Photography Thread

briantrumpet · January 11

A well-timed early stroll to catch the clouds dispersing after a complete pea-souper...

rjsterry · January 11

Frosty magnolia buds.

And something that worked better than I expected at Clapham Common.

briantrumpet · January 11

Nice clouds today.

briantrumpet · January 12

Last ride of this stay - back to Devon tomorrow - so might as well post some France tat. The photos give no idea of how windy and cold it was. I've almost defrosted now.

pblakeney · January 12

Grey day here, I tried the best I could but, meh. I'm sure I preferred the extreme cold with blue skies.

masjer · January 12

One from a dark,boggy area of the woods. Unwisely, I still haven’t got any wellies.

rjsterry · January 12

Oooooooooooh.

Very much like that.

Would also make a really tricky jigsaw puzzle.

briantrumpet · January 12

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111362#Comment_21111362

Bloomin' Noras. Saves wearing out proper walking boots. Or do you wear Crocs?

rjsterry · January 12

Had a very obliging heron in the park. Not at all bothered by people wandering by.

masjer · January 12

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111363#Comment_21111363

Thanks, I like the busyness too, going against conventional wisdom of what to look for in woodland photography.

I wish I could get that close to a heron or egret,👍

rjsterry · January 12

They're semi-tame. There's a pair of herons that roost at the top of the pines and hunt up and down the Wandle (I think it's the same one that caught that trout the other day) and there are a few egrets but they tend to be not quite so tame.

masjer · January 12

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111364#Comment_21111364

these in winter.

briantrumpet · January 12

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111368#Comment_21111368

And they look just like my face at the end of the ride today.

rjsterry · January 12

Here he is last May, loping about as the sun was setting. Or it might be the previous generation.

Pross · January 12

Something prehistoric looking about them in flight.

briantrumpet · January 12

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111372#Comment_21111372

That's what I always think about cormorants. They haven't even sorted out the floating in water bit terribly well yet.

rjsterry · January 12

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111372#Comment_21111372

Yeah, surprising that it took us so long to work out that they are the direct descendants of dinosaurs.

laurentian · January 13

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111374#Comment_21111374

This is an evolutionary thing . . .

briantrumpet · January 14

briantrumpet · January 14

One for RJS in particular...

masjer · January 15

If mist/fog density is measured in soups, this was thicker than pea soup and more like cream of mushroom.

The branch (top L) is a little distracting, but I don’t think I could’ve avoided it (possibly if I owned a very wide angle lens). I’ll call it a leading branch and forget about it.

rjsterry · January 15

Quite like the branch. Looks like the tree is reaching out to grab the viewer.

rjsterry · January 15

A slightly HP Lovecraft vibe about all the murky woodlands

Watch out for the Old Ones.

masjer · January 15

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21111698#Comment_21111698

Yes, the mist adds a certain atmosphere, but with the ‘untidy’ nature of the woods here, also gives much needed separation and depth. Getting a burst of sunlight through the mist might add a brighter vibe. The boggy one I took the other day didn’t have any mist and still worked, though.

Just trying out some letterbox style crops for a change, stitching 3 images together.