Looks like you had a good hike, in some lovely scenery.

yep, fishing is all about being good at waiting!
Unusual composition with the fisherman fairly close to the right edge looking out to the right, but I think it works. -->Like he's looking into the unknown which is what fishing is, you never know what you're going to get ;-)
You could try cropping off the big rocks off the bottom, gives the island a bit more "out in the sea" feeling :-)

Great place for hiking!
The light on the sea in #2 looks good.
And yes, it does look inviting in #3 :-)

Or just let PS AI do its thing. One 5 second take!

Terracotta Actors

I have got a bit of a backlog of pictures. So here is a set I took in Modena a couple of weeks ago.

I have already photographed and posted some pictures before, of this group of terracotta statues that make up the Deposizione dalla Croce (1525) di Antonio Begarelli, In Sant'Agostino in Modena. But I was short on time and it was crowded. The main group I shot with the 24PC. The rest I shot with the 24-200. Everything hand held.

Shooting this group reminded me of when I photographed theatrical productions many years ago. No problems with holding the pose here.

I often go back to photograph things I have photographed previously, as there is always some new angle.

These are fabulous, I am glad you re-photographed them.

Caught my eye

Really good. The discarded newspaper completes a triangle.

Amazing how they capture such grief.

These are fabulous.

Meanwhile, Just Over The Border...

I first visited Todmorden about a year ago and was quite taken with the steep sided valley that suddenly springs up to surround the A646 as you approach the town from the Northwest. I've been meaning to return with a camera since that initial visit and finally got around to it last Sunday afternoon.

The weather wasn't very promising, with one forecast predicting heavy rain and the other predicting broken cloud. Reality turned out to be somewhere in the middle and despite it being dry for the entire drive there, it began raining as soon as I'd got about 100 yards from the car, prompting me to head back and upgrade the my light windproof to something a bit more substantial. Good old British summer weather.

Even though I was now in Yorkshire, a county that technically doesn't exist, the place names were eerily familiar. By chance I'd parked in a lay by beside Ratten Clough. I wonder if there's a ruined farm there? Probably not, but the evidence is there that this used to be part of Lancashire and that we're not very imaginative when it comes to naming places. Anyway, I crossed the A-road and began to make my way up the steep side of the valley towards Cartridge Clough. Nearly an hour later I'd creakily made my way up the paltry (but steep) 400ft of ascent and reached the flat pasture at the top of the ridge. I can only assume I spent most of that time taking photographs while admiring the view and not just stopping so that my heart didn't explode.

Once I'd reached the top of the ridge the going was much easier, with a practically flat mile and a half along the top of the valley, although I could have happily managed without the gusty 23mph wind valiantly trying to blow me over every time I braced myself to take a photograph. For most of this distance I had the Coal Clough wind farm to my left (North / North East) with the valley falling sharply below me to my right, before rising even more steeply on the far side to meet the bleak expanse of Todmorden moor which sits a few hundred feet higher than where I was stood, reaching a relatively imposing 1,440ft.

Eventually I reached the end of Cartridge Pasture and having already been out for an enjoyable couple of hours and not wanting to wander too much further, I decided to make my way back down to the A646 and head back to the car. Having later looked in more detail on the OS map I may have turned back just a bit too soon as the view appears to open out looking down the length of the winding valley as it snakes towards Todmorden, which could potentially have been quite stunning (it looked good when I previsualised it in 3D on OS maps). Still, it's another good reason to return on a later date.

All images taken hand held with the Nikon Z7 + 24-70 f/2.8S and may have involved the use of a CPL, except for the last one which, was shot with the 24-200, a lens I'd carried around all afternoon in my kit bag and finally decided to use after returning to the car (that's at least half a kilogram I didn't need to carry up that hill). All images are processed from single raw files in Capture One Pro 23.

1. A Classic English Summer (in between showers)

2. Pylon Pile-On

3. The Trouble With Turbines

4. Carr & Craggs Moor

5. The View at Black Scout

6. Great Bride Stones (apparently)

7. Portsmouth

8. A Lone Pylon In Its Natural Habitat

9. Making Tracks

10. Dean Farm

Is it just me, or does this image look like something you might find built beside an elaborate OO gauge model railway?

Days like this make for dramatic skies. Nice textures in the foreground of #5 too. Good to see you out and about - even if it's Yorkshire 😉

You saved me the trouble, my picks too. Especially that turbine. I love a dramatic sky.

A nice splash of colour.

I also concur on turbine capture. A winner.

Fascinating images.

Shots like that one are absolute jewels.