Standing at the water’s edge you get a different perspective on the patterns created by the rippling water and reflection of light.
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My Walk this Week – Urban Lakeside
My walk this week is around an urban lake that I have visited before but not at this time of year. It had been my intention to take my camera and sound kit with me but as I was focusing on the meeting I had before this walk, I completely forgot the kit and had to use my iPhone for both photography and sound recording.
Birds of a Feather
As I walked back through Penclawdd on my walk this week and headed for my car, the light dimmed further and the birds began to roost . . .
Up and Down in Edinburgh
Before my walk this week on a planned day out in Edinburgh, I asked my uncle what might be the best thing to go see and he answered “Just go and see the place itself – it is all on different levels and that is one of it’s main attractions as a city“.
Water of Leith
Natural Congregation and Reviewing the Walk
This arc of pigeons arranged on the railings at the end of my walk this week in Roath Park, Cardiff, give the appearance of spectators at an event – but what is the event? I am pretty sure there was nothing going on out of our view here, that it is just a natural congregation of birds probably having a bit of siesta in the early afternoon, but your guess is as good as mine. Anyone got any suggestions?
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Roath Park Soundscape
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Swans taking flight
Walkers, joggers and pram pushers
Sitting ducks
green lake
Feeding Frenzy
Kittywake
Mothers in the park
railings and boats
Roath’s Pride
Monument – Scott Memorial Lighthouse
taking a nap
Roath Park, Cardiff
cormorant concentrating
Spectating
Stepping Down for an Overflow Drink
Walking along the southern end of Roath Park lake on my walk this week, I wonder if there is a particular attraction to this duck of the water falling down the lake’s overflow. Does it taste better than that in the lake itself? Perhaps it has a need for extra oxygen – who knows? It’s probably just a whim.
Overflow
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taking a nap
Classic profile
Railings perspective
Terra Nova Cafe
Taking a drink
Roath Park, Cardiff
Feeding Frenzy
Walking round Roath Park lake in Cardiff there were many opportunities to photograph the birds – trouble is they will insist on moving! Fast shutter speeds and quick reflexes will suffice but you still have to take a load of pulse shots to have any hope of freezing there sometimes frenzied motion – particularly when they are fighting over food.
More relaxed are the mothers and their their babies enjoying the natural environment in the centre of a busy city.
I think this is a Kittywake
Feeding Frenzy
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Feeding Frenzy
Kittywake
Early Autumn colour
Mothers in the park
Playing in the Park
More people in the park! Playing and cycling and walking their dogs, skateboarding and scootering – so many activities, and that’s only a part of it. Walking around the lake with my cameras and fluffy microphone, mostly people took little notice. They were pre-occupied with their own interests but there was one character who took an interest and gave me the funniest of looks – namely, the dog!
Scooters and Skateboards
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