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10 years on

Saphire — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:20:19 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: Added an updated photo 10 years later, how times fly.

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New Home

Saphire — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:21:55 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: This is for Sassan, I said I would post a photo of my new home

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Super Moon (Telford Uk)

Saphire — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:30:38 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: The last time when this was seen was in my birth year 1948

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Our Friendly Buzzard

Saphire — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:46:20 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: This lovely friendly buzzard has been hanging around the campsite for the last 6 months, it allows us to get really close and ignores us when we walk past. Hope it stays. Taken with the panasonic lumix tz60 a great walk around camera

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Ice

Saphire — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:58:16 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: Creeping ice through a window.

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My portrait life in photos

Saphire — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:16:33 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: Where has time gone!

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Autumn landscapes on the move

Saphire — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:31:24 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: The views are forever changing with the seasons. These were taken as a passenger on the move with my new lens the Canon 70-200 f4L non IS lens

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Autumn landscapes on the move

Saphire — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:29:21 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: The views are forever changing with the seasons. These were taken as a passenger on the move with my new lens the Canon 70-200 f4L non IS lens

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Lanscape on the move

Saphire — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:53:13 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: I don't seem to get many photos except when I am on the move as a passenger, this is one of them.

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Winter Nest building

Saphire — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:03:26 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: The squirrel is either nest building for the winter or taking a bouquet of leaves to the wife.

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Guitar

Saphire — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:30:27 +0000

by: Saphire

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Fungi

Saphire — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:40 +0000

by: Saphire

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Church

Saphire — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:01:42 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: Another Church, this one on a hill in the village of Smisby, Burton upon Trent, Derby

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Church

Saphire — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:40:20 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: Church in Ticknall, Burton upon trent

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Autumn

Saphire — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:38:28 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: Taken on the move on the way to Telford Shropshire.

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Balloon at dusk

Saphire — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: I am still waiting to get some photos of BIF but had to settle for two of these flying over instead.

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Moth (Merveille du Jour)

Saphire — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:02:37 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: This beautifully colored moth was walking across the garage floor and was nearly trodden on, so I picked it up carefully and put it in on a safe surface so I could take some photos.

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Southern Hawker

Saphire — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:36:17 +0100

by: Saphire

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Snugburys 2009 sculpture part 2

Saphire — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:55:27 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: On the return journey on Sunday the 2nd Aug 2009 the sculpture is almost complete.

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Snugburys 2009 sculpture part 1

Saphire — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:55:25 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: This first shot was taken Friday 31st July 2009 on the way to Warrington.

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Macro Hoverfly for Roy with Ring

Saphire — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:36:10 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: I took this in the shade so there wouldn't be any sunlight falling on the hoverfly. I used one of these attached to my 580EX flash. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Macro-O-Flash-Ring-For-CANON-550EX-430EX-580EX-II-F165_W0QQitemZ350208802212QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CamerasPhoto_CameraAccessories_CameraFlashUnits_JN?hash=item518a123da4&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1690|293%3A1|294%3A50

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Waiting to lunch

Saphire — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:05:56 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: A scary looking spider in the entrance to a hole its made in the dwarf conifer. The tunnel is about 1.1/2" across at first I thought it was a mouse hole.

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Stoat Visitor *

Saphire — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:55:37 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: The local Stoat decided to pay a visit today of all days when its raining. The lighting was rubbish and the lens I used the sigma 80-400 is very sharp but very slow to focus so the focusing is a bit off.

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Stoat Visitor *

Saphire — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:54:30 +0100

Stoat Visitor

Saphire — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:53:15 +0100

Macro Landscape

Saphire — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:10:39 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: Thees are small stones around the fountain taken with a macro lens to give the look of boulders. I did a focus stack of 6 frames to give a greater DOF. What I didn't spot straight off was the way the water droplets have formed on the right side of the frame.

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Parrot

Saphire — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:09:37 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: Another Photo of my escapee taken this morning. I do hope I manage to catch it, it must be getting very hungry and thirsty poor thing. When I talk to it it starts chirping back so its not that frightened.

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Suprise Visitor

Saphire — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:01:50 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: I had a surprise visitor in the garden today a Parrot, obviously an escaped bird. I have been trying to coax it to come and feed since I saw it but no luck so far.

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Rhododendron

Saphire — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:17:11 +0100

by: Saphire

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Chive

Saphire — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:14:24 +0100

by: Saphire

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Target on Target

Saphire — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:46:09 +0100

by: Saphire

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Low Sun in a ditch.

Saphire — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:43:23 +0100

by: Saphire

Description: Black firs in the evening. Re- Edited taken a bit of colour from the background and painted it into the bright area to take away the blown highlights

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Beyond the gates

Saphire — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:39:46 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: I took took this in 2007 thinking it would make a good photo but never got round to playing with it, now that I have what do you think I have used the midnight filter in color Efex pro to give it an enchanted feel.

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Lilleshall

Saphire — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:35:59 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: Lilleshall National sports center

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Foliage 2

Saphire — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:48:52 +0000

by: Saphire

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Foliage

Saphire — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:47:36 +0000

by: Saphire

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Under the roundabout.

Saphire — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:10:39 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: These pictures were on the walls on the subway under the roundabout at Northgate in Chester. The photo was taken handheld with no flash.

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Fiddler on a slackrope.

Saphire — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:10:36 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: We don't know how long this entertainer was on the rope playing but we didn't see him get down in the 2 hours we were window shopping and in the cafe.

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Walkways in Chester

Saphire — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:58:30 +0000

by: Saphire

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Walkways in Chester

Saphire — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:58:29 +0000

by: Saphire

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A busy Sunday in Chester

Saphire — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:58:28 +0000

by: Saphire

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Chester Cathedral

Saphire — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:58:26 +0000

by: Saphire

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A dull day at Jodrell Bank 2

Saphire — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:06:46 +0000

by: Saphire

Description: Another of the Dish at Jodrell Bank with a visitor to give an idea of its size.

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