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  • #31
    Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

    In the Hay Store:

    Do horses really eat this? Its not what I would like to find on the breakfast table. But then again, what about cows and silage..... hmmm.

    Just a close up of one of the giant hay bales and its old tarpaulin cover. I liked the combination of lighting and textures. It was a case of waiting for the sun in between the clouds, which brings on "Landscape Photographer's neck" caused by twisting around and peering at the sky



    To be honest, I've been busy at work the latter part of this week, and the weather has been so dire I haven't ventured out much. Lets hope for better conditions next week...


    Pete
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    • #32
      Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

      Hi Pete

      you continue to inspure and entertain with your usual excellent crop.. limiting your range has done no harm at all

      The 2 hay pictures are my favorites ( why don't I ever think of pictures like that)

      Thay Fergie seed drill, pity it's not a bit older & more rusty or my father in law would be around to rescue it and restore it. Then it could take part in the next dancing tractors event ... be prepared for really cheesy if you follow this link (http://www.eastwalesandborders.org.u...ing/index.html)

      keep 'em coming

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      • #33
        Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

        Oh, there's tidy!!

        All those lovely old Fergies. Fair brings a lump to me throat it does. I always fancied an old 35X on the drive here. Just think how many friends you'd have when it snowed...

        Regarding crops and all: I have started a blog on which I shall probably sound off about my views on composition, life, photography. What's a blog after all but a place to sound off :-)

        Pete


        Originally posted by shenstone View Post
        Hi Pete

        you continue to inspure and entertain with your usual excellent crop.. limiting your range has done no harm at all

        The 2 hay pictures are my favorites ( why don't I ever think of pictures like that)

        Thay Fergie seed drill, pity it's not a bit older & more rusty or my father in law would be around to rescue it and restore it. Then it could take part in the next dancing tractors event ... be prepared for really cheesy if you follow this link (http://www.eastwalesandborders.org.u...ing/index.html)

        keep 'em coming

        Regards
        Andy
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        • #34
          Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

          Hi Pete

          Have only just caught up with this thread. Thanks for the images, inspiring as always, I will just have to try harder.
          David


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          • #35
            Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

            The Farmhouse:

            This is a good sky - bad sky shot. It was quite poor weather today with intermittent blue sky patches. I waited for the right light on the trees and the house in order to get a contrast with the dark sky behind.



            And here was the view facing the other way. For some reason several paddock gates were open today. Needless to say the horses had bolted...



            Pete
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            • #36
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              Ouch!

              I can only assume that Health and Safety had not yet been invented when this little feature was designed for the Villiers petrol engine...



              This one is safer, no spark plugs at all:



              Pete
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              • #37
                Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

                Originally posted by snaarman View Post
                In the Hay Store:

                Do horses really eat this? Its not what I would like to find on the breakfast table. But then again, what about cows and silage..... hmmm.

                Pete
                Could be worse, just imagine being a dung beetle.
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                • #38
                  Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

                  Originally posted by snaarman View Post
                  The Farmhouse:

                  This is a good sky - bad sky shot. It was quite poor weather today with intermittent blue sky patches. I waited for the right light on the trees and the house in order to get a contrast with the dark sky behind.



                  And here was the view facing the other way. For some reason several paddock gates were open today. Needless to say the horses had bolted...



                  Pete
                  Classic light against dark shot, really well done.
                  John

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                  • #39
                    Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

                    Originally posted by snaarman View Post
                    Ouch!

                    I can only assume that Health and Safety had not yet been invented when this little feature was designed for the Villiers petrol engine...



                    This one is safer, no spark plugs at all:



                    Pete
                    Think I'd press it with a stick; great detail shots here.
                    John

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                    • #40
                      Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

                      You have a great eye (or should that be eyes ) for photography Pete, it's a pleasure scrolling through your images.

                      I love that dark sky against the sunlit trees and cottage.
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                      • #41
                        Re: Snaar snaps: Down the Lane

                        Love the spark plug. Elf n Safety have taken all the fun out of life.

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                        • #42
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                          Shocking ain't it? Great shots a new story unfolds.
                          Ed

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                          • #43
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                            Prints in the Mud:

                            Old and new. Horseshoe and landrover prints down the lane, softened by the rain. If I were a true countyman I would be able to tell you when they passed this way....



                            I took my off camera "flash on a string" for this one, it came in handy to lift the prints slightly. I find when I go to the trouble of taking the flash with me, it seems to make the sun shine...

                            Pete
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                            • #44
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                              Morning Pete on with your story, your photo of the spark plug cut out reminds me of when I was a lad. I use to do contract work for the farmers of west Sussex and the man that I was employed with name Mr Weller, had two sons Jerry and George Weller, well Jerry had a habit of holding on to electric fences and catching hold of my ear at the same time, you can imagine I used to get quite a shock another thing that I remember is when fordson major used to start missing he would grab the plugs to find out which one it was. They were the days!! going back 60 years now.
                              I hope you get your horses rounded up like the gate photo are you still using the 70-300 zuiko? thanks for showing JohnR.
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                              • #45
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                                Great tales, John.. :-)

                                My dad maintained you could test an electric fence with a long piece of Cocksfoot grass. You rest the far end on the fance and slowly slide it along untill you felt the twinges. I have to say I never tried this myself...

                                I was told of old wrinkled TV repairers that would put a small screwdriver onto the high voltage anode top caps to see if there was a feint glow or raised hairs on their hand. Apparently you could judge the state of the HT that way.

                                Hmm


                                Pete

                                Originally posted by edmund473 View Post
                                Morning Pete on with your story, your photo of the spark plug cut out reminds me of when I was a lad. I use to do contract work for the farmers of west Sussex and the man that I was employed with name Mr Weller, had two sons Jerry and George Weller, well Jerry had a habit of holding on to electric fences and catching hold of my ear at the same time, you can imagine I used to get quite a shock another thing that I remember is when fordson major used to start missing he would grab the plugs to find out which one it was. They were the days!! going back 60 years now.
                                I hope you get your horses rounded up like the gate photo are you still using the 70-300 zuiko? thanks for showing JohnR.
                                Look, I'm an old man. I shouldn't be expected to put up with this.


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