Your R System Images - April 2026

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Agawam Mill in West Warwick, RI
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Trestle Park in Coventry, RI
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Hi Walter,

A superb collection of striking shots featuring fascinating bits of industrial architecture (that weir is a real classic - and the bridge is wonderful).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Hopscotch Lorikeets…

Another backyard double-rainbow image. This time I had a 'proper camera' ready!

Thanks for looking…
David

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Hi David,

It's a real treat to see these beautiful creatures in their natural environment (which, luckily for us, includes your garden!).

A determined looking subject, with an attentive onlooker. (And what a pair of little cuties).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[SwampGrizz]

Hopscotch Lorikeets…

Another backyard double-rainbow image. This time I had a 'proper camera' ready!

Thanks for looking…
David

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Excellent photo. I had no idea that birds would have such vivid colors. It looks like somebody took a paint brush to him.

 

[SwampGrizz]

Tybee is a good place for sunrise photos. Here are some I made last winter. Too cold for the gnats.

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[SwampGrizz]

I also have a fascination with old structures.

VanDyck,
Come to Savannah. We have old structures all over the place. I was talking to a German friend of mine a while back, and we were discussing the old Savannah buildings. I was bragging about how a lot of the structures were 200 years old or more, and feeling kind of smug. He casually mentioned that the house he grew up in was 800 years old, and that it was one of the newer ones in his town. I was a lot less smug after after that.

 

[dgphoto8]

Our second and final ‘Post Card from Guernsey’, features Hauteville House, St Peter Port.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite/ Viewpoint, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Studio . Karen used our Sony RX10 IV on this trip, so you’re stuck with Phil’s images. Well, officially - some insets may occasionally veer a little off-piste. Don't tell Tim... ).

You can find out more about Hauteville House by clicking Here.

Phil and Karen


1. Overlooking St. Peter Port, Hauteville House was home to writer Victor Hugo and his family for nearly 15 years during his exile from France (1856 to 1870). Many of his masterpieces were written here – including Les Misérables.

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2. The house is a work of art, with its layout and décor designed by Victor Hugo himself. The only way to visit it is by means of a guided tour - pre-booking is most definitely recommended! (The photograph of our exceptional - and absolutely charming - guide was taken with her permission).

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3. The first floor Balcony sits off from the two large drawing rooms used to entertain guests.

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4. The second floor Library Landing and lavish stairway.

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5. The Oak Gallery was designed to be Victor Hugo's private apartments, containing his bedroom and study.

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6. The top floor Look Out was an extension of Hugo’s study, which then became the antechamber. The Look Out became the emblem of the house and was an ideal place for writing. Overlooking the sea, Hugo wrote several masterpieces on movable writing surfaces, including Toilers of the Sea, The Man Who Laughs and Theatre in Freedom.

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(Sources: Maisons Victor Hugo and The Islands of Guernsey).

Very cool photo, folks! Such an interesting place.

 

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[David Berry]

Nice. Look what I can do!

What a pair of little cuties.

Thank you for sharing...

And thank you for looking Phil and Karen!
… David

It looks like somebody took a paint brush to him.

And that's why photographers have to lay off the saturation slider in Photoshop: nature's done the paint job for us already!

Thanks for your kind words, Grizz
… David

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[VanDyck]

Savannah. We have old structures all over the place.

You're fortunate to be in a location with such a wonderland of photo opportunities all around: The trees, the structures, the water.

Similar to the story about your friend, a trumpet player friend of my wife's deeply musical family, once worked in a church in Germany, where a famous composer worked centuries ago, a name everyone has heard, but that I can't remember at the moment. At one point he quipped that it was a fantastic experience to go to work each day to compose music in the same structure as did the composer. Theat statement gave pause to reflect on the span of time, and how much was accomplished before us.

Cheers!

 

[SwampGrizz]

Walter,
We are indeed blessed down here. Our structures date back to a relatively narrow time span compared to, say, Europe or Asia, etc. It’s mostly Colonial era architecture. One of the very rewarding things about this site is that I can get transported back in time to European castles or Asian pagodas or any number of unique places that have far more history associated with them than what I see every day. This is a direct result of the efforts of all the superb photographers on this site. For example, I’ve never been to the Pacific Northwest, but thanks to our friends out that way, I can enjoy what they see every day. I look forward to checking this site every day to see where it will take me next.

 

[Wings and Things]

Popped over to my local nature reserve (RSPB Lakenheath Fen in Suffolk) last week and caught a glimpse of a Muntjac in the trees. Turned to carry on walking and saw another wandering down the track looking for food. It would have been rude not to try and get a photo. Quick edit and crop in ON1 RAW as I was shooting more or less into the setting sun. Not a great result but happy with it nonetheless.

Not much else around although a moorhen seemed to like its own reflection.

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