Today in pictures

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures is another of those yesterdays pictures today.

1. Brown leaves.
2. More brown leaves, this is the gate we just came through.
3. And just for good measure even more brown leaves.
4. The reservoir that everyone visits.
5. There are usually herds of ducks, but not so many if you don't have bread.
6. The theoretical boundary to Foxhill Bank.
7. A scramble through the brush for a bottom end view of the wet bit.
8. Steps up to the area that looks down on the rest of the area.
9. The wet bit is off to the left and down a steep slope.
10. And finally back to the gate we came through, and back to the car.

I love number one - but I must disagree on the title Dave I am not seeing brown leaves - more like amber, gold, jade and burnt sienna

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by maxthecollie

A walk from Gargrave to Bank Newton and back.

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What a lovely walk - I really enjoyed it! That cottage by the lock is to die for.

[maxthecollie]

Yes there was a woman walking on the canal bank with an elderley collie and we got talking to her. She lived in that cottage.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Today I managed a brief walk along the canal bank.
Here are some of the pics I took.
1) the cygnets are almost swans now
2) this feels a bit like a mug shot.
3)) I took a picture of this during the summer.....trees in full leaf....now they are almost bare...still a good picture! (well, I like it)
4) posing for me
5) here's lookin' at you kid.
6) berries.
7) going round the bend
8) there was a bird perched here just a second ago.
9) Looking out to the misty hills.
10) duck.

Looks like it was a lovely day for a walk. I like number one best - the difference in texture between the swan's feathers and the waters is sort of tactile. I don't get so close to them myself -bit wary of swans!

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

The ducks beak in the last one looks like some kind of reptile! Ohrnor an alien duck!

Looking twice I can see what you mean

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, a badly scarred section of the planet, but it did support the industrial revolution.

1. Old workings, just off Clough Head car park.
2. Jamestone Quarry, still an active quarry, but not with the same fury that was present in the late 1700's.
3. One of the buildings that litter what was once a busy cart track.
4. The cart track as it is today, once the main road of the past.
5. Along with crumbling buildings, there are miles of stone walls slowly adopting a horizontal position.
6. Stone walls overlooking the quarry that excavated the materials.
7. Despite the harsh environment the area is littered with fungi.
8. Looks like I'm gonna need a bigger coat, Pendle in the distance.
9. Part of the expanse that is Ossy Moors.
10. Heading back to the car park, Grane Road passes between the first plot of trees and the rest.

Love those delicate funghi - it's very desolate up there - a bit "Wuthering Heights", I wouldn't like to be around in bad weather. Is that twisted tree a Hawthorn?

[davemac]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Love those delicate funghi - it's very desolate up there - a bit "Wuthering Heights", I wouldn't like to be around in bad weather. Is that twisted tree a Hawthorn?

It is, there was a line of them along a wall line, and all a bit contorted by the environment.

[Margaret Pilkington]

More from Yesterday.....
1) Especially for Dave.......I know what a Fungi he is
2) I like the shape of this green plant.....not sure what it is...but I know a guy who will know.
3) a patch of bright sunshine on the misty hills
4) it's that duck again
5) Barges moored on the canal...they were just resting prior to their uphil journey to Leeds
6)The canal bank
7) Canal bank with duck and reflections of blue sky.

Dianne the cygnets came quite close to me, they seemed to want to know what i had in my bag...alas it was only filters and a spare battery...nothing edible.

[maxthecollie]

Is that one of our continental cousins fishing for his supper on the left in number 5?

[Margaret Pilkington]

No......well he spoke with a Lancashire accent and he had a little boy of about six with him and they didn't look like they were catching anything other than weeds.

[gpick24]

Had another go at night time photography (well what else is there to do when it`s always dark)

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

More from Yesterday.....
1) Especially for Dave.......I know what a Fungi he is
2) I like the shape of this green plant.....not sure what it is...but I know a guy who will know.
3) a patch of bright sunshine on the misty hills
4) it's that duck again
5) Barges moored on the canal...they were just resting prior to their uphil journey to Leeds
6)The canal bank
7) Canal bank with duck and reflections of blue sky.

Dianne the cygnets came quite close to me, they seemed to want to know what i had in my bag...alas it was only filters and a spare battery...nothing edible.

1 is a bracket fungi and 2 are the flowers of the Ivy now turning to seed.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I never knew that ivy had flowers......but I liked the shape of them.
See, I knew you would know what it was. A fount of horticultural knowledge....that's what you are Dave.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Had another go at night time photography (well what else is there to do when it`s always dark)

Number 3 is my favourite.....did you use a starburst filter?

[gpick24]

No filters Margaret, twinkle effect on the lights is from increasing f-stop.