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Fields of silver

Another flooded field (no river), this time on the boundary of Dunham Massey. With the amount of rain this winter it looks like fields like this might never dry out again. The birds seem to like it though. Black headed gulls mainly but we saw some Egyptian Geese too. PiP

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14 comments

Annemarie said:

wonderful landscape

happy day!
3 weeks ago ( translate )

David G Johnson said:

A good title Herb,.. with a great view of the clouds and field.. we had a similar situation nearby where some comic formed a sharks fin out of plywood ! and stuck it into the water,..(˚◡˚) // Cheers from Dj. ,..
and..... 'Added to the Landscape group' thanks Herb....
3 weeks ago

Herb Riddle replied to David G Johnson:

Haha, yes a shark fin in this would have been funny too. Glad you liked this.

Regards. Herb
3 weeks ago

Gudrun said:

The flooded field makes a lovely silvery mirror for the clouds!
Egyption geese are quite a pest in our town, they are aggressive and drive out local species- and they leave a huge amount of dirt.
3 weeks ago

Herb Riddle replied to Gudrun:

Yes, I thought the reflections looked good too. unfortunate about the electricity cables. I know I could have removed them in an edit but that simply is not cricket!!! - I did not know that fact about these relatively rare geese over here but I can well imagine it. We are having some trouble now with so many Canada Geese.

Cheers. Herb
3 weeks ago

Patrick Brandy said:

Triste pour les agriculteurs bonne journée.
3 weeks ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle replied to Patrick Brandy:

Yes, it is now good for planting nor animal feed.

Best Wishes. Herb
3 weeks ago

Stephan Fey said:

A nice reflection!
3 weeks ago ( translate )

TOZ said:

A lot of water there Herb makes it for wet walking .yes it looks silver like the geese.
All the best Gordon
3 weeks ago

Herb Riddle replied to TOZ:

Not a field for walking over as I stood on the good track by its edge. Glad you liked the geese. As I stood next to a guy with a Canon full frame +500mm F4+1.5 converter, I was reminded how inadequate my 55-300 was for this kind of work. I did wonder how his photos were as he was working without a tripod too. At £3-4K I would expect better results, I imagine.

Cheers. Herb
3 weeks ago

Keith Burton said:

Lovely light in the sky and I like the way the sky and clouds are reflected on the surface of the water. Viewed large, the detail in the shot becomes much more apparent.........especially the many birds enjoying the water.

Nice to see the egyptian geese in the PiP as well.
3 weeks ago

Herb Riddle replied to Keith Burton:

Glad you liked it Keith and you managed full screen. (That also showed my editing faults :) ) Like you I too enjoyed seeing these Egyption Geese as I very rarely see them up here.

Best Wishes. Herb
3 weeks ago

Gudrun replied to Herb Riddle:

I don't mind the cables at all- it's not worth the trouble removing them.

Yes, Canada geese were first here too, they are now getting chased away by the Egyptian geese. You are lucky that you still have only a few.
3 weeks ago

William Sutherland said:

Fantastic capture!
3 weeks ago ( translate )