Today's Chinese Lion Dance at The Strait, Lincoln, celebrated the start of the Year of the Dragon and Steep Hill winning The Academy of Urbanism Great Street Award 2012.
More info and a video are posted at:
thelincolnite.co.uk/2012/01/steep-hill-celebrations-kicke...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Lion Dance
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Skywatch Friday
Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Fletcher Lynd Seagull imagine they're on the moon already.
Find more great skies from around the world at Skywatch Friday.
Photo taken in Lincoln
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory
This picture is for Australia Day.
Sir Joseph Banks was from a Lincolnshire family, travelled with Captain Cook on his first voyage of the South Seas, mapped the East Coast of Australia and catalogued many types of plant found in the Southern Hemisphere. Later, he was instrumental in setting up the then colony of New South Wales and remained as an advisor to the government on Australian matters.
The conservatory is a tropical hothouse filled with the sorts of plants that Banks catalogued and is located at The Lawn, Lincoln.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Local Mural
This mural of The Water Tower was created by local young people in Bracebridge Heath. Photo taken outside the Co-op and Post Office building.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Happy Chinese New Year
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Kung Hei Fat Choi
Red lanterns on Steep Hill to welcome the Chinese New Year.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Skywatch Friday
"You know, for kids"
That'll only make sense if you've seen the Coen Bros movie The Hudsucker Proxy.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
D H Lawrence Heritage Centre
Durban House (built 1876), Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
As well its permanent exhibition relating to the life and times of author D H Lawrence, it's currently showing the North & East Midlands Photographic Federation (NEMPF) annual exhibition. Details and winning pictures can be viewed here.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Diversity
If you're restoring a WWII plane such as a Spitfire, this J Birkett shop is a must for all your vintage cockpit instrumentation needs. On the other hand, if you jumped on your Lambretta or Vespa and forgot to have breakfast then head to Modern Classics. Find them at The Strait, Lincoln.
Processed with Cinemascope in Picasa.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Local Landmark
This is one of Bracebridge Heath's landmarks known locally as the Water Tower. It's a 100yr old water pumping station situated on top of a reservoir.
The line drawing effect was created using the Comix action in Photoshop.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Skywatch Friday
No special post processing effects were applied to this photo taken at Whisby Nature Park.
I've done a bit of curating on "Blogs I follow" (below) and added The Guardian's Camera Club and one about Chai (the spiced Tea from South Asia).
I've done a bit of curating on "Blogs I follow" (below) and added The Guardian's Camera Club and one about Chai (the spiced Tea from South Asia).
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tyre Tracks
Quadbikes racing on Mablethorpe Beach on Boxing Day.
Processed using Picasa's HDR-ish effect blended with the original photo.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Viking Way
Top of the ridge near Bracebridge Heath.
After normal Photoshop processing this had the Picasa Graduated Tint (neutral colour) applied.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Out of Order
Outside The Shed, Lincoln University.
Processed using Picasa's "Fun and Useful Image Processing" Boost option.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Sand Racing at Mablethorpe
This was on Boxing Day.
This photo was post processed using the latest version of Picasa (3.9), via the new "Fun and Useful Image Processing" Cross Processing feature.
Unfortunately Picasa 3.9 has a few bugs that need fixing before I'd recommend it. Stick with 3.8 if you can for now. In particular it has added/removed photos from a number of my Picasa Albums, spuriously added location information to a few photos (it has not changed any original photo files) and it "merges" similar photos in full screen slideshow mode. These bugs are all known to the Picasa team so hopefully we'll see a new release soon.
Before Picasa 3.9 the "Fun and Useful Image Processing" options were only available in Picnik, the online photo editor that's directly accessible from Picasa.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Last Rays
Small areas of these trees are directly illuminated by the setting sun. Whisby Nature Park, nr Lincoln.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Newark Castle
During December, the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) 2011 travelling exhibition of members' prints completed the final date of its nationwide tour at the Gilstrap Building near Newark Castle. The images may be viewed online at: www.rps.org/members-exhibition/2011-Members--Exhibition
Monday, January 2, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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