I went out early this morning to look at the stars as they wheeled above Ullswater. It was rather chilly but well worth it in the end. First of all I looked at Orion jumping over the fells – Then I looked at the Pleiades and then the Pleiades & Jupiter – Finally I turned the camera towards Cassiopeia, Perseus and Andromeda – Here’s a full size segment from this photograph of Andromeda – It’s hard to imagine that the little fuzzy blur actually contains around one trillion…
Read MoreMonth: October 2011
Out and About…
Today we had a run out and visited a few lakes and fells, some we’ve seen a few times recently and a few we’ve not seen for years.
Read MoreLeaves, Stars, Planets and a Bird
Yesterday the weather was up and down, one minute there was rain and high winds, the next there was nice patches of light hitting the trees and fields. Unfortunately all every time the light looked nice I was doing something else or by the time I got out with the camera it had turned to rain again. So, feeling the need to photograph something I opted for some leaves – This morning, before the Sun had decided whether she was going to put in an appearance or not I…
Read MoreQuick look at the Fells
This weekend we were busy with a DIY project, but that did not stop us having a quick look at the Lakeland Fells 😉 There is a zoomable version of this panoramic available here.
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This is what you could call a piece of silliness, but then it’s good to be silly at times. Last week we lost Janeway one of our chickens, she was named after Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager, since I was already trying to come up with some ideas for an anthropomorphic drawings the result was fairly predictable really 😉 Pen & Ink with colour added in photoshop.
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