The new photography thread -any subject - don't be shy!

Here's my offering for today. Hoping to have more contributions from others, any level of photography, it matters not.

A Southern Hawker spotted in my local churchyard. Apparently these roam FAR from water.

 

A beauty, kes.

Here's a shot from this past March which was probably the last time I seriously went out and shot other than a charity even I did. This was taken at the base of the Catalina Mountains in Arizona.




lol....this is an awful quality shot, but this is a Cardinal that kept coming at my window while seeing his reflection. At first it was cute, but then we had to put up netting so he'd stop...I think that was after about 6 months of it.

I had to post a bird for Emma, though.

 

Thankyou Laura. That Cardinal peeping in is just all shades of cute!! They are such beautiful birds, stunning colours too. I think your shot of the flower in Arizona is marvellous.......!! I also think it's incredible that it survives in such arid conditions...it looks so fresh and pure. Yea, loving that.

 

The gang waiting for Momma to come home.

 

Oh bless them, cute little shot, Tim

 

My offering for today, taken today. I was surprised to see something else in bloom up at the churchyard courtyard gardens. The people who tend it do such a good job to ensure as soon as something has died off, that something else is in bloom...

Deep purple poppy

 

Sadly nothing attached katkat

 

"Goodnight mr Squirrel"

 

Beautiful flower, Emma. Really great focus and detail. I love the squirrel as well...what a great capture.

kat...that is one pretty frog with all his colors. Very nice shot.

 

Thankyou very much indeed Laura, the Squirrel was taken a few weeks back and I shot the flower today.

Laura.... :confused I don't understand how you can see katkat's frog but I can't. All I see is the word Frog.

 

hmmm...I'm not sure. That's definitely weird because it's an MG hosted image. Maybe clear your cache?

 

Sorry Laura, that was me including a screenshot, which I didn't think attached...it DID and I confused us all.... LOL

 

Oh...hahaha...I was thinking that something seriously wrong was going on. I'm not sure what the deal is with the pic not showing.

 

Laughing out loud here. Even after posting it, and knowing it was a screenshot, I managed to confuse my own brain...... :-D

 

European Robin. I had just put down a feast for it. This Robin lives in the churchyard.

 

katkat can you post another picture of something please? Just so I can see whether I can see it or not. Thankyou

 

Hmmm strange going's on. Thanks katkat

 

I hope nobody minds me posting quite so many pics...I love these threads.
The weather has been appalling for the last couple of days considering it's July for goodness sakes.

So typically, now it's time to cook dinner, the sunshine decides to pop out. Determined to take some shots of something, I used my Dad's pink Rose as a subject, some I went outside to take, and this one was taken thru the window....

 

Ahhh now I can see this. Thanks for sharing, Katkat. Beautiful little birdy!

 

katkat, how did you post your picture if you didn't use a photo site?

 

... LOL Wow....

Lovely shot, Sgt Tibbs!!!

 

Tried something a bit different yesterday. I was walking along the riverside and spotted some Campanula flowers. They were deeply set into the shade and my cam was 'yakking' at me to put the flash on.

I don't normally use the flash so I thought why not.... this is how it turned out and I am quite pleased with how unique it looks. :major

 

Taken at sunset on the bay at the seashore.

 

What a beautiful image Laura. Looks so peaceful there. Love the marmalade sky!

 

Visited a Botanical Gardens yesterday in Birmingham. Thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Agapanthus...



Unknown...



Hibiscus...

 

Beauties, Emma!

It reminds me that I really need to get to our botanical gardens as well. I haven't been in way too long.

 

Thanks Laura and Beth. I was like a kid in a sweet shop surrounded by all those pretties LOL

Really looking forward to seeing more shots from you both.

 

I finally got to those botanical gardens. Thanks, kes, for the push with your pretty pics.

 

Ahh when did you go Laura?! Did you have a fantastic time? Beautiful shot of the water lily's!

 

I had a great time. It was yesterday morning. I spent a few hours there.

 

Good stuff!!!

 

Thank you, Eldon. Those water lilies at that link are so interesting. I've never seen that variety before.

 

Thankyou Eldon

 

I find cloud formation quite fascinating. You can tell alot about how the weather's gonna be by looking at and identifying the clouds. Beautiful pic, Beth!