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h oh oh oh oh oh!!!
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story of my life
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Thanks Joey...though I feel uncomfortable by the haraam-ness of that smiley
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
I did once write a poem, for someone here, that incorporated smileys. Emoticons are kind of similar to Hieroglyphs and Chinese scripts, perhaps one day we won't have much use for any other form of writing, we can just illustrate everything. A cool app for smiley design might dispel all linguistic differences across the planet.
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Timperly? *Quick google search* Oh, Greater Manchester.
what about London? i dont believe London has anything wild and natural on its doorstep.
There IS Epping Forest. i really nearly must deceive a friend into coming with me there on a nice sunny day... but i have now created a topic about nature and all things related to it (or so i hope i have managed to create a topic with that feel) so we may move this convo to there. i promise i created that topic BEFORE i read your comment about being in your element when you see nature.
edit: i got a pretty picture to share!
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i just used my phone camera..didnt know you could focus with those? dont think you can. and yeah..i saw the bluriness when it was BLOWN into my face on here.
there's 3 other pics on my fb. been taking a pic everyday for the past 4 days but missed day 3 out. (it was raining too much and i wasnt up for going out)
anyone know the name of the gas that makes plants blossom and fruit ripen. its eth-something...
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Wicked when good spices add an unexpected twist.
tbh I've been to Scotland to work on two occasions and didn't get out and about, and more recently ran 10k in Edinburgh and had a look around on the way there but can't remember what I found - not much, I had company and we were on a mission. I have found awesome things in the Lakes, will post or PM you some shots when time permits, and absolutely must do some proper exploring round your way. I've been meaning to take up invitations for a while. Plus I'm considering the Loch Ness Marathon (but I've never run a marathon and could do with bulking up and training (this is the week I begin)... might run a half this time). Anyway I'll let you know.
It's hard to describe the pleasure in looking in interesting places and finding beautiful creatures. It's gorgeous. You should post more like that!
Ethylene.
It is hard to get a shot in focus from so close up on a phone. Better to try from further away and zoom. If you have access to even a very inexpensive digital camera the macro mode (normally a little flower icon on the dial) allows for much better focus from a foot away or less.
Definitely looking forward to a trip to Lanark.
So here I am in one of my favourite parts of the country, down past Penzance. I don't expect to find many mushrooms but we'll be foraging herbs, and on the lookout for snakes if the temperatures could just do us a tiny favour...
From the garden of the place where I'm staying for the next week:
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Everyone have a lovely weekend! Jumu'ah Mubarak and Shabbat Shalom!
So beautiful! You're so lucky
Happy weekend
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
those flowers are amazingly beautiful.
i saw these flowers in someone's front garden, i guess they were more weedlike. they looked drawn! so simple and straightforward. they were purple, i'll have to walk past again and have a good look. not anytime soon though.
stay safe this weekend.
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I think what you saw might have been white bluebells, which seem to be having a bumper year.
(EDIT: Just saw you said purple, so perhaps regular bluebells, which are very pretty. They are everywhere here as well.)
The photo is of a three-cornered leek, which is a garlic common to the South West. Yesterday I used it in a soup of nettles, red dead nettles and a load of herbs including lavender. Damn tasty! I also made a simple pan bread to go with it:
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It would take ages to sort through the photos and I haven't uploaded today's from the camera but hopefully this selection is enough showing off for one week! Tomorrow I get back to my normal(-ish) life.
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Jumu'ah Mubarak!
@ Joey. You really didn't need to show off anymore. I was/am jealous enough! SO BEAUTIFUL! And it just looks so calm and peaceful and I wanna be there! I didn't think the UK could look so nice tbh.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
It's nice to be there and not need a photo.
Last summer I was walking near there and a Golden Oriole flew up out of nowhere, it was wicked. I was a bit upset not to have had a chance to photograph it, but it was still cool and I don't imagine I'll see that again. I think my walking near the cliff edge where it was nesting disturbed it, and I do hope it wasn't scared off to Africa or wherever it normally lives.
Ace and Happy Lanimer's Day!
Strange reasons. But Peace & Love is back, bigger and better! ❤
Cornwall is amazing!!!!!
And come on, you have seen some beautiful pictures from all over!
it must be river island. i have one too.
There were a lot of little things, all sorts of people weren't replying to my emails and phone calls, and other efforts were breaking down, even though I was having a lovely time in other respects, and I was doing my utmost not to take everything personally. When I checked in here and there were no replies it was a sort of tantrum on my part.
Wish we had a Lanimer Day, Scotts pomp looks a helluva lot more fun that English pomp. Kudos for the owl.
Perhaps upload to Youtube and use the vid link.
Calling us a poof!?
(Note to gay readers: the humour is I don't talk like this. Please don't take offense.)
This wasn't one of the subjects I thought I'd choose from my camera but here's this sweet Scorpion Fly I saw last week. Pretty sure it's female because of the tapering tail (the male has a scorpion-like bulbous end) but my Collins Complete Guide to British Insects says I won't get it down to a species (there are 3 in the UK) without a shot of its genitalia, so I won't put it on WAB for an ID. It's a Panorpa and the most common here is P. germanica. Anyway I thought she was gorgeous.
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I wouldn't worry! But given you said that I should reply.
Thanks. Some. One or two people I should give up on, a few I can forgive because they are just like that and might get around to it or need prodding.
Most cameras, even cheap ones, will have a macro mode, a little flower icon on the dial. I don't use a camera with an interchangeable lens. I shopped around for one that can do extreme close-ups (<1 inch away), which my camera calls super-macro, although with fast moving objects I am usually better off with regular macro and then I can zoom, and sometimes I have to use the high-speed mode (a compromise on res and lighting adjustments and the image size is much smaller but even with crops I downsize them for uploading, so the benefit of getting details in focus far outweighs those drawbacks). I do wish I could capture more detail but aside from that requiring investment and stacking software my photography skills don't warrant it atm.
Someone recently pointed out I have a habit of handling the camera so casually that I am covering the sensor, which explains a lot of overexposure in my shots. My best bet is usually taking lots of snapshots and finding the best later. Oh, now and again I use a timer so that I can stabilise the camera on a mini-tripod (there are cheap ones in TK Maxx and even some pound shops; I know having lost the attachment for my gorrilla pod) or a surface before it shoots, otherwise pressing the button can make the camera shake a tiny bit.
The wings are fairly transparent, with black markings. Tyvm for the appreciation!
Quite like that M&S vid.
Same really, but when you really need something you have to look it up or work it out and then you might remember so you can be quick off the mark in future. Might. Even when I do get a good tip it's usually so time consuming, like how best to use foil, say from a KitKat, against sunlight to get the perfect uplighting, that I take an inferior shot instead. Ah well.
Anyway good luck with your next shots.
On a different note I made two small loaves on Sunday and a big one today. This one is honestly to die for, super crusty and super soft inside, with just the right sweetness and everything.
I'll post pics in a new thread.
Fairly new, I make mean pancakes and pan-cooked flatbreads, and tried croissants a few times (my first batch turned out awesome but the next two attempts, following proper recipes, disconcertingly less so).
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The tree is a monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana), very recognisable from the branches it drops.
Tatton is good. I've spore printed a ton of oyster mushrooms to cultivate, and cooked three meals with them in the last 24 hours.
Other finds include: Hairy bracket (Trametes hirsuta)
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Tuberous polypore (Polyporus tuberaster)
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Dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus) - worth taking home if it hadn't already been well browsed by deer.
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And a cool insect that turns out to have been a snipe-fly (Rhagio scolopaceus) well-known for preferring to look down.
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Back in the hood I noticed some oak marble galls, only because I've been reading about them, which are a distortion of oak leaves, each housing a female wasp larva, Andricus kollari. It looks like some kind of nut, like me (but oaks produce acorns).
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Nuff respect Titanium!
those oyster mushrooms do look extremely delicious.
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Woah those flowers look like purple dandelions except they're not fluffy but have little petals, I like!
Happy weekend everyone
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
You dont catch lightening by taking th picture after you see it.
Idea is to have aperture open before and close it as soon as you see it.
So a lot of blind shots that might not get anything.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Great pics, Tuscany looks like a place I'd enjoy seeing
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Awwh that's so cute.
Have a blessed Thursday, all.
Big Garden Birdwatch
Jumuah Mubarak! Gut Shabbes!
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