Keith Burton's photos
The Old House at Home. (+PiP)
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A beautiful old public house.........situated in Havant, Hampshire......... the town where I live.
Please check out the PiP for details of what it says on the plaque.
Street Art from Portsmouth & Southsea (+PiPs)
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Some more street art from down my way. All taken in the last month or so. Please check out the PiPs as well. Thanks for looking and have a lovely Sunday.
Pocket Watch
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My wife found this beautiful little pocket watch in a charity shop quite some time ago and it lay forgotten in a drawer until I was rooting around looking for something to photograph.
I was impressed by the lovely decoration of the case and the watch face. It is hallmarked sterling silver. In this image it is around three times life size!
I've wound it up a little and it seems to be working, but it obviously needs a serious clean and service. If you view large you'll see some dust and hairs underneath the glass, as well as the gorgeous painted circle of flowers.
I plan on taking it to a professional to have it looked at and see how expensive it will be to sort it out as we think it is something our granddaughter would like.
Bee on Purple Toadflax (+PiP)
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Taken in my garden yesterday afternoon.
Please check out the PiP if you have time. Have a splendid Friday and I hope. you are all looking forward to the weekend.
Houseboats (+PiPs)
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There is a large Houseboat community on the seafront at Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. Strangely they are situated almost immediately in front of a housing estate. I was going to walk over the bridge to get a closer look, but I've read that (probably quite rightly) the residents of the houseboats aren't keen on people gawking at them and taking photos.
These are taken at 100mm (which was the longest zoom I had with me) and considerably cropped. Best viewed large, I think.
The large vessel looks as if it's new to the site........ and it seems to having a lot of work done to it.
Please check out the 2 PiPs if you have time :-)
Fading Beauty
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This came from a bunch of flowers that were past their best. Photographed indoors in natural light from the window.
Spirea Japonica
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Also known as Japanese Meadowsweet. Taken from my garden and photographed indoors.
Try it large, if you want :-))
Side Street
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An attractive and narrow side street in Topsham, Devon. I like exploring places like this. It was the flower bedecked bicycle that caught my eye.
Please, Sir.........Can I have some more?"
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Taken at the duck pond in Buriton, near Petersfield in Hampshire. We were sitting on a bench feeding the ducks and this female mallard obviously thought we weren't doing it fast enough :-))
She was happy to take duck food straight from my hand!
Check out the PiP for a shot of her settling down to rest after a rather large lunch.
Allium - Then and Now.
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This photo was taken in my garden in mid May. The photo in the PiP was taken almost a month later. The same flower at different stages of it's lifecycle and both quite beautiful in their own way.
Southsea Common, Hampshire
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Trees on Southsea Common, Hampshire. The one at the front is a magnificent Canary Island Date Palm, which looks amazing.
Swan with Cygnets
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Spotted these on one of the ponds in the Hilsea Lines (a nature reserve), Nr Portsmouth, Hampshire. Mum looked like she was having clean up, whilst the kids were snoozing in the sunshine.
Street Art, Hilsea (+PiPs)
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Some more street art from the hoardings erected out the Lido at Hilsea, near Portsmouth, which is currently being refurbished.
Three more photos in the PiPs if you want to look.
Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena)
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I have loads of these in my garden, so I picked this one to photograph indoors. There is a closer view in the PiP.
Thanks for looking.
Pink Petals
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I spotted this gorgeous pink rose in someone's garden a while ago and couldn't resist leaning over the fence to take a photo of it.
Black-headed Gull in Flight
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Captured during a walk around Hilsea, near Portsmouth. Someone had thrown some bread in one of the ponds and this gull managed to get some before it ran out!
Confused Blackbird
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This blackbird was following my wife around the garden whilst she was mowing the lawn..........and it thought it had found a large, juicy orange worm :-)))
Natural Abstract (+PiPs)
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Just trying something different.
Low tide at Emsworth Harbour, Hampshire yesterday afternoon. These are patterns left in the seaweed when the tide receded. Shot looking directly down from the sea wall.
There are two more similar images in the PiPs. Thanks for looking and have a splendid weekend.