Large Dog Turns Smaller Dog into Wallaby

On the Beach at Happisburgh Norfolk

 

Large dog meets smaller dog....

 

....and magic.

 

The smaller dog becomes a Wallaby for a moment

Summer Harvesting below Steps Hill

Photos of the wheat harvest in the fields below Step's Hill, Ashridge, taken in 2011. 

 

Combine Harvester making patterns in the field 

 

Loading the grain

 

A dusty business

 

London - River Thames Night Trip

An evening trip on the Thames early August.

 

Dramatic sky from Tower Pier before embarking

 

Canary Wharf Lights

 

Blackfrairs Railway Bridge

 

St Paul's Cathedral, Blackfriars Road and Railway Bridges and the Shard

Lights on Hungerford Footbridge and the London Eye

 

Photos a bit grainy, but it was from a moving boat, so could not use slow shutter speed, and needed high ISO

Dogs Playing

Our dog, the Labradoodle playing with her friend in the local park.

 

 Believe it or not, they are the best of friends, and never hurt each other 

London - Southwark Streets

Photos taken last year in and around Southwark on a lunchtime walk.

 

Tourists at Redcross Way

 

Inequality in Bikes (and with cars)

This a Triumph Rocket 3 Roadster Motorcycle, with a 2.3l engine, bigger than the engine on my car

 

In our own mobile world

 

Floating Dog

Floating dog spotted in local park.

 

Drifting in the breeze

 

Coming down gently to land

1950 Bentley Mascot and Fly

 

The  reflections of the Mascot (and small fly if you can spot it) of this beautifully restored Bentley 1950 Mk IV Park Ward Drophead Coupe

The car itself



Boris the Spider and Harold the Hover Fly

First photographs of insects this year with the macro lens.  Not quite pin-sharp as I really wanted, but a reminder that the recent warmer Spring weather has given nature a push.

 

(Before somebody points it out, I keep forgetting that Spiders are not strictly insects, but Arachnids) 

London - Blackfriars Bridge

Recent photos of the 127 year old Blackfriars railway bridge nearing the completion of it's structural repair with a new station roof and platforms.

 

The roof adding the finishing touches

The roof catching the sun



A view of the bridge looking upstream in the early evening 



London - S Bank Views and Sights

 Photos taken in April last year.  No common theme other than all around the South Bank of the Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge

 

From London Bridge 

Pavement lights with figure graffiti

 

HMS Belfast and crane

 

Sculpture S bank - Admire the use of wood

 

Traditional and new Architecture

 

London - A cold April Day

South Bank in front of the Tate Modern

 

Boys running up the steps, in their own world hidden from the pedestrians

 

A crop of the photo above in monochrome



London - St Paul's Looking Out

Photos taken during the Olympic Victory Parade in September 2012

 

The Statues appear to be looking at the noisy helicopter.

A single spectator above the crowds watching from a St Paul's window.



Spring is not too far away

The weather continues to be unseasonably cold. However Spring will soon be on us.  A few photos taken in previous years as a reminder of what is to come.

Bluebell in Dockey Wood, Ashridge

A Cowslip bud on Ivinghoe Beacon

Female Orange Tip in Ashridge

London - Speed

Photos recently in London trying to capture speed

A lucky shot, with the taxi crossing in front of my subject

London Underground - Speed abstract

A photograph taken recently on the moving pavement at Waterloo underground station.

 

I had been trying to create an impression of speed by using the zoom on a slow shutter speed.  Apart from cropping and adding a little contract, no photoshop has been used.  Whether it gives the impression of speed, I don't know, but I was pleased with the abstract feel of the end result. 

London - Lloyds Building

Photos of this iconic building taken last year. 

 

You would be forgiven to think that this photo is monochrome, but the two yellow lights give it away as being Full colour...

 

... I waited some time to get the lifts adjacent to each other....

 

Another colour photo.

Blackfriars Station - Reflections

Blackfriars Station Entrance early Sunday morning.

Interesting Reflections

Ashridge - Mid-January Hoar Frost and Light Snow

Now back after a month without a working PC.  Problems hopefully sorted out.

 

A foggy morning leaving a heavy hoar frost on the trees in Ashridge on top of the previous day's light snowfall.  Photos with my little pocket camera.

 

The fog now a mist with light  starting to break through...

 

....waiting for the sun

 

The dog enjoying a rest...

 

....and now the sun is at last shining on the foreground.

 

The beautiful Hoar Frost.



Difficuties Posting

I am unable to upload photos for the present.  Also my main PC is needing repair.  Hopefully in the next week or so I will be able to start putting up photos again

Best wishes to al lthat follow my blog

Summer Palms

A couple of photos from the summer

 

A Palm leaf in colour...

 

...and black and white