girls rowing

photos taken at the start of November .. i was taking shots of the boats reflections out of my kitchen window, when these two rowed past to play on a rope swing around the corner

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

camera .. samsung pro 815

wood pidgeon

ok.. so it's been a while again.. call me Mr Slack ;)

photos taken in my garden back at the start of summer

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Wendell Harrison and the Tribe
- An Evening with the Devil

camera .. pentax optio 550

waves

what i've done .. greyscaled & equalised slightly

What am i listening to? .. Mili Balakirev

camera .. samsung pro 815

spider

previous postings of spiders .. baby spiders .. & .. spider wrapping a honey bee

what i've done .. nothing but a wee crop

What am i listening to? .. Roots of HipHop

camera .. samsung pro 815

it must be love

photo again taken in the viewing hut on the edge of Loe Pool ... see last weeks i am a lesbian

previous postings with a message .. ninky .. DOOM .. poo ..&.. spunky

what i've done .. levels, colour, contrast, equalised

What am i listening to? .. Raw Soul

camera .. samsung pro 815

funky fungi

it's friday! it's funky fungi time!

previous postings of fungal growths can be found ... here & here & here & here & here & here & here & here & here ..&.. here

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Beastie Boys - Cookie Puss

camera .. pentax optio 550

iris berries

photos taken last month

flowering iris in the archives .. here

what i've done .. nothin

What am i listening to? .. Tim Simeon (Bomb the Bass) - Breezeblock mix 23rd April 2001

camera .. pentax optio 550

rusty oil drum

photo taken the weekend before last on Loe Bar

in the archives .. rusty hinge

what i've done .. nothin

What am i listening to? .. Felicja Blumenthal & The Vienna State Opera Orchestra

camera .. samsung pro 815

water droplets on washing line

(make sure you check the largest version!!)

previous posting of the washing line .. here

more water droplets .. here ..&.. here

and dewdrops on cobwebs .. here .. & .. here

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Felicja Blumenthal & The Vienna State Opera Orchestra

camera .. pentax optio 550


....... whilst having a wee fiddle, a face appeared (.. if you look beneath the 2 main droplets on the above photo, & look at the out-of-focus droplet below them; that is the mouth) (.. what i've done.. played with threshold, then cropped)

funky fungi

it's friday! time to put some funky fungi back into fridays!

previous postings of fungal growths can be found ... here & here & here & here & here & here & here & here ..&.. here

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Sounds Like North Cornwall

camera .. samsung pro 815

i am a lesbian

photo taken last weekend in a viewing hut on the edge of Loe Pool ... it was quite amusing reading the smut that local youths had been scrawling on the walls .. more to come (obviously!)

previous postings with a message .. ninky .. DOOM .. poo ..&.. spunky

what i've done .. levels, colour, contrast, equalised

What am i listening to? .. Ar Breizerien - Bale Roue Arzur (La Marche Du Roi Arthur)

camera .. samsung pro 815

seaweed, sand, & wash

photo taken at night on a beach on the Lizard Peninsular over the weekend

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Renata Tebaldi

camera .. pentax optio550

swans

photos taken last weekend (out of the bedroom window again) (light fading fast again, & taken at full zoom again)

previous posting of swans here ..&.. here

what i've done .. cropped, nothing else

What am i listening to? .. Grange Hill Cast - Just Say No

camera .. samsung pro 815

yacht

in the archives .. more yachts here .. here ..&.. here

what i've done .. slight levels & brightness/contrast tweak, then inverted & played with threshold & greyscaled

What am i listening to? .. IPPU-DO - Radio Fantasy

camera .. samsung pro 815

birds on the rocks

photos taken at the same time as the comorant/shag photos

in the archives .. birds on the beach

what i've done .. slight levels, colour, & brightness/contrast tweak

What am i listening to? .. Nirvana - Rags To Riches

camera .. samsung pro 815

cormorant / shag

photos taken a couple of weeks ago on one of the beaches at Whitsand Bay

cormorant/shag info here

what i've done .. slight brightness/contrast & levels tweak, greyscaled the middle one

What am i listening to? .. Melt Banana - Peel Session

camera .. samsung pro 815

autumn leaves

photos taken last weekend at Mount Edgcumbe

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Andreas Vollenweider - Caverna Magica (..Under The Tree - In The Cave..)

camera .. samsung pro 815

yachts

in the archives .. more yachts here ..&.. here

what i've done .. slight colour, level, & contrast tweak; then greyscaled & played with the threshold, then cropped

What am i listening to? .. Stones Throw compiled by Peanut Butter Wolf

camera .. samsung pro 815

plane with contrails

hello! ... been a while i know .. hopefully i'll get back into the routine of this!

photo taken yesterday afternoon from my garden

what i've done .. slight colour & contrast tweak

What am i listening to? .. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator

camera .. samsung pro 815

swans

pictures taken out of my bedroom window when i got home yesterday evening - slightly grainy i know, but the light was fading fast & they were shot at 15x optical zoom!

previous posting of swans here

& canadian geese here

what i've done .. auto levels, auto colour, auto contrast

What am i listening to? .. The Fall - Call For Escape Route EP

camera .. samsung pro 815

cat

photo taken out in the garden .. she is sat on the seat on our picnic table

previous photos of her here .. here ... here .. & .. here

also in the archives .. snow/hail covered picnic table here

what i've done .. greyscaled, then played with threshold

What am i listening to? .. John Peel

camera .. pentax optio 550

ladybird

previous posting of a ladybird on a frosty winters morning .. here

what i've done .. slight levels, colour & contrast tweak

What am i listening to? .. nothing

camera .. pentax optio 550

Whitsand Bay from Rame Head chapel

sorry for no post yesterday .. stormy evening to say the least -- stared out the window for hours .. lightning followed by lightning every couple of seconds - never witnessed anything like it! (i was so transfixed, i didn't bother trying to take any photos! ... round these parts, when we get a storm there's a bit of flash here, a bit there, sorta thing - so a constant cavalcade of flashes was certainly not expected, & when it happened i was too busy watching to care!)

see thursdays post for further information about rame head

what i've done .. slight levels, colour & contrast saturation tweak

What am i listening to? .. The Prodigy - Early Demo Tape Leaks

camera .. samsung pro 815

moon

photo taken saturday night

previous postings involving the moon ... here ... here ... here ... here ..&.. here

what i've done .. slight colour & contrast tweak

What am i listening to? .. a whole slew of nasty breakcore

camera .. samsung pro 815

fireworks

photos taken last night out of my bedroom window!

fireworks in the archives .. here ..&.. here

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Mahmoud Guinia (Moroccan Gnawa-Cassette)

camera .. samsung pro 815

grassy roof

this is the roof of the old chapel at Rame head ... see yesterdays post for much more detail!!

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. David Hasselhoff - Pingu Dance

camera .. samsung pro 815

wall

photo is of the west wall of the old chapel at Rame Head

a whole bunch of old photos of the area here


in the archives
... Rame Head from the South West coast path between Penlee & Rame .. here
... sunset at Rame Head here ..&.. here
... Rame Head from Penlee Grotto here ..&.. here
... Rame Head from Tregantle beach here .. here .. here ..&.. here

what i've done .. slight levels, colour, contrast, & saturation tweak

What am i listening to? .. Krush Groove OST

camera .. samsung pro 815

cat

previous photos of her here ... here .. & .. here

what i've done .. slight crop, nothing else

What am i listening to? .. Scorn - Evanescence (1994)

camera .. samsung pro 815

pipe & plant

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Global Village Trucking Company - Live At Dingwalls

camera .. samsung pro 815

panoramic view of Millbrook

(make sure you check out the largest version!)

Millbrook in the foreground, Torpoint behind, Plymouth to the right

Millbrook in the archives .. here .. & .. here ..... & .. a panoramic view of Plymouth Sound & Cawsand Bay here

what i've done .. joined 4 photos, no other processing

What am i listening to? .. The Beaches of Planet X

camera .. pentax optio 550

hover-fly

(make sure you check out the largest version!)

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Raheem - The Invincible

camera .. pentax optio 550

3 shadows

can't remember what this weed is called .. there's a photo of a freak version of it in the archives here.

previously posted shadows ... scaffold shadow here .. & .. here ... plug chain shadow ... wire shadow ... & ... my shadow here .. & .. here

what i've done .. desaturated, slight brightness/contrast tweak

What am i listening to? .. Nightmares On Wax Mixtape

camera .. pentax optio 550

brake light

what i've done .. nothing

What am i listening to? .. Jodie Foster - La Vie C'est Chouette (Vinyl rip)

camera .. samsung pro 815

Plymouth Hoe

photo taken last month from Mount Edgcumbe

in the archives .. fairground rides on Plymouth Hoe at night here ... Devonport here ... Plymouth here ... panoramic view of Plymouth Sound & Cawsand Bay here ... & Plymouth Breakwater here

what i've done .. slight levels, colour, contrast, & saturation tweak

What am i listening to? .. Trisan - Trisan

camera .. samsung pro 815