General Photography thread

[banjo]

St Botolph’s church. Taken on a ride out.

 

[Wardy's twin]

taken with a sony rx100m2 ...

 

[perseus]

Saw this little adder just north of Shoreham yesterday eating his lunch. i heard there was an adder colony at Souhwick Hill, but it's the first time I've seen one.

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Brilliant! near a farm?

 

[hoof hearted]

Brilliant! near a farm?

There's a few farms nearby. This was the location: https://w3w.co/having.shipwreck.mercy

 

[helipilot]

Common Rosefinch singing Sweet Caroline from this weekend

 

[Bodian]

Common Rosefinch singing Sweet Caroline from this weekend

Ridiculously good, so sharp. I can't even get my back garden sparrow in focus for long enough......

 

[perseus]

There's a few farms nearby. This was the location: https://w3w.co/having.shipwreck.mercy

Know the area, good for Wall Brown Butterflies. 40+ in August 2002.

 

[Jack Straw]

Went on the hunt for Dark Green Fritillary butterflies at Castle Hill this morning. It truly is a beautiful place. You can park in Bexhill Road opposite the mast, just walk across the grass and you're there. If you park in the "official" car-park at the junction of Falmer and Bexhill Roads, you have to walk for ages to get there.
Literally hundreds of Marbled Whites and Dark Green Fritillaries, lesser numbers of other butterflies and a few Pyramidal Orchids still looking good. It's amazing how many people live very near here and don't know this managed nature reserve exists.
Anyway, mission accomplished.

 

[helipilot]

Red-fronted Finch at 4500m altitude in the mountains, my first taste of altitude sickness but worth it.

 

[perseus]

Went on the hunt for Dark Green Fritillary butterflies at Castle Hill this morning. It truly is a beautiful place. You can park in Bexhill Road opposite the mast, just walk across the grass and you're there. If you park in the "official" car-park at the junction of Falmer and Bexhill Roads, you have to walk for ages to get there.
Literally hundreds of Marbled Whites and Dark Green Fritillaries, lesser numbers of other butterflies and a few Pyramidal Orchids still looking good. It's amazing how many people live very near here and don't know this managed nature reserve exists.
Anyway, mission accomplished.

Near Lewes?

 

[Jack Straw]

Near Lewes?

It's virtually in Woodingdean! The beginning of the blue line is where I park, and I've circled the walk I do. The reserve is much, much bigger than the area I've indicated, but once I've found the butterflies, I don't go any further.

 

[perseus]

It's virtually in Woodingdean! The beginning of the blue line is where I park, and I've circled the walk I do. The reserve is much, much bigger than the area I've indicated, but once I've found the butterflies, I don't go any further.

thanks

 

[Brok]

Yes, well, it's always the way. I spend months without seeing a kingfisher, then today follow two for about a mile in the boat. As soon as you get up to them, they fly fifty yards ahead...and again...and again...and again...
Could I get a decent picture? No. All came out a bit... er ... unrecognisable.

Never mind.

 

[Jack Straw]

Yes, well, it's always the way. I spend months without seeing a kingfisher, then today follow two for about a mile in the boat. As soon as you get up to them, they fly fifty yards ahead...and again...and again...and again...
Could I get a decent picture? No. All came out a bit... er ... unrecognisable.

Never mind.

That's why I got in to photographing wild Orchids. They don't fly away!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128321708@N03/albums/72157709481814942

 

[Bodian]

So hot up here today, even the little critturs were having to wipe the sweat from their brows.

 

[Jack Straw]

I went to Knepp yesterday to try to see Purple Emperor butterflies, but no luck. I did see the Storks, albeit I only had my macro lens and you had to keep about 200m from the tree where they were nesting.
Where's Storky?
Full resolution image here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/128321708@N03/51341257769/in/photostream/lightbox/

 

[Wardy's twin]

Went on the hunt for Dark Green Fritillary butterflies at Castle Hill this morning. It truly is a beautiful place. You can park in Bexhill Road opposite the mast, just walk across the grass and you're there. If you park in the "official" car-park at the junction of Falmer and Bexhill Roads, you have to walk for ages to get there.
Literally hundreds of Marbled Whites and Dark Green Fritillaries, lesser numbers of other butterflies and a few Pyramidal Orchids still looking good. It's amazing how many people live very near here and don't know this managed nature reserve exists.
Anyway, mission accomplished.

talking of Bexhill Road....

 

[Jack Straw]

Really pleased with this photo of a Meadow Brown butterfly.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Really pleased with this photo of a Meadow Brown butterfly.

The patch of long grass/flowers which runs parallel to the main path that then runs down past the back of the houses on Bexhill road usually has shed loads of butterflies as well...

 

[Jack Straw]

The patch of long grass/flowers which runs parallel to the main path that then runs down past the back of the houses on Bexhill road usually has shed loads of butterflies as well...

All around there is great for butterflies. The back of Woodingdean is a butterfly gold-mine.