Whitstable Beach
2010-11-17  The last of our 'holiday snaps'.  After this we got in the car, went through the Chunnel, and drove home.  If my geography is correct, due left is the Thames Estuary and straight ahead is the English Channel.  P.S.  One of these huts is for sale with all the usual mod cons (i.e. nothing).  I have a telephone number if you are interested.

Many thanks for the comments on yesterday's church sculptures.
Lights with Crow
2010-11-03  Seen at the Scottish Railway Exhibition in Bo'ness.

Wow!  Cute fluffy birds are really popular.  Thanks so much for the feedback on yesterday's picture.
Greta
2010-11-15  The Greta is the oldest (1892) Thames Barge and the oldest little ship to have evacuated British soldiers from Dunkirk in WW II.  She is now privately owned and sails in the summer from Whitstable harbour, seen here.  I'm not sure if this view is showing the entrance to the Channel or the Thames Estuary (probably the latter).

I was busy the last few days and didn't comment much - I'll try to do better today.
Early Morning
2010-11-04  Dawn with clouds and a few birds over the estuary of Fleet Bay, near Wigtown, Scotland.  As usual, the day varied between showers and some sun.

Many thanks for the comments on yesterday's picture of light posts with one crow.  Much appreciated and very encouraging.
Town and Country
2011-02-20  I spent most of yesterday and part of today getting my laptop ready [I'll be spending next month in Florida].  All the photo software, plugins, utilities, etc.  To test the results I needed a photo or two.  Looking around my room, I saw two of my hats, and voila, here is the test picture - uploaded, converted from RAW, processed a tad, saved, commented, and sent to SmugMug.

Thanks for the comments on yesterday's picture - yes, I often thought that the Star Wars people took their inspiration from this.  [p.s. When viewed via my laptop it looks to me lighter than when viewed via my desktop computer - I may still have some laptop adjustments to do.
Up and Away
2011-02-18  A departure for me.  The day was so blah that I didn't go outside.  I have only rarely taken indoor shots.  These are some glass balls/stones my wife keeps in a jar.  I tried several ways of shooting them - this is the best of the bunch imo - sharp and a bit dynamic, but I'll have to keep practicing.

Thanks for all the comments in the last few days.
Chester Cathedral
2010-11-07  We've visited here on a few of our trips - a pleasant, welcoming, active church.  Built on the site of a Druid temple, there has been a church here since at least 660 AD.  Work on the present building started in 1092 and 'finished' in 1540.  It is a beautiful place, filled with love (and a great organ too).  This is the view from the Remembrance Garden.

Chester is an interesting city.  Yesterday's picture of an old house is an example, and I thank you for the comments.  That picture showed showed only the upper story, so as not to show the hundreds of tourists and the Boots etc downstairs. ;-)
Hats Off!
2010-07-20  Something different for me today.  Working up a few shots for the monthly photo challenge of a photo club here in Vienna.  This month's theme is "still life".  Since I have the hats (and many more), the idea for this photo came to me.  I have another week until the deadline, so I may play with this idea a bit more.

P.S.  This is less than half my hats.  The flowers are fresh from our garden.

Thanks to all for the encouraging comments on yesterday's photo.  wonderful group of people.
See photo in original gallery.

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