Today in pictures

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Glad you like it too.
Some pictures are more effective(when this process is applied) than others.
I really like this one..but I had to scratch my head to remember how to do it...Haven't done it for a good while.

Yes,creative as usual,I'd never of thought of using purple (works well).
Do you use colour splotch or whatever that apps called,Im pretty sure it was you who said it was a good app?
I've just downloaded a few app's to help me but if you know of a good one I'm all ears

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[Margaret Pilkington]

No, it is Photoscape...a Free(I really like that word) editing tool that is very simple to use...but it is on my desktop not a portable device(i think they do photoscape as an app, but I am told is isn't that great).
I do have some on my Ipad but can't just think what they are right now

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, still wet, white, and wonderful on my tootling.

1. A walk around Hameldon Woods reveals a lot of downed trees.
2. There has to be a wet bit.
3. Beech are the only tree still with a few leaves, apart from the evergreens of course.
4. Silver Birch show off their bark, it gets lost when the leaves are out.
5. The wood, a wall and a wet bit, I don't think I am in Narnia though.
6. Baubleicious and if you look carefully you can see a little fat chap.
7. Top edge of the quarry, had time been available I would be up there.
8. Amongst the pine trees.
9. An abandoned farmhouse and attached cottages overlooking Winfields'.
10. A long forgotten about sluice gate that once regulated water to Britannia Mill.

dave the farmhouse above winfields is called tannerbarn .. and its owned by dale Winfield ...

[gpick24]

Just a few today, I was trying to get a Kingfisher for the photo comp but no sign today, but I did bump into my old friend the dipper.

[Accyexplorer]

I could mess about all night with my pics applying bits of colour ,,,,,, sadly ,I've not got that long
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[Turtle]

Number one is particularly effective

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

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Just wondering, AccE, what is the building in No1?
My first guess was a fire station tower for drying hoses but I've never seen one in stone. The crane tower for a warehouse that's no longer there?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, I understand the constraints of time.
I have not had a lot of time to indulge myself in my usual pursuits.....photography, card making and editing pictures.
So when I do get a little bit of time I relish the luxury of doing what I want to do, instead of doing what I have to do.
Now I will go and put another coat of varnish on the table.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Just wondering, AccE, what is the building in No1?
My first guess was a fire station tower for drying hoses but I've never seen one in stone. The crane tower for a warehouse that's no longer there?

I think its the training tower for the old Fire station here in Accrington.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ion-65602.html

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Number one is particularly effective

Cheers T

[davemac]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

dave the farmhouse above winfields is called tannerbarn .. and its owned by dale Winfield ...

That's interesting, If it was in good condition it would be worth a mint today, my daughter works for him at his internet and mail order site at Britannia mill.

[Accyexplorer]

Great artical (for those who like B+W pics) from the dailyfail:-

Incredible pictures of 1950s London show the way things used to be | Daily Mail Online

I especially like the pic of the "urchins".

[davemac]

Today in Pictures was a dull and dismal day, Birdy Brow to Hurst Green following what would have been the tree line if they hadn't cut them down. So never the less we managed to cut a few shapes.

1. With the sun low in the sky it illuminated the mist on the ground.
2. It was a dark day all round.
3. There were times when you could feel the temperature drop rapidly.
4. The tree fellers appear to go around old and mis-shaped copses.
5. The views have changed.
6. I suppose woodpeckers will take advantage of the standing damaged trees.
7. Where large areas have been levelled, self sown seeds germinate and race to dominate the sky.
8. But not here just yet.
9. You can see the new flush of pines heading to grow past the old stock.
10. The light is starting to go, and we have a way to go, by the time we were back at the car it was dark.

[gpick24]

Lovely silhouettey pics,
ps congrats on the observer hat trick.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Lovely silhouettey pics,
ps congrats on the observer hat trick.

Thanks, there wasn't much else to photograph, visibility was pants, pines were high on either side except where they had cut them down, it was an interesting walk but photographically a bit bland.
I have not been uploading to flickr for a few months, but have just got back into it, but thanks for noticing.