A trip to Southerndown

yummifruitbat · Oct 8, 2005

Hey all,

This is my first post at TPF, so to introduce myself I thought I'd post a few pics from a trip my girlfriend and I took in August to Southerndown, near Bridgend in South Wales.

Any comments/suggestions gratefully received :wink:

A Hummingbird Hawkmoth - they really do look like tiny hummingbirds, and they even hum! Probably the coolest insect we get in the UK

I took this one a few weeks earlier, looking back over the cliffs at Nash Point, just up the coast from Southerndown

--Edit: Sorry, have resized enormous image

What do you think? Be honest !

Yummifruitbat

toruonu · Oct 8, 2005

Who, I really like the hummingbird insect

yummifruitbat · Oct 9, 2005

Thanks, toruonu - anyone else have any comments?

PeterBraden · Oct 9, 2005

They are good pictures. I really like the first one. Is the last one photoshopped?

yummifruitbat · Oct 9, 2005

Thanks! The last one is very mildly photoshopped (just darkened a bit to bring out the blue in the sky). In the sense I think you mean, nope - nothing added, nothing taken away

pursuer · Oct 9, 2005

I like the first shot but I think I would like it more if it were a tighter crop. That moth is very cool, great capture.

SlySniper · Oct 9, 2005

Great shots!! Love them all! But, number 2 is my favorite!

About that Hummingbird, are you sure its an Insect? I thought it was a bird....

pursuer · Oct 9, 2005

SlySniper said:
About that Hummingbird, are you sure its an Insect? I thought it was a bird....

Humming birds don't have antennas

LaFoto · Oct 9, 2005

I like the first one as it is, I really enjoy the DOF in that one with the fine hairs on the flower so well in focus and the divided background of blue and green. And this is a very beautiful flower, too.

And the last one is great.
Could become an inspirational poster, if one would want to create something like that. It is a wonderful sight when the rays of the sun just come out of a tiny corner of a cloud, isn't it?