A mixed bag
This post has a mixed bag of images, landscape and wildlife, with last weekend seeing a visit to Portsmouth to watch an FA Cup game. We decided to stay in Portsmouth and visit the Historical Dockyard the day before the game. It was very interesting, and I particularly enjoyed the Mary Rose museum. I managed to get some reasonable photo’s of the two historic warships, HMS Warrior 1860 and HMS Victory, plus the modern frigate HMS Dauntless even though the weather was pretty terrible
HMS Warrior 1860 HDR
Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Olympus Digital 17mm f1.8 lens at F8. Image cropped
HMS Warrior 1860 Black & White
HMS Victory Black & White panorama
HMS Dauntless
On the journey back home, the day after the game, we stopped off at Blashford Lakes in the afternoon. The hides that look over Ibsley water are pretty much standing room only due to a lots of people trying to spot the Franklin’s gull that has been recently sighted, so the best photo opportunities were to be found on the opposite side of the reserve. All 3 bird shots taken at the Woodland Hide.
A Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
A Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
and my first photo of a Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Portsmouth Historical Dockyard map
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Blashford Lakes map
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