PFM's Picture a Week 2024

[Mark LJ]

Very wet and misty in the woods today.....

Belter

 

[Whaleblue]

The light was pretty spectacular for a few minutes. The Nikon would have done just as as well. But that's why I chose to wander down there at that time of day. It was worth a 4.30am alarm just for that one shot.

Definitely worth the effort, congratulations.

 

[Gromit]

Solar power by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Pentax K-1/FA 28-105

 

[MartinC]

Loretto by Pete, on Flickr

I can't remember how I arranged to do this series - I think it must have been through my old Art teacher, there was no sort of vetting or rules imposed. The major change since '79 had been the introduction of girls to the sixth form and I think their boarding house might have been out of bounds. Otherwise I could come and go as I pleased for the week I spent on this. I don't think I had thought through an approach to take.

The above reminds me of a day in 1977. At the end of the Summer term it had been a thing to drink on the last nights. Someone had been caught bringing alcohol into school the previous day and it was announced that there would be an amnesty for anyone that handed in any alcohol by 6 that evening after that the penalty would be expulsion. Instead bottles and cans appeared from under floorboards and other hiding places and were consumed, by mid-afternoon half the school were smashed.
there's an album of the school shots here

Great album, certainly reminds me of my boarding school days about the same era. The 6th graders had a shared study but still had a dormitory, lower grades had similar cubicles. I wonder where all those CCF Lee-Enfields ended up?

 

[ff1d1l]

Full Moon At Castell Dolbadarn Castle by Mr ff1d1l, on Flickr

 

[gintonic]

2 Heads

1000009635 by uh_simon, on Flickr

 

[gintonic]

The Ipswich writer

1000009596 by uh_simon, on Flickr

 

[Gromit]

The English village - the Union flag, the WW1 Memorial, the spring flowers and the 12th Century church.

The English Village by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Pentax K-1/FA 28-105

 

[Gromit]

Pink in greys by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Fuji S5 Pro/Micro Nikkor 60-2.8D

 

[alanbeeb]

The still abandoned house - March 23, 2024-1 by mr.noisy, on Flickr

 

[Mr Perceptive]

Piel Castle by David Yeoman, on Flickr

Q3

 

[Tony Lockhart]

Me, creeping to the fridge at 3am

 

[Gromit]

Moor Lane...

Moor Lane by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Pentax K-1/FA 28-105

 

[Mr Perceptive]

From Walney Island by David Yeoman, on Flickr

Q3

 

[vince rocker]

Springtime for Yorkshire...


Dales spring by Tim, on Flickr


Arncliffe churchyard by Tim, on Flickr

 

[vince rocker]

A couple from last week on a very damp and dreary walk.


Carving, Cheesden Lumb mill. by Tim, on Flickr


Home from work 2 by Tim, on Flickr

 

[Gromit]

New growth...

Fresh growth by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Fuji S5 Pro/Micro-Nikkor 60-2.8D

 

[Gromit]

A number of fields local to us have areas given over to these straw blocks, waiting to be used by the local straw-burning power station.

Straw power by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Pentax K-1/FA28-105

 

[Tony Lockhart]

Two E model Apaches escorting the last two serviceable and flying D model Apaches an hour ago at Wattisham Flying Station.



A minute or so later they landed, and that’s the end of flying for the aircraft I’ve spent the last 15 years working on.
I’ve a couple of months helping to tie up loose ends etc, then I’ll hopefully be starting a new job, somewhere, doing something. Can’t quite manage retirement, frustratingly.

 

[martin clark]

Me, creeping to the fridge at 3am

Last time I tried that, well: it's raised a bruise from catching a door stile on my inside forearm that is still visible 8days later... and I heal quickly.

It was quite a night though... 3-1/2pints! v rare for me ..!