Photo of the day April 2015

[Apple fanboy]

Well it's Sunday. Before I'm off to bed, here's another from last weekend. I like the three alternate uses for the river. Living (Swan), Fishing and rowing.

_DSC0232 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Comments always welcome.

 

[anotherscotsman]

Defiantly a keeper! Very nice. Whereabouts in Wales is this?

Stunning !

Cheers

Hugh

Many thanks Hughmac and AFB. The river/stream is called Clywedog just outside Wrexham. Plas Power is the name of an old country estate that the river runs through. There's a nice path that follows the river up through some industrial archeaology (lead & iron). Took a fair bit of post to overcome the excessive, hard contrast caused by unusually high levels of sunshine!

Here's some of that industrial stuff - a disused lead mine about 1-mile from the river shot.


Minera lead mine by another_scotsman, on Flickr

 

[someoldguy]

Minnie the Mermaid , last weekend , by the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. . No doubt she came in on the morning tide to admire the Cherry Blossom Festival.

Sadly , her visit ashore was abbreviated by the arrival of some folks from the Fish and Wildlife Service , armed with tape measures , and a volume of regulations . After extensive measurement and consultation , she was deemed undersize and they threw her back .

So sad....... figured for sure she was a keeper.

 

[TheBeastman13]

Metamorphosis Suspended

 

[Doylem]

Topiary at Packwood House...

 

[AlexH]

rain drop by ALXPhotog, on Flickr

 

[Apple fanboy]

Minnie the Mermaid , last weekend , by the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. . No doubt she came in on the morning tide to admire the Cherry Blossom Festival.

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Sadly , her visit ashore was abbreviated by the arrival of some folks from the Fish and Wildlife Service , armed with tape measures , and a volume of regulations . After extensive measurement and consultation , she was deemed undersize and they threw her back .

So sad....... figured for sure she was a keeper.

Sounds like a fishy tail to me!

 

[AlaskaMoose]

 

[Apple fanboy]

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Lovely.

 

[Hughmac]

Barbed Wire Reflections by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers

Hugh

 

[AlaskaMoose]

Loverly.

Thank you. I was just lucky that night

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Minnie the Mermaid , last weekend , by the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. . No doubt she came in on the morning tide to admire the Cherry Blossom Festival.

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Sadly , her visit ashore was abbreviated by the arrival of some folks from the Fish and Wildlife Service , armed with tape measures , and a volume of regulations . After extensive measurement and consultation , she was deemed undersize and they threw her back .

So sad....... figured for sure she was a keeper.

Looks like an adult mermaid to me. You could have taken her home with you before F&G got there... as long as there is not another mermaid in your life, or course

 

[someoldguy]

Looks like an adult mermaid to me. You could have taken her home with you before F&G got there... as long as there is not another mermaid in your life, or course

Yeah , suppose I could have figured out something to get her on Amtrak to NYC , and then the bus to Jersey . But the real problem would begin when the girlfriend comes over . We go out , and at the end of an enjoyable meal she says :"So...Explain to me about the mermaid in the bathtub..."
What do I tell her ? " The rubber duck sprung a leak and I had to replace it with SOMETHING !!!!!????"

No , it was better for all parties that things ended as they did.

 

[Schtumple]

Sheraton Park Tower - Belgravia

Canon EOS 6D
EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
ƒ/4.0
25mm
1/160
ISO160​

 

[VirtualRain]

Untitled by Chris-VirtualRain, on Flickr

 

[acearchie]

French Diver by acearchie, on Flickr

 

[stillcrazyman]

Along the path

 

[The Bad Guy]

First edit from a 5 hour shoot I did today.


Googoo Gaga by Adam_Campbell, on Flickr

 

[Hughmac]

Mind The Gap

Victorian Railway Carriage holiday home



Mind The Gap by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Apple fanboy]

Another picture from last weekend.

_DSC0211 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

 

[Doylem]

Hmmm... Maybe time to tidy my bedroom...

 

[kenoh]

Hmmm... Maybe time to tidy my bedroom...

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My daughters would likely argue there are a few weeks left in that... You can still see the floor in places!

Nice gentle light. I like the picture.

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Victorian Railway Carriage holiday home

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Mind The Gap by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers

Hugh

Is this someone who lives in a rail carriage? What does it look like inside?

Nice angle. Like the leading line.

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First edit from a 5 hour shoot I did today.

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Googoo Gaga by Adam_Campbell, on Flickr

Cue young boy snigger... Phnar phnar...

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Along the path

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Nice. Love the lines, love the vintage wash

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French Diver by acearchie, on Flickr

Beautifully saturated. That boat looks huge from that angle.

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Are they the actual colours or are you messing with them? They are gorgeous!

 

[oblomow]

Spent a day in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

this is the top of the organ in the main hall.

 

[Hughmac]

Is this someone who lives in a rail carriage? What does it look like inside?

Nice angle. Like the leading line.

Actually it's where we are living at the moment - we're on holiday in Cambridgeshire for the week.
The carriage itself has been split into bedroom, lounge and bathroom compartments, with full services but very old fashioned.
The kitchen is an extension built against the side you can't see, plus a small conservatory.

Very compact but comfortable as a base to explore the Fens.

Cheers

Hugh

 

[someoldguy]

Actually it's where we are living at the moment - we're on holiday in Cambridgeshire for the week.
The carriage itself has been split into bedroom, lounge and bathroom compartments, with full services but very old fashioned.
The kitchen is an extension built against the side you can't see, plus a small conservatory.

Very compact but comfortable as a base to explore the Fens.

Cheers

Hugh

Sounds neat , but must be a real pain every morning when the conductor comes through checking tickets ...

 

[AlaskaMoose]

My daughters would likely argue there are a few weeks left in that... You can still see the floor in places!

Nice gentle light. I like the picture.

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Is this someone who lives in a rail carriage? What does it look like inside?

Nice angle. Like the leading line.

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Cue young boy snigger... Phnar phnar...

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Nice. Love the lines, love the vintage wash

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Beautifully saturated. That boat looks huge from that angle.

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Are they the actual colours or are you messing with them? They are gorgeous!

The colors of the Auroras above are natural, including the violet ones. The violet (shades of purple) colors are rare and most people can't see it, but the sensor does. When I was taking the photos I had no idea that the violet colors were present until I looked at one of the photos on the camera's screen. This night was the first time in over eight years that I have seen the Auroras violet colors on my photos.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/difcolors.html

Lighter gases high in the ionosphere, like hydrogen and helium, make colors like blue and purple, but our eyes cannot always see them in the night sky.

I was just very lucky that night, and these are the most common colors (green, yellow, white):