Squashed Sunrise

Spotted this "squashed sunrise" this morning as it rose over the Strait of Dover. The effect is caused by light being refracted by a layer of cold surface air - a kind of mirage effect.

Desolation

It's pretty obvious that the "infamous" Sunday Market has seen far better days on this glum Sunday afternoon.

Mystical Waterfall

Ah yes, the obligtory cheesy mystical waterfall shot, with HDR thrown in. Sorry, but s'gotta be done.

Taken today near Sandgate.

A November's Day

During my usual mid-day bike ride, it seems that conditions were very good for photography. A fine bright morning gave me this calm back-lit scenery at Castle Hill Avenue, but then the cloudscape took on that moody look which made for ideal HDR photography!

Every Kid Should Have One

Result of an art project by me and my sister.

Bloody Sunrise

Spotted while on a dawn stroll along East Cliff Sands.

The first image is a HDR composed of four different exposures. The second one came straight out of the camera using manual settings with no post-processing.

I Can See A . .

. . . Rainbow!

Saw that near-perfect 'bow from my hobby room window this morning as a cheeky shower passed by. Had to fit a cheap wide-angle lens onto my Lumix TZ45 in order to fit it all in, though.

The Watch Tower

That is the now-disused watch tower at Folkestone Harbour (which, that, too is disused).

Apocalypse Now!

Had a go at creating some more urbex HDR stuff, using stuff I've taken photos of in the past 24 hours alone.

Catch Of The Day

Fishing boat at Folkestone harbour at 6.30 am. Wasn't sure whether it was starting up or finishing for the day!

Mine! Mine! Mine!

Fans of "Finding Nemo" will get the title.

Went for a stroll along the harbour during a fine but chilly October's day. Seem I was in the middle of a feeding frenzy.

Beach Huts

Spotted this row of freshly painted beach huts while on a bike ride today.

Animal Magic

Went on a long bike ride today seeing as it was so nice (as you could see at the bottom photo). I found a route that cuts through a wildlife park (don't worry, it was all fenced off so there was no danger of me being lunch for some hungry beast).

Down Memory Lane

Today I went for a trip down memory lane as I rode over to my old street at Hythe - a few miles away from my current home. I moved away from that street in 1983, and it is obvious that time has not been kind to it.

October Sunset

Lovely sunset as viewed from my hobby room this evening.

Passing Cloud Bank

A very weak and well-decayed but still quite picturesque squall line passed over Folkestone today.

IDJ media does Top Gear

A mate turned up in his replacement used car, so I thought I'd do bit of Top Gear car magazine photo shoot.

Cloud Ripple

Interesting looking rippled stratocumulus. Usually caused by fast-moving warm and moist upper air "shearing" over less warm and drier surface air (a bit like sea water shearing over sand forming little dune ripples you see when the tide goes out).

Scaled Down

Went to a model railway exhibition today.

Summer Leaves

Only . . . it's now October!

By now, leaves should be turning shades of brown and lying on the ground - but a last minute heatwave with 29 C across Kent had kept things green and pleasant for longer this year.

Seems that our Autumns are becoming more like Summer!