colinb

Thank you All for your very positive comments, makes it all worth while

On 20/10/2019 at 18:29, Hatter said:

Looks good, Colin - I like the large display of the images and they load quickly too.
You need an additional category to fill that space at the bottom right though!  

When I get the time to sort through the images I will have a section called something like 'Lincolnshire People'

21 hours ago, johntwo said:

Same for me too.  Too often WEB sites become a dump of everything and anything. 

I have to agree John and my old website was probably guilty of that.  Hopefully with this one I will chop out and change and it might even make me think more before taking the shot.

9 hours ago, Clicker said:

Well I have been a fan of Colin's aircraft  pics for the past 5 years and 4 very large  framed photos that I  bought from Colin  a few years ago  have graced the walls in my home ever since ...... iconic images  that I  never tire of looking at  and the same quality pervades all of your images  on your website too . 

And your purchases also gave me the encouragement to keep going, not for more sales just because someone liked a picture enough to put up on their wall at home, so thank you  :-)

Not not the TIPF website ... 

I thought it time to update my own website, this time using Adobe Portfolio.

The original 'lazy load' site was starting to become very slow and the Koken format seems to be forgotten by the owners so it was time to move on.

I still have a couple of galleries to sort out such as Sports and General Nature and will no doubt be changing and removing some of the items now uploaded. Hopefully this new version will upload the pictures on mobile and desktop etc pretty quickly. 

If you have the time please have a look around and if you spot any typos or have any suggests feel free to comment.

Thanks in advance

Colin

Aliens ... aliens... it has to be  

On 25/12/2018 at 00:05, Denis said:

I am sorry to hear and see your story Colin, Firstly I am glad to know she is relatively OK after such an ordeal. Clearly, (and you dont need to be a forensic scientist to work this out) that she was not at fault

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that Denis. 

On 25/12/2018 at 01:05, Clicker said:

Omg Colin ... thank God Yvonne is not really badly injured ... as you say she is really lucky to have survived that ... since my accident two years ago I was lucky that the whole incident was recorded on a dash cam by another driver ..... it  made my claim so easy and the first thing I did was buy one myself ... .. it’s really a worthwhile investment ... 

Hi Polly - we plan to have a dash camera fitted in the new year. 

Yvonnes Mokka X (as is her replacement) is fitted with a system called OnStar which called the emergency services as soon as the airbags were deployed. She also had 'a voice' in the car with her trying to keep her calm whist informing here the police/ambulance were on their way. I thought this OnStar system might be a waste of money - how wrong was I ?

2 hours ago, Kobione said:

Enjoy Christmas as best you can, and look forward to a good start for 2019, best wishes to you.

Thank You Dee, I hope its a good one for you guys down under too :-)

Hello All

As Christmas is almost upon us I thought I would drop in and wish you all the best for the season, glad tidings and all that kind of thing. 

And perhaps I had better account for my absence over the last month or three.  

Firstly work and as some of you may know I had a change of career and went to work for an old friend of mine. We did expect things to be steady but maybe the word ‘manic’ might have been a better option and things have been going far better than expect, fortunately the Christmas holidays will give us a good break until early 2019.

My photography has taken third place for a while and so I haven’t really been out and about with my camera and evenings have been spent mostly at home with my feet up rather than browsing the www.

Now you may have already moved on to the photos below so I’d best fill you in on these…

Just before 1am one Sunday morning late November I received a phone call to informed my wife had been involved in an accident about 2 miles from our home.

Needless to say I was soon on my way over to the scene expecting some minor bump. I arrived to see something that resembled a bomb-site with blue flashing lights everywhere.

I had better say that Yvonne is ok (ish) and although her Mokka X was on its roof the front offside wheel was some 15ft from the vehicle along with the ‘complete’ headlight unit, the near side wheel looking to be at a strange angle and debris all over her side of the road she has been one lucky lady. This was about 4 weeks ago (I prefer not to show the pictures until now) Yvonne is now back at work but still feeling the aches and pains that come when someone tries to turn right across the path of an oncoming vehicle.

Since the accident we have received a letter from the other car owners insurance and he is now claiming: 

1)  No Police or emergency services were called (You should always take some pictures on your phone if you can)

2)  My wife was inebriated (both drivers were breathalysed, both clear).

3)  He was stationary and she hit him (I’m not sure the pictures agree) 

We have passed this letter onto Yvonne’s insurance company and the police along with the pictures (and a few more of same) below. 

As he is a Turkish national he also refused to be interviewed on the night stating “no English” funnily enough around 10 of his friends turned up All who spoke no English. Because of this it has been 2 weeks before the police called him in for an interview. 

We are now waiting to see what happens next.

So a very Merry Christmas to everyone on TIPF and may we all have a better 2019.

Sorry and thanks again Polly, I think I had best not enter any of the comps for a while at least until I am able to do my bit if I win any of them .

A good choice Kate 

Thank You Rye, POTW is always a nice surprise on a Monday morning.

Colour and Curves

The start of another hot day - 34c or higher expected (and achieved) 

I missed the original post but WOW certainly deserves the POTW.

whilst at the Scarecrow thing I spotted this rather clean MG and being a sucker for a nice classic ...

A worthy winner, well done Paul.

The Last Bus Home.

...somewhere in the National Park Fuerteventura, the bus is on the horizon.

15 hours ago, ElvisCole said:

Thanks guys will check them out. Much appreciated. I did consider very briefly cutting my own.

Cutting your own is a real pain and bought versions usually have a nice bevel edge and work out cheaper by the time you've added a bit of waste. I buy via a local store (admittedly not a lot of help to you in Faro).

Well thank you very much Polly this is a nice surprised and very unexpected considering the quality of images of late. 

A Summers Sunset

Well done Polly, looks like you just pipped that one from me 

...but if you do find yourself on Fuerteventura, head over to El-Cotillo a take a look at this exhibition. Some stunningly wonderful images including a couple of my simple offerings.

Arched doorway to...

Missed this one, some great shots guys and Korkys winner pic is a smiler 

Works for me BP