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Photo Of The Day - July 2018
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I do know the river, i've been to Stratford a few times but not for many years. My wife is ill at the moment so she probably wouldn't be able to manage too long a walk down the river but she should be OK around the butterfly farm. I do recall Stratford being a very pretty place in the summer sun, so we can sit by the river and i'll take some pictures. Sounds like i've got a plan.
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Super shot, I can almost hear it and smell it. Where is it?
The butterfly place is just by the river. It gets very warm in there though. But they don't seem to mind tripods and flashes etc.
Quite a few on my Flickr account.
Okay, here is another butterfly for you guys. We went to the Natural History Museum for a couple hours this morning and my daughter's and my favorite exhibit is the butterfly pavilion. The male half of our family gave up, and she and I would have stayed another hour if the boys weren't waiting for us. I really wanted a photo of one of these with their wings open, which are bright blue, but they really only open when they are flying, so super hard to photograph that way. I'm pretty sure this is a blue morpho.
203/365 | Hanging around
203/365 | Hanging around
If its not too strenuous maybe we could walk the river.
I thought about the heat just a moment ago funnily enough, and i think she almost certainly won't be allowed to go in there by the doctors, at least not for a while, so actually looks like i may not be going there after all, yet.
Initially my idea was to visit Dudley Zoo, that's small enough to get around, plenty of seats and indoor areas and its only about 8 miles away. Onto plan B then!
I see some cracking butterfly shots in your macro album i'm guessing they're not from your garden, they don't look like native species, are those the pictures you mean or are there others i've missed?
I thought about the heat just a moment ago funnily enough, and i think she almost certainly won't be allowed to go in there by the doctors, at least not for a while, so actually looks like i may not be going there after all, yet.
Initially my idea was to visit Dudley Zoo, that's small enough to get around, plenty of seats and indoor areas and its only about 8 miles away. Onto plan B then!
I see some cracking butterfly shots in your macro album i'm guessing they're not from your garden, they don't look like native species, are those the pictures you mean or are there others i've missed?
Thanks .... It's in Watkins Glen State Park in upstate New York . First time there yesterday .
Was visiting family semi-nearby and it was decided we'd go there on Saturday .
Good thing we got there early as it gets pretty crowded . It's a pretty spectacular place . It's almost like a slot canyon with a series of waterfalls within . We just did the trail (actually steps , 800+ of them over around 1.5 miles and around 400 feet rise IIRC) that went through the gorge as we had a couple of little kids along and they were pretty much shot when we got to the top .More pics later after I clone out the inevitable fatsos with fluorescent T-shirts .
If they are the butterflies then almost certainly.
I'm not keen on Dudley zoo. Too much concrete makes the shots difficult. What about West Midlands Safari park?
Might be easier on the Mrs. Hope it's nothing too serious.
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That's no way to talk about your family!
Looks beautiful. Probably a bit far for one of my day trips!
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Very nice.
Not a chance i am driving my Merc through a pride of lions, i'd rather walk through! and as for those monkeys, goodbye wingmirrors. Thanks, but i'll give the safari park a miss - actually we could take her car!! lol
Sadly, my wife had a mastectomy last Friday and is still in hospital, so quite serious yes, but she's really strong and she'll win. No worries.
New York is a bit far from here, i'll try to find something nearer!
AFB and I were discussing the virtues of the 'fatsos with fluorescent T-shirts' recently. I'm actually really pleased it's not just a British phenomena. The waterfall i went to recently in Wales (https://www.nantcolwaterfalls.co.uk/walks.php) is also quite spectacular in parts, it wasn't as steep as that though, in fact if i had realised how steep Nantcol was i may not have gone, i wouldn't be venturing up 800 steps for 1.5miles.
I bet there weren't many of those flourescent t-shirts at the top?Looking forward to more pics.
No monkeys at the Safari Park. And the lions are pretty well fed!Not a chance i am driving my Merc through a pride of lions, i'd rather walk through! and as for those monkeys, goodbye wingmirrors. Thanks, but i'll give the safari park a miss - actually we could take her car!! lol
Sadly, my wife had a mastectomy last Friday and is still in hospital, so quite serious yes, but she's really strong and she'll win. No worries.
New York is a bit far from here, i'll try to find something nearer!
AFB and I were discussing the virtues of the 'fatsos with fluorescent T-shirts' recently. I'm actually really pleased it's not just a British phenomena. The waterfall i went to recently in Wales (https://www.nantcolwaterfalls.co.uk/walks.php) is also quite spectacular in parts, it wasn't as steep as that though, in fact if i had realised how steep Nantcol was i may not have gone, i wouldn't be venturing up 800 steps for 1.5miles.
Looking forward to more pics.
Sorry to hear about the Mrs. Hope it all works out. Sounds like a tough few weeks.
Molly, have you and your family been to Brookside Gardens in Montgomery County MD, where they have a "Wings of Fancy" exhibit each spring/summer? It's fun and worth the trip and time, but sometimes when it is crowded it can be hard to get decent shots.
https://www.montgomeryparks.org/par...ngs-fancy-live-butterfly-caterpillar-exhibit/
You are way too kind - I only post the keepers after all! Participation in this forum has been a real driver for improvement for me over the last couple of years - great bunch of people willing to share images and ideas and provide encouragement to anyone willing to join in.
My camera's AF isn't focusing as sharp with a polarizer attached
Bernal Heights Park -20180408-16.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
New York is a bit far from here, i'll try to find something nearer!
AFB and I were discussing the virtues of the 'fatsos with fluorescent T-shirts' recently. I'm actually really pleased it's not just a British phenomena. The waterfall i went to recently in Wales (https://www.nantcolwaterfalls.co.uk/walks.php) is also quite spectacular in parts, it wasn't as steep as that though, in fact if i had realised how steep Nantcol was i may not have gone, i wouldn't be venturing up 800 steps for 1.5miles.
Looking forward to more pics.
Actually , there were . You have the option of going bottom up or top down , or doing a round trip . There's parking at the top and bottom and a shuttle bus that takes you between the 2 . The last set of steps on the way up are evil .No real viewpoints , they just do a continuous zig zag to the top . My knees are shot and I was doing fine up to them . Hurting a bit at the top but no big deal . There were some of the day-glo gang who had to stop and rest at each of the changes of direction . Hope I never let myself got to that extent.
Still learning my way around Luminar, I ran across a folder of images that I had shot last year but for one reason or another had never gotten around to actually processing...... No time like the present, eh?
Our beautiful Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland.
Shot with my iPhone X.
Shot with my iPhone X.
Mudhen and her chicks (note their little bald heads).
More butterflies from the garden, this time a Cabbage White relaxing on the floor.
Butterflies aren't the cleverest of creatures, this one decided to sit himself down right next to the bird feeder, he stayed there for a few minutes and luckily didn't get a second look from any of the birds, he flapped his wings and off he went.
Comments appreciated.
Butterflies aren't the cleverest of creatures, this one decided to sit himself down right next to the bird feeder, he stayed there for a few minutes and luckily didn't get a second look from any of the birds, he flapped his wings and off he went.
Comments appreciated.
Pre-dawn cnstruction workers in an alleyway just off of St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy
