Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Mossley

A view of our Hudderfield Canal at the small town of Mossley. A canal path that my wife and I often walk as it is quite wonderful and mostly dry too. Love the light and reflections here. A good place to sit and ponder on that bench but I don’t think we ever have sat there. The PiP shows an Autumn view of the same scene. Enjoy full screen. Have a great day.

A view from last year when we took a walk in quite a different little area just a few miles from here. It’s at a place near Carrbrook Reservoir, just following the little stream up valley and the we came to this. Enjoy full size.

A recent 'breath of fresh air' walk took us to a local set of reservoirs in the search for new autumn tree colours. However we were not in luck for such light on the trees. At almost the highest point a look to our right showed us the makings of a beautiful rainbow with the blackest sky imaginable. Whilst hiding from the coming onslaught of rain behind a wall, I ran off a few quick snaps being careful not to get my lens wet. Here is the result of two of the photos melded for this panoramic capture. Notice here what I had at first thought of, as a very dirty photo of noise/dirt spots on the lens or sensor but ‘no’ the lens was clean and dry, as was my sensor. So what are those white spots and streaks over the colours of the bow itself? In fact, it seems that the bright sun to my back as I took these into the black skies, lit up the fast rain droplets and that is that what we are seeing. Strangely, moments after taking these, the rainbow, rain and dark skies reverted to beautiful blue skies again (until we reached the golden trees then it went dull - of course.) Enjoy full size. Have a great weekend. Herb

A nice Autumnal bench, a nice reflection but I know only too well that the centre of attraction here will be the cat. Taken along the Huddersfield canal in Mossley just twelve months ago, Enjoy full screen and have a good week.

A new reservoir for us, forever on the lookout for someplace local but different. The tower on here reminded me a little of the ones I sometimes read about in my phantasy novels but in picking this photo out of a few I took, it was the presence and placing of the mallard ducks that interested me too. Enjoy full screen

What can be more pleasant than a weekend walk along the canal on a dry sunny autumn morning? Here we are in the small town of Mossley, one of those places where new homes are springing up by the week, so a walk along the canal path with someone you love or maybe your dog is a real bonus. For me though, it would never be the same without such light and reflections that give me the feeling that someone more powerful is also accompanying us here. As is usual with my photos, best viewed full screen