Today in pictures

[Margaret Pilkington]

No Dianne.......I don't drive him mad with taking pictures.......I leave him at home.
I get giddy with delight when I visit somewhere new........I sometimes forget to eat, so wrapped up am I in the pursuit of a 'good frame'....a different angle.

What does drive him mad is when I secrete myself in the back bedroom looking through the pics...playing with them, editing them, posting them.

This activity costs practically nothing, and gives me hours of pleasure.......I don't know how he would react if I took up Bingo, or carousing in the local ale houses.

[susie123]

Some more churches from above the Arctic Circle

1 Ilulissat, Greenland, with our cruise ship out at sea
2 Sisimiut, Greenland, town established in 1764. The new church, 1926, with people gathering outside the church on the right, for a funeral
3 Steps up to the church
4 The people gathering. Some are in national dress, which is a white cotton anorak for the men and gaily coloured top and white leggings and boots for the women
5 Little girl and woman in national dress. There were lots of brightly coloured flowers, all of them artificial
6 The funeral procession wended its way through town and ended up at the cemetery
7 The old church at Sisimiut, built 1775, with entrance arch made from the jawbone of a whale. New church is above on the right
8 Reconstructed Viking church, Brattahlid, Greenland
9 Entrance and bell cote of the Viking church with reconstructed Viking guide
10 The new church at Brattahlid, with remains of a Viking house in the foreground

[Margaret Pilkington]

Great pics Sue.
Love picture 7...must be the colours.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

No Dianne.......I don't drive him mad with taking pictures.......I leave him at home.
I get giddy with delight when I visit somewhere new........I sometimes forget to eat, so wrapped up am I in the pursuit of a 'good frame'....a different angle.

What does drive him mad is when I secrete myself in the back bedroom looking through the pics...playing with them, editing them, posting them.

This activity costs practically nothing, and gives me hours of pleasure.......I don't know how he would react if I took up Bingo, or carousing in the local ale houses.

Richard is always very patient when I am taking photos - hence I have lots of pictures of him leaning against things! And he has his own camera... we tend to look at each other's pictures after a holiday but that's it.

What I do find is that sometimes I wish I didn't have the camera as it can get in the way of actually enjoying a place - but I keep taking pictures! But they are always secondary to my exploration, usually just snapshots, not considered pictures.

Another thing I've found is, especially when we went to Italy in 2009, is that sometimes you can do too much research on the internet. We went to several places and I felt as though I'd been there already as I'd read so much about them. So now I try not to delve too deeply before I go so there is some aspect of discovery when I get there.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Great pics Sue.
Love picture 7...must be the colours.

Thanks - if you like the colours - pic 2 in post 2144 is the back of the blue church. That was one thing I liked about Greenland - all the buildings are painted in bright colours, to offset the grey landscape.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by susie123

What I do find is that sometimes I wish I didn't have the camera as it can get in the way of actually enjoying a place - but I keep taking pictures! But they are always secondary to my exploration, usually just snapshots, not considered pictures.

I do understand that sentiment, I have thought it myself sometimes.

I think I do consider my pictures more now that I used to....and certainly if the visit is a return one.

I frequently look at my pictures.....especially in winter when the days are a bit grey and dismal. It allows me to re-live the visits I have made.

As for internet research....I just look at places that I might like to visit.
Just to get a 'flavour' of the place...and I look at maps of how to get where I want to go. Strangely, once I have looked at a map I rarely need to refer to it again......I can picture it in my head(this only refers to street maps).

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I do understand that sentiment, I have thought it myself sometimes.

I think I do consider my pictures more now that I used to....and certainly if the visit is a return one.

I frequently look at my pictures.....especially in winter when the days are a bit grey and dismal. It allows me to re-live the visits I have made.

As for internet research....I just look at places that I might like to visit.
Just to get a 'flavour' of the place...and I look at maps of how to get where I want to go. Strangely, once I have looked at a map I rarely need to refer to it again......I can picture it in my head(this only refers to street maps).

I love maps - got shelves of them - prefer looking at them to reading guidebooks. Lets the imagination wander.

And I have to have a street map if I'm in a new place - then I don't have to worry about getting lost. And like you, I can usually carry it in my head.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, another wet day, but we still managed to yomp from Mill Lane to Martholm Lane along the woodland project.

1. Here we go.
2. through to 7. I have never found as many different fungi in one outing before, the last one reminds me of Mick Jagger.
8. Our destination, its fenced off, so not able to walk along the top.
9. From t'other side.
10. And at this point we set off back, it is still raining.

[susie123]

Great set today Dave - love Mick Jagger. And the two with the viaduct and a carefully placed piece of foliage bottom left in each shot!

All no 6 needs is a few fairies!

[kestrelx]

Originally Posted by susie123

Great set today Dave - love Mick Jagger. And the two with the viaduct and a carefully placed piece of foliage bottom left in each shot!

All no 6 needs is a few fairies!

Agree with you hole-heartedly here Sue - great selection.

[kestrelx]

Here are a few more of my wildlife photos...

1) Tawny owl in hole.
2) Pair of Mandarin ducks.
3) Drake Mandarin.
4) Drake Red-crested Pochard.
5) Metal tortoise.
6) Pair of Black Swans.
7) Table in a park (art installation).
8) Tawny Owlet 1.
9) Tawny Owlet 2.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Brilliant Kestrelx. Love 3&4
Well shot!

[susie123]

Another great set there Kes. Love the owls - but are you sure the baby one isn't a feather duster? And the mandarin drake - looks as though he's been cut out of coloured paper... so sculptured.

[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, another wet day, but we still managed to yomp from Mill Lane to Martholm Lane along the woodland project.

1. Here we go.
2. through to 7. I have never found as many different fungi in one outing before, the last one reminds me of Mick Jagger.
8. Our destination, its fenced off, so not able to walk along the . From . And at point we set off back, it is still raining.

Sorry about the viaduct being fenced off Dave.
I helped fence the Read side off when I worked on the farm at the other end.
The old track bed was bought by the farmer many years ago and is private land.
It helps to stop the robbers coming onto the caravan park when it is closed and stealing.

I will have a look through my collection of old photos and see if I can find any taken on the viaduct.

I know they are a few years old and not "today in pictured" which your thread is about but you may find them interesting.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by susie123

Great set today Dave - love Mick Jagger. And the two with the viaduct and a carefully placed piece of foliage bottom left in each shot!

All no 6 needs is a few fairies!

That thing about something in the left corner, I don't know why I do it, but its in a lot on my shots. The landscapes I do with silhouetted foliage tend to start in the left corner usually with a tree. Could it have something to do with being left on a doorstep as a baby.

There were no fairies with number 6, but there was a Troll on his hands and knees, again, I'm getting housemaids knee.