It’s lockdown again. Best not travel too far for our day out: we’ll whizz round North Yorkshire, and send a few postcards, old style, in black and white.
Annoyingly, I don’t seem able to label these photos, but there are clues in the tags. But – they’re all in North Yorkshire…
…except for one: here are godwits at Slimbridge:
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
so elegance and classical…
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Thank you!
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I really like black and white photography, strips images back and makes me really look at the details
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Yes, I do too – when it’s the right image. Some work better than others – just as some B/W filters work better than others too!
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Some great contrasts in this selection Margaret, the reflection in the water is fabulous and the godwits are beautifully captured. Thank you for the postcards from North Yorkshire 😁
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You’re welcome! Postcards are a bit thin on the ground this year aren’t they? They were going out of fashion anyway …
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I can’t remember when I last received one, but I used to always send one to my grandchildren when we were travelling. That seems a long time ago too 😊
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I used to do that too. Once upon a time.
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I liked the zig zag on the water best. I still send the occasional postcard, usually when I have visited an art gallery sending to a friend who lives too far away to go themselves.
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That’s brilliant! I love receiving postcards, and it’s an increasingly rare treat.
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Love the ziggyzaggy water and the posts, but the Slimbridge shot is very classy. I was there once. Must be about 25 years ago…. another life 🙂 🙂 You still have lovely Studley.
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We do. I love volunteering there. Ensuring a weekly walk at this time of year means I’ve rally appreciated watching autumn come … and go.
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Busy arranging where and when we can walk this week 🙂 🙂 Was going to be beach this morning and Rafa this afternoon. Morning will soon be gone at this rate. I’d better do some Portuguese.
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Vá em frente! (Thanks, Google Translate)
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E verdade! 🤣🤣
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😉
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Oh, I like this collection, especially the first three…and the Godwits, if they were a little lighter…..
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I had a bit of a play, Sue, and I don’t know why, but it didn’t seem to work lighter. On paper, I agree with you!
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Okey doke
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Love these pictures Margaret. Really good, enjoyable and effective patterns, any one of which
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Thanks Lesley. My own favourite is the reeds in front of the lake at Kiplin Hall (bottom left).
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There are great black and white photos of North Yorkshire!
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Thank you. It’s a photogenic area!
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Lovely set and the teasels are a gift for black and white aren’t they? Actually, I think they are one plant form that easily looks as good if not better in monochrome.
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You might be right. They’re certainly being quite statuesque and decorative just now.
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Thanks for the peaceful images of your area. Stay safe!
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Thank you!
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I particularly like the perfectly framed field landscape!
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That was a spot of luck, wasn’t it?
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Pure genius on the photographer’s part!
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Flattery may get you everywhere, Peter!
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😻
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So gorgeous! I used to do wordpress picture challenges. I just created a 2021 calendar all with my own birding pictures so sounds like I should join again to do a weekly challenge
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They can be quite fun, and force you to look at old shots anew, There’s a list here of many of the challenge-hosts – so many, and you have to pick what’s right for you! Your calendar sounds fabulous! https://ceenphotography.com/for-the-love-of-challenges/
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Thanks for the postcards Margaret – they have a lovely nostalgic quality. I also particularly like the framed view of the field and beyond.
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It framed a view that, while pretty, was not spectacular. So quite a piece of luck.
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My cousin lives somewhere in Yorkshire.. those are lovely.. 😉
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Ah, big place Yorkshire. We’re roughly in the middle!
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She lives near Helmsley.. 😉
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Not TOO far from us then. Lovely over there.
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Loving the zigzags on the water
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They seem to be a favourite.
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