Amelia's photos

Saturday Self Challenge: Find something red, shoot it, but then change the image into black and white. This was an interesting challenge. I wanted to take a photo of something that the majority of folks would accept as red without having to show the original photo. Here are my attempts:

This fence is part of a kissing gate. A kissing gate is a type of gate that allows people, but not livestock, to pass through. The normal construction is a half-round, rectangular, trapezoidal or V-shaped part-enclosure with the free end of a hinged gate trapped between its arms. The name comes from the gate merely "kissing" (touching) the inside of the enclosure. It reliably forms a barrier rather than needing to be securely latched on each use. Courtesy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_gate The more romantic notion, and one that I like, is that the first person to pass through would have to close the gate to the next person, providing an opportune moment to demand a kiss in return for entry. When we go through as a family it can take a bit of time for the kisses, but on that day I was by myself. :-) Kissing gate - England

The concert Hall was officially opened by Crown Prince Haakon on 15 September 2012. The financing of the building was shared by the municipality of Stavanger, the county of Rogaland, the Norwegian government and private sponsors at a cost of 1.225 billion Norwegian kroner. It is spectacular inside.

I suspect this piece of agricultural machinery is on its last legs. Bits have broken off and were lying on the field.

Another trial.

ANNE LORNE GILLIES ROWAN TREE

Hope your week brings you sunshine and flowers and night-time rain showers.

Aricia agestis is a very small butterfly with a wing span of only 25 - 31mm. The upper-wings are brown with orange spots on the wing edges. I didn't manage to get a good photo of this.

The Monday Macro today is: 0.07.2018. - Loch / hole / trou / agujero The main hole is in a colander, and one can see the waste collector holes in the sink.

The Saturday Self Challenge: "Using Fill Flash." There was a fairly good sunset, so I decided to try this technique, although I very rarely allow flash. The result does show the structure of The Cross and the plants that surround it. I was fairly pleased that the sky remained fairly true in colour, and only The Cross was lit up. However, on the whole I prefer the photo without the flash. It is worth looking at this photo in ORIGINAL size, to see why this village is so called.