out after the clouds again,Tuesday night Alport Heights 

had a ride out up to Alport heights near Wirksworth  great place for views and sunsets if conditions are ok , With views over Staffordshire and Cheshire 

this was a very popular place years ago for week end outings for people living local nr to this view point , i myself can remember walking from Belper to here with a bottle of pop and some sandwiches 

which mum would pack up for me and off we would go for the day , Great days we had 

                         panoramic view of the stone over looking Staffordshire 

 great cloud formations can be seen from up here and great sun sets to be had as well , 

      its one place i never tire of coming here theres some thing different every time you visit 

       A good place for night photography as well

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Tuesday night Crich stand

 Had a run up to Crich Stand for some landscape photos look like a great sky down in Ripley ,

    And it was worth it 

                        Great views from up here especially on a clear day

   always brings back memories of my mum , She and my grandma used to clean he steps in the stand  every week end , this was when my mum was a young girl still at school

view from the back of Crich stand over looking Matlock  Riber castle in the distance

                           golden rays over Wirksworth 

               another great night out in our great Derbyshire country side

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Friday night out with the clouds again

it gets to you this photography lark ,  Off over the fields I've got this little place where i go at different times of the year to take photos of the seasons so off i went ,
  It was like a jungle don't think any body had used it for months but i got to my place after a struggle in shoulder high grass ant thistles ,I noticed not much insect life about  which it usually alive with butterflies, soldier beetles ,spiders and other bugs,

                               first photo of the night  with Alport Heights on the horizon      

one of the photos i took over looking Belper into Staffordshire   nice red sky on the horizon  with sunbeams coming through the clouds

  theres always a different photo to take when taking clouds shots ,Im no expert on this type of photography but i just like taking these sort of photos , The colours ,shapes ,And just being out in this great country side we have ,this is about 10 minutes walk from where i live ,
   Would love to do some night photos from here on a clear night , who knows what and when this will happen but I'm going to do it
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    Cloud chasing again

This landscape photography really gets to you ,
  while driving back home from the Wednesday night meeting i spotted a few interesting things
   i thought would make a good photo ,
      so Thursday night got the camera and drove up to Tansley nr Matlock for some field photos i had spotted  but other things caught my eye a great cloud gathering over the hills with beams of sun light coming through

                     this what i saw and took ,was looking at the field of crops when i saw this

              I've been wanting a shot like this for some time since getting the bug for landscape
  just pleased i went out and got these also i did manage a crop shot of the field i was after

 i found this one on the way back home from photographing the clouds , the locations i saw Wednesday night  wasn't all that good for what i wanted, A bit of trimming some grass away from the wall and holding holding a tree branch out of the way with one hand a bit awkward while taking the photo with the other hand , still it worked
           once again thanks for viewing i enjoyed taking these photos hope you enjoyed viewing them
                                             take care all  , and have a great week end

  Lumbsdale ponds and falls

 Wendsday night with Beaurepaire photo club,

 another great night was had once again fine weather and a great talk and walk  led by Julian and Janice ,
    i have visited Lumbsdale falls many times but never from where we started last night from Highfield School just off the Matlock to Chesterfield road  ,

  this was one of the first sights to see walking through the wood down to the first pond  a lovely walk amongst the woodland greenery

             cottages before the first pond,These was erected in 1749 to house two furnaces to smelt lead ,
     In 1789 the plant was out of use and the plant was converted in to cottages to house cotton workers                            

                                                           the middle pond                  

                                                       the lower pond

                              One of the water falls of Lumbsdale there are four of them

                      photos of the old buildings which where part of the mills , bleach house

                                                     the smithy

                                          remains of part of one of the work buildings ,
                 great work from the Arkwright society who keeps this site in great condition
 another great night with the group thanks go to Ian Gregory for organising this great night out
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                                         take care every one and catch you all later

 

Well its Tuesday morning weathers looking ok so camera bag packed and checked and off  to Darley Abbey for photos of the weir and mill and any think else what takes my fancy

                    view of Darley Abbey mill across the river Derwent

             one of the weirs on the river Derwent at Darley Abbey mill

                                               Darley Abbey  weir

                                 the Abbey public house in Darley Abbey village
  it was a great morning down in village by the river and to finish of the day i came away
                  with a pack of oatcakes which are made down in one of the workshops in the mill

           and can recommend them toasted under the grill then covered in cheese and tomato
                      and warmed up to melt the cheese , lovely
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Hi , not much happening this week end just a few shots of insects in the back garden ,

  while doing a bit of work in the garden ,spotted this hornet flying round the flowers so a quick dash for my camera which is always on hand when I'm in the garden

                                                    Hornet
                         bit of a miserable day today with rain and a fine drizzle ,
                             But fingers crossed while I'm  doing this blog it seems its clearing up and could be ok for the morning , As I'm hoping to get out for the morning for some landscape
            take care every one and catch you later

It was a quick dash down to the river gardens in Belper Friday night for some photos of the weir
  at the mill

                                     a great view of the weir at the Belper Mill

                                               this lovely swan just drifted past ,

                just couldn't be bothered to change lenses so i took this with the 300mm f4 prime
   

                          another view of the weir with Belper mill showing ,
                                            hope your enjoying my blog and
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                                       take care all and have a great week end

Another great night with the Beaurepaire photo club of Belper only a small club but what a time we have ,
Meeting on a Wednesday nights for a couple of hours at various venues nr to home
  This weeks meet was at Cromford Canal hight peak junction

                                      a view of the wharf on Cromford canal

                                  living quarters for the works on the canal

                                              sluice gate

                                another view up the canal of the wharf

                               reflection of the pump house chimney

                         while we there we had a treat the horse drawn canal barge came down with a party of tourist on a great site to see ,it was a busy canal in its time running from Cromford  to Butterly iron works where it went under ground and carried on to Langley mill

                                      going home to Cromford ,great night
      it was a great night had by all the members , looking forward to the next meeting
      many thanks for viewing , like i said this is just a bit of fun writing this blog showing what i do with my camera and showing what there is to be seen around where i live
      thanks again and take care all

Since my last post in my blog i have had a couple of a hick- ups which meant not much photograpy only on the back garden

                this lovely 7 spot lady bird covered in morning dew couldn't resist this

       and this spider down at the bottom of the garden , theres a certain place down there where they        
                they all congregate

Last nights sunset from Ripley just up the road where i live great views over Belper and Alport heights
  looked out the window grabbed my camera bag and shot off up the fields

     sunset from Strelley in Ripley over looking Alport heights
      always great views from this area , plus a active variety of insects from over the fields

     as i found this little chap a soldier beetle as i was finding a place for my sunset shot i  spotted him

   last nights moon bit cloudy taken off the front yard
                hope to get out tonight for some more photography if it looks a good sky
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Wednseday 1st of July
  very hot day went down to check webcam nothing showed up on it chicken ,steak cut offs , dog food and biscuits not a bit touched ,ah well next time
   Wednesday afternoon bit of idle photography , back garden ,camera ,remote control and ice cream in the shade

            starlings having a feed round my improvised pool

enjoyed this great bit of relaxing photography
   thanks a lot for viewing my blog ,its just a bit of fun
   take care every one
       Mick

Well after the Wednesday night with the club i got up Thursday morning could hardly walk so a trip to the local hospital finished up on crutches so that was me out of the photography game for a bit ,
 But come a week later Tuesday was walking ok still bit of a limp but we where all systems go
      A trip down the wood Tuesday night to the feeding station to feed up and set the web cam up

 on the way back i took this little fella with the macro set up, a soldier beetle always worth a photo especially when theres a few about on the same bush didn't,

stop long it was very hot out in the open