Day 346 – Eye Catching Clouds!

This was taken while we were out and about on our travels again.  I just thought these clouds were extremely eye-catching and really hoped that the photo I took of them would show just how amazing they were.

Original photograph taken by me - copyright 2012

The clouds were so very dark, almost black and then the part that had the sun shining on them made them look like they were on fire!  It just looked so different and actually very beautiful!  I don’t think the camera has caught it as well as I would have liked, but you must admit, these clouds are certainly eye-catching!  (Well, they caught my eye). 

Day 272 – Sunlit Water

This photo was taken when we were out and about on our travels and was taken through the car window and a plastic window on the side of a ferry, so the image is not the best, but I think it shows the lovely view I was trying to take.

Original photograph taken by me - copyright 2011/2012

Even if I had stood outside the car, I would never have been able to avoid the plastic window on the side of the ferry as it was just too tall and too long.  Still, I hope it captures a little of the beautiful view of the sun on the water. 

Day 124 – St. Mawes – Looking Lovely

Today we went over to St. Mawes to visit my Aunt.  It was an absolutely glorious, beautiful sunny day.  I think the summer is at last on its way!!

The view out the window was lovely, all the boats bobbing about on the sea.  It just looked so good I decided to take a photograph of it.

Original photograph taken by me - copyright 2011

And yes, I did deliberately take the pic with the chimney pot in it because the Seagull was busy looking out at all he surveyed while I was looking out at it all as well and I thought it would be a good point of interest in the photo. 

As the Seagull looked so good I decided to take a closeup pic of him, as long as he stayed there.

Original photograph taken by me - copyright 2011

Even if I say so myself, I think he looks pretty good in this photo.  I think he knew I was taking his pic so stayed there for a while longer posing.   

Day 101 – Assignment: Illustrate Warmth

I thought I would start my first pic after Day 100 with an Assignment from The Daily Shoot again.  I did this yesterday but because of WordPress or internet problems could not upload any pics, so I am posting it today instead.

The assignment is:   “Illustrate warmth in a photograph today” (which was yesterday).  Other people add their photos to that website for the Assignment and many had pics of cups of hot drinks, pics of the sun, pics of people in hats and scarves and lots of pics of gas rings lit up, or electric cooker plates switched on and candles and candle flames.  I thought that I wanted to do something a little different from all the others, so here is my example of illustrating warmth in a photo!

Original photograph taken by me - copyright 2011

I’m also being a bit clever now, to try to beat the WordPress gremlins problems that have been plaguing me for about two weeks.  I’m writing this paragraph straight after writing the above paragraph and hoping that the photo will go in between them.  The gremlins have been preventing me from adding text after the photo, so this is a little trick to fool them (I hope)!!  (It hasn’t helped that the Happiness Engineers wrote to me about this problem and rather insulted me and treated me as a complete idiot, even though I told them I have three blogs with them and have been adding many photos so many times, I do really know what to do, even if they think I don’t)!!!

OK, back to the Assignment for yesterday’s photograph.  As you will see I have taken a pic of a clock with wild animals, the sort you get from Africa, where it is more hot than not, hence “warmth”!!  So I hope that is a fairly good example to illustrate warmth in a photo – and it’s a little different from all the other pics for the same Assignment – I do like to be different sometimes.    Just as an interesting note: my man Paul collects clocks, all sorts of different types, shapes, whatever.  Which is why we have this one that has a wild animal theme to it.  The monkey is actually the pendulum of the clock and he swings from side to side non-stop!  I had great problems taking this photograph because he was swinging about so much, he looked blurred in each photo I tried to take.  This photo is the best as he does not look so blurred even if he is at one side and in the middle of swinging!!

Day 36: The Sun Trying To Get His Hat On!!

Well today was a bit miserable, a bit bright, a bit dreary and then brighter and so on.  Towards the end of the afternoon I noticed sunlight showing through a small gap in the thick clouds and almost next to it was the outline of the sun through the clouds.  It made me think the sun was trying hard to come out to shine!  

The sun has got his hat on,

Hip hip hip hooray,

The sun has got his hat on,

And he’s coming out today!

 

Lol, that’s the only words I know of that song about the sun and I have no idea what it’s proper title is or who sang it!    But seeing the sun trying to get out through the clouds made me think of it.

Actually, I’m thinking that this is a very good pic of a bad photograph!  It was taken through glass and I could not get a clear shot at it, so it really doesn’t look quite so good in the photo.

Original photograph taken by me today 6 March 2011 - copyright 2011

 

Probably because I haven’t been looking before now, but I don’t remember seeing the sun looking like this behind clouds.  I just thought it was a great effect and wish I could have taken a better photo!!