The Skyline In August By Peter Hulbert

All taken at the High Point at Thurlstone South Yorkshire

It all started of so calm at about 8.00pm on a August evening, but as expected, the sky would soon start to share it colours in such splendour with an array of splendid colour.

Below you will notice a flock of geese just taking off for their evening roost although I confess I do not know where that is.

Every sheep in the field ran away to the top of the hill for some reason, I hate the thought that it was me that frightened them but it probably was.

The sun is now starting to go down and the light reflecting on the clouds starts to glow red.

A very long and quiet road to the wint turbines, but the view from the top is stunning and worthy of the trip out.

As I approached my final destination, I was fortunate to capture a flock of geese just taking off for who knows where.

A slightly better view of the geese as they pass by to gain some kind of momentum and height to fly over the woods in the distance.

The light is slowly starting to fail and the night or early evening dusk is starting to take over, with any lucj we should get an orange or red sky shortly.

Above, you can see just how low the sun is at this moment but behind it shows that the moon is already up and reflecting the colour of the sun

The turbines look a little lost tonight against the bright setting sun shine.

Trying to capture the bright sun in itself is a task. However, for all the glory you get a payback by the appearance of dark wind turbines in the silhouette.

The sun sinking low whilst the moon appears on the horrizon gives some terrific colour in which to work with tonight.

If you look really closely, you will see in the centre a plane climbing up toward who knows where.

The sky is really begining to take affect now with the colours of the reflecting sun playing some wonderful tricks on the skyline.

Even the sheep are begining to change colour for what is a very brief moment of trickery caused by the sunsetting over the horizon.

A Drive To Huddersfield 14th August 2016 with Peter Hulbert.

It was a bit of a cold start today, but after a few hours, the sun eventually broke through and showed us all what a beautiful place that Yorkshire truly is.

A bit of a loneley Goose and he must be greatfull it is still a long way to Christmas. It's nice to see nature at it's best here just outside the office in Huddersfield.

The contraversy surrounding wind turbines continues but whilst it will I assume be settles by politicians, I prefer the sentiment that they produce a clean enviroment over a longer period that either atomic or fossil fuel power.

Here is an area where I sometimes go fly fishing for my lunch of rainbow trout. I always follow my own code of conduct and only ever take away rainbow trout and never brown trout.

This is another spot where I am often seen chasing rainbow trout with my fly fishing tackle in hand, its always very quiet here as well with no one except the occasional rider on horse back for company.

Below is a picture I captured whilst I was driving along a country lane on the edge of Derbyshire and noticed a Swallow feeding it's chicks on a fence post, I was probably about 30 meters away when I took this picture.

I captured this picture of an Osprey going about it's work in the last few days. I refuse to divulge where this beautiful bird hunts and flies as there are too many parasites in the UK today who will seek out the nest and steal the eggs to sell and profiteer from the death of the future birds.

Photographs of the Moon on 09.08.2016 by Peter Hulbert

Tonight was spent creeping about in the woods trying to capture some pictures of the moon in such a clear blue sky before the night came in. It might appear a bit weird but if you want to capture the moon in all it's glory, you need to find a suitable place preferably high up on a hill or similar and if at all possible, away from any street lighting etc.

 As you go through these few pictures, you will see the changes and colouration created by the night sky as the moon moves across the night sky.

 I have to confess to a little filter on this picture to enhance the skyline but in truth, the end result was probably not worth it. Below is a close up of the moon by using a zoom lens but it is difficult to control especially as the wind was blowing on the top of the hill I was possitioned upon.

I have to be grateful for the clear skies this week with a hint of blue while the moon appears slowly from over the horizon. You need a tripod if you are going to take good images of anything in the sky as your body wish detect any shaking or movement and distort the final image.