Author Topic: Have you been out with your camera today? (Read 248342 times)

LEE · « **Reply #1151 on:** 05 September, 2015, 07:18:00 pm »

After we visited the Maier exhibition and tried to recreate the feel of a Maier photo I then persuaded my son to try and recreate an Album cover.

No prizes but first correct answer wins some kudos.

Then there's this, which I think I'll call "The Tat Modern"

Canon S120

Jaded · « **Reply #1152 on:** 05 September, 2015, 10:58:43 pm »

Is it Dark Side of the Moon?

geraldc · « **Reply #1153 on:** 06 September, 2015, 02:06:14 am »

(What's the story) Morning Glory?

LEE · « **Reply #1154 on:** 06 September, 2015, 11:08:54 am »

Quote from: geraldc on 06 September, 2015, 02:06:14 am

(What's the story) Morning Glory?

Kudos.

Berwick Street, Soho.

Jaded · « **Reply #1155 on:** 08 September, 2015, 07:05:15 pm »

Too hasty and he moved before I could regroup

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #1156 on:** 13 September, 2015, 11:23:04 pm »

A nice day in the Lakes with our walking group.

Charlotte · « **Reply #1157 on:** 14 September, 2015, 03:51:39 pm »

I did some PR work for the new Women's Equality party last week:

clarion · « **Reply #1158 on:** 14 September, 2015, 03:56:32 pm »

All politicians are the same

Good work

LEE · « **Reply #1159 on:** 15 September, 2015, 02:25:58 pm »

Quote from: LEE on 13 October, 2014, 02:32:54 pm

Quote from: T42 on 13 October, 2014, 01:32:05 pm
It is a wonderful idea. Any idea what's planned for the poppies afterwards?

£25 each.

I've ordered one because it seems like a piece of history and because £25 doesn't seem bad to own a part of something like this.

Finally got round to doing something with it.

clarion · « **Reply #1160 on:** 15 September, 2015, 04:55:45 pm »

I am inevitably reminded of:

https://youtu.be/2j1rRSxGJ_c

billplumtree · « **Reply #1161 on:** 16 September, 2015, 09:14:51 pm »

Not today, exactly, but just got back from windyland. A couple from the beach at Luskentyre / Losgaintir

Shell on a sand plinth, Luskentyre, I by billplumtree, on Flickr

There were loads of these fascinating wee things, in one or two areas of the huge windswept beach. My theory (which is mine) is that the shell shelters the sand behind and below it from the wind, and gradually forms its own sandy plinth.

Shell on a sand plinth, Luskentyre, II by billplumtree, on Flickr

Patterns in the sand, Luskentyre II by billplumtree, on Flickr

Havnae got a scooby about these ones.

andrew_s · « **Reply #1162 on:** 17 September, 2015, 02:36:34 pm »

Quote from: billplumtree on 16 September, 2015, 09:14:51 pm

My theory (which is mine) is that the shell shelters the sand behind and below it from the wind, and gradually forms its own sandy plinth.

I think the official theory is that sand or sandstone carrying a load is more resistant to erosion than that which isn't. The grains are less likely to be knocked off by a wind-blown grain if they are being squeezed by the grains above and below.
In the larger case, it's how you get this sort of thing...

billplumtree · « **Reply #1163 on:** 18 September, 2015, 10:16:40 am »

Thanks, Andrew, that makes rather more sense. From the same trip, but in a different vein,

Abandoned croft, Geocrab III by billplumtree, on Flickr

These places fascinate me. Old croft houses, just left when the owner (possibly with no family) dies. They're not generally locked up, the door might be tied with string to keep the sheep out; and, untended, they just gradually decay. More here, and more to come...

Charlotte · « **Reply #1164 on:** 18 September, 2015, 01:56:58 pm »

I'm loving your photos, Bill - the trip looks quite epic and is inspiring me to wanderlust!

JohnR · « **Reply #1165 on:** 18 September, 2015, 03:24:07 pm »

Super photos Bill, seems a great photographic oportunity kinda place.

billplumtree · « **Reply #1166 on:** 18 September, 2015, 08:04:38 pm »

Thanks, both.

Quote from: Charlotte on 18 September, 2015, 01:56:58 pm

I'm loving your photos, Bill - the trip looks quite epic and is inspiring me to wanderlust!

Oh, I dunno. It's not really that far from Lancaster to Kendal along the canal. I think I just make it seem epic...

Here's another abandoned croft,

Abandoned croft, Stockinish I by billplumtree, on Flickr

For our younger readers, that's a radiogram on the left. Google will help you out.

billplumtree · « **Reply #1167 on:** 18 September, 2015, 08:16:51 pm »

And on a totally different note, I got a bit of a rockflow kinda vibe going on Scarp,

billplumtree · « **Reply #1168 on:** 19 September, 2015, 08:16:39 pm »

Another day, another croft. Apologies for hogging the thread - this is the last one, and I think it bears a few pics

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay II by billplumtree, on Flickr

On entering, via the usual expedient of untying the string, the living room is on the left,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, living room I by billplumtree, on Flickr
(I note, without further comment, that the stove is a Model "No 28 MODERN MISTRESS"...)

On the table below the window are a glasses case and a Poll Tax bill from 1995,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, living room IV by billplumtree, on Flickr

billplumtree · « **Reply #1169 on:** 19 September, 2015, 08:18:31 pm »

...and on the right is the bedroom

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom I by billplumtree, on Flickr

The reason for the green tint becomes apparent on entering,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom II by billplumtree, on Flickr

it's the green nylon overall in use as a net curtain. So, I recalibrated my poignancy meter, only to have to recalibrate it again when I turned around,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom IV by billplumtree, on Flickr

and then again,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom VIII by billplumtree, on Flickr

*Poignancy meter explodes*

AIUI, this hasn't just happened to have been left like this. It's a memorial to the woman who lived here, 20 years ago. No-one wanted to take the croft on, so they left it in this final deliberate arrangement, which would have been pretty much how it was anyway when she lived there, and tied the door shut.

LEE · « **Reply #1170 on:** 23 September, 2015, 04:23:42 pm »

Quote from: billplumtree on 19 September, 2015, 08:18:31 pm

...and on the right is the bedroom

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom I by billplumtree, on Flickr

The reason for the green tint becomes apparent on entering,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom II by billplumtree, on Flickr

it's the green nylon overall in use as a net curtain. So, I recalibrated my poignancy meter, only to have to recalibrate it again when I turned around,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom IV by billplumtree, on Flickr

and then again,

Abandoned croft, nr Finsbay, bedroom VIII by billplumtree, on Flickr

*Poignancy meter explodes*

AIUI, this hasn't just happened to have been left like this. It's a memorial to the woman who lived here, 20 years ago. No-one wanted to take the croft on, so they left it in this final deliberate arrangement, which would have been pretty much how it was anyway when she lived there, and tied the door shut.

Reminds me a lot of The Castle pub in Lancaster. I stayed there on my LEJoG ride for a night. £10 a night and I still feel ripped off 13 years later.

Lovely photos.

Jaded · « **Reply #1171 on:** 25 September, 2015, 02:50:28 pm »

billplumtree · « **Reply #1172 on:** 26 September, 2015, 08:02:31 pm »

It's showtime again! Eskdale show today

Eskdale showground by billplumtree, on Flickr

Eskdale show tup by billplumtree, on Flickr

Eskdale show yow, natural colours by billplumtree, on Flickr

billplumtree · « **Reply #1173 on:** 01 October, 2015, 09:42:44 pm »

Did that Ullswater at dawn from Glenridding Dodd thing again...

Ullswater dawn I by billplumtree, on Flickr

Dawn over Patterdale by billplumtree, on Flickr

Patterdale sunrise by billplumtree, on Flickr

L CC · « **Reply #1174 on:** 01 October, 2015, 11:09:22 pm »

Have I mentioned lately how I feel about you, billplumtree?
Git.