Lowry Conveniences

Everywhere you go in the Lowry Centre in Salford there are notices for the toilets. So I thought I better visit them (the Ladies that is) and was delighted with the design and colours.

Colour infrared

Some colour infrared photos from my visit to Southport area using various white point corrections and then channel swapping for the second two.

Patterns and colours

The very flat lighting today was just right for showing the colours of the jellyfish.

Infrared shots

I have been using my infrared camera on this trip and here are a few images. The infrared worked particularly well of the Tower at dusk.

Ainsdale beach

I am staying in Ainsdale near Southport with Dianne and Bernard. Thanks for great hospitality. We had a morning walk on the beach with collie Canon and found some frozen oil pools and shells.

Tilt and shift lens

I decided to give the Tilt and shift an outing in Blackpool. They are redoing all of the South Promenade so the area in front of the Tower was a large building site. I am sure it will be worth it when done but meant a lot of extra walking to visit the sands.






















These two show the effect of the tilt lens - the first unshifted and the second with the lens lifted.

Fost at Lytham

Some photos from a lovely frosty morning yesterday on the shore at Lytham St Annes. As usual the amazing selection of dogs attracted my camera including this very happy Springer spaniel

Starlings at Blackpool

We cancelled a trip to Otmoor to see the starling roost on Saturday as they had left the reserve during the week. I was therefore delighted to watch a large display of roosting starlings at Blackpool. They rested temporarily on the big wheel on the South Pier before leaving this and wheeling around before finally roosting under the North Pier.

Water Rail

A visit to Wicken Fen this morning was rewarded with great views of a Water Rail - normally a very shy bird.

Audley End

Four pictures taken of the frost at Audley end on Tuesday morning. The soft colours in the panorama shot gives it the look of a painting

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Epping Forest

I was staying in Iford overnight on Monday so came back via Epping Forest. There had been freezing fog overnight at higher levels and the trees in those areas were covered in hoar frost. Even when the sun broke through mid morning the frost remained.

Frosty Morning

After a couple of milder days, last night was very cold again and the birds quickly came to the apples that are on the ground this morning. Lots of Fieldfares, Blackbirds and Starlings. A single Redwing came but was a lot less bold than the other species.