Daily themes - December 2023

[petrochemist]

Dec 15, 2023 14:24:08 GMT aitch said:

A python?  

Yes I believe so, there were several different snakes. IIRC two of them were pythons, a rainbow python & this larger albino(?).
It was about 8 years ago, so my memory could be quite a bit less than perfect.

Edit. It seems the Brazilian Rainbow python was from the previous year, when the owner also brought a boa constrictor for big snakes...
Sadly they no-longer exhibit their snakes I think they've had to reduce the collection drastically

[peterob]

Back to handles for turning.  

Takes two people to wind this.

274A1131.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[peterob]

Missing handle

It is supposed to have a handle but I guess it has been removed for safety reasons.

I had high hopes of finding a big handle 

DSCF4627.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[kate]

Mirror/mirrored
ap mirrored wall and tulips by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[kate]

ap mirrored gedes fly fishing lake by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[peterob]

There were some wonderfully "accurate" reflections to be seen yesterday where storm damaged trees had fallen across a pond. I had entirely the wrong lens on and this hidden mallard doesn't do the reflection  any justice

 DSCF6692.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[zx9]

The lake at Zell am See, Austria.

Zell an See IMG_7475crop by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Processing artifacts in the lake came from the sweep panorama from which this is a crop.

[zx9]

Alhambra IMG_9815edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[zx9]

Honor Oak Allotments IMG_6428edit20231018 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

I do like taking pictures of or in road side mirrors as some of you may have noticed, this one may be vandal proof but not Sarf Londn proof.

[peterob]

Back in the day I was very fond of the reflections in this location.  Somewhat neglected now it must have been glorious in its hey day even if the avenue of trees would have been scarcely developed.

This, from October 2011, was prepared for and published on APforum, presumably for a similar theme.  It is typical of the others.  I did think I had one with horse-riders on it.  I seem to remember that they lay sand on the road, presumably to allow a gallop through the trees but it might be a false memory.  I assume the pond was for fish for food.


BV9R0044.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[peterob]

Probably my "biggest" reflection, geographically speaking.    February 2015  - top lake in the Elan valley if I remember correctly.  Glorious day it was.

DSCF3417.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

A moth on a mirror
Mirrored moth by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

A couple of mirrors used for the lenses

Prime focus with a 650mm k/5,6 newtonian telescope (no lenses just mirrors between subject & sensor)
prime focus small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Using 'birds eye' mirror attachment for a 360 degree FOV (basically a parabolic mirror just before the lens)
NEPW - P1080495 small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

The mirrored viewfinder of my ensign Ful-Vue box camera (TLR wannabe)
Dedham church TTV by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

A couple of water reflections
old Nice relection 720nm small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Roadside pond, NZ by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr