Autumn colours

Sandy Birrell said:

Hi,
Not a TR but a page of pictures taken over the past couple of months on
a few walks I took with my wife.

http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/Autumn_04/autumn.html

Some really nice pics Sandy, like the Brooding October Evening.
(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red Admiral)
Interesting closeup of the Dragon Fly's eyes, Were you using an
ordinary lense/camera set up? I'd don't have lenses/multiple/macro for
the use of and have tried a few times to get pics like yours.... never
works ;-)

SteveO

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SteveO said:

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:35:01 GMT, "Sandy Birrell"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Some really nice pics Sandy, like the Brooding October Evening.

Thanks 🙂

Quoted message said:

(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red Admiral)

I thought it was but when I read about the Red Admiral it said it was most
common in the south and as I keep getting the two mixed up I went for the
Small Torty 🙂

Quoted message said:

Interesting closeup of the Dragon Fly's eyes, Were you using an
ordinary lense/camera set up? I'd don't have lenses/multiple/macro for
the use of and have tried a few times to get pics like yours.... never
works ;-)

It was a Fuji S7000 on Macro, then in Photoshop Elements I zoomed in,
flipped it and cropped it to show just the head.

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Sandy Birrell said:

Hi,
Not a TR but a page of pictures taken over the past couple of months on
a few walks I took with my wife.

http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/Autumn_04/autumn.html

Lovely pics! Many thanks 🙂

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
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SteveO said:

(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red Admiral)

And your fieldfare looks a bit different from any I've seen...
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Sandy Birrell said:

SteveO wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red Admiral)

I thought it was but when I read about the Red Admiral it said it was most
common in the south and as I keep getting the two mixed up I went for the
Small Torty 🙂

There's an excellent butterfly site here
http://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk/index.asp
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Quoted message said:

Not a TR but a page of pictures taken over the past couple of months

on

Quoted message said:

a few walks I took with my wife.

http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/Autumn_04/autumn.html

Some nice photos Sandy. Can never seem to find the right place, or the
light conditions to get the best of Autumn. Still, its nice to see other
peoples efforts.

Cheers

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'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
brings the same excitement'

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:19:13 +0000, Phil Cook
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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There's an excellent butterfly site here
http://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk/index.asp

Fantastic, thanks! I've saved it not only to my wildlife folder, but
also to my folder of most elegant website!

Best wishes,
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
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Rooney said:

SteveO said:

(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red
Admiral)

And your fieldfare looks a bit different from any I've seen...

It does look a bit odd and I think it is because it is blown up from part of
a bigger picture which makes it look small and dumpy. I watched it for a
while through binoculars and identified it that way. The tree it is in is
attacked round about this time of year by a flock of fieldfare but this is
the only one ATM. They usually strip it of berries within a few days.

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Don`t Worry, Be Happy

Sandy
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Phil Cook said:

Sandy Birrell said:

SteveO wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red
Admiral)

I thought it was but when I read about the Red Admiral it said it
was most common in the south and as I keep getting the two mixed up
I went for the Small Torty 🙂

There's an excellent butterfly site here
http://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk/index.asp

Thanks Phil. I had another site bookmarked but I can't find it now 🙂

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Sandy
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Sandy Birrell said:

Rooney said:

SteveO said:

(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red
Admiral)

And your fieldfare looks a bit different from any I've seen...

It does look a bit odd and I think it is because it is blown up from part of
a bigger picture which makes it look small and dumpy. I watched it for a
while through binoculars and identified it that way. The tree it is in is
attacked round about this time of year by a flock of fieldfare but this is
the only one ATM. They usually strip it of berries within a few days.

Hmmm - I suggest Malcolm should take a look!
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Sandy Birrell said:

Not a TR but a page of pictures taken over the past couple of
months on a few walks I took with my wife.

http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/Autumn_04/autumn.html

Nice! You've painted that tree blue in Photoshop haven't you? I like
your fungi shots.

Paul
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http://www.wilderness-wales.co.uk
http://www.wildwales.fsnet.co.uk

Paul Saunders said:

Sandy Birrell said:

Not a TR but a page of pictures taken over the past couple of
months on a few walks I took with my wife.

http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/Autumn_04/autumn.html

Nice! You've painted that tree blue in Photoshop haven't you?

Which one? The one in the Peace Garden is that colour.

Quoted message said:

I like your fungi shots.

Thank you.

Quoted message said:

Paul

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/Autumn_04/autumn.html

Nice! You've painted that tree blue in Photoshop haven't you?

Looks perfectly natural to me.
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see
me as a dire warning.

Sandy Birrell said:

Quoted message said:

Nice! You've painted that tree blue in Photoshop haven't you?

Which one? The one in the Peace Garden is that colour.

Yep...

Paul
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http://www.wildwales.fsnet.co.uk

In article <[email hidden]>, Sandy
Birrell <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Rooney said:

SteveO said:

(hope you don't mind me saying, but your Small Torty is a Red
Admiral)

And your fieldfare looks a bit different from any I've seen...

It does look a bit odd and I think it is because it is blown up from part of
a bigger picture which makes it look small and dumpy. I watched it for a
while through binoculars and identified it that way. The tree it is in is
attacked round about this time of year by a flock of fieldfare but this is
the only one ATM. They usually strip it of berries within a few days.

--

Don`t Worry, Be Happy

Sandy

BTW if you invert the peacock shot you'd appreciate the "face" its
marking suggest. - Excellent photos.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

W. D. Grey said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Sandy
Birrell <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

BTW if you invert the peacock shot you'd appreciate the "face" its
marking suggest. - Excellent photos.

The original is that way up but I thought it looked better facing up hill
than down and hadn't taken the markings into consideration.

Thanks Bill, on both counts 🙂

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In article <[email hidden]>, Sandy
Birrell <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

BTW if you invert the peacock shot you'd appreciate the "face" its
marking suggest. - Excellent photos.

The original is that way up but I thought it looked better facing up hill
than down and hadn't taken the markings into consideration.

I had heard that the peacock butterfly had markings that looked like the
angry face of a predator and I could never see it when viewed as we
usually do head up. It was only when I saw it "upside down" that the
"face" became obvious. Those two white marks on the wings became
"fangs", the body the "nose" and the wings spots the "eyes" Fantastic..
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Bill Grey
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