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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Wheelspinner said:

    Citroen SM. Maserati engine. 6 headlights, with swivels. Gorgeous.

    Yeh, a proper car.

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  • Pross
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    Looks like it belongs in a 1960s scifi series.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,928
    Ha, a bit of accidental flare doesn't go amiss...


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  • Ben6899
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    Coronado
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    No, I don't recognise that part of London. US Ben?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,682
    San Diego - Coronado Bridge I think.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,593
    edited May 2022
    Accidental flare you say?
    Natural break time while out on the bike. I liked the colours of the trees, the brooding cloud and the blue sky. I tried to use the tree to block the sun but must have moved.
    For the better as it turns out. 😉


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  • Ben6899
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    masjer said:

    No, I don't recognise that part of London. US Ben?

    Coronado Bridge, San Diego. Thought I’d captioned! Looking through old photos…
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  • TheBigBean
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    edited May 2022
    Pross said:

    San Diego - Coronado Bridge I think.

    Excellent bridge identification.
  • Pross
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    TheBigBean said:

    Pross said:

    San Diego - Coronado Bridge I think.

    Excellent bridge identification.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,928
    I'm still on wisteria hunting duties. But quite like the rakish angle of the bike here (as well as the contre jour lighting).


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  • Pross
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    Tested the 75-300mm Sigma lens (second hand, £10) at full stretch. Kept ISO down to 400 to minimise noise but could probably have done with increasing it and / or having a longer shutter speed (kept it short as it was a bit shaky at that lens length). Quite pleased with the outcome though.


  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    edited May 2022
    From yesterday evening on the beach during the `golden hour`.
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,720
    ^^ “Beach”??

    If that’s a grain of sand, do you carry a camera or an electron microscope? 😀😀
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    edited May 2022
    Boulders beach South Africa has even coarser grains.

  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498

    From a few years back but still a shot I like
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,928
    Sunsets seem to be in. Lucky to have a nice frame from a bedroom window...


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  • briantrumpet
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    Actually, in touristy cheesy photo mode, I quite like an earlier one, at Killerton...


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  • pblakeney
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    edited May 2022
    briantrumpet said:

    Actually, in touristy cheesy photo mode, I quite like an earlier one, at Killerton...

    This is not meant to be taken badly as I've taken many similar. I've stopped because...
    I came to the conclusion that the fence (or whatever) acts as a barrier into the photo.
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  • briantrumpet
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    pblakeney said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Actually, in touristy cheesy photo mode, I quite like an earlier one, at Killerton...

    This is not meant to be taken badly as I've taken many similar. I've stopped because...
    I came to the conclusion that the fence (or whatever) acts as a barrier into the photo.

    Yes, indeed. Had I taken a bit more care, I might just have got the house framed in the fence. Had I taken a wrecking bar, I might have got the photo without the fence, but with a criminal conviction.
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  • pblakeney
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    Ideally the bike against an open gate post.
    But you have to deal with given circumstances.
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  • briantrumpet
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    pblakeney said:

    Ideally the bike against an open gate post.
    But you have to deal with given circumstances.

    This being a posh estate was properly barricaded to keep the oiks like me out.
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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
    A couple from a walk earlier in the week. Single lamb heavily cropped as I didn't want to get too close.



  • rjsterry
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    Pross said:

    Looks like it belongs in a 1960s scifi series.

    In
    briantrumpet said:

    Actually, in touristy cheesy photo mode, I quite like an earlier one, at Killerton...


    I love Killerton. Been back so many times. Some interesting bits and views on/from the hill(fort) behind the house. The cattle in the parkland/pasture to the south of the house are also very photogenic. And the flowers in the formal gardens are pretty amazing at the right time of year.
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  • briantrumpet
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    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    Looks like it belongs in a 1960s scifi series.

    In
    briantrumpet said:

    Actually, in touristy cheesy photo mode, I quite like an earlier one, at Killerton...


    I love Killerton. Been back so many times. Some interesting bits and views on/from the hill(fort) behind the house. The cattle in the parkland/pasture to the south of the house are also very photogenic. And the flowers in the formal gardens are pretty amazing at the right time of year.

    And they allow you to play the organ :)

    I really ought to go for some walks in the grounds... I'm for ever cycling past.
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  • briantrumpet
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    Trying to get a silly photo with a toy car that was about an inch long... best I could come up with was a 'close pass'... but perspective and focus a little too challenging for my photographic skills.




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  • masjer
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    Went to the Badlands* for a walk today. The woods are closed for safety reasons due to a valley side landslip. If you ignore that and the beware of the bull sign, the woods are great. As no one enters, the place is alive with birds. Last time I saw a Goshawk.

    *Really quiet, great cycling, but hilly as hell.
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    Never sure if I trust bulls. I have had one or two nasty moments.

  • briantrumpet
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    masjer said:

    Never sure if I trust bulls. I have had one or two nasty moments.


    They'm not bulls. Bullocks of some description, but generally you'll only find a solitary bull with a load of females.

    Various bovines I'd not trust:

    a bull - too many people I knew who had kept them had also been injured by them

    any group of bovines if I had small children or a dog with me

    cows with calves, especially with a dog with me - they might well treat the dog as a mortal threat. Having been floored by a cow with a calf one time (other than that, I had no problems in 14 years of working with them), I'd definitely suggest steering (see what I did there?) clear, if in doubt.

    Generally with cows and youngstock, if they start to run towards you, I'd not run, but turn around and stand my ground, as (normally) they are just curious and want to find out who you are. Obviously if you find them scary though, and you can easily escape over a fence or gate, then you'd be silly not to.

    But I bloomin' love cows, still. Ones that are treated kindly by humans will love talking to humans, if you talk to them.
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