Photographs of some items seen wandering the beaches of Paignton and Preston in Devon including seaweed and shells with group structure and colour. [...]
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There is some dust from the Sahara which has affected sunsets here recently so I wandered out to catch the effects. As is so often the case other things caught my eye while I was out. The Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) was out and looked great in the late light. It really [...] It has been far too long since I got out with the camera. A number of factors have affected the past few weeks but mainly it has been that the weather has really been very poor for photography with a lot of wet grey days. These images may not be all [...]
Looking out there was quite a noticeable hoarfrost however the sun was coming out so I decided to take a walk to see what was around. I was not the only one looking around as can be seen above. The (grey) squirrel seemed to want to play “hide and seek” with [...] I’ve been thinking about changing my camera for a while now and not for another Sony for a few reasons. Given this I’d not looked at getting any other lenses as I’d not be using them on a new camera. However conversations with a couple of friends made me rethink my plans a little. [...]
And experimenting with macros. There are some delicate and interesting plants and parts of plants showing beautiful colours to be seen in the garden just now. The leaf of the rose above has such colour to it – it is an old rose that was in the garden when we arrived [...]
It has been raining quite a bit over the past few days and the ground on the moors would be very wet so, given a forecast of reasonable weather, I headed towards the coast. The Little Egret seen above is not an uncommon species in the West Country these days but [...] The weather was quite good and it was the last of the really low Spring tides of the season. It seemed worthwhile exploring the shoreline to see what might be exposed that would not be on normal low tides.
The low tide made the sign on Paignton harbour wall unnecessary for [...]
The weather forecast was for sun… Never trust weather forecasts in the Westcountry! Heading for Kingsbridge last week and planning to head down towards Hope Cove for some coastal images it became obvious that the day was not going to be as forecast. Looking at the head of the estuary at [...] |
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