Out At Sea

This morning I quickly sent my Delta Flyer out to sea to capture a paddle boat "Waverly" slowly being on her way to dock into Folkestone Harbour. Just a shame it was under grey overcast skies, could have done with the sunshine of yesterday's but at least conditions were dead calm which is unusual for October. 

A Miniature World

 
Attended a model railway exhibition at the Leas Cliff Hall here at Folkestone today. It fired up both my inspiration and photograph mojo.

October Moon

 

Gave the drone another flight later on in the evening.

October Sunset

 

Sent the drone back up over Folkestone this evening.

More Sand Etchings

 
Took the ol' drone for a spin over a local beach today. Unfortunately the lighting was rather flat due to overcast skies so had to pop out this photo in post-processing to bring out the texture.

September Sunset

Just captured this sunset over Folkestone with my drone. Like before, a simple straight upwards to 80 metres ASL and back down flight above the relative safety of my front garden and thankfully upper level wind was within safety parameters. 

End Of An Era.

Or The Buck Stops here.

Folkestone Bus Station, that has been a go-to landmark for pretty much a lifetime for many local people, will be closed down in a couple of days and eventually be replaced by a garden/park area by this time next year. The station was built in the 1950s which, ironically replaced a park area before that.

All these photos were taken on my iSamsony smartbone as I didn't want to appear too geeky with my big camera. This is purely for archival purposes, so don't worry I'm not taking on bus-spotting as a new hobby.

Summer's Final Fling

As this Summer get to have one last go with a late season warm spell.

Another Then & Now

This time at the front of my house. Top is on this day in 2016 when Summer hung on for longer than usual, bottom is today where there is a bit more green/growth. Also note the missing rowan tree and the other one is dead, so that'll be gone before long.

Then & Now

Just found an old photo of Tram Road and Stoneleigh House taken from the back of my house here at Folkestone in 1985, so thought I'd do a cool "then & now" feature with another photo taken on my smartphone this afternoon.

Sun Halo

As soon as I spotted that sun halo over Folkestone this afternoon, I sent my drone straight up from my front garden to capture it. Then later on in the evening, a moon halo was sighted.

Tickled Pink

 Nature's own colour filter made for a striking overcast dusk sky as the setting sun shone through clear skies in the distance. This is straight from my iSamsony smartbone, no post-processing adjustments, all I did was to slightly reduce exposure before taking the picture. 

Banger

An impressive firework display took place at Folkestone harbour this evening, but due to the declining weather conditions with increasing wind and threat of rain, I hadn't set up the big camera nor my drone and instead just used my smartphone from neighbours garden.

Folkestone Harbour At Night

 

I took this on my iSamsony smartbone a couple of weeks ago, it's only just now I remembered to give it a tweak and show. 

High Sunset

This evening, I noticed what was looking like a half decent sunset forming, so in order to get a better view of it over Folkestone I did a simple straight-up-and-back-down-again flight directly over my house with the ol' drone.

Light Reading

A nice simple joke, and it has been a while since I last did a doodle.

August Full Moon

 Surgery (or whatever it is called) moon over Folkestone Harbour on this humid but clear evening. Not quite the money shot I hoped for as harbour security wanted to close the gates, so it was a rather rush photo shoot. 

Horizons

 

My sis and I noticed the stark-looking sea colours over Folkestone harbour from my neighbours garden this afternoon. Shadow from heavy showers over the Channel and bright skies overhead are what caused that strong contrast/shade effect. 

Beam Us Up, Scotty.