Your R System Images - May 2026

AOC said:

Another slightly different angle of an Eastern Towhee tweet from earlier post. I like the tail feather view on this capture

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Definitely this one. Better angle and better light.

PKM-UK said:

When you start going through your files from a recent visit and find you shot the Welsh only version of an information board...

(We can just about manage to say 'good morning' in Welsh - probably quite badly - but the rest of the language is completely impenetrable).

Phil

(With apologies to any Welsh forum members, good morning is 'Bore da' - pronounced phonetically-ish = 'borrey daahh').


Right then, who's going first?...

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I could pretend to be able to translate for you, but... I've always regretted that my Welsh-speaking mother didn't raise me to be bilingual, but to be fair it wasn't fashionable at the time. I did get to play with Shirley Bassey's daughter though... ;-)

Google translate is very clever:

Crocus blooming in the Otro Valley, Valsesia, Italia | Canon EOS R8, RF 16-28mm F2.8 IS STM

AOC said:

Another slightly different angle of an Eastern Towhee tweet from earlier post. I like the tail feather view on this capture

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Hi Art,

Glorious.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

Bucolic Old Sir Henry said:

I could pretend to be able to translate for you, but... I've always regretted that my Welsh-speaking mother didn't raise me to be bilingual, but to be fair it wasn't fashionable at the time. I did get to play with Shirley Bassey's daughter though... ;-)

Google translate is very clever:
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Hi Gareth,

When I showed the original to Karen she said 'just use Google Translate' and I said 'no chance', but she was right! Well done indeed!

(That is very clever).

Even more impressive though is your casual name drop...

(I should have clocked the Welsh connection given your christian name - as you may have gathered, Wales is on our list of favourite places).



Phil

Sela69 said:

Crocus blooming in the Otro Valley, Valsesia, Italia | Canon EOS R8, RF 16-28mm F2.8 IS STM

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Hi Andrea,

A very eye-catching composition of a beautiful location - the low angle is perfect - those distant mountains look absolutely stunning.

A real joy to behold. Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

Ahead of a day of post Frank-Fest raw file processing, a few from a recent-ish visit to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Studio. Compilations feature Karen - R7 and Phil - R5 II).

Phil and Karen


We go forwards and then, we go backwards again...



Lion Youth...



Baby it's cold outside...



Hello bright eyes...



Some of the other visitors...

Bucolic Old Sir Henry said:

I could pretend to be able to translate for you, but... I've always regretted that my Welsh-speaking mother didn't raise me to be bilingual, but to be fair it wasn't fashionable at the time. I did get to play with Shirley Bassey's daughter though... ;-)

Google translate is very clever:

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Hi Gareth,

And by return, with our thanks, one for you - the largest painted map of Wales in the world...

(Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire in Wales).

P&K

(And 'yes', it was raining... ).

A serious portrait…



Our local Laughing Kookaburra, certainly not living up to its name, stared me down as if posing for a no-nonsense nineteenth century photo. I did not dare shoot in colour or mention its messy attire — it's been wet (aka 'muddy') for a few days.

200mm at 1.65 metres

Thanks for looking.
… David

David Berry said:

A serious portrait…

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Our local Laughing Kookaburra, certainly not living up to its name, stared me down as if posing for a no-nonsense nineteenth century photo. I did not dare shoot in colour or mention its messy attire — it's been wet (aka 'muddy') for a few days.

200mm at 1.65 metres

Thanks for looking.
… David

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Hi David,

A serious pose indeed - but a very good use of your time and efforts (though best not mention the bill... ).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

Some storm clouds in May


This one looks like a spooky face

NGauger101010 said:

a spooky face

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I can see it.

NGauger101010 said:

Some storm clouds in May


This one looks like a spooky face
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Hi Mike,

Well seen and beautifully caught - hopefully while remaining completely dry. That, is certainly one mean looking cloud formation.

(If we didn't know different, we'd have said we must have been camping nearby... ).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

A few shots taken, last week, at The Robin 2 in Bilston, UK, of Albert Lee and his band. Albert is a true veteran of the music scene, having played with many well-known artists, including Emmylou Harris, The Everly Bothers, Eric Clapton... ...the list is seemingly endless, and covers many different genres of music. We were treated to a great night of Albert's own songs (including the legendary "Country Boy") as well as some of the songs that he wrote (or played on) for other people, telling us stories between the songs of his life on the road, and the people that he met and played with on the way. I'm sure that Albert won't mind me mentioning the fact that he's 82 years old - he's still as much as rocker as ever, and long may that continue!

Dwardski said:

A few shots taken, last week, at The Robin 2 in Bilston, UK, of Albert Lee and his band. Albert is a true veteran of the music scene, having played with many well-known artists, including Emmylou Harris, The Everly Bothers, Eric Clapton... ...the list is seemingly endless, and covers many different genres of music. We were treated to a great night of Albert's own songs (including the legendary "Country Boy") as well as some of the songs that he wrote (or played on) for other people, telling us stories between the songs of his life on the road, and the people that he met and played with on the way. I'm sure that Albert won't mind me mentioning the fact that he's 82 years old - he's still as much as rocker as ever, and long may that continue!


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Hi Eddie,

A wonderful set of beautifully captured images. Looks like this was a very special evening for all present - well done Albert! (We should be so lucky).

Great stuff - thank you for sharing these for us all to enjoy...

P&K

Great photos!
Albert Lee is a legend. He is proof that us old codgers can still throw down when we need to.

PKM-UK said:

Hi Mike,

Well seen and beautifully caught - hopefully while remaining completely dry. That, is certainly one mean looking cloud formation.

(If we didn't know different, we'd have said we must have been camping nearby... ).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

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They were taken out of my bedroom window just as it started to drizzle. Just good timing on my part

A little something ahead of a couple of visits (Phil needs more raw files!) - some images from Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PLE/ Viewpoint, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Studio. This was a brief stop-off en-route to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and Karen’s R7/ RF 100-500 L set-up was a less than ideal combination, so these images are all by Phil).

This time we've included some shots of the on-site info boards, but you can also find out more about Sutton Scarsdale Hall by clicking Here.

Phil and Karen


1. Sutton Scarsdale Hall (visible from the nearby M1 Motorway - but if you're driving, keep your eyes on the road! ) was built in the Baroque style on the site of an existing house between 1724 and 1729 for the 4th Earl of Scarsdale.



2. The cost of this splendid building left the Scarsdale heirs with depleted funds and they were eventually forced to sell the hall in the 19th century.



3. John Arkwright, a descendant of the industrialist Richard Arkwright, bought the hall, but in 1919 the family sold it to a company of asset strippers.



4. Many of its finely decorated rooms were sold off as architectural salvage and the house was reduced to a shell. Some rooms still exist: three interiors are displayed at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia.



5. A pine-panelled room is at the Huntington Library, California. It was offered to the Huntington by a Hollywood film producer who had used it as a set for a film, Kitty, in 1934. (He had bought it from William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper magnate and collector).



6. The ruins of the hall were saved from demolition by the writer Sir Osbert Sitwell (of Renishaw Hall fame), who bought it in 1946 after he had heard of the impending sale to dismantle the stonework. In 1970 descendants of the Sitwells persuaded the Department of the Environment to take the building into guardianship and it is now managed by English Heritage.



(Source: English Heritage).

PKM-UK said:

A little something ahead of a couple of visits (Phil needs more raw files!) - some images from Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

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Since you seem to have an attraction to architecture,