Taken this morning with a thunderstorm looming that never broke

As usual, click on image to enlarge.

To see the full set on flickr, best seen as a slide show, full screen, and better quality, follow the link below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennypoos/sets/72157620511442023/

Seen in Sao Paulo, not Southampton in this instance,

Neat eh?

Here in Lafayette and West Lafayette for the Art federation every year they have these large animal statues that groups buy paint and then put around town for the summer first was pigs, then frogs and now dogs.Then in the fall they are auctioned off to make money for the Arts. So here is one of the pups decorated by the newspaper. I will put more on here when I get them. I thought I put some on but I dont think they turned out as good as this
This is cub reporter

The small mall I walk through every morning changes thier planeters 4 or 5 times a year and this is the newest change for the summer

Something else of beauty set on an empty store parking lot that changes all the time if you look

SUCH A SHAME IT HAS TO BE A TEA ROOM

YES THE SEA REALLY WAS THAT COLOUR

Errr.

Took this as I walked this morning to take the bus It struck me of how they put a bit of color in a drab parking area to make it feel more like a living space. In this case I think it helped

One of my better pictures of this year

follow the link for the full set, best viewed as a slide show, full screen.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennypoos/sets/72157620511442023/

Dennypoos...................needs his bed now.

FROM 400 FEET UP IN A BALOON

Be very careful when microwaving a ruby murray (curry) It spilt on my hand and this is the result!!! And the Blisters ARE GETTING BIGGER!!! On my way to A&E......... Was just gonna buy some anticeptic cream or something but the chemist said I need to go get the blisters popped and a sterile dressing applying hey ho, hour bus ride to the hospital then probably a few hours wait then pain inflicted then an hour to get home, DEEP JOY
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cANT FIND THE CAPSLOCK, NOT IMPORTANT!!!

IT LETS ME UPLOAD FROM ANY COMPUTER APART FROM MINE!!!! GGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRR

Just some flowers on my many walks

...free zone.

And as such I post a non feeding frenzy photograph:

No more hen-houses for you matey. Left, right and left again if you want to cross the road safely.

...this one

Another Romsey cottage, 50mtrs from the one previously posted.

As found in Romsey Abbey, Hampshire.

Worth leaving the pub early!

The colours were changing so rapidly tonight

Strange ethereal light at the lake tonight shortly before sunset. Almost expected to see a hand bearing a sword emerging from the water.

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Spotted this one on a car showroom's forecourt.

I'm thinking someone was upset.

I finally got round to taking pictures of the poppies that are currently blooming in the fields and hedgerows. My photos don't do full justice to the beautiful natural spectacle that they provide, I was a bit disappointed with them overall, but I have chosen these three to share with you all.

More images can be viewed at www.lochnessimages.com Or click here.

This image was obtained at the Marymas Fair last Saturday where the Knights of Monymusk gave a Medieval re-enactment. More images may be viewed by clicking here.

Eastman Kodak have today announced that is to cease manufacture of Kodachrome forthwith. For those who are only used to digital, Kodachrome was THE transparancy film for 35mm cameras. Many photo editors would insist on Kr25 if using 35mm at all.

Dennypoos ...............mourns the end of an era.

Hi, I'm a newbie. This is my first post ... hope I've got it right
Fell in love with this magnificent fish at the weekend!

This is the isle of Muck with the Ann Scurr on Eigg in the background. The black thingy on the bottom right is my very low camera battery. Lots of fish here in the shallow waters. Wild horses on the beach.

That knob Brandreth might say,"Who would live in a house like this?"

click on image to see the whole thing.

This fine specimen of a bird of prey was seen at the Marymas Fair last Saturday and is over 30 years old.

More images of the Fayre held last Saturday in Inverness will be posted at www.lochnessimages.com or click here.

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Just a few snaps from my last visit to my old stomping grounds of Bournemouth.

There use to be a road over the wabash river from Lafayette to West Lafayette they made a new road and bridge but use the old one as pedestrian bridge and this is what you see as you go over. That is the Wabash River and the train depot

2 wierd things from Hathersage churchyard earlier today. The first is by Little John's grave, the second the entrance to the old vicarage

Calshot beach, Hants.

The first picture is on the West Lafaytte side of the river. Or as they say The Purdue University side. As we came back across the bridge this fellow was giving us a show

A few years ago, and maybe even now, newspapers had a "Spot the ball" competition.  They printed a photo taken from a football match and wiped out the ball, those entering the competition had to put a cross where they thought the centre of the ball was.

In this photo you have to spot the aeroplane.

Maybe you need a little help.

Yep, an airyplane in the middle of a nursery that overlooks the Clyde Valley in Lanarkshire.  It is at the Reynard nursery, http://www.reynardnursery.co.uk/CONVAIRG-CONV.htm 

You get another surprise as you drive in to the car park,

A view of the controls.

They have some cracking plants on sale as well as very good prices, and they deliver them very quickly, by parachute.

Invasion

Post Invasion

Seen on the path leading to the 'Watch House', (previously posted)

Anyone any ideas?

Bad outcome for someone.

While in the past, farmers killed all "weeds" on their fields by spraying god knows what poison, you now see lots of fields with corn flowers, poppies, chamomile. Surprisingly, this means a reduction in their crop harvest of up to 20% - or so I was told. No wonder farmers don't like them. But lovely for us

Although I have to admit that this last photo was no crop field. Maybe it had been in the past?

Watching from the windows the snow covering everything on Town
make a Cuban stay at home with no doudt.(dec.08 Urturi)

This photo was taken on 18 June 09. The wind playing with the clouds was already an indication of the weather change that would be taking place by the following morning.

This is a winter morning in a village of North Spain
the sun after the snow (dec.2008)

Noctilucent clouds or night-shining clouds are extremely high-altitude clouds 80 km up, and can only be seen around summer solstice. Even during the middle of the night, these clouds will appear as if illuminated. Well, they are.

Even more amazing are polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) but we won't be able to photograph those here on Earth ...

With the flash,Steve

Yes the monochrome one was a bit dark, this is why...... It was actually quite dark and I turned the flash off

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Regards,Steve

After taking a "short cut" and getting lost, I took this after I found my bearings!
Steve

Sort of!!!!!
I asked him, he said OK!!!!! His partner/girlfriend said no!
If you look closely...... you can see it in his eyes that his girl-freind is pissed off with him...... he drank his pint well quick!!!!! WOMEN PAH!!!!!!!! *hides*

PAH!!!!!!

I think this is one of my best shots/pics to date......

Of a very dull office...

S'load a bricks innit.....

and this...
(I hope you like my picture, you can click to make bigger if you want to)

I also saw this

I took my camera to the park today and this is what I saw.

Calshot Castle.

One blue beach hut.

The Watch House.

Click on images to enlarge.

Doesent his look gorgeous!

Romsey Abbey, Hampshire.

These were what I found on the beach (Kuta beach in Lombok) during low tide ...

Took this shot of the Clematis in low natural light around 8.30 last night!

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One of our Fuschias coming on now...

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Photographed on yesterday's excursion. Were they right, cos the sky is saying no?

Dennypoos..............now looks for a bit of seaweed and a pine cone... Met office, Pah!

Seat with a view, but nowhere to put your feet!

You can click for bigger size.

Had to work so was not able to take the promo pics of a cheque presentation at the youth project we do volountary work for...
I bunged it on Auto and left the 50mm 1.8 on, told her to zoom in and out by using her feet!!!!
May post some pics later
Steve

A traditional wooden boat docked under the warm morning sunlight ... Hmmm... I can remember the warmth.

Original....

Then I cropped it a bit...

Then a bit more...

For the more Geeky camera wise/technical amongst us if you click on any of the pics it will take you to my stream on Flikr and an explanation of why I am quite pleased with the results.....
For everyone else.....A basic explanation, the lens used cannot "zoom in" close, I was around 2 feet (sorry do not know equivalent in metric lol) So... being far away unable to zoom at a setting that focuses within millimeters was quite an achievement for me
An example of it not working is as follows....

Regards,Steve

Visiting Romsey, as I did this morning was like taking a trip back in time to the fifties.

I haven't seen a window cleaner for ages, let alone one who plies his trade with an old hand cart.

Looks like it could be somewhere around the Med, but its Romsey Abbey, Hants, as captured by yours truely on yet another early morning cycle jaunt. More to follow later.

One hundred and nine pictures taken this morning which I will edit down to ten and post a link as and when.

...June?

They're coming into flower for the second time this year!

This is one of my better shots. I'm still learning and do take some really rubbish ones but I really liked this one. Nikon D40, sigma 70-300:

original can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dm82

...thats me that is, though not my gaff.

Dennypoos..................up and at 'em early doors.

Just to put things in context...

click on image to enlarge.

...churchyard lurking with my early morning cycling regime. A couple of the results can be seen below:

Plus loads of others to see by following this link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennypoos/sets/72157619652413147/

This is a photo of the new controversial Barnsley Clock.

Can you tell the time by it?

Most people can't.

Can you name these flowers that are growing through our driveway?

(click it to big it)

Me? I call them "Colin" as in Colin at the front door!  

Damian AKA DaeDae

...after much head scratching, I've found a use for the pine cones that litter my lawn:

I know the purists say to use straw under your strawberries to keep them off the soil and yes, you can buy mats. The opperative word here being buy. This however, kills two birds with one stone...(these being the birds that may think to feed off my fruit of course).

The newest member of the family, Orginal member my babydoll and the oldest member of the family 23years old

Couldn't resist photographing this family.

This little guy was particularly adventurous a few seconds after I took this picture, he was in the water and swimming after his Dad.

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Takin outside the coffeeshop downtown

RAW image, levels adjusted slightly....

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Then,

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Cropped to "lose" the sloping Horizon.......
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Then I went all artistic and decided to go Mono.......
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I then decided to spend 2 full hours doing selective colouring/popping on ALL the letters.
It looked shit!
Hence no picture, I sent it to the recycle bin pronto, upon much swear-words!!!
Regards,Steve

From a dodgy polaroid, by 'tarting about' you can get these two offerings.

Art...piece of piss.

Original polaroid given the 'Arty' treatment.

...or not as I can't upload at the mo.

Yep, up to my old tricks again. Lurking, early morn, in a churchyard surrounded by the Uni's halls of residence. Ooo-err missus.
Click on images to enlarge.

Lets face it, this isn't just a big monument. It trancends large. This is KING size.

Plenty of dead folk here.

and finally...

In a show of stupidity, I looked at my watch to see if the sundial was correct, (yes I know), and guess what... I thought it was telling porkiesl, until that is, I realised we were still on BST not Greenwich mean time. Dur.

I looked everywhere for the Tomb that this top belonged to but to no avail. Nice carving, what with the swags and all.

Not sure which I prefer.....

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. OK OK OK I like the bottom one,
Regards,Steve

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|Another Candid, he was actually "praying upon passing a level on his DS...........

The image was captured yesterday in my garden and doesn't look like the wrens I can see on a Google search [ though a young / fledgling bird may look different from the ones shown there ]. Please click on it to enlarge and notice the unusual texture of its feathers.

Took the same shot , in Raw (NEF) and as a "fine" j-peg.... Edited both with the Gimp, the Raw via UFRaw.....
Results as follows...
J-peg...

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RAW ..

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I think I may use RAW more in the future.....
Regards,Steve

1] If you have a DSLR...
2] If you do not have a Mac!!!!!

It analyzes any folder of pics you have and gives you all the stats.

Handy if you use a few lenses or a zoom and thinking of purchasing a new one ( or 2!! )

http://www.cpr.demon.nl/prog_plotf.html

Regards,Steve

The little sod would not stay still!!

This was taken at the end of the "Brühl'sche Terrasse" in Dresden in may 2009. The architect of the terrace in foreground, backed by a workers portrayal hanging  outside the gallery.

I know it's boring; other sunrise and sunset pics, but still I love 'em ...

Can you smell that heady Lily aroma?

This is the british version. Im sure they are bluer than this in real life

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Regards,Steve

ANOTHER Candid of my youngest Son......

Sorry again, Regards Steve

To continue my fixation, here's a couple of others:

Over the shoulder number.

Robo-Dummy.

Waiting for the bus.

Help, I'm surrounded!

What about living in these kinds of homes? Interested ...?

I have no qualms about being identified with this published photograph. (cover picture for an edition of poetry).

Is that just me being pernickerty?

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click on image to enlarge.

Whilst sorting out my photo files and trying to get some semblance of a system on photoshop and Flickr, I came across this old shot which caused me at the time a bit of a dilemma. The problem being the 'hackneyed' nature of the shot. This was further compounded by me putting it on the BBC's  'Buildings that made Britain' web site and the similar site on Flickr. The upshot being that it was available for the world to see on the BBC itself, channel 301, for a time.It's not representative of my stuff but it's what others must see as my oeuvre.

I know that this picture is not perfectly focused and that's a pity, but I thought that you'd like to see it anyway.

Click on the pic, it links to Flickr.......... View at full size,,,,,,,,,, See the hint of Blue in her eyes,,,,,,,,,,,Regards,Steve

...of Billy Conolly at home:

click on image to enlarge.

Well he might have mellowed a tad since he married old wass'er face from 'not the nine o'clock news'

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These weeds/wildflowers grow by the pavement near my house. I "borrowed" one.... I wish I had a green card instead of my blue or silver one!!! I may have "blagged" it it as being a grab shot lol!!!
Regards,Steve

Last year I entered five photos in the Lanarkshire Photographic competition. No, I wasn't one of the main winners, but, I received an email today that says,

 ‘Tudor Coffee House’   -   Strathaven is one of just ten photographs selected for display in the John Hastie Museum, Strathaven in support of the ‘Homecoming’ initiative. They will be needed there until the end of the summer season, end of September / early October.

So, just a little win.

A one handed clock on St Nicolas church, North Stoneham, Hampshire. I don't know of any other 'one hand' clocks at all. Apparantly there isn't the mechanism for a second hand.

Dennypoos.................re-visiting the slow worm's churchyard.

In this blog the photos seem to snap to the full collumn width? How do I do that in my own blog anyone know?

Just noticed in my Moon picture of yesterday that the "Lady" in the Moon looks like she is wearing large 60s rock star sunglasses. She has a curly wig on and is looking up.

D'ya see what I mean or am I seeing things.

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ANTIRRHINUM.

SNOW-IN-SUMMER.

GERANIUM.

SCOTTISH WILD ROSE.

Not sure if this works or not the foreground is a bit dark.

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Two Hindu temples I captured with my pocket camera during travel to Lombok Island.

…in a day it was not so sunny. I went to the town to take pictures, and in the first place, I went to the by-side, where I took the picture with the strange defect (mentioned in my previous posting here in this group). The red stripes proved to be again:

unlike other pictures taken in some places of the town:

Here's another of my attempts to make something out of nothing.

So there I am, mooching about in a churchyard, as is my wont, when a movement out of the corner of my eye catches my attention. It's a grass snake or slow worm, that I've disturbed whilst it was basking in the sun.
I can only apologise for the quality of the photograph, but they're swift buggers and keeping it in the viewfinder whilst tripping over gravestones etc was an achievement in itself.

Dennypoos's ........................day was made.

Oh wasn't it lovely weather, went to Maidens, a very small fishing harbour in Ayrshire, just a couple of miles from the golf course at Turnberry where the open golf will be played shortly. Maidens is a fishing village at the southern end of Maidenhead Bay 2 miles north of Turnberry and 5 miles west of Maybole. The village retains an old world air of peace and tranquility and is a favourite spot for artists and camera enthusiasts. It was at Maidens that Robert the Bruce landed when he sailed from Rathlin Island.

Thrift on the rocks.

In the distance can be seen Ailsa Craig or "Paddy's Milestone" as the source of rock for the manufacture of curling stones. The harbour wall is a bit the worse for wear.

The oil seed rape field glows.

Tied up at last.

Flower display by my neighbour Phil outside or flats

Hi to everybody...had a lovely walk along Bournemouth Beach today and through the gardens which are looking lovely at the moment...actually remembered my camera today so here's a few of the pics I took...
This pic shows you the Swanage coast line in the distance...

This is the extensive rockery towards the end of the gardens...

This is the view from the pier end looking down the whole length of the beach which we walk along to Boscombe pier in the far distance...

One of the beautiful flower displays that are arranged all along the main path running through the gardens...

This balloon couldn't go up today because the wind was too strong apparently but you can see it from our house when it does go up...

This is the first thing you see when you enter the beach end of the gardens in Bournemouth.

Great big hugs to one and all...

This is for everyone who enjoys a bit of nudity ...

The picture above my hotel bed (in Alt-Mahlsdorf):

There is a "Frauenbrunnen" (don't know its actual name) in the rose garden, and the bottom row of the cascade is this:

This next fountain is the famous Neptune fountain on Alexanderplatz. Look at where the man is standing - do you notice how shiny the nipple is?? I wonder why ...

And do you also notice that the man is looking at a different place? *cough*

BTW, Sue (and others?) has (have) an even better photo of the Neptune fountain's shiny nipple, hope they will post it here

You can view more Berlin photos on my Webshots homepage.

... but here it is anyway

This is a small yet very lovely park along Leuschnerdamm, just around the corner from Oranienstrasse where Blog HQ is located.

Only today I found out that apparently the wall ran along Leuschnerdamm, marked now by tar patches in the cobblestone road. Don't have a photo of that but you can find it on Panoramio

Back from an interesting blogmeet in Berlin. Loved meeting everyone!! This is my best photo of Berlin

Will post more on my blog once I decided what to write about but in the meantime you can view more photos on my Webshots page. But don't expect all the usual Berlin photos, there are too many of those anyway

Oh, and BTW, I HATE the new editor - it won't post the actual links but only the text!!!!!!!