My 2014 Weekly Photos - Part 4

[deetheturk]

Nice captures Geoff!

[Geoff F]

That darker cow certainly had curly locks, Izzie. Almost like a poodle.

Another one standing nearby had similar hair.

I was trying to get both calves and the adult in a suitable position but didn't quite achieve what I wanted. There were a couple of images that almost worked but the cow was in too much of a head down position.

But I did catch the calves on their own.



Also, there is a building in the background of the dark cow shot. Here it is closer up.



Originally constructed as a signal station tower when there was a risk of invasion from the French under Napoleon. A number of these towers were constructed along the south coast but few have remained.

And during a more recent conflict it marked the end of a grass strip runway in the 1940's.

[IzzieK]

Very interesting, Geoff. I like history. Good shot but why is the eyes of the cow on the right looks like that? Just curious...

[Geoff F]

Just boredom I think. Half asleep while facing into the sun. The other is full of wonder over seeing that strange creature with a camera.

And going back to the poodle type hairstyle, I think this shot shows that in better detail.

[IzzieK]

hahaha...this one is eye-ing you like he doesn't trust you.

[Geoff F]

Week 52 - Showers and sunny spells = Rainbows

Finally got to the last week.

It's mostly greyish and windy with frequent showers here, but with the odd brighter spell in between.



7D with Tamron 24-70 lens 1/160 F11 Iso 400



No time to look around and choose perfect locations, so these were what was available from my garden.

[IzzieK]

Nice shots to end your #52 week project. If I have to choose, I'd say #2 is your winner here for adding the township or city at the RHS and the foreground made it more so.

[Geoff F]

Yes those were my thoughts when looking at the limited options, Izzie.

Incidentally, with these shots there was a little bit of noise in the dark sky areas so I created a selection around the problem areas and did some selective noise reduction. Using a duplicate later and an edited mask would have also worked.