Playing With Light

A couple of plays in light I saw on my walk

Color On Ice - Oxford Canal

Bridge, A Vortex in Shadows - Oxford Canal

Today Along the Canal

Elesa encouraged me to go a little further afield and work toward walking the entire canal in sections. So today she dropped me off at Lower Heyford and I made my way back to Thrupp. It was a very nice sunny day, but the path was a bit muddy and very slippery at times. Between mud and photos, the roughly 8 mile walk took me a good hour longer than I had expected.

Lower Heyford - Oxford Canal, England

Bridge #209 at Dashwoods Lock - Oxford Canal

Tow Path Bridge over the River Cherwell & Baker's Lock - Oxford Canal

Pin Hole

Picked up a couple of "body caps" that fit Canon EOS bodies for just a couple bucks last week. I've drilled a small hole in the center of one and started experimenting with it as a pinhole camera. I'm thinking my hole might be slightly too big, but I still have a lot of messing around to do :) Here are some photos I took with it on my walk today

St Sepulchre’s Cemetery - Oxford, England

St Sepulchre’s Cemetery - Oxford, England

St Sepulchre’s Cemetery - Oxford, England

St Sepulchre’s Cemetery - Oxford, England

Moss on Wall - Oxford, England

In Black and White

A couple of shots from my roaming around the canal and Port Meadow the other day. The contrast led me to think of black and white.

Duck Takes a Splash - Trap Grounds Pond, Oxford Canal, England

Tree Bark - Port Meadow, Oxford, England

Cooper's Hawk

Having a fresh breakfast in our backyard

Cooper's Hawk - Milford, Ohio

This Morning Along the Canal

Sort of a redux of This Evening Along the Canal.
Gloomy and foggy in spots instead of a golden evening sun.

Countryside - Oxford Canal, England

Sheep - Oxford Canal, England

Red Canoe, Blue Rowboat - Oxford Canal, England

Fall

The Red Leaf

We Remember....

...but we do not learn. World War 1, or what much of the world calls "The Great War", started 100 years ago this past summer and ended 96 years ago Tuesday (The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). Today is Remembrance Sunday and many locales in the United Kingdom have solemn ceremonies, people wear red poppies and lay wreaths at memorials honoring those lost in the war.


The Many

The Few

The Wreathes

University Parks

This morning's walk was a little damp and drizzly. I wandered through Oxford University Parks instead of a trek along the canal which would have been very muddy. Even though fall is very much here, a number of things were still blooming.


Bloom Long Gone

Flower #1

Flower #2

Flower #3

Flower #4

Flower #5

Flower #6

Shots From The Air, Part 3 - "Night Skies"

And then the red eye...

When the flight attendant woke me to tell me to close my window so when the sun came up it wouldn't wake people, I looked out and took the last three photos. It was an amazing light show that lasted quite a while. I struggled to get decent photos through an airplane window without a tripod etc. but these three sort of came out well enough to get the idea.

Sunset Over The Wing

Sunset Over The Mountains

Clouds at Sunset

Aurora Borealis Over Canada

Aurora Borealis Over Canada

Aurora Borealis Over Canada

Shots From The Air, Part 2 - "Los Angeles"

And into Los Angeles (gotta love the brown air)...

Newport Beach, California

Greater Los Angeles & San Gabriel Mountains, California

Downtown Los Angeles, California

I-110 Harbor Freeway - Los Angeles, California

LAX - Los Angeles, California

Shots From The Air, Part 1 - "Islands"

Did some traveling over the past month...after getting a wonderful view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate during landing without access to my camera, I endeavored to have my camera on my lap for a couple of my other flights. Here are the results.

Maui & The Big Island, Hawaii

Moloka'i, Lanai, Kaho'olawe, Maui & The Big Island, Hawaii

Moloka'i, Lanai, & Kaho'olawe, Hawaii

Mauna Kea & Mauna Loa, The Big Island of Hawai'i Maui in the foreground

Santa Catalina Island, California

Cruise Ship at Avalon - Santa Catalina Island, California

Canal Birds

Birds in England chirp a lot...but I generally don't see them, I hear them. Here are a few I saw yesterday, they weren't chirping.

The Swan Family - Oxford Canal, England

Kingfisher - Oxford Canal, England

Swan Yoga, "The Duck" - Oxford Canal, England

Boats Along the Canal

It was a nice sunny morning and again a lot of boats moving along the canal. Here are a some photos of the boats for a change.

Bridge 236 - Oxford Canal, England

Long Boats Moored - Oxford Canal, England

Long Boats Moored Near Duke's Lock - Oxford Canal, England

Long Boats Moored Near Duke's Lock - Oxford Canal, England

Long Boat Heads North Toward Banbury - Oxford Canal, England

Long Boat Heads South Toward Oxford - Oxford Canal, England

Long Boat Negotiates Wolvercote Lock - Oxford Canal, England