Look at the last picture with the well endowed fellow. Or the twin tailed mermaids.
Seriously, these people lived brief often violent lives. Most of this imagery depicts a fight between good and evil in a way the people could understand. There was no place for happy clappy guitar playing and singing in the medieval church.