It’s been a while

posted by Babs on Thursday, 19 March 2009

I know it’s been a while since I posted here, but I will try to post more often.

I went out today as it was a lovely warm day.  At least it was for us in the UK.  These are a few photos I took of the ducks.  I was amazed that they let me go right up close and photograph them.  Well, not those in the water  :O)

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A lot of bull!

posted by Babs on Monday, 19 January 2009

These photos were taken on one of our walks over Christmas.  I was very nervous of these bulls, probably because of their horns, and the fact that a few stones and a bit of wire was all that separated them from me!  Anyway I couldn’t get close enough and manage to focus properly so the first few were a bit out of focus.  This one was the best of the bunch.  I have no idea what they are, and we’d never seen them before on our trips out.

EDIT: Having been pointed out to me the fact that you never see more than one or two bulls in a field, and on closer inspection, I realize that these are, in fact, cows not bulls.  I would still be nervous of their horns though ;O)

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Below is the photo that Mo, being braver than I, took!  The facial markings were not as unusual on this one though.

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Sepia Scenes – Lambs

posted by Babs on Wednesday, 7 January 2009

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I don’t know if I’m late posting this – I probably am :O)  This was taken with my old camera last year but I thought these lambs looked cute in sepia.  I can’t tell you how I achieved the sepia, as I did this a while back.  After I turned it sepia in Photoshop, I made a layer and used ‘Screen’ to make it bleach out.  I then erase all but a few patches of the screen layer.

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As always, just click on the logo above for more lovely Sepia Scenes.


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Not really Wordless Wednesday – More cows!

posted by Babs on Wednesday, 12 November 2008

This is some more cows we came by, on the very same walk.  This time we were on the correct side of the road, so we stopped the car right next to them.  This is the closest I’ve ever been to cows, and they are BIG!  I got a tad nervous when the black and white one looked me right in the eyes.  Well he could leap over that wall easy.  Another ‘Dry Stone’ wall  ;O)


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SkyWatch Friday – Lovely!

posted by Babs on Friday, 7 November 2008

A photo I took on the way out a couple of weeks ago. It was a lovely warm day (for the UK) and a lovely blue sky – to say nothing of the lovely cows!

Notice the lovely ‘dry stone’ walling that Yorkshire is famous for.

Click the logo above for more lovely sky watch photos.


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PhotoHunters – Scary

posted by Babs on Saturday, 25 October 2008

This is my cat Mitzi – Countess Dracula.  It is something I worked on in Photoshop for a cat blog competition for Halloween.  I think it comes under the ‘Scary’ category for .  It does look very scary full size!

Click on the logo above for more photos on this theme


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Ruby Tuesday – Duck

posted by Babs on Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Can I get away with this for Ruby Tuesday?

I know it’s not really red but Mo and I went for a day out, at some of our local beauty spots, on Sunday.  It was such a lovely sunny day and I took over 100 photographs!  This little duck had a bad leg and allowed me to get up really close for some macro shots.  For more fun photos of the ducks see this post.

I thought I would post some of the best photos over the next little while.  They may not always be in keeping with the theme of the day, but I hope you will still find them worth viewing.


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PhotoHunt 125 – Beautiful

posted by Babs on Saturday, 30 August 2008

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I’m a bit late for this one, but here goes.  I think this photo is definitely beautiful.  Caught under the blanket! :O)

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For more ‘beautiful photos click the PhotoHunters image above.


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Lots of Sheep

posted by Babs on Tuesday, 6 May 2008
We went out for a picnic on Sunday. It was the first sunny, warm day we have had this year, so we wanted to make the most of it.

We went to Chatsworth in Derbyshire and walked around some of the beautiful grounds. Sheep were grazing everywhere, along with their babies. I took lots of photos but couldn’t really get close enough for a good shot. They walked away as you got close. These may not be great quality photographs but the subject matter was worth posting.

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Mo trying to touch one.

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Chatsworth is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and it has been the home of their family, the Cavendishes, since December 1549.

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Mary Queen of Scots, was imprisoned there on various occasions, in fact we stood on the very spot she was claimed to have used for exercise.

If you click on the photo you can read about it.

The grounds are massive, and we will definitely be going back there to see a lot more, and view the inside of this great house.

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Beautiful Horses

posted by Babs on Friday, 18 April 2008
While we were out on another one of our walks, we came across these horses.  They were ankle deep in soft mud and it was really cold.  I got as close as I could to take a few shots of them.  It wasn’t easy because they move their heads quite suddenly and I could get a nasty head butt!

Someone was feeding this horse with chips, which he ate eagerly!

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Some of them were wet and mucky from the muddy field they were in.  You can see the mud all over this horse.

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I love horses and wish I wasn’t so nervous of them.

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