One for Cinnamon_girl. It was a bit dark, so I'll have to go back during the day sometime to get a shot without flash.
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Saw a weasel and a handsaw the other day. No bluebells yet tho
A few from today's post-work ride.
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bionic woman - yeah, heard about your epic, well done you!
Thanks Dez, can't wait to meet your hound!
Well, you never know what you are going to find. At long last I cut the front lawn and discovered some bluebells 😳
cuckoo - that singletrack looks so inviting, where is it?
cuckoo - that singletrack looks so inviting, where is it?
It is in Derbyshire cinnamon_girl 8)
I love this thread!
Shame I'm waiting for a new rear wheel... is there a word for this kind of mental anguish? 😕
cuckoo - oh, a bit far for me but it does look pretty.
noteeth - you are allowed to walk and admire bluebells 😀
These were taken today, unfortunately pic doesn't capture the vivid colour.
If by any chance SSD Andy is reading this thread, check out the wildlife on the riser bar! I was hoping to experience afternoon tea at Reading Services but ran out of time 😀
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Well, it can't just be Hampshire that has rather pathetic-looking bluebells ... they seem smaller this year although still smell gorgeous.
redthunder - where are your proper-sized bluebells located then? Is that a tiny tinsy bit of singletrack you're riding rather than mowing them down? Good pic of the white ones too 🙂
There's some in the cemetery near me. I was going to trample and wee on them, so's others can't enjoy them, but then I thought 'no, that's very selfish and mean'. To be honest, I was quite shocked at my own nastiness.
So, I concreted over the lot, and stuck some metal benches there. And a dog-poo bin. Because I'm like that; a nice, thoughtful, caring soul.
They were more mauvey, anyway. No-one's really bothered about mauvebells.
Most prefer Mini Babybels.
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Spotted these on the dog walk today, Will have to go back with something better than the cameraphone and get a nicer shot
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I'd never mow then down intentionally, that's the job of the MX'ers. It is a tiny ribbon of track.
Today
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Couple from yesterday 😀
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More bluebells today
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Finally got to a bluebell wood with my camera today:
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Also found these guys:
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taken today in the forest of dean 😀
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The "Orange Tip" nice shot.
Do you have a different camera now. Nice picture Pix.
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To all.. Great pix and top thread 🙂
Here's one from a ride last week.
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@redthunder: thanks for your comments!
Main camera is an Olympus E500 and backup for riding is the Sony Ericsson K550i phone: no changes there...
Nice ones yourself!
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More White bluebells..
with fly...
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Bluebells, blue bike
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PS lol that I can id the bit of trail in redthunder's pics - been riding Bristol too long! (ridge, Leigh Woods)
My 456 and the bluebells.
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Wonderful! What gorgeous pics!
redthunder - are you using a special filter cos you seem to find the most vivid bluebells?
JulianA - where is your bluebell wood?
Keep 'em coming, this is a great thread 😀
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When view the Bluebells they look like the pictures above. When I take the picture and get them back home some are washed out.
Some of the pix have been slightly tweaked with my patent Bluebell improvement technique in Picasa ;-).
I like Singlespeedstu pix :-)[hope it's OK to borrow pic] but have taken the liberty to apply the filter if you like 🙂
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I know people hate saturation, but hey that's colour 🙂
Great thread.
redthunder - love that picture, the colours are amazing.
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You've blued up my Bluebells and made me look more tanned. 8)
I played with the colours on my one too - looked too dull on the screen otherwise. looks more realistic
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What I do is as follows [In Picasa 3]:
Warm the picture.
Slightly darken.
Saturate slighty.
Cool slightly.
Actually this works quite well on woodland shots in general.
A good feature in Picasa is that you can copy and paste effects.
OK, now we all know, redthunder doesn't ride in a nicer universe than the rest of us 😆
Ahem, it's cheating 🙄
Ok there are no bikes, but this landed on a bluebell (I think the Spanish variety) Does it still count ?
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Busted...;-)
The blue flowers are Grape Hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum - OK I had to look that bit up, I admit!)
They're also no blue!
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A few from this mornings ride
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A couple from my favourite wood in Hampshire.
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Plenty of bluebells out in the woods by the path down to the West Gate at Lyme Park. Photos never seem to do the colours justice (although some of the previous photos posted seem to have done it perfectly). It's a great time of year to be out and about.
Slightly OT, but I thought there's suppose to be a bee crisis. Don't know if it's because I'm more on the lookout for them but I seem to have seen loads this past few weeks...
Bumble bees are fine, it's the honey bee that's in trouble.
btw. I know that path really well.
Cute kiddie 🙂
Sorry, poor phone photo.
Wish my 'phone cam was that good!
S'why I din't bother taking any pics of the mauvebells I say today, in Epping Forest. Just a few little clumps of them, but nice to see they waited for me! 🙂
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I hope I'm not too late but here are a few pics from today's bimble at Kit Hill Country Park, Callington, Cornwall
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ballsofcotton wool - what lovely smiley girls you have there!
crispy bacon - never too late for bluebells and that is quite an impressive display. Had assumed that they would be disappearing but saw some today in the Chilterns.
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Finally got round to taking the camera out on Saturday: