Classic Car shows are not something I regularly attend but every now and then a visit certainly brings back memories and feelings of nostalgia. The Ayrshire Classic Car Club displays cars many times each year at different venues but this one was so close to home I had to go along.
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Moon Watch
Over recent years, I’ve made several attempts to photograph the moon and it’s been an interesting exercise.
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(from Oct 2016)
Down on the rocks near Troon harbour, I looked for seabirds – anything at all. I could see eider ducks, oystercatchers, cormorants and gulls – plenty. Then looking back into the sunlight, I just spotted a little movement on the flat rocks. A family of four little Ringed Plovers were ‘coorying doon’ out of the wind behind a wee ridge. The strong sun behind them wasn’t going to give me a good shot, so I moved in a great half circle round to get the light directly on to them.
Just a Game?
Currently, the 2023 Rugby World Cup is underway in France. The Scotland rugby team unfortunately came up against the impressive South Africa team in their first match and lost out despite playing really well. They’ll get a couple of wins in their section but will need to beat Ireland on the 7th October to progress to the quarterfinals.
So, I thought this was a time to post a few rugby images, of which I now have many.
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Lens-Artists Challenge #268 – Tell Me Why
This week I’m trying to pick out some of my all-time favourites in response to Tina’s Lens-Artists Challenge. And I should tell you why the are favourites.
I think in all of them I’ve felt I’ve managed to create something I was really pleased with. A number of them were surprises where a little drop of magic seemed to be caught. Like the bee on the globe flowers above, which I’d taken in quite low light and didn’t expect to draw anything out of the setting. And now it’s even the source material for the jazziBee logo.
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Lens-Artist Challenge #267 – Recharge
Thanks to Egidio for setting this week’s photo challenge. Egidio takes us out into the wild places of the US with his marvellous images illustrating the environments that recharge his batteries.
For myself nothing helps me reset more consistently than a trip down to the sea – just down to the Firth of Clyde. This involves a 20-30 minute drive depending on my chosen spot.
more imagesTime through the Lens
For the Lens-Artist Challenge this week, Donna of Wind Kisses asks us to “think about what time looks like through the eye of YOUR lens.”
That’s quite a different challenge and I find it hard to be clear in my own mind about it. Every photograph captures a moment in time. So I’m thinking that every photograph is taken at that particular point in spacetime. The right place at the right time and taken for the right length of time.
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Why do you choose to use monochrome? The chimpanzee is puzzled too. But more of him later……
So, as soon as I got to the hill, I looked at the sky and thought, ‘Black and white’. It’s just like that sometimes. Straight away you know that you feel a mono image should work and the drama of the sky was a decider here.
More monochrome imagesButterfly Collecting
I’ve just been reading in the BBC History magazine about a wealthy lady of the 17th century, whose abusive and estranged husband successfully challenged her will following her decease. He claimed that she was not of sound mind when she left all her property to her cousin. Among the evidence he cited of her madness was that she was obsessed with the collection of butterflies and moths.
Continue reading “Butterfly Collecting”Monochrome Madness – The Old Mill
I thought I’d captured too much in this image and that focussing in on parts of the view might have been better. However, a bit of work to even out the exposure seemed to help. I was pleased with the way the sky came out and I like it enough to get it printed up. And it worked out as a mono which is good because it was pretty drab in colour.
Offered in response to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness challenge – which you can link to HERE. This also gives you info on how to join in to the challenge.
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