I just revamped my web site if you would be interested in taking a look, I would appreciate it;)
http://bhaynesphotography.smugmug.com/
Hi, I am Baz, Welcome to Oceans Loft I am a semi-retired Oceanographer from the UK. I also worked as a Professional Photographer. I studied Ecology, Geology and Oceanography at the Open University University and a Post Graduate Degree in Environmental Management at Surrey University.
Friday, 5 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Autumns Chill
Autumns Chill
Clear night herald Autumns Chill.
Silver Moon plough's blue sky's, still.
Warm breath floats like morning mist.
The wonders nature does enlist!
Morning dew hangs on spider web.
Festooning pine like gossamer thread.
Sun bathed world shimmers Gold.
A wealth of wonders to unfold.
Long shadows cast there eerie shade.
Leaves turn red in Forest glade.
Silence sits upon the land.
Awaiting the touch of Winters hand.
bAZ©2012
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Reflections of Autumn 2012
The Reflecting Pool is on of my favorite locations to shoot, but I recently discovered Moors Lake and its fast becoming a favorite of mine.
Seeing Autumn reflected in its waters was beautiful.
I took Mom for her afternoon walk around the lake and took the opportunity to capture some more shots here are a few that I liked I hope you enjoy them as well, have a great day;)
Seeing Autumn reflected in its waters was beautiful.
I took Mom for her afternoon walk around the lake and took the opportunity to capture some more shots here are a few that I liked I hope you enjoy them as well, have a great day;)
Monday, 1 October 2012
Return to the reflecting Pool
I dont know if your the same, there are just some places I can go shoot over and over again and never get quite the same shot twice? The Reflecting Pool is one of those places for me
I took Mitch to shoot there and I went back with Mom on Saturday and the water was like glass and I was able to get closer to the waters edge and get some really nice shots, here are the best of the bunch I hope you enjoy them, have a great day;)
I took Mitch to shoot there and I went back with Mom on Saturday and the water was like glass and I was able to get closer to the waters edge and get some really nice shots, here are the best of the bunch I hope you enjoy them, have a great day;)
Images And Words 178 ~ At The Gates
At The Gate.
Its the gate we fear to enter.
The one we dread it seems
The on we cast our eyes from
It fills our darkest dreams
In the end no choice avails us,
Slip the lock
Up the step
To the Hill of endless dreams
bAZ©2012
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Upton House Gardens Dorset England
I had already visited these gardens but I knew Mitch would love to shoot there, because of the wonderful Macro opportunities.
His camera takes amazing macro shots and when combined with his "photographers eye", the results are astounding, I am looking forward to seeing his shots.
This is a small selection of the shots I took in the gardens on our visit;)
His camera takes amazing macro shots and when combined with his "photographers eye", the results are astounding, I am looking forward to seeing his shots.
This is a small selection of the shots I took in the gardens on our visit;)
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Upton House Dorset UK
The Second Day Mitch was here we visited Upton Country Park, these are some of the Shots of Upton House.
Upton House sits in the award winning grounds of Upton Country Park. It is a magnificent Georgian Grade II* listed building.
Woodland
Mitch and I headed out the first day he was here to the Avon Valley and took some shots in the woods and out on the heathland, it had been quite wet but we were lucky enough to get a sunny afternoon. It was a great day.
Good Morning all
I hope you had a great week?
Mitch and I had a great time it rained quite a bit but we managed to get out and get some good shots, we went to Upton Gardens one day and Mitch was in seventh heaven with all the flowers and insects for his Macro shots , I am sure he got some amazing ones and you will be seeing them soon I am sure.
Unfortunately he developed a back problem the day before he had to go home so we could not do much Thursday I hope he is OK today.
He headed out about mid morning yesterday, I am sure he is having a lay in today. It was great to catch up with him again and I really did enjoy the week.
I will try and catch up on as many posts as I can over the weekend;)
Have a great weekend;)
Mitch and I had a great time it rained quite a bit but we managed to get out and get some good shots, we went to Upton Gardens one day and Mitch was in seventh heaven with all the flowers and insects for his Macro shots , I am sure he got some amazing ones and you will be seeing them soon I am sure.
Unfortunately he developed a back problem the day before he had to go home so we could not do much Thursday I hope he is OK today.
He headed out about mid morning yesterday, I am sure he is having a lay in today. It was great to catch up with him again and I really did enjoy the week.
I will try and catch up on as many posts as I can over the weekend;)
Have a great weekend;)
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Good Morning
Mitch and I have been haveing a great time even though its been a bit wet! I wil be back up posting regularly in acouple of days;)
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Good Morning
Good Morning have a wonderful Sunday, heading out to visit with my cousins for Sunday Lunch;)
Saturday, 22 September 2012
Images And Words Week 177 - Make Your Own Painting
Images And Words Week 177 - Make Your Own Painting
Reflecting on the Season
If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It's a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it's time to reflect on what's come before.
This is the set the painting was made from: Reflecting on Autumn.
This is the set the painting was made from: Reflecting on Autumn.
The Late Comer?
The weather has been so terrible this summer
most small birds lost their young because of
the wet weather and have nested again
this little fellow is really late in the season!
Friday, 21 September 2012
In to the Archive: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
A few years back on a Trip to visit friends in Georgia and Florida I took a shot side trip to visit an area I had always wanted to explore, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
In southern Georgia and northern Florida there is a very special place, one of the oldest and best preserved freshwater systems in America. Native Americans called it Okefenoka, meaning “Land of the Trembling Earth”. Now this place, where earth, air, fire and water continuously reform the landscape, is preserved within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1937 to protect wildlife and for you to explore.
The Okefenokee offers so much, one could spend a lifetime and still not see and do everything. The refuge is vast, with almost 402,000 acres (that’s roughly 300,000 football fields in size) of cypress forest, marsh, lakes and islands. Filled with alligators, Sandhill cranes, red-cockaded woodpeckers and over 400 other species of animals, it is a wonderful place to learn about the wildlife of Georgia and Florida. The longleaf pine, cypress, carnivorous sundews and other plants make up different habitats from dry upland forests to open wetlands. Golden sunsets and thundering storms allows one to experience this magical place at its most beautiful and most awe-inspiring moments.
There are many ways to explore the Okefenokee. Guided boat tours take visitors through cypress forests, historic canals and open prairies. Water trails and platforms allow people to canoe for the day or stay overnight deep within the 354,000 acre wilderness. Winding boardwalks and trails lead through unique habitats to observation towers and viewing platforms. Opportunities for nature photography, hunting and fishing are readily available. One can even drive a car or ride a bike to a restored homestead to discover how “swampers” once made their home here.
In southern Georgia and northern Florida there is a very special place, one of the oldest and best preserved freshwater systems in America. Native Americans called it Okefenoka, meaning “Land of the Trembling Earth”. Now this place, where earth, air, fire and water continuously reform the landscape, is preserved within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1937 to protect wildlife and for you to explore.
The Okefenokee offers so much, one could spend a lifetime and still not see and do everything. The refuge is vast, with almost 402,000 acres (that’s roughly 300,000 football fields in size) of cypress forest, marsh, lakes and islands. Filled with alligators, Sandhill cranes, red-cockaded woodpeckers and over 400 other species of animals, it is a wonderful place to learn about the wildlife of Georgia and Florida. The longleaf pine, cypress, carnivorous sundews and other plants make up different habitats from dry upland forests to open wetlands. Golden sunsets and thundering storms allows one to experience this magical place at its most beautiful and most awe-inspiring moments.
There are many ways to explore the Okefenokee. Guided boat tours take visitors through cypress forests, historic canals and open prairies. Water trails and platforms allow people to canoe for the day or stay overnight deep within the 354,000 acre wilderness. Winding boardwalks and trails lead through unique habitats to observation towers and viewing platforms. Opportunities for nature photography, hunting and fishing are readily available. One can even drive a car or ride a bike to a restored homestead to discover how “swampers” once made their home here.
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Moors Valley Country Park and Moors Lake
Yesterday Mom and I visited Moors Valley Country Park and Walked around Moors Lake, it is a much more commercial park that the others we visit but because of its large size its easy to escape the crowd especially at this time of year after the tourists have gone home, we purchased a "quiet times" permit which means we can visit any time during the week except when the kids are off school and we would not visit then anyway.
The Moors Valley Country Park is a 1000 acre Park and woodland with miles of trails and opportunities to see wildlife, it was formerly known as Kings Farm.
The 82 acre Kings Farm was purchased by East Dorset District Council in 1984. Work began to develop a 9-hole pay and play golf course, the narrow-gauge steam railway, play area, lake and Visitor Centre. This first phase of Moors Valley was officially opened in 1988.
The park was much more popular than had originally been envisaged and was bursting at the seams with the half a million visitors by 1990. An additional 170 acres were purchased to allow for expansion of the golf course and a second lake to be built, the Visitor Centre was extended to make way for a Country Shop and new toilets. At the same time the Tree Top Trail and Play Trail were constructed in the forest. Over the following ten years the parks popularity grew still further with approximately 750,000 visitors each year, making it one of the most popular parks in the south of England.
The Forestry Commission and East Dorset District Council are continually looking for ways to improve Moors Valley to ensure it stays as one of the best countryside recreation facilities in the country. In recent years a new toddlers play area, cycle hire centre, high ropes course and orienteering course have been added and there is a rolling programme to improve and replace structures on the play trail.
The Moors Lake was dug in 1985, primarily to help control flooding along the lower reaches of the Moors River south of the Country Park. The northern end of the lake was de-silted in the autumn of 2003. It is fed by the Moors River, has a maximum depth of 2 metres, a natural clay bottom and covers an area of 9 acres.
Here is a slide show of some of the many shots I took yesterday I hope you enjoy them, have a great day;)
Music?
Prior to 1969 I was a dedicated "Tamla Motown" fan, but in May of that year a belated birthday gift changed all that forever!
The gift an album ( yes we are back in the days of the black disc) from for me an obscure group that meant nothing to me.
The Album Abraxas, the group Santana.
A small event you might say, So What?
The music sparked something in me like a light going on.
My love of music took a new turn nothing was out of bounds from the classics to classic rock and every genera in between.
But the Music of Carlos Santana has stuck with me over the years and seems as fresh and vibrant as the day in 1969 I put that black disc on the Danset Bermuda and musically never looked back.
I was reminded of this today as I worked out on the turbo trainer with Se a Cabo (now on the Santana Ultimate Collection) playing through my headset
Music a memory maker for me.
How about You?
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Early Morning Trail Ride in West Moors Plantation
The sun streaming through my bedroom window woke me early today.
Autumn has come early this year and with a vengeance the outside thermometer was reading just over 4C!
I wrapped myself up in my cold weather cycling gear and headed out for the trails, I could not have imagined what a beautiful morning it was going to turn into!
It was initally hard going as the cool morning arin bit into my muscles and chilled my fingers even inside my cycling gloves!
There was a beauty in the long morning shadows as the sun crested the tree tops.
On the open trails mist drifted;slowly as it was burnt off in the warming rays of the sun.
In the newly planted sections shadows danced across dewy brances, cobwebs and browning leaves.
Were the sun cut across the trail were warm golden pools of light where I could stop a while and enjoy the warming rays.
But the trail beckoned me on long vistas drawing me on.
The chill air bit hard and muscles protested and would not warm, it was hard work, but worth every effort
Where the trails give way to farmland the golden mist hung low on the fields
Horses in their snug blankets grazed in Autumn pastures.
The beauty of a cold morning like this, it reminds you your alive, and how beautiful this world of ours can be.
Have a wonderful day and may your God be with you;)
Autumn has come early this year and with a vengeance the outside thermometer was reading just over 4C!
I wrapped myself up in my cold weather cycling gear and headed out for the trails, I could not have imagined what a beautiful morning it was going to turn into!
It was initally hard going as the cool morning arin bit into my muscles and chilled my fingers even inside my cycling gloves!
There was a beauty in the long morning shadows as the sun crested the tree tops.
On the open trails mist drifted;slowly as it was burnt off in the warming rays of the sun.
In the newly planted sections shadows danced across dewy brances, cobwebs and browning leaves.
Were the sun cut across the trail were warm golden pools of light where I could stop a while and enjoy the warming rays.
But the trail beckoned me on long vistas drawing me on.
The chill air bit hard and muscles protested and would not warm, it was hard work, but worth every effort
Where the trails give way to farmland the golden mist hung low on the fields
Horses in their snug blankets grazed in Autumn pastures.
The beauty of a cold morning like this, it reminds you your alive, and how beautiful this world of ours can be.
Have a wonderful day and may your God be with you;)
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