* The Weekly Image Thread 25 05 18 #971 *

19andrew47 · May 18, 2025

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19andrew47 · May 18, 2025

19andrew47 · May 18, 2025

If you post a pano that is on its own and not part of set of images feel free to post it as a reply to this post. I will not always have one ready so don't wait for me to post one before you!

Andrew

19andrew47 · May 18, 2025

There are some nice images near the end of the previous thread you ought to see if you have not already seen them!!

Well it has been a week since I started the previous thread and it is at 128 so I decided to start the next thread, perhaps a bit early but ...

The images that follow were taken last September. I stumbled upon them looking for something else and decided to finish that folder. I do have many more from the past couple of weeks that I have not looked at yet.

Andrew

The first was processed last year but redone for this post. The rest were previously unprocessed and done up this morning.

lunch for two insects that are in the process of nibbling

dt27348 · May 18, 2025

A lovely variety of flowers Andrew. I like number 5 the best but am ashamed to admit I don't know its name. Or any of the others really.

Dave

dt27348 · May 18, 2025

Lochbuie is a little village at the end of a public road on the island of Mull. I visited it on my ebike.

It was a warm day and I felt sorry for this little guy.

Approaching Castle Moy

Some work was being done on the castle and I couldn't get a look inside.

This part of the island is popular with nature photographers wishing to capture images of otters. This was the best I could manage.

Dave

OLEF641 · May 19, 2025

Moy Castle sounds like it was built along the same general lines as the one we refer to here as Charlotte's; they both even have that miniature dungeon!

Lynne

softmarmotte · May 19, 2025

Gorgeous all but that 2nd pic, the Dahlia...can i have one please ?

19andrew47 said:
There are some nice images near the end of the previous thread you ought to see if you have not already seen them!!

Well it has been a week since I started the previous thread and it is at 128 so I decided to start the next thread, perhaps a bit early but ...

The images that follow were taken last September. I stumbled upon them looking for something else and decided to finish that folder. I do have many more from the past couple of weeks that I have not looked at yet.

Andrew

The first was processed last year but redone for this post. The rest were previously unprocessed and done up this morning.

lunch for two insects that are in the process of nibbling

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softmarmotte · May 19, 2025

Beautifil all dave. Seems like your good weather is still with you and you are definitely getting the most from your electric dream machine

dt27348 said:
Lochbuie is a little village at the end of a public road on the island of Mull. I visited it on my ebike.

It was a warm day and I felt sorry for this little guy.

Approaching Castle Moy

Some work was being done on the castle and I couldn't get a look inside.

This part of the island is popular with nature photographers wishing to capture images of otters. This was the best I could manage.

Dave

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John McCormack · May 19, 2025

Cropped. Borders and vignetting added in post with DXO PL 7 (Deep Prime SD) and ACDsee Ult. 2025

19andrew47 · May 19, 2025

Both nice to see John. I have seen a couple of owls here, one small one perched on our eaves trough during the day and a larger one in flight as the sun was setting. I think in our area I would have to actively look for them. I am sure we have them, I just don't see them, so that makes it especially nice for me to see owl images taken in a natural setting.

Andrew

19andrew47 · May 19, 2025

Thanks Dave.

The fifth is an aster Dave. I can not be sure which variety but of the two common ones here, the New England Aster and the Smooth Aster, I suspect it is the first. It is a wild flower growing in open wooded areas on the property and was not planted. Monarch Butterflies love it. We used to have hundreds of monarchs on the property visiting these flowers when we moved here but over the past dozen years the numbers have dropped so much that I rarely see them any more.

I don't recall for sure but I think the first is a cranesbill geranium that grows wild on our property. It may have come from an elderly (hah, well more elderly than I by about 20 years, she passed last fall) lady that lived in this village for a very very long time.

The second and third are dahlias, one of Rich Z 's favourites. We have some large ones and some small ones. Not sure which these are but I think the smaller variety given the bloom size compared to the insects on them. The larger blooms are bigger than your hand.

The fourth is sedum, commonly know by the name stonecrop.

The sixth are hydrangeas.

Andrew

19andrew47 · May 19, 2025

Thanks Rich.

Can one mail those things into Belgium Rich? Not sure what can be sent through the post to other countries. The dahlias in the images were purchased at Walmart in a bag of bulbs. Do you have Walmart there? They were not expensive but shipping them there might be!

Andrew

19andrew47 · May 19, 2025

A nice set Dave.

Must be nice to ride that ebike around in spots like that. Do you have to pay extra to take your bike on the ferry? Maybe I should get a couple of ebikes for my wife and I. Not sure about that though because we live in red neck country and drivers are not always as courteous to bike riders as they should be. I used to pedal the local roads here when the kids were home and would ride with me. Then for a time after that. They had 'mountain bikes' but I had a road bike which I liked.

What is the hairy beast? Pony or donkey? I can not tell because of all the hair!

Andrew

Palin0_0 · May 19, 2025

It’s being a while since I post some, the work in the farm , specifically the heat and humidity keep me from carrying the camera the worst was 42 degrees and about 50% humidity…..so I prefer to just walk what I need my diabetes didn’t help much either but I still trying….ll.here are some

wild flowers

Coronadito , heavy crop

I found it interesting

I know you did not like much the orchid Andrew but they grew wild and forme area amazing

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19andrew47 · May 19, 2025

That is very hot Roy, especially with that humidity. Hot to walk about and very hot to work in!

Always good to hear from you and see your images Roy. Orchids are not my favourite flower. The ones they sell in grocery stores here, I am not sure why people find them attractive. Perhaps because they are 'exotic'. It is nice to see them growing wild though. Not something I am likely to see. I do like bromeliads which are exotic. We don't have those here either. You have them growing wild in your trees. Hope you are doing well Roy. Is the diabetes new for you or have you had it for many years? My wife is diabetic and currently changes in her medication have disrupted her usual routine making things less predictable.

Andrew

dt27348 · May 19, 2025

There's no charge for the bike on the ferry Andrew.

That animal is a pony probably a Shetland pony.

Dave

dt27348 · May 19, 2025

You can't have an ancient castle without a dungeon, Lynne. It was a necessity in those lawless days.

Dave

dt27348 · May 19, 2025

This spell of weather has been fantastic Rich, but the end is in sight it would seem. A change is expected at the weekend.

Dave

Palin0_0 · May 19, 2025

Wonderful set…..

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