I like the second one, if I didn't know better I'd think it was the moon turned up the wrong way : )

I don’t think the birds even noticed this one, unlike one years ago where the light got really strange and the birds all thought it was time to roost.

Sun was behind clouds for much of the time ….

Eclipse light lighting the memorial water feature at War…

*well, not really me…

Nice, might get out and try a bit of sugar-shaking on the streets.

Well, Sugarbows...
shaken, but not stirred
and fine for…

Fun with squares

Sparkling illusion

White whirl

Thanks all. :-)
And yeah, the hail mostly missed us here but a friend in Bryndwr had 30mm sky-balls! Shredded his skylight, which had had its earthquake repair 48-hours previously.

Cor blimey, Lilith, many stabs [of light] in the dark!!! Fab pix! And also love the pix of the queer skies – unstable weather indeed.

Wow! Fab colours too : )

You should have seen the ones I didn't get! I was taking 15sec exposures but they take that time again for the camera to process. And I took a lot of shots of no lightning. :-)

spine-tingling.

This be mine. Bit sad, but love the starkness of this performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPuKiDrSpAY

<3 The Veils. Also Jos’ gif. Very nice for a wintry day!

Edit: Veils King-hit

That works incredibly well Jos. Best use of an animated gif I’ve seen in a long time.

Sit down by the fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sig8-20HQM

I could make a start at the end of this week or early next week, if it suits. If so, let me know what I should do.

Or...brew some tea ;-)

#claimstofame ;-)

Hi Geoff. Did you get my email a week or so back? Yes, still…

Nora,

A harsh brew – tannin overload.

That's what gets me going in the morning, especially in the summer when…

A harsh brew – tannin overload.

Capture goes international. That could work.

Haha! I just saw the detail of that sign.

No, for all the tea in china, but not just in China. I could offer up a mug so stained with Dragon Well tea I could save myself a lot of money by not bothering to buy tea leaves. Any hot water put in…

for special occasions…? only for best...?

The home of the chief of the Xi tribe. Or so the sign said.

tea sets

Ha, yeah. We drove up Saturday afternoon to try and beat that storm, guess what we drove straight into. Fun. Made for beautiful, clear, cool weather yesterday, though, and that's continuing, at least out here. I'm sure Beijing is smogging…

The solar panels in the background of the eagle photo aren't PV, but the water heaters of our village's solar bathhouse. There's plenty of…

And what are those pyramids to the right of the village photo further up? Interesting photos and fascinating to see the wind energy so close but so insignificant. I’m looking at a wee wind generator and it’s a…

And an eagle.

And a new theme…. Dinosaurs and glasshouses?

Well the world is one big village ;)

where everyone gets a pony

Either that or you need the rest of the Village People ;-)

[Not to be confused with another guy with cheekbones and a coat ]

Me, Me

Meme alert! :-)

Thanks Nora. Outdoor kitchen is closer to being Kitchen enclosed . Patience is a virtue. I keep telling myself that.

and keeping with the theme, over here…

Your bridge shot could do with a diver though, great shot Nora!

No tripod, but low light here – evening descending on summer festivities Nevada City CA last night.

Deck by dark. and speaking of creepers, ours has taken off recently. Plus, cooking steamed up the windows last night.

… and over fences too – lovely colour…

It’s all in the eye of the beholder. We can only hope someone else agrees it’s worth the post.

Or not care at’all at’all.…

Working within the limits of the little point and shoot = representative star speckles only – happy to look at other people's Orion Nebular : )

Looks like you are getting to the milky way...

Now, if you can head for the Orion Nebular, you'll be hooked ;)

Nice one Ian :-) And aren't real-world filters classier?

or a Ghostian blur?

hospitals starting to use gauze as thematically appropriate cladding for buildings?

North wharf fog

Compliment of course! But what a good opportunity for more long-drop references : )

As for Sofie's septic tank – sounds like she had the right team of wand wavers.

Spooky trees!

Being a holy man might have its compensations. :-)

Jackson could do a good trade waving magic wands for long-drop diggers : )

I can't decide whether to take that as a compliment or a dig. I'll assume the former until you fill me in. Wait, what?

The magic wand up north really is as Islander says, a few beers and ta da! Augers can be hired now too, which can require a few beers also , if you want friends to help…

Jackson could do a good trade waving magic wands for long-drop diggers : )

Heh, this thread is simultaneously twinkly and bucolic. :-)

Thanks Jackson, grateful for the magic wand : )

I was so glad we could borrow a post-hole digger when we needed a long-drop after the quake. Digging a deep hole with a spade is jolly difficult!

Opposite, A hole for a pole.

Oh, I’m missing our view up there already, but we have now got another view which is the beginnings of great things. Not quite the Higgs Boson, but we have a direction nonetheless. :)

(Mind you, if you lounged outside here tonight =-2 C at the moment = you’d stand a fair bloody chance of being dead apopo- but the stars are piercingly clear and the night -so still…):)

Heh, I even have star gazing loungers too. They are sun loungers by summer, star gazing by winter. :))

perfect, that really is a carpark in front…

Like that one Sofie – making mystery out of the ordinary

And your milky way – bit of star envy here : )

Wow! Getting some definition in that Milky Way.

Still winter. Still dusk.

I like the sound of sensible film. Sounds well flash.
;-)

Way to go! Every point and shoot should be fitted with infrared function.

crack out the infrared flash!!

I’m amazed at how much the camera can capture – it was so dark down there I couldn’t really see to take the picture.

Give it a go – this is just a point and shoot on a mini tripod using 'starry night' 60…

Hah, Up here we get moments with 2 stars also......

Mercury in the morning, need to look closely also :)

I think I will go out with a better plan tonight. :)

Hi Sofie – here’s moon cradled in a pohutukawa tree.

And waving palms with Auckland’s two stars – look closely!

Single nikau.

And the nikau becoming shadows themselves.

: )

I've got to go back and look again, this one snapped from the car..... and here is the moving version.....

Wow! That's fantastic.

Look up and see the stars…

Things are looking up. ;-)

Eeek! Did someone mention Palms?? We gotsum. My babies.

loving the nice palm shot Nora. Well lit.

So glad you said what it was, a puzzling blue gloss bubbling thing : )

(plus modern car converted to Anglia by shutter speed)

And because I can post three together.... statue above nice shiny new rubbish bin.

Now I see, just for fun : )

Ok, so that just happened.

Adding extra photos, or removing incorrectly posted ones, or car parks in the edit function. Cool.

It's a bit sad that…

gorgeously local. when was that done?

: ) Jackson, just wondering how long it's internal workings will cope with all that movement!

Edit: also crescent-shaped points of light

Same night, same walk, same road, but later on... all the lights salute the sky tower.

and has spectral fins...

I'd love to tinker and tweak the illusions...

...this is

an album cover awaiting music
Living the life aurally...

rain slicked new millennial noir
Celsius 232.7 and rising

a film…