5th December
Pictures taken in Laxey
yesterday morning. The previous evening heavy rains had caused serious
flooding in the lower part of the village
with the Laxey River
overflowing its banks and running along the road down into the village.
Part of the bridge by The Shore Hotel had collapsed under a double decker
bus,fortunately with no injuries.. The waters had considerably subsided
by the time of the photographs. Nikon D7100 4/12/15
    
    
    
7th December
A picture take yesterday
morning at Derbyhaven, when we had a day withouth strong winds or rain!
Nikon D7100 6/12/15
8th December
A set of pictures taken
on a stroll around the City of Peel yesterday afternoon Nikon
D7100 7/12/15
    
    
    
   
19th December
Some 'Away' pictures
taken on our short trip to Scotland last week. Panasonic TZ60
Loch Lomond, Loch Long
and the Gare Loch 12/15/15
    
    
    
George Square, Glasgow
15/12/15
    
22nd December
Christmas lights in
Douglas Nikon D7100 20/12/15
    
28th December
Pictures taken on a
short cycle ride around the Abbeylands area this afternoon
Panasonic TZ60 28/12/15
    
  
31st December
Pictures taken yesterday
morning and afternoon as storm 'Frank' passed by the island
Port Soderick and Keristal
- Panasonic TZ60 30/12/15
   
Douglas -
Panasonic TZ60 30/12/15
    
Castletown
- Nikon D7100 30/12/15
    
   
The Calf Sound
- Nikon D7100 30/12/15
    
 
New Year's Eve sunrise
through a rain covered window at home - by mid-day it was just raining!
- Panasonic TZ60 31/12/15
A bit of a stormy looking
sky after sunset to end the year with! -
Panasonic TZ60 31/12/15
I think that's the end
of picture taking for me for 2015, I hope you've enjoyed my various offerings
during the year and will come back next year for some more! New inovations
for 2015 included aerial shots taken using a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter,
or Drone, but nome since September due to a lack of suitable flying days
when I've been available. The Island Images FaceBook page was started
in ernest this year although the quality of pictures as reproduced by FB
is not as good as on the website. The FB page can be found
here
Something I've just
started experimenting with today is uploading short video recordings to
YouTube. The first one is of the waves hitting Castletown breakwater
yesterday afernoon. My YouTube channel can be found
here
Overall, I have added
1,259 'general' Isle of Man pictures to the site in 2015, plus 401
pictures of the island's Railways and 228 of Aircraft operating in the
island. Also a selection of 'Away' pictures taken on holidays and
trips 'across'
As the wind and rain
is battering the windows here again tonight, I'll leave you with a picture
from a sunnier and warmer day, taken on the coast road between Peel and
Kirk Michael in May of this year. Wishing you all the best for 2016!
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