4th May
From Douglas Promenade
yesterday afternoon. Panasonic TZ200 3/5/19
   
East Baldwin and Injebreck
yesterday afternoon. Panasonic TZ200 3/5/19
    
    
   
6th May
Some aerial photography
in the Injebreck area yesterday afternoon. DJI Spark
5/5/19
    
 
    
   
7th May
A visit to the Wildlife
Park yesterday afternoon. Nikon D7100 6/5/19
    
    
    
    
    
8th May
Glen Rushen Slate
Quarries
I first saw mention
of these quarries in Stan Basnett's excellent 'Hidden Places of Mann' book,
published in 1993 not long after I had arrived in the IOM and was still
finding my way around. I was re reading it last month while I was
away and thought that I'd take a visit for some aerial photography with
the drone from Arrysey Plantation. Stan mentions that there are great
views of the 5 levels of the quarry from a clearing in the plantation,
but things have changed over the years since then. Deciduous trees
have filled the clearing and removed most of the view so the drone was
helpful in getting a better look from above. The five levels are
also very hard to discern now, I suspect that natural erosion and the plantation
trees on the far side of the valley have obliterated many of them.
Looking at old maps, much of the length of the quarry has also vanished
amongst the trees. DJI Phantom 4 Pro 7/5/19
    
    
12th May
Photographs in Sulby
Glen yesterday afternoon. Most pictures were taken using the aerial
camera, although some of them almost at ground level, but it saved getting
wet feet trying to cross the Sulby River! Panasonic TZ200 & DJI
Phantom 4 Pro 11/5/19
    
    
13th May
The Silvery Gibbon family
at the Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon. Panasonic TZ200
11/5/19
  
Some of the wild Wallabies
out in the Curragh. We saw more but they're not always easy to photgraph,
particularly when just using a compact Camera. Panasonic TZ200
11/5/19
    
16th May
A walk around the Langness
peninsula on Sunday afternoon, starting and finishing at Derbyhaven.
Panasonic TZ200 12/5/19
    
    
    
    
    
    
17th May
A trip to Ballaglass
Glen on Monday morning to catch the bluebells before they are gone for
another year. Nikon D7100 13/5/19
    
    
    
   
18th May
Aerial photography at
Bradda Head, flying from the lower path that leads down to the old mines
office of the South Bradda Mine. Lead and copper were mined here,
and the remains of the old engine house and chimney stand at the base of
the cliff which rises to over 300ft above sea level, topped by Milner's
Tower, constructed in 1871 in honour of William Milner, a wealthy safe
maker from Liverpool and benefactor to Port Erin. The mine closed in 1904.
DJI Phantom 4 Pro
15/5/19
    
    
 
I wasn't originally
going to include these pictures here, as I wasn't sure if they would be
of interest to most visitors, but here they are anyway! Taken at South
Barrule Quarry in very dull and overcast conditions. DJI Phantom
4 Pro 10/5/19
   
  
19th May
Some more aerial shots,
this time around Peel Castle from two locations. DJI Spark
15/5/19
    
 
    
21st May
Aerial photography at
Port Soderick on Sunday. DJI Spark 19/5/19
    
    
22nd May
Aerial photography at
Groudle on Sunday afternoon. DJI Spark 19/5/19
    
    
    
    
23rd May
Port Soderick revisited
using the Phantom 4, with the specific intention of looking for remains
of the old southern walkways along the cliffs before they completely disappear.
The first set of pictures concentrate on this area, followed by a couple
of panoramas stitched from multiple images, then some more general photography
in the area. DJI Phantom 4 Pro 21/5/19
    
    
 
    
25th May
A visit to Milntown
House, Ramsey for lunch yesterday. The flowers are all just on the
walk back to the car park. Panasonic TZ200 24/5/19
    
   
29th May
Another visit to Milntown
for lunch, this time leaving enough time for a couple of leisurely walks
around the Gardens. Panasonic TZ200 28/5/19
Milntown
Estate Website
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
30th May
At The Ayres on Tuesday
afternoon. Panasonic TZ200 28/5/19
   
Back garden Macro photography
on a wet day. Panasonic TZ200 29/5/19
    
31st May
From a walk around Laxey
yesterday afternoon on a rather grey day with rain from time to time.
Panasonic TZ200 30/5/19
    
    
    
  
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