THE SEVEN YEAR COMPILATION SLIDE SHOW

Time......for a compilation of the last Seven Years, of just a few special Images.

I thought I would slide together in a video that includes

a short instrumental music score.

You can click the YouTube link here;https://youtu.be/5HfDoFBKut8 

or the on page video below.

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All the Images can be see here;http://www.amethystlandphoto.com/ 

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NINE STONES CLOSE

Continuing with the theme of standing Stone Circles,
I post another set of  Stones, near to the "Nine Ladies Stone circle", which
 was featured in my last post.

It was my intention, come spring, to photograph Bluebells in a fine wood, that

was not possible, but......on the way back from said wood, I made a track

to another prominent feature in the Landscape, Nine Stones Close, a small

but tall circle of Four standing stones, minus the other Five stones 

missing or removed over time.

NINE STONES CLOSE

The Sun was about to sink below the horizon, it had been the hottest day of the Year
But the long grass was still wet, and glistened in the falling Sunlight.
You may not be able to see the fine detail, in the above image, so I have
cropped out the fine Sun light and water Sun hit highlights in the image below.

Sun -Grass-Stone detail

The next image is of the two larger stones, covered in lichen and standing tall.

"TIMBER FOR THE LIVING STONE FOR THE DEAD"

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SOLO JACKDAW IN LATHKILL

I have often walked the length of the Lathkill dale Valley which is situated in the White peak National park area.

                                   LATHKILL DALE     © John R Arrowsuch

On this occasion i traveled through the village of  Monyash to start my Image gathering along Lathkill Dale Valley, the date was the day after the summer solstice 2010. After walking for almost a mile i came upon a high rocky outcrop ( i know one photographer titled it the "guardian", and indeed it does look like it's looking out over the valley, watching!!! ).

  The Outcrop   © John R Arrowsuch

Alongside the knoll there was a Hawthorn bush positioned to the left, and at the base of the Hill a collection of Limestone rocks, not to mention the fragmented wispy clouds. So all the elements were there for my Image.

The setup for my Camera was low-down to get the Limestone rocks in focus, looking at my program settings, it was set for Aperture priority F18, for this type of shot i would normally use Manual control, allowing me to set my focus on the infinity and then back it off a little, thus giving me a sharp image from the limestone rocks, through to the high outcrop,
this method uses the Hyperfocal distance it's worth learning, if you intend to take up landscape Photography.
But...........as every photographer knows sometimes you barely have enough time to set up when a instant opportunity presents itself.........................

    SOLO JACKDAW © John R Arrowsuch

....................the Solitary Jackdaw was that opportunity, and i just managed to line the camera up and press my remote shutter, and .........a satisfying image was the result.

But the old saying "more haste and less speed" comes to mind, next time i will set up gear sooner than later, and be ready, if only life could be as easy.

Hope you like the Image. Solo Jackdaw 
By solo i mean not in a flock, they usually wheel round the high outcrop in a joyous squawking group called a  "clattering".

PS. I never did see another solo Jackdaw over the Knoll, well until the next time?.

METEORS AND IMAGES

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1833 Leonids meteor storm

All things Landscape I maybe, although i do go out into the late night trying to get  illusive image(s) of the annual Meteor showers, the  UK weather and Moon light usually gets in the way.
I well remember my late Fathers interest in the Stars, so one foggy night myself and Brother set out to see the 1999 Leonids Meteor shower;  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids  , we made a trip up to Cleobury Mortimer to a view point, the mist all around we saw many meteors through the thin cloud, all colours Blue, Green but mainly  White coloured, and two or three Earth grazers. This trip sold me hook, line and sinker for future meteor showers trips, and the  ambition to photograph them. I had a film camera on that night but sadly it was too misty for any top quality image(s).

Recently I have borrowed a DVD of "The Walton's" series 1 Episode 6 "The Star", I'm not a big fan of TV or the big screen, but.........this Episode is all about a meteor that is seen to fall to earth by the Walton's Grandfather, who sees it as a harbinger of his final fate, but in the end it turns out to be his saviour. If you find time to watch this, be prepared for a sinder in your eyes :-) unless you are a unemotional cold hearted troll ;-) . If you were to find a meteorite that large,  you would have a thing more precious that Silver or Gold.

It's been said we are made of the same materials that our stars are made of,
 well ............those meteors were also made of star material, so whenever i see them fall to earth it gives me a strange Déjà vu ( literally; "already seen" ) experience. No firework display can ever come close to that old as time spectacle a "Meteor shower".

 THIS IS A ADVANCED NOTICE ; Make a date to see a Meteor shower this year and every year. Almost all the different types of Meteor showers display on their respective date(s), give or take a day, so it's easy to plan a trip to see them each year. See the IMO link below for dates on which to view them.
See Here for the Geminids meteor shower. 

The following  was my attempt two years ago to bag a fast moving meteor image for my archive, see here; http://www.amethystlandphoto.co/articles_155008.html   the main peek dates are August 12th; the Perseids and December 13th; the Geminids. On these dates this year is especially free from moon light making for a greater number of meteors to be viewed, so get out there ( dress warm two of everything helps  ;-) ).

I use IMO, a very informative web site, a good source of years of collected and up and coming meteor observing. Go to the bottom of the page ( table 5 ) ; http://www.imo.net/calendar/2012  you only need to look up the " Maximum date" and the "ZHR"  this is the amount of Meteors you might see in one hour!. If you have an ambition to become a Meteor observer, then scroll up ( on the IMO site ) and you will obtain information on each meteor shower throughout 2012.



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