Pleasant Valley Sunday - Happy Sunny day

Pleasant Valley Sunday - Happy Sunny day, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1210771 - Way down south we have sun :-)

The story as far as I know it
Basically they are circling over the house at the back of ours, waiting to grab some bread or whatever the people put out. Only seems suitable for Gulls, Crows and Blackbirds.

The Gulls don't like the Crows that's for sure, the Blackbirds don't really seem to care about anything, but there was one hell of a racket going on behind the workshop. So I have no idea what was going on.

Funny this morning they seem to have some holding circle they had to follow until it was your turn to grab something. So the top one is in a holding pattern coming off the roof and the other one has been called down by the control tower :-)

The Blackbird sit on the steeple observing until they are ready, then dive bomb the garden, when about 2-3 come down the Gulls coming shooting up.

The Dark Shadow

The Dark Shadow, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1210862 - Today's assignment : #ds 441

Make a photograph using hard light today. Feature the crisp and strong shadows as a major element of your photograph.

So with some real sun today I had to post two and the got carried away, sorry...............

Fork this, Fork that and Bird Feeder

Fork this, Fork that and Bird Feeder, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

ake a photograph using hard light today. Feature the crisp and strong shadows as a major element of your photograph.

Preparing the mind and back for the annual dig over, first the taxes, relax, move on

Pleasant Valley Sunday - Happy Sunny day

Pleasant Valley Sunday - Happy Sunny day, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1210771 - Way down south we have sun :-)

The train used to be at platform 3 (Cinematic cut - well as close as I could get)

The train used to be at platform 3 (Cinematic cut - well as close as I could get), originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190248 - rework - Old enough to remember boarding a steam pull train with slam doors from platform 3. The view is of Ryde from the pier head (or the wet end) with the two spires (Holy Trinity on the left and the Parish church on the right)

Ok so you have seen the shot previously, apologies for showing it again, but one of my contacts suggested some cutting and a bit of treatment to it, so I thought it was worth posting to see other peoples thoughts. Unusual fro me to alter images, but this was almost B&W in the first place, and the rest is a cut and twiddle in Picasa 3 to enhance the railings on the right

Can't quite see from here, what's it like then..........(light box)

Can't quite see from here, what's it like then..........(light box), originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1210357 - Because of flooding on or normal route around the woods, the boys and I took a little detour and came across this guy, tucked under an old stump doing his best to keep out the cutting wind.
Sorry about the poor light, but late in the afternoon 16:31 when we got to this spot.

Hypholoma Fasciculare Sulphur Tuft

Probably the last mushroom shot for a few weeks off commuting and a heavy work load at the moment

Fallen, but just still hanging on

Fallen, but just still hanging on, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1210336 - Follow on from the last posting, this is the last one having a lie down some 51 days after first capturing on camera 11th Dec 2010.

Pepper and friends

Pepper and friends, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

Pepper and friends

P1210480 - Today's theme is red. Red hot? Red paint? Or something else?

White paper light box, kitchen light, pepper and few tomato's

Swan Lake abstract

Swan Lake abstract, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1200996 - Thought nip down and try some night time shots of the swan's. Pretty windy so the car was bouncing around. As usual the birds escaped my lens in reasonable form, but thought this might appeal to some.

Yes straight from the camera, - a crop and horizontal flip was voted for

The train used to be at platform 3

The train used to be at platform 3, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190248 - Old enough to remember boarding a steam pull train with slam doors from platform 3. The view is of Ryde from the pier head (or the wet end) with the two spires (Holy Trinity on the left and the Parish church on the right)


Daily shoot, been really busy so one from the archives today #ds438

Make a photograph that features a very distinct curved line or surface today.

Icing figured out

Icing figured out, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1200799 - Make a photograph today with a central point of interest in it.

Cakes and a figurine and what is the central point of interest. I'll leave that to each viewer as I think there are many depending on your view point mine was the icing.

Icing figurines where created to decorate banqueting tables in northern Europe, quite often telling a story as the table centrepiece, battles won and so on. Once Meissen had developed porcelain the ability to replicate the whiteness of the icing the table centre pieces changed to the porcelain figures. There is a whole book on this stuff somewhere. In the meantime potters in the UK also made figures of news stories which were also so used by the middle classes to show they are up with the current trends etc. (That's a quick summary of about 100 years in the pottery and porcelain history).

Enjoy your cake as you eat it

Uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG on 26 Jan 11, 1.31PM GMT.


Compose your blog entry

Rocking Rusty and Valve tapping eight

Rocking Rusty and Valve tapping eight, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1200240 - This is an old land Rover which has been in the woods for well over 20 years. It has an old BMC 'B' series petrol engine either 1.8 or 2.2 litres, majority of the body work has long gone, but some parts still remain. How it got here who knows, there is a similar question for an old Post ofice Morris Minor at the top end, which the rabits have found very useful (another day perhaps).

The inlet and exhaust valve springs, slowly, very slowly corroding away, don't make em like they use to.

Been really busy the last few days, so no time to find a new shot for the daily shoot, so here's another from the weekend Land Rover series.

Make a photograph today that illustrates attraction. Pick whatever definition of the word you'd like.
So the attraction is a reaction Fe2O3·nH2O or (FeO(OH), Fe(OH)3)
Given sufficient time, oxygen, and water, any iron mass will eventually convert entirely to rust and disintegrate. Surface rust provides no protection to the underlying iron

So my attraction is a reaction or a drawing of air and water to iron forming the attraction.

Ryde from off the pier

Ryde from off the pier, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190217 - Sorry about the exposure on this.
This is Ryde a view from the sea, the pier (in fact it's three piers) currently one on the right is being completely rebuild.
Total length: 681 metres or 2,234 ft, which is one pretty nasty walk when it is blowing a gale force 8-10 and it's raining.
The pier originally had an entertainment hall (knocked down many years ago) just to the right of the main building and similar looking structure has now been built as a coffee house to the left of the main building but hidden by the loading ramp.
The two cranes now decommissioned were installed around 1924 and were used to load and unload cargo from the passenger ferries.

Ivy Tapper and the Rusty Rocker's

Ivy Tapper and the Rusty Rocker's, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1200242 - This is an old land Rover which has been in the woods for well over 20 years. It has an old BMC 'B' series petrol engine either 1.8 or 2.2 litres, majority of the body work has long gone, but some parts still remain. How it got here who knows, there is a similar question for an old Post ofice Morris Minor at the top end, which the rabits have found very useful (another day perhaps).

Piece of ivy reclaiming the rocker arms on the engine block

Large fern

Large fern, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1200185 -Celebrate the pretty things in life. Make a photograph of the most beautiful thing you see today. Had a problem with the wording here and decided to use the camera as the most beautiful thing I see through the lens, which comes about fifth in the most beautiful thing I saw to day.

Stripe this, stripe that

Stripe this, stripe that, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1200161 - Today's assignment : #ds433

Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.

Bit of a DIY day

Contrails/Chemtrails - writing in the sky - mini series

Contrails/Chemtrails - writing in the sky - mini series, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

Contrails/Chemtrails - writing in the sky - mini series

P1200138 - This set/series is to display how contrails (some call them chemtrails) may form

I took a really nice shot of some radiating clouds (well I thought that is what it was) to find out the had been formed by contrails (jet streams) which form into a collection of different layers.

You may already be aware of this, but thought it might be interesting to share. As always comments, corrections and responses welcome.

At some point you may want to watch the time lapse video www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabzHXBJTHg

The Mono Chromatic's - with - Closer - the A side

The Mono Chromatic's - with - Closer - the A side, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1200146 - Take color out of the equation and make a monochromatic photograph today.
#ds432

Ok So done one that may not be considered a complete monochromatic, so here's another just in case the previous one had to much other colour.

The Mono Chromatic's - with - As close as I could get

The Mono Chromatic's - with - As close as I could get, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190964 - Take color out of the equation and make a monochromatic photograph today.
#ds432

Sunshine again today, that's worrying two days in a row, but still very cold

Reminder to self must clean the lens

Billowing sail or Sea Mark or Fancy Tooth pick

Billowing sail or Sea Mark or Fancy Tooth pick, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190131 - Spinnaker tower, Portsmouth, Gun wharf keys
Represents a spinnaker strangely

A nice house

A nice house, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190143 - I love this house seen it over the years. Recently refurbished (2010) , its right on the harbour mouth but protect by a fort that Henry the VIII once stood on and watched the Mary Rose capsize.

The Gosport Ferry (does what it says on the can)

The Gosport Ferry (does what it says on the can), originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190093 - The short is from Portsmouth Hard looking towards Gosport. This ferry runs every ten minutes or so, flat bottomed and built for rapid loading and unloading of foot passengers, it also carries motor bike and cycles. Saves a long drive up one side of the harbour (inlet) and back down again.
Portsmouth is a Naval base and has been from at least Henry VIII time, and was once a fully functional ship yard, although the fleet is depleted the Naval is still present. Gosport was the Submarine base and is now a museum.
As you can see the leisure sailing activity is become quite established. Further up the harbour is the continental ferry port and docks.

Where can I hide, where can I go

Where can I hide, where can I go, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190788 - mast on the right is a tv transmitter, sorry but I liked it, just the way it is. Liked the sky line and the cloud formation here, mainly because it changed as the sun was setting.

Remember .........

Remember ........., originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190795 - Remembrance cross Ashey graveyard.

Fallen but still hanging on

Fallen but still hanging on, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190720 - I took some images back of the 5th December of this group of mushrooms. Still 45 days later they are in still in good shape.

Part of the theory; take nothing, leave nothing and disrupt as little as you can.

Maple thorn

Maple thorn, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190637 - The last leaf standing and trap by a thorn.
My next door neighbours Maple tree has done me proud on catching light, shadows, it's even held the moon for me a couple of times.

My friend Maple www.flickr.com/photos/rustymarvin/sets/72157625349611961/...

The Bottom path

The Bottom path, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

1190706 - Today's assignment : #ds430

Make a photograph featuring a path, road, or trail that leads the eye through the photograph.

Bit of Moon lighting.......

Bit of Moon lighting......., originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

Chopped but I'll keep going

Chopped but I'll keep going, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180749 - This was on a tree cut down to widen the footpath, basically so two 10 foot rabbits or squirrels can pass each other.

Freelens x 2
Hands free

Emulate

Emulate, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180780 - Here's some moss attempting to emulate the trees around it. Well that's my theory on it

Large crop due to a leaf blowning across the lens at the time of the click, lens with water stains

Ivy and me

Ivy and me, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180793 - Liked the ivy here, thought it added to the image. There was some side shots, which didn't quite work out.

So here is the daily mushroom Cantharellus tubaeformi

Long exposure day again, hoping you're seeing a difference in the depth of colour and detail, that was the plan.

Freelens x 2
Free hand

Mini Nelly Dean

Mini Nelly Dean, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180741 - after working out how to get some water movement yesterday, throught I revisit the subject to day.

Little water run off out from the woods about 6-8 inches across about an inch deep.

Going for longer exposure to get colour

Plain old TZ5
Free hand

Where are we landing, who turned the lights out

Where are we landing, who turned the lights out, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180708 - Cropped - Took this with completely the wrong settings, but thought it would be fun to share

Smoke stacking free lensing it.......

Smoke stacking free lensing it......., originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

1180845 - Today's assignment : #ds426

Make a photograph of two complementary objects arranged to show their relationship to each other. Probably not on the right association, but hey here it is

Sorry about the focus on the loco really did try, but the light was fading

Loco in x2 magnification, free hand

Double O gauge GWR Pannier, just in case you were wondering

Rustyback point of view (1/8)

Rustyback point of view (1/8), originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180380 - Ceterach officianum Rustyback Fern

Bit of experimenting today in low light, so two of these; free hand so no comments about focus please

Exposure 0.125 sec (1/8)
Aperture f/3.3
Focal Length 4.7 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias -0.66 EV

Rustyback point of view (1/15)

Rustyback point of view (1/15), originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180384 - Ceterach officianum Rustyback Fern

Bit of experimenting today in low light, so two of these; free hand so no moaning about focus please

Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture f/3.7
Focal Length 6 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias-0.66 EV

Who needs sunshine - Rustyback Fern

Who needs sunshine - Rustyback Fern, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180370 - Quite pleased, realise that it is slightly out of focus, but hands free for 0.5 of a second I reckon was not bad.
You won't think it was pouring with rain a quite breezy, and 15:40 GMT and overcast or maybe you would

Ceterach officianum and it's more friend name Rustyback Fern (thanks thegreengardner)

About 4 foot of the ground growing out of a tree trunk. about 4-5 inches high

Just how I felt, wet, out of focus

Just how I felt, wet, out of focus, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

Wet Blushing Bracket

Wet Blushing Bracket, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180336 - Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis Confragosa

Took some of this guy before, but was pretty dull, but like it in the wet

Apologies for the slight focus problem, was experimenting with long exposure today; this one 0.25 sec (1/4) and the foreground was to close

Moon - First quarter to Waxing Gibbous - Southern England, 11th Jan 2011 16:49 GMT/UTC

Moon - First quarter to Waxing Gibbous - Southern England, 11th Jan 2011 16:49 GMT/UTC, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1180052 - First quarter to Waxing Gibbous - Havenstreet, Isle of Wight Southern England, 11th Jan 2011 16:49 GMT/UTC

So I took a few, please remember, this is on a Panasonic DMC TZ5, point and shot camera, which does create problems (image break up) at x 40 when then object is 200,000 miles away.

Sorry for the slight focus problem they are all free hand, even the tripod gave out on P1180086 & P1180069 which taken when I got home.

Waiting by the fire

Waiting by the fire, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170934 - Was shot of the day, but think I lost the plot
Embrace the shadows today and make a photograph dominated by dark tones, also known as a low-key image.

Speeding seagul

Speeding seagul, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170593 - for regular viewers, best bird shot so far, although no real detail. I liked the composition!

Exposed those gills

Exposed those gills, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170473 - Lepista Nuda
Sorry about the exposure on these trying to get all the detail on the fungi, which is over lighting the background will try harder

Tie some lichen round the old oak tree

Tie some lichen round the old oak tree, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170477 - I like this tree, as it seems to perform also sorts of tricks in various light. Today we have a nice golden glow.
Slight over espouser in today's shots, trying to get the light right

Explanation of the Spish Splash pool/stream

Explanation of the Spish Splash pool/stream, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170531 - Previously I have mention my dogs splish splash stream.

So here's what splish splash is.....

So first you test the ability to splash or splish

Barn sun

Barn sun, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170613 - So, don't point your camera at the sun, not quite what I was after as there were cows in the barn as well. Liked the result
Yes, do have filters but left them at home

Radio GaGa

Radio GaGa, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170628 - Not the best image but right above the TV/radio mast and liked the sky.
Yes, I do have filters, but left them at home

Sky Crow

Sky Crow, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

Waxing crescent moon - First Quarter - 16:00 GMT southern England

Waxing crescent moon - First Quarter - 16:00 GMT southern England, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1170649 - Wikipedia
Waxing crescent moonRight 1–49% visible Northern Hemisphere; afternoon and post-dusk3 pm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase

Message from Lunar Connections
Hope the new year is starting well? The “Lunar Connection” group got bit in December because of weather. Many people wanted to join in but couldn’t see the moon due to cloud cover. I’ve had a few people ask if I might try the “Simultaneous Group Photo” project again. So, I’ve decided to make this the groups main mission:

If you’re interested in giving it another try, the next time/date will be 4 AM UTC/GMT on January 20, 2011. I posted a time chart and map to help people see if they can participate and what their time will be.

I moved the time 2 hours later to hopefully put the ugliest time in the middle of the Atlantic. Those of you in Europe have the hardest photo times. The window I have is small (2’ish AM to 4’ish AM) but give me your thoughts on if you would rather have the February time closer to midnight or morning.

Group
www.flickr.com/groups/lunarconnection/ It would nice to see loads of people involved, if you can

Crow sunset

Crow sunset, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.