Uploads from odell_rd, tagged sailsevenseas

Diamond water......

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:36:29 -0700

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.....and the paradox of values.
And I thought it was a shot of reflections of reeds and twigs on a foggy day!

Best big in Lightbox

Impossibly green

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:27:57 -0800

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The low afternoon light was pretty much at 90 degrees to the crop lines making the green incredibly vibrant.

Give it a go full-screeen in lightbox....

Rolling and Tumbling

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:39:39 -0700

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Stephen had planned for us to do a bit of scrambling up Sour Milk Gill at the start of our planned route via Base Brown to Green, then Great, Gable.
However Plan B had to be implemented as there was far too much water around to do any scrambling, and the rocks that were not underwater were incredibly slippery from a mix of spray and drizzle. So we made our way up to Base Brown via the path alongside the Gill, which in itself had a couple of awkward places in the wet.
The cloud level didn't rise as predicted so we abandoned the Gables altogether and made our way back down the hillside to Styhead, then over to Allen Crags and Glaramara as the cloud base lifted a little (it never did clear the top of Great Gable until very late in the day).

Chapel on the lake

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:11:32 -0700

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The calm waters of the Schwarzsee and the Maria zum Schnee chapel (before the obligatory Kaffee und Kuchen!).

Glacier watch

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:27:28 -0700

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The upmarket version of watching paint dry?

The glacier in the centre of the shot is the Grenzgletscher which flows between the Dufourspitze (or Monte Rosa) hidden in cloud at the left of the shot and Liskamm also hidden above the 3 'watchers' (Liz on the right, and two of our best friends who by chance were on holiday in the Zermatt area the same week as we were!).

The Grenzgletscher joins the Gornergletscher (the 2nd largest alpine glacier system after the Aletschgletscher) below the outcrops on the left of the shot.

HDR from single shot (since I overdid the overexposure in trying to compensate for all the whites and pale greys).
Canon EOS400D + Tamron 18-250 @ 23mm
1/250 @ f8 (+2/3 stop), ISO200
13.32, 4th Sept 2012

The Lightbox (& Fullscreen) view is loads better..............

#65 - Friend - 100 Pictures

As good as it gets

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:33:53 -0700

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Although it's not the highest mountain in the Zermatt area, the Matterhorn seems to be a major focal point in every view. It compels your attention and the camera lens seems to be drawn to it almost magnetically (it would be interesting to work out what proportion of my shots include it!!).

This is a 3-shot panorama (taken in vertical format), walking back from Fluhalp (the obligatory Kaffee and Kuchen stop!) to Sunnegga Paradise to catch the funicular railway back down to Zermatt.

During our week's stay in Zermatt, the weather improved daily so from mid-week on it was pretty much wall-to-wall sun, we had found our summer at last!!

So much better on black....

Gullfoss -1

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:31:17 -0700

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Speaks for itself.

3-shot hdr
Canon EOS400D + Tamron 18-250 @ 39mm
f8, ISO100,
1/125, 1/500, 1/2000 (+2. 0,-2EV)
12.35 9th June 2012

#16 - Water - 100 Pictures
#32 - Liquid - 112 in 2012

Lightbox +/- Fullscreen is way better.....

And this story of keeping the falls for the nation makes interesting reading; www.hotelgullfoss.is/surrounding_area/gullfoss/protecting...

Explosive

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:21:32 -0700

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Strokkur still heading skywards.
Until I was back in the UK and was able to see the shots on the my screen, I didn't notice that the jet contained small 'bomblets' of water at its tip (crop in comments below).

The noise at the moment of eruption was very loud if you were standing close by (you could get within a few feet) - enough to make me 'start' the first time - and enough to send small youngsters scurrying behind their parents' legs or make them cry.
Rather worryingly at one point, my daughter and I (and a few other people too) found ourselves on the 'inside' of the roped off 'safe' area - not the best place to be when the earth's crust is so thin and fissured!

#80 - Loud/Noisy - 112 in 2012

Red on red

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:21:19 -0700

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Infinitely better Fullscreen in Lightroom!

ugly......

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:04:14 -0800

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.........or beautiful?

The jury is out.

This particular farm just outside Burton Latimer (the home of Weetabix) has 10 turbines, each 100m high when the blade is vertical (64m to the 'hub').

I think that they are rather elegant (and kind of eerie on a foggy morning!), though size & siting need careful thought - but as a means of producing energy efficiently they are a dead loss.

Autumn mist

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:24:09 -0800

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It was such a pity that I had to go to work last Thursday because we had a misty morning, a rare occurrence thus far this autumn. I did take my (smaller) Panasonic with me and took a few shots en route including this one which looks over the graveyard of Odell Church from the entrance to Odell Castle. The ornament was serendipitous, I just liked the scene framed by the lovely beech tree and the retaining wall.

#82 - Ornament - 100 Pictures

A cool start to the day

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:59:18 -0800

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A pre-breakfast wander on a frosty morning.

Go Large for the full experience!!

Rolling down the river

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:07:41 -0800

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Lots of little bokeh balls whooshing along on the flooded River Great Ouse.

#82 - Spiky - 112 in 2012
#90 - Round - 100 Pictures

Happy Bokeh Wednesday to all those who 'play the game'.

As ever the Lightbox view (large) is different league....

Annecy Old Town

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:03:05 -0700

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A beautiful town in a wonderful situation at the head of the lake of the same name.

3 shot hdr
Canon EOS400D + Tamron 18-250 @ 77 mm,
f7.1, ISO100,
1/50, 1/10, 1/200sec.
9 Sept 2012

A touch of mist

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:41:49 -0700

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Only had a few minutes to leg it down to the Country Park to see if there was any residual mist. I had to be back home by 7.50am, and on a Saturday morning at that, since we had a builder coming to start work on getting rid of some damp. Old houses have character and plenty more besides!
The sun was just making its way above a layer of low cloud the warmth from which I guess had limited the amount of mist - but there was just enough to make my quick trip worthwhile. Better on black as ever.....

3-shot hdr
Canon EOS400D + Tamron 18-250 @ 84mm
f8, ISO100
1/80, 1/20, 1/5 sec (-2, 0, +2EV)
7.37am, Sat Oct 6, 2012)

Summertime blues

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:48:15 -0700

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But not as Eddie Cochran felt them!!

The Matterhorn reflecting in the Stellisee (where there was also a micro version, crop in comments below!). We had planned to do the 5-Seenweg (5 Lakes Trail), but on reaching Stellisee we were tempted to carry on up to Fluhalp where we could sample Kaffee and Kuchen. It was a good choice!

#49 - Summer - 100 Pictures
#53 - Summer - 112 in 2012

3 shot hdr:
Canon EOS400D + Tamron 18-250 @ 32mm with circular polariser,
f8, ISO100,
1/50, 1/100, 1/200 sec,
ca 11.55 am, Sept 6, 2012.

The usual comment about how best seen applies!!

Black & white

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:14:13 -0700

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The church at Búðir in front of Snæfellsjökull. The original church was built in 1703 but this is a recent (1987) reconstruction.
Another shot in comments below.

#21 - b&w - 100 Pictures

Skógafoss

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:31:35 -0700

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Still masses of Iceland photos not uploaded!

Our final day on the island before flying out early the next morning, was a very full one, this being the first of a number of sights we raced around.

I fell in love with this place - as I was pretty sure that I would do from seeing some wonderful shots of it here on Flickr. I could have gladly spent hours wandering and snapping since the weather was fabulous, if still windy. But there were many kilometres and other sights to cover, and I would have had a very bored daughter into the bargain!

So we spent just over half an hour here gawping at the beauty of the place (39 shots to prove it!).

Lightroom and Fullscreen are recommended (as always!).

Mudpools, fumaroles and steaming springs

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:18:56 -0700

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The Námafjall area was even more fascinating than that around Viti (previous upload). We spent a magical hour walking around the plain & the hillside containing bubbling & smoking mud-pools, amazing coloured soils and incredibly smelly steam vents, including a couple where you couldn't avoid walking through the noxious emission! All good fun. Námafjall was definitely a highlight amongst highlights.

#84 - Nature - 100 Pictures

So much better in Lightbox + fullscreen

"I really don't think that you should show this one to Mum"

nobody@flickr.com (odell_rd) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:10:42 -0700

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Dettifoss is reputed to be Europe's largest waterfall in terms of volume of water plunging down its 45m (150ft) height.
Unfortunately for us our visit was on a pretty minging day. The car thermometer read 1C as we rattled our way in a mixture of rain and sleet up the corrugated gravel road to the falls. But it was a most worthwhile journey, the falls were dramatic to say the least (though I think that the guidebook's "you can hear them for miles" was a touch of hyperbole!).

Really needs Fullscreen on black!