Sunset

With the clocks changing last Sunday we were just in time to catch a short lived Sunset on the way back from our after tea walk.

Monday Mystery

Last week's mystery object



was correctly identified by Kev Scott, Kris and Dave as a feeder designed for woodpeckers. Well done. The wooden 'steps, are to give something to grip on to and the long depth under the feeder is to give support when they press their tails to aid grip. My thanks to all who had a go.

Back to a close view this week



If you would like to guess what it is please leave your guess in the comments. Any will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.

Then and Now

Remember when I had the enormous Leylandii cut down and left a tall stump? Here it is as it was in April 2018 when I planted a couple of Virginia Creepers and wondered how many years it would take before I got a decent Autumn colour show from them.



and how it looked today



Pretty good for two years growth considering some of it was accidentally cut down when I had someone in to do some strimming in that area of the garden! I need to do a bit of re-training to get it to cover some areas. Strange, most of the growth seem to be on the North facing side. Maybe I should plant another one of the South facing side.

Monday Mystery

It looks like I won with last week'e mystery object



which was



an Oxo stock cube. My thanks to all who had a go.

Another full view this week. A new feeder



but what is it designed to attract?
If you know or would like to guess please leave your answer in the comments. They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.

Smart Roadster

Initially I hadn't a clue what this rather swish sporty looking car is



Can't say I have ever noticed one of these before, especially in the village. A search of the number plate at least told me it is a Smart Roadster 80 though who makes them and where I haven't a clue.



Not my idal car nowadays but 50 years ago I would have been happy to own one though I would probably have struggled finding the money to insure it.

HDR with the Canon G5X

A quick test using the built in HDR effects of the Canon PowerShot G5X. When taking HRD photos the camera takes three shots in quick succession. One normal exposure, one at slightly less and one slightly more exposure. It then processes them to give the HDR result. Processing seems to take about 5 to 10 seconds. Can be useful when there is a very large difference in lighting over shadow and well lit sections of the scene. There are a few different HDR effects to choose from. I tried a couple. As I didn't have a tripod with me I rested the camera on the hand rail of the footbridge leading to the cricket field.

First a normal single shot:


This is HDR Art Embossed


Finally HDR Art Bold


There are a couple more variations to use but I was blocking other people wanting to use the footbridge so I'll have a further experiment another day.

Monday Mystery

Last week's close views



were parts of



a glue stick. Well done to Kev Scott, Ellen D., Dave and Kris. My thanks to all who had a go.

This week you can see the the full view of something to identify



If you would like to make a guess please leave it in the comments. They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.