Daily Themes April 2024

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Grave.
Hampstead L1000262edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

St. John at Hampstead's church yard.

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Brockley L1000139edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

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One of my few IR shots.

img309 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Earlier in the week, sorting out my diminishing film stocks, I found another roll of Efke 820 IR and one of Ilford SFX which are well outdated and should be used as soon as the trees get a bit more foliage.

[Kath]

240210-Enen Kennedy Gravestone Cardross-002 by Kath Polley, on Flickr

Outside my flat is a commemorative 'needle' praising the efforts of Henry Bell, a Scottish engineer who helped to pioneer the development of the steamship and introduced the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe with his paddlesteamer, The Comet.  Initially a huge success running between Glasgow, Gourock and Helensburgh, where he lived, he tried running it between Oban and Fort William.  It was shipwrecked near Oban in 1820.  Undeterred, Bell commisioned Comet II.  The Wikipedia account says: but, on 21 October 1825, she collided with the steamer Ayr off Kempock Point, Gourock. Comet II sank very quickly, killing 62 of the 80 passengers on board. After the loss of his second ship, Bell abandoned his work on steam navigation.

This grave is in a local cemetary and is for one of those who perished that day.  We think it says Enen Kennedy but the newspaper report of the time had him down as Evan.  

[El Sid]

Don't faint but this is a new picture...


Memory Row by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr

First IR outing of the year.

[El Sid]

This is new too..


Church Path by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr

(Actually this one is from the first IR outing - it was taken the day before the previous shot... )

[El Sid]

An old favourite...


Toppled by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr

[kate]

Feathers

ap feathers delicate by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

ap feathers close by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

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Ruffled feathers.

Fight 2 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

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Robin in a bird bath.

Under My Wing by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

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Feather on the Heather

DSCF7214.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

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Angels have feathers, or so we are told.

Transient Art by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

^^^^ Now long gone Banksy at Old Street.


Angel in the Trees by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

^^^ Brockley.

Oxford Street IMG_2978editT by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Oxford Street.

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Some horses have feathers.

Lord Mayor's Show IMG_2872edit20231203 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

Now thinking of Pegasus

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Not quite on theme but interesting feather wise - this Wren had raised all the feathers around its neck making a kind of  "ruff".   At the time I thought it was shaking its head and what I had seen was motion blur but it is definitely not that.


BV9R0006.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

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Feather Crown - amazingly I don't have a [digital] photo of a male displaying - I surely must have one on film.

274A5104.jpg by Pete, on Flickr

Edit: sometime later :  An ancient JPG from 2007 is the only photograph of a male that I have


IMG_0005.jpg by Pete, on Flickr