May Photo Competition

[shuggee]

Hello all budding photographers

Post up photos taken during May 2006 in this thread.

You are allowed three entries per member.

Voting on the April photos will commence on Wednesday 3rd May, after the entries have been uploaded into the gallery.

As usual, the winning photo will be published in the 2007 N-W Calendar.

[Essan]

No submissions yet? I'll kick it off then with this picture of evening contrails taken on the 3rd May

[shuggee]

Great minds think alike Essan!

Here's two from my visit last Monday to Inchcolm Island in the Firth of Forth

[simon1]

Here is one from me from 4th May. No storms for me but a nice halo.

[tugmistress]

First Entry

Primula Veris (Cowslip)

[Plushi]

[chrisbooth0070]

A few photos taken whilst skiing.

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Actually I just read the rules properly. These pics were not taken in May so ignore them, but enjoy anyway.

Edited May 12, 2006 by chrisbooth0070

[Cloudburst]

Gloucestershire Thunderstorm:

[fraser5002]

A few photos taken whilst skiing.

that second one is a belter where is that?

[chrisbooth0070]

that second one is a belter where is that?

That was taken from my hotel balcony in Mayrhofen Feb '05. Was an absolutely stunning view to wake up to each morning.

[John Cox]

Dont think i will be entering this month.

The competition is too good.

On a serious note. Quality photos indeed by all entrants so far.

Paula.... , your photo brings me back to my childhood days (Early 60's) when in Ireland we used to make May altars in honour of "Our Lady" (A Roman Catholic tradition that I would say has long since gone).We used to collect cowslips from our local field.

[tugmistress]

Dont think i will be entering this month.

The competition is too good.

On a serious note. Quality photos indeed by all entrants so far.

Paula.... , your photo brings me back to my childhood days (Early 60's) when in Ireland we used to make May altars in honour of "Our Lady" (A Roman Catholic tradition that I would say has long since gone).We used to collect cowslips from our local field.

don't be daft John, get some piccies took and entered

useless fact about the cowslip .... the petals are edible and used to be used in salads etc and even lightly battered and fried for a few seconds

[tugmistress]

My second entry this month...

Dunnet Forest a couple of days ago with the sun breaking through the trees.

[Hairy Celt]

Could someone explain how to insert pictures directly into a post rather than as an attachment? When I hit the 'insert image' button when posting I get asked for a URL - which is what??? please and thank you...

[Louby]

You need to upload the to something like photobucket and then get the link and post it

[Hairy Celt]

You need to upload the to something like photobucket and then get the link and post it

thanks, I'll give it a shot

[Hairy Celt]

Tugmistress, you've either started a trend or stole my thunder I've been out and about in this glorious weather this week, pottering through some woods near Plockton in the line of duty, and caught some wonderful spring sights. Thursday was especially good, really clear air.

First picture shows budburst on an old birch with the sun strategically behind a branch:

Next are some primroses - slugs and snails like the petals of these too, they're the same genus as cowslip!

And last is a pic of some (take a deep breath) opposite-leaved golden saxifrage, which aren't saxifrages at all, with a few bits of wood-sorrel peering up:

(Hope these work okay: there have been a few comments about huge attachments so I thought this might be a better way to do it.)

edit: well I've no idea why two are small and one is bigger........ If anyone would like me to post thumbnails with bigger attachments or email them the originals, I'm happy to do either as the detail really is lost at this size.

Edited May 12, 2006 by Hairy Celt

[Louby]

See you got it sorted HC, very nice pics

[Hairy Celt]

See you got it sorted HC, very nice pics

thanks but they're fiddly pictures that are best at full screen, not tincy like above!

Here they are as attachments:[attachmen

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Note for non-broadband users: many apologies, but these attachments are about 6MB each.

Edited May 12, 2006 by Hairy Celt

[Lightning Ed]

Here is mine

Ed

[Hairy Celt]

Here is mine

Ed

crikey!

[Calamity James]

My grandmother used to live along Waterside in Knaresborough, it's a lovely place! Used to go down the road to the ice cream place and sometimes rent a boat (gotta watch out for the weir downstream though )

Ah childhood memories Very nice pic of it, takes me back!

Edited May 13, 2006 by Lightning James

[Jane Louise]

My first Entry

Cheltenham storm clouds May10th and one tower cloud taken a couple days after

[03jtrickey]

Here are my entries:

Cumulonimbus associated with a thunderstorm in Cheltenham on 10th May 2006:

Looking along Griffiths Avenue in Cheltenham as the storm approaches, with mammatus. 10th May 2006:

Cumulonimbus, with mammatus associated with the storm in Cheltenham on 10th May 2006:

[Dawlish]

Here's a nice spring photo, taken this afternoon in the woods at the back of our house. It illustrates just how nice and warm this May has been so far. I hope I can do this!!