Winter Solstice

[Guest]

21st of June and it's on it's way back ...

... for a long hot summer we're right on track ...

Two days later I had the FLU, taking pictures just for you!

[PeterBirder]

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Very "atmospheric" shots Mark, especially the first one. Not the sort of weather conditions we associate with Oz.

"Up here" it's just after 10pm and there's still some light outside and the moon is out too. Next week we are promised a heatwave with 30 degrees C.

Sorry to hear you got the flu in pursuit of your art but I guess you can console yourself with the fact that you didn't get run over by a train taking that shot on a railway bridge in the mist.

Seriously though, I hope you soon shake off the flu and thanks for sharing these very different shots of Oz.

Regards.

[Willom]

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Mark,

I do like both photos but the first one is breathtaking. The solstices have been an important time for me for a while and these photos show that the magic isn't just limited to the UK. Thank you for risking life and limb to take them. I hope you get better soon.

Will

[Ralph Harwood]

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Hi there Mark!

That first photo is simply amazing - the second isn't half bad either. As the days are getting longer for you they are getting shorter now here for us - and we're still waiting for summer to kick in. Personally I'm looking forward to shorter days - I've been stuck in work for the morning "golden hour" for an month and have been missing it.

Hope you are feeling better soon, keep posting the images!

Cheers,

Ralph.

[Floribunda]

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Two lovely shots Mark. I am sorry on two counts - the first that summer is on the way back, I love winter, and the second that you have had two bouts of flu.
Of course, if a certain somebody had had their flu shot .............

[Phill D]

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Lovely misty shots Mark. I sympathise with the flu. The only time I've been to oz I came back with swine flu! I was lucky to get back through security. Work wouldn't let me go back for two weeks so there was some compensation

[Beagletorque]

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Dedication to the job Mark, first class!

[Guest]

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Very "atmospheric" shots Mark, especially the first one. Not the sort of weather conditions we associate with Oz.
"Up here" it's just after 10pm and there's still some light outside and the moon is out too. Next week we are promised a heatwave with 30 degrees C. Sorry to hear you got the flu in pursuit of your art but I guess you can console yourself with the fact that you didn't get run over by a train taking that shot on a railway bridge in the mist. Seriously though, I hope you soon to shake off the flu and thanks for sharing these very different shots of Oz. Regards.

Fog is typical here at this time of year. Sunrise around 8:00AM, it's dark around 5:00PM, Av' temp -1c to + 12c, but as we all know, climate is changing.

Thanks Peter ... I thrive on sympathy ... I didn't get run over by a train although I felt I had.

Mark, I do like both photos but the first one is breathtaking. The solstices have been an important time for me for a while and these photos show that the magic isn't just limited to the UK. Thank you for risking life and limb to take them. I hope you get better soon. Will

Thanks Willom - you may be a good customer of John Wellington Wells

Hi there Mark! That first photo is simply amazing - the second isn't half bad either. As the days are getting longer for you they are getting shorter now here for us - and we're still waiting for summer to kick in. Personally I'm looking forward to shorter days - I've been stuck in work for the morning "golden hour" for an month and have been missing it. Hope you are feeling better soon, keep posting the images!
Cheers, Ralph.

Hang in there Ralph, Sol is an unpredictable fellow these days, but 30'c heading your way! And thanks.

Two lovely shots Mark. I am sorry on two counts - the first that summer is on the way back, I love winter, and the second that you have had two bouts of flu.
Of course, if a certain somebody had had their flu shot .............

Thsanks Lyn - Sandra had flu shots and very, very sick as do many people. For me, I prefer not to damage my natural immune system which has always got me through quickly a few days of misery

Lovely misty shots Mark. I sympathise with the flu. The only time I've been to oz I came back with swine flu! I was lucky to get back through security. Work wouldn't let me go back for two weeks so there was some compensation

Aha, the dreaded "Swine" flu! What a clever marketing name that is - I mean who's afraid of "Bird flu", sounds rather nice!

Dedication to the job Mark, first class!

Thanks mate!