May 2023 daily themes.

[zx9]

Drawing heavily on dorsetmike 's themes.

1st M'aider or May Day. (call for help, rescue or celebration up to you)
2nd Red.
3rd Flag.
4th Thatch (ed). (cottage, lawn, hair)
5th International.
6th Worker.
7th Village. (life, people, buildings)
8th Crown.
9th Carriages. (horse and, railway)
10th Pomp and ceremony.
11th Hedgerow (s) (habitat, plant, bird)
12th Pole. (may, north, south, magnet)
13th Tap. (kitchen, bar, steam)
14th Roundabout. (road system, playground, fairground ride)
15th Pier. (s)
16th Cat. (big, wild, domestic, of nine tails)
17th Meeting place. (town hall, meeting room, pub)
18th Minimal. (composition, colour)
19th Dog. (domestic, wild, black, fire)
20th Morning. (sun rise, breakfast, suit)
21st Stool. (s) (furniture, music, milking, bar, droppings)
22nd Lamp shade. (light shade)
23rd In the shadows (lurking, composition)
24th Thorn, spine. (plant, animal)
25th Indoor things or clothing but outdoors. (abandoned sofa, pjs whilst shopping)
26th Fern (garden (s) scope for photogram ?)
27th Regimented (ordered, sorted, alike)
28th Time. (passing, clock, sun dial)
29th. Spring. (time, road, clock, clip)
30th Bus. (stop, ride, interior, computer)
31st Gap. (Birling, teeth, missing, year)

My comments and thoughts in brackets may be of help with keywords or may give some inspiration to help with the 'I have not got any photographs of XYZ' thoughts that we all have.

[peterob]

Thank you!

[kate]

Thank you again. I'll do my best. I do try to take new ones, but my old ones are usually better.

[zx9]

Apr 30, 2023 11:07:00 GMT kate said:

Thank you again. I'll do my best. I do try to take new ones, but my old ones are usually better.

You are both welcome.

I too have great difficulty getting inspired when taking pictures to order for the themes. I like to go out and take pictures of things that I find interesting on the day, yes I get inspired and will go to a local area with lighting direction or time of day in mind but how landscape photographers plan things to the n'th degree I have no idea, far too much like work. 

[dorsetmike]

Thanks Keith, glad to see I've been of some help.

[kate]

Happy May day to you all.

ap mayday rnli by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[kate]

Hawthorn or May

Hawthorn, used in herbal medicine, is said to protect houses from being struck by lightning. It was long regarded as a protection against the evil spirits believed to roam the Earth, especially on the eve of great festivals such as May Day. In the 17th century the English essayist Francis Bacon noted the general belief that the plague could be detected by 'the smell of a mellow apple and (as some say) of May flowers'. This may explain the superstition that hawthorn flowers, or May blossom, invite bad luck if taken inside the house.

It even seems reluctant to be photographed! Took me quite a while to get the exposure right.




ap mayday hawthorn blossom 2 by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[donerundlecams]

A rescue of sorts, the constabulary put this guy in the wagon because he was cheering for the winning 
team and the losing team fans (losers, themselves) were not pleased 
Cheers,
Jack 

[zx9]

We were lucky to see the mountain rescue dog training one year when we stayed in Kühtai.

One Man and His Dog by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Mountain Rescue training. IMG_3903 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

We were not close enough or it was snowing too much to take photographs as the dogs and handlers winched down from helicopters but we did see the dogs finding people buried in deep snow.
Like the RNLI something that is good to know exists, fascinating to watch and you really hope that you will never need them or see more of them than in an exercise.

[zx9]

IMG_4153edit2021 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Inshore life boat recovery on Whitstable beach, 2013 edited 2021 for the AP forum themes.

[zx9]

A bit of fun for the last shot before we go out. No rescue required, don't panic.

2020-08-18-0054editBW by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Photo of me taken by Steph, back in 1995 as a non swimmer enjoying floating in an old cork life vest / life preserver during our honeymoon off the Turkish coast.

[petrochemist]

I missed out on the last couple, as I was away from the internet, but I think this one works for M'aider:
no parking by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[stevewmh]

No Mayday would be complete without this lot turning out

Datchet Morris on Windsor Bridge this morning put on a great show





   

[petrochemist]

Lifeboat action by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[kate]

Red
Bin
ap red bin by Kate Ferris, on Flickr