Carole's Photos

Happy New Year

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Christmas Greetings

2011-12-23T09:56:00.004Z

To all my friends on Blogger I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2012. Thank you for all your support through the years.

Durham Luniere

2011-11-21T16:35:00.012Z

Sunday at the Lumiere light festival was, I would say, a nightmare. It was thick fog, not good for photograpy; packed solid with people, queues a mile long, one way system that made you have to walk miles further than you needed. I was very disapointed with my photos, especially of the lightshow on Durham Cathedral (because of the fog you could see the trail of the lasers and the visibility was not good either).
The rest of the time i tried to take things hand held as there was no room to put your tripod. Don't think i'll be back again. Thank goodness i went in 2009 and saw a lot more and got a lot more shots.

Tunstall

2011-11-12T18:23:00.006Z

The Bridge

2011-11-09T09:42:00.006Z

Autumn

2011-10-30T09:39:00.000Z

mono conversions

2011-10-02T23:18:00.005+01:00

Otter

2011-10-01T11:53:00.004+01:00

seashell

2011-09-29T10:13:00.001+01:00

On the causeway

2011-09-27T09:01:00.005+01:00

Holy Island is only accesible from the mainland at low tide by means of a causeway, which can be reached from the village of Beal. To the south of the more modern road-surface causeway, a series of stakes mark the old route across to the island called the `Pilgrims Way' which was used in ancient times by visitors to the Christian centre of Lindisfarne. Again this could be crossed only at low tide.

Beaches

2011-09-26T08:58:00.000+01:00

Holiday

2011-09-25T08:48:00.001+01:00

Just got back from a week on Holy Island in Northumberland. Here's a few images of Lindisfarne Castle on the Island.

First built in 1550, it sits romantically on the highest point of the island, a whin stone hill called Beblowe. The Castle has never witnessed any major battle or Border siege although it was occupied by some Northumbrian Jacobites at the time of the 1715 Rising. Lindisfarne Castle was converted into a private residence by the well known British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1903. A small but superbly rugged looking building, it has been a National Trust property since 1944.

violin

2011-09-12T17:47:00.005+01:00

Swan

2011-09-05T22:07:00.002+01:00

Newbiggin By The Sea

2011-08-28T23:32:00.002+01:00

Creswell

2011-08-27T23:28:00.002+01:00

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St Peter's, Bywell

2011-08-20T08:59:00.001+01:00

I work for an organ builders in Durham and whenever I go into a church I always have the urge to see if it's one of ours. This one isn't unfortunately.

Gravestones

2011-08-19T09:10:00.000+01:00

Some gravestones at St Peters, Bywell

Graveyard in Corbridge

2011-08-14T10:01:00.000+01:00

Fields of gold

2011-08-12T08:58:00.000+01:00

Birds

2011-08-10T09:44:00.000+01:00

Egglestone Abbey

2011-08-01T09:53:00.006+01:00

The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

Remains include much of the 13th century church and a range of living quarters, with traces of their ingenious toilet drainage system.

Bowes Museum

2011-07-29T09:44:00.001+01:00

Marsden

2011-07-24T10:15:00.000+01:00

Flower

2011-06-30T20:40:00.002+01:00

Insects

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layers

2011-06-25T11:53:00.000+01:00

Poppies

2011-06-24T11:56:00.000+01:00

Stormy poppies

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Rapeseed

2011-06-20T21:52:00.002+01:00

Poppy

2011-06-19T21:48:00.002+01:00

Lanchester countryside

2011-06-17T10:58:00.000+01:00

Looking towards Langley Park

2011-06-16T10:57:00.000+01:00

Baby birds in the garden

2011-06-15T22:40:00.007+01:00

zombie

2011-06-14T01:00:00.000+01:00

I was asked what this would look like in black and white so here it is.

sunset

2011-06-13T19:40:00.000+01:00

Into the valley

2011-06-12T11:50:00.000+01:00

Englands green and pleasant land

2011-06-11T00:27:00.000+01:00

Took this on my way home from work. It was a beautiful afternoon and just took a detour up a small country lane.

Zombie

2011-06-10T19:19:00.002+01:00

Ben

2011-06-08T16:23:00.004+01:00

Ben, on his favourite seat. He loves sitting on this and looking out the window at the passers by and having a bark at them too LOL.

Zombie shoot

2011-06-07T16:15:00.003+01:00

Thanks to Helen who invited me to her Zombie photoshoot. Helen did all the makeup and the model was Anthony Scott a friend of Helens. Had a great laugh doing this.

Quayside

2011-06-06T16:18:00.000+01:00

A different view of the Millenium Bridge and the Baltic.

The old Baltic Flour Mills, now an Arts Centre

Siren

On the Swing Bridge

Evening out with the camera club down at the Quayside, Newcastle.

Rose

2011-06-01T16:14:00.000+01:00

Playing around with Photoshop

2011-05-27T12:09:00.004+01:00

Original

Fake sky

Just been playing around with Photoshop and trid to add a fake sky into the picture.

Raggy

2011-05-24T12:07:00.002+01:00

Poor thing its wings were all raggy.

Sheep

2011-05-23T12:04:00.002+01:00

Longhorn cattle

2011-05-22T23:38:00.002+01:00

Marsden & Souter

2011-05-22T08:58:00.004+01:00

Chess

2011-05-20T21:00:00.003+01:00

In bloom

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mask

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Rose

2011-05-18T12:06:00.001+01:00

Bluetit

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Botanical Gardens

2011-05-14T18:45:00.010+01:00

New camera.

2011-05-13T09:50:00.000+01:00

Well I just bought myself a new camera today and as always I go against what everyone has said and bought myself a Sony A700 DSLR & I love it. Here's a couple of snapshots for now till I go out today with it. Hope the weather holds out, not looking too promising though.

Farm

2011-05-03T21:56:00.001+01:00

Rapeseed field revisited today

2011-05-02T21:54:00.003+01:00

Rapeseed field

2011-05-01T08:52:00.003+01:00

Bluebell wood

2011-04-30T08:49:00.000+01:00

The Royal Wedding

2011-04-29T20:11:00.009+01:00

Rapeseed field

2011-04-28T18:44:00.002+01:00

Derelict

2011-04-27T18:43:00.000+01:00

Reflections

2011-04-26T17:50:00.002+01:00

Landscape

2011-04-25T17:41:00.000+01:00

Easter Sunday at Wallington Hall

2011-04-24T17:25:00.002+01:00

Barnard Castle

2011-04-23T09:10:00.000+01:00

Scotland

2011-04-22T10:38:00.000+01:00

Wish i was back in Scotland.

Hazy sunset

2011-04-19T21:40:00.004+01:00

Red Kite

2011-04-18T17:39:00.004+01:00

Best shots i've got so far of these beautiful birds.

cloudy day

2011-04-16T19:35:00.003+01:00

Sheep

2011-04-15T19:44:00.000+01:00

Fox

2011-04-10T21:20:00.005+01:00

First fox i've seen this year and what a day it#s been. I've never seen a fox climb a tree before till today. we all couldn't believe our eyes it was chasing a pheasant up a tree.Not the best of shots as it was a distance away (these are cropped right in). you can just see the tail. These are the times i wished i'd had a 500mm lens or a camcorder.

Lambs

2011-04-09T23:22:00.000+01:00

Beach hut

2011-04-05T00:46:00.000+01:00

Steel Rigg, Hadrian's Wall

2011-04-03T11:10:00.001+01:00

sunset

2011-04-02T19:27:00.002+01:00

Blyth. Evening light.

2011-04-01T01:07:00.002+01:00

Washington Wetlands Centre

2011-03-27T22:12:00.010+01:00

Had a lovely day out at Washington Wetlands Centre. Beautiful surroundings and great variety of birds.

Ice Queen

2011-03-23T23:38:00.002Z

Processing

2011-03-20T19:34:00.002Z

Dont suppose many photographers would show you this. Shows that I am an amateur but with a little bit skill in Photoshop :-)

Here's the bafore shot and after processing shot.

A Happy Accident

2011-03-20T11:15:00.003Z

This was a bit of an accident when i processing the image. I forgot to flatten the layers before using a Platinum action I had. This is what happened. Well I like it. So I tried it again. LOL

Amy

2011-03-20T02:21:00.005Z

Thanks to Amy and her Dad for letting me take these photos. She's a lovely young girl and we all had a good laugh.

Amy

2011-03-19T02:25:00.000Z

Grey Squirrels

2011-03-16T22:20:00.003Z

Cute American grey squirrels but unfortunately they are killing our native red squirrels off with disease.

Red Squirrel

2011-03-15T22:26:00.000Z

St Mary's Lighthouse

2011-03-13T00:30:00.000Z

Reflections

2011-03-12T00:29:00.001Z

Sunset

2011-03-10T01:34:00.000Z

pheasant

2011-03-09T09:44:00.001Z

Mallard ducks

2011-03-08T09:42:00.000Z

Teal

2011-03-07T09:40:00.000Z

2011-02-27T01:45:00.000Z

Rainbow & the moors

2011-02-26T01:32:00.000Z

2011-02-21T02:19:00.000Z

View

2011-02-20T02:10:00.000Z

The tree

2011-02-18T01:31:00.000Z

Panorama

2011-02-17T01:29:00.000Z