A few days before I set off for Turkey, I spotted a male hen harrier hovering over the croft next door. I managed to snap an image through the window before he flew over my garden and disappeared.
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| male hen harrier |
I was on the afternoon flight to Heathrow on Friday 20th June and then flew to Turkey the next day. I met up with the rest of the group on our change over in Istanbul. David Clapp, Charlotte, Mary-Lou, Mike, Ian and Barry. We arrived at our hotel, The Stone Palace, in Cappadocia late. The next day was my birthday and I celebrated by opening my cards and displaying them in my room. This photo trip was my treat to myself. Had a lazy morning and met up later for a presentation by David, lunch, then out in the afternoon for our first session of image making. Dinner then another session in the evening.
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| First snap of the wedding/social media productions |
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| Our shadows on the rock |
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| David |
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| I made several multiple exposures using this image. This was my favourite |
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| Spot the butterfly |
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| swifts |
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| Another multiple exposure |
Monday was the start of the early morning starts. We now had an opportunity to see the balloons over the sky then went on to see the chaos of people having their images taken for weddings and social media. Then back for breakfast and a rest before we had a debrief from David and showing of images before lunch. More images made in the afternoon and evening session.
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| 2 images blended in photoshop |
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| Not sure how anyone gets to this cave |
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| rock patterns |
Images from Tuesday.
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| birdlife |
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| David |
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| Ian |
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| Quad bikes being one of the many pursuits in Cappadocia |
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| Charlotte posing for us. |
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| A quick icm while waiting for Charlotte to change position |
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| Model Charlotte |
Images from Wednesday. This time we were in the balloon for the ride. We went with the Turquoise Balloon company
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| Our balloon. The shadows were lit by a car headlights and are the people including me waiting to get into the basket |
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| Horse and camel riding are two other pursuits |
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| yellow dress dance |
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| shepherd |
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| A cave church |
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| Pattern in the rocks |
Images from Thursday.
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| camel riding |
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| the cat appeared and wanted to be a model |
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| Charlotte |
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| David and Barry |
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| Oops missed putting this one above. He reminded me of Soda, a cat I used to have. |
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| A multiple exposure of the henge on the hill. This received first prize in the abstract section at the Point show |
Images from Friday. Our second ride in the balloon.
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| Captured in the mirror of the balloon (see above) were David, Barry and Ian from left to right |
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| Celebrating after the ride |
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| Our balloon flat on the floor waiting to be folded |
Then the final morning arrived when we had time to snap images of the balloons from our hotel before we left for the airport. I left the group in Istanbul and took a flight to Heathrow. The next day my flight was delayed and I stayed a night at Glasgow at BA's expense before arriving back home on the early flight. Another excellent photo trip organised by David.
Monday was the start of the early morning starts. We now had an opportunity to see the balloons over the sky then went on to see the chaos of people having their images taken for weddings and social media. Then back for breakfast and a rest before we had a debrief from David and showing of images before lunch. More images made in the afternoon and evening session.
