Reflecting ....

[Clicker]

Part of the Worcestershire  and Staffordshire canal  on the Stourport  Ring. which visits Worcester, Wolverhampton and the outskirts of Birmingham.  Stourport is an Inland Port  built purely as a result of the Worcs and Staffs Canal meeting the River Severn   but it is a long way from the sea  despite it's nautical Heritage .  

 The small pub called the Rising Sun consists of just one Public room and dates back to the 17th Century when it was  originally a Brew House .. 

[JohnP]

That's a nice image Polly!

 What processing did you do? I get mixed up between Stourbridge & Stourport...

[Korky]

I like that very much - the reflection is interesting and there's just the right amount of bridge showing the number and name.

And that sounds like my kinda pub.

Korky

[Denis]

Nicely framed, and above all an interesting photograph and information regarding the scene.

[Clicker]

Thanks for your input  folks .. yes Stourport and Stourbridge are often confused with each other ... John ... I recall some friends from Norfolk visiting us for the first time  25 years ago , phoned us frantically trying to find us  having followed signs for Stourbridge instead of Stourport ..  I'm in a tiny village  a few miles out  of Stourport.

I  process nearly all my photos  from RAW in photoshop  and sometimes the Nik collection... here's the same view from the footbridge you can see in the first image ...

 

[Korky]

You've saved the best until last with that one - great composition and a superb sky.

Deffo a belter!

Korky

[JohnP]

They are both nice images but I think No2 just has the edge.

[Clicker]

Thanks John .... I was looking for a Narrowboat at the time for the “N”  challenge in the Alphabet challenge as there is usually a couple moored along this stretch of the canal as it meanders through the town.  I was out shopping at the time but I always have my camera with me .    

 Thank you Korks .... I always love a pearly oyster sky ...... I prefer them any day to a blue sunny sky with the accompanying harsh contrasts. ... you can do so much more with them and I find they can make an ordinary scene more interesting quite often .. 

[Stravinsky]

Nice one  

[Clicker]

Thanks Strav ...Nice to see you back again ... missed seeing your pics recently  til this week ..  Life just gets in the way sometimes doesn't it ...  If I could, I'd spend my entire day, every day,  photographing  stuff and editing it  ... but ..... other things get in the way !

[johntwo]

Missed these somehow Polly.  Two very nice images.  I like the first one in particular

[Clicker]

4 hours ago, johntwo said:

Missed these somehow Polly.  Two very nice images.  I like the first one in particular

Tis easily done John... i wonder how i manage to miss things sometimes even though I feel like i am quite methodical and check all my notifications and unread posts ...

[Ryewolf]

Two great images, that I thought I'd commented on but hadn't. I prefer the second image, days with cloudy skies are much more interesting - a mistake I think I made when using a film camera but the One A Day Every Day Challenger we did in 2016 and 2017 amde me realise that blue skies are not ideal for landscapes....