The Photo Thread

[wellies]

Have you taken any photos of Scenery - Plants - Pets/animals - Various objects and want to show them? Here is the place. No need to start a new thread for each photo. Just add to this one. Photos must be taken by yourself and it's best to stick to the subjects mentioned. Issues such as copyright, what should and shouldn't be photographed (and published for all to see) should be considered.

 

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Here is a photo I took of a Lancaster Bomber flying at the Farnborough Airshow last year:

 

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/Mart44/lacaster1.jpg

Edited June 6, 2009 by wellies

[maynardvdm]

I took this in a National Park close to where i live here in South Africa:

 

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/maynardvdm/DSCF2945.jpg

[zinglebarb]

Sunset over Notra Dame

 

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn319/zinglebarb/DSCF0981.jpg

[wellies]

No problems so far of course :) but I think a mention should be made about file sizes. Below 200KB seems reasonable as an approximate guide. It should be possible to post photos of a good size within that limitation. If difficulty is found in keeping to that, then perhaps consider dropping the photo's physical size to 800 x 600 pixels. Smaller photos will generally be less in file size, provided they are optimised properly. Edited June 5, 2009 by wellies

[mat777]

this is a photo from a recent cheshire land rover club charity fun day at hawkstone park, shropshire. events secretary peter well and truly demonstrates the meaning of "cross-axled" !!!

 

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[wellies]

A water lily in flower (photo taken a couple of years ago).

 

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/Mart44/lily.jpg

[maynardvdm]

These were taken on my cousin's farm:

 

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/maynardvdm/DSCF3295.jpg

 

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/maynardvdm/DSCF3336.jpg

 

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh257/maynardvdm/DSCF3360.jpg

[mat777]

crikey they're dramatic! is the farm in england?

[maynardvdm]

No, its in South Africa. ;)

[wellies]

A scene from today's bike ride. No, we didn't ride down the hill (or up it!). It's more fraught with dangers than the photo shows:

 

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/Mart44/ride-2.jpg

[Tootech]

Here is one of our cat having a nosey at the tulips last month.

 

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Edited September 27, 2009 by Tootech

[wellies]

Maybe there's an insect moving about in there :)

[Tootech]

Here's a bit of a weird one I took in the garden

 

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Edited September 27, 2009 by Tootech

[wellies]

Taken last last year. A bee with sunglasses on:

 

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/Mart44/budliabee.jpg

[wellies]

A Cinnabar moth ..right in the middle of a track. I nearly ran over it. It was quite obliging in having it's photo taken. It didn't mind the camera lens being only inches away;

 

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/Mart44/moth-l.jpg

[wellies]

A view of Bodenwerder (near Hameln), Germany. The River Weser is muddy because of earlier heavy rains;

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/boots44/ft-photos-2/bwerder-l.jpg

[Plastic Nev]

Ok here are two photos of a rather unique situation in my home town of Blackburn and does quite often come up as a question in the old pub quizzes.

The question being, "where in Blackburn is the road sandwiched between water".

 

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/plasticpig/MoreBlackburnandDarwen013.jpg

 

The bridge carries the Leeds to Liverpool canal, however, the road, aptly named Aqueduct road, also crosses the river Darwen at the same place, and so is sandwiched between the canal and the river.

In this shot you can see the river bed going up to and under the road.

 

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/plasticpig/MoreBlackburnandDarwen014.jpg

[Plastic Nev]

Still on the subject of bridges, this is known as Darwen Street Bridge, it is famous for the fact that the main girder stretching right across the road, is actually the longest unsupported plate girder in the UK or maybe even the world now.

 

A plate girder is one made by riveting many plates together and was the only method available when the bridge was built, the process of long rolling the "Rolled Steel Joist" or RSJ hadn't yet been invented.

 

The other girders in the bridge are in fact supported by pillars, just this front one isn't.

 

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/plasticpig/IMGA0005.jpg

[Plastic Nev]

Here is a view from the other side of the above bridge which incidentally carries the rail connections to both Preston or Bolton and on to Manchester.

 

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/plasticpig/IMGA0012.jpg

[Cobra]

1st pic: The day before Hurricane Katrina arrived @ my house (~180 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico).

 

2nd pic: A few hours before the storm peaked, well after it's stength had subsided since moving inland. Winds were gusting to ~70mph, and they officially reached 90+ mph (in my area) later in the day. Notice the rain is dripping off the roof at an angle.

 

Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Plastic Nev]

Yesterday, Tuesday 23 June, I went up to the beamish museum, here are a few shots of the replica 1920s town and trams and buses.

[Plastic Nev]

I know this is for general photography, but this is about taking a picture and then using any one of the many photo handling programs to enhance the original scene.

 

Here I have taken a nice shot of a good old duck, (yes I am a bit quackers I know!!!)

First off I removed the shadow and the bits of debris, using the cloning tool using bits of the shot of the same shade but clean.

 

Next I mirror imaged the duck and sat them side by side, a bit more manipulation of the shadow and finished with the last shot.

[Plastic Nev]

Another day out in the good weather. I found my way in a round about sort of fashion, to the village of Dent in the Yorkshire Dales.

It is a very old world sort of place with the main road through the middle still preserved as the original cobbled surface, using stone from the local river bed. Quite a common practice for rural roadways at one time.

This first shot is of the main street at a junction, with the pub on the corner being one of those that brews its own beers.

The second is a water fountain erected in the memory of Adam Sedgewick. He was one of the first in the field of geology, and was born in the village.

The third shot is the main street or road bending off to the left past a recently refurbished building.

[Saffi]

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A few pics of my hometown.....We're a tourist town so there's always lot's to see and do.

 

Maid of the Mist

 

Lots of people board a steamboat and the boat takes you as close to the falls as possible...It's really exhilarating..I'm talking the roar of the falls sounding like thunder and the mist hitting you so much before your off the boat your completely soaked..It was fantastic.

 

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5868/dscf1912small.jpg

 

Clifton Hill

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr181/Afterdarkstyle/nwlap5.jpg

 

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr181/Afterdarkstyle/zvv1a9.jpg

 

The Falls at Night

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr181/Afterdarkstyle/hjuy.jpg

[bob12a]

copy cat

 

Just found this photo thread great Idea is this the sort of thing you are looking for.http://www.idf50.co.uk/gallery/data/510/copy_cat.jpg

 

Regards

Bob

Bob12a