2/6/22
Sailing yacht 'Eos'
visited Douglas Bay yesterday and I was able to get some aerial shots of
her. Regulations don't permit me to fly as close as I'd like to,
but by using the Air 2S drone (which has higher picture resolution) I was
able to crop the pictures to achieve the same effect as flying closer.
DJI Air 2S 1/6/22
    
  
3/6/22
On Wednesday afternoon
we went for a stroll around Ballaglass Glen, a haven of peace and tranquility
compared to some other parts of the island. - #TT
Panasonic FZ72 1/6/22
    
    
    
    
4/6/22
Some aerial photography
at the Point of Ayre on Thursday afternoon. It was a bit of a dull
day, but the main purpose of the trip was to give some advice and hands
on experience to a future new drone pilot on the island. DJI Mini
2 & Air 2S 2/6/22
   
   
 
8/6/22
From home we can see
see some fields towards Archallagan Plantation which recently have been
a contrasting colour to the green ones around them. With a calm and
sunny day and no TT airspace restrictions I though it might be nice to
try some aerial pictures of the area, keeping an ear on Ronaldsway Approach
radio frequency in case the 'Alpha 99' air ambulance helicopter was scrambled
from the hospital in my direction. After the aerial pictures I had
a wander around Marown Old Church for a few ground level pictures.
DJI Air 2S & Panasonic TZ60 7/6/22
    
  
    
9/6/22
While I was carrying
out the previous flight from the Rocky Road, I noticed some more interesting
field colours on the other side of the valley so headed over there for
another flight, this time from the unsurfaced track north of Crosby that
forms part of the Millennium Way. DJI Air 2S 7/6/22
    
 
On Tuesday afternoon
we headed north to see the amazing wild orchids growing in a meadow near
Sandygate. Many thanks to Peter Killey for the 'heads up' about them
being in bloom and to Sandra Kerrison for letting us wander around around
her private meadow. Nikon D7100 7/6/22
    
    
    
10/6/22
Jurby Airfield - I'd
wanted to get some aerial shots of the airfield from the north east end
for a while, but when we arrived it was rather overcast and dull, so I'll
return another time when conditions are better. The airfield was
constructed to house a navigation and bombing training unit in the
1930 and operated throughout WW2. In the 1960s it was used as a diversion
airfield for Ronaldsway and the runway was lengthened across the Sandygate
Road to allow the Vickers Viscount turboprop airlines to land and take
off. In recent times the airfield has just been used for motorcycle
racing, which is a shame as it would make an excellent General Aviation
airfield for the Isle of Man, as light aircraft don't seem to be very welcome
at Ronaldsway these days. DJI Mini 2 7/6/22
   
 
On our way back home
form Jurby, we detoured via Bride so that I could get some photos of the
amazing Valerian growing along the Point of Ayre road.
Panasonic TZ60 7/6/22
   
  
11/6/22
There are thirteen new
Aircraft pictures from April and May in Aircraft
2022 Pt 2.
    
13/6/22
These pictures were
taken yesterday morning on a photographic trip to two locations in the
south of the island. Panasonic TZ60 & DJI Mini 2 12/6/22
Castletown and Scarlett
    
    
Pooilvaaish
    
    
    
16/6/22
Three 360 degree panoramas
taken in the Birch Hill and Governor's Hill area on Tuesday morning.
I had a fairly tight time slot for the flight due to other commitments
and unfortunately cloud chose to cover the sun all the time I was flying!
DJI Air 2S 14/6/22
  
Pictures of the 'Strawberry
Full Moon' on Tuesday evening taken from home, using a wall to brace the
camera and lens for these hand held shots!
Nikon D7100 14/6/22
    
17/6/22
The Millennium Oakwood,
on the outskirts of Douglas. Planted in 2000 by the islands schoolchildren,
some of the trees are now growing nicely, although I haven't been there
at ground level for a long while. As the flying site is adjacent
to Noble's Hospital with its helicopter landing pads, I was careful to
first check if there were any on the ground, then kept a careful listen
out for any helicopters approaching whilst monitoring Ronaldsway Approach
on an air band radio.
DJI Mini 2 15/6/22
    
  
After taking the Oakwood
pictures early in the afternoon, we headed over to Laxey and caught the
tram up to the top of Snaefell, where the wind if anything was actually
lighter than near Douglas and I took a selection of aerial pictures round
there. At the moment all of the hills are very green, but this doesn't
last for very long and in a month or so they'll start changing colour back
to shades of brown again. DJi Mini 2 15/6/22
    
   
  
18/6/22
Pictures taken on a
visit to Niarbyl and Traie Vane on Thursday afternoon. A rather disappointingly
overcast afternoon, although the sun did appear for a short time, but just
as I was walking back after taking the pictures! Panasonic TZ60 &
DJI Air 2S 16/6/22
    
    
    
    
   
19/6/22
Catching up with some
aircraft pictures. There are now 43 new Aircraft pictures in Aircraft
2022 Pt 2. Mainly the Red Arrows display at Douglas
on the 7th June, plus
a few others. Panasonic TZ60 & Nikon D7100.
    
21/6/22
An early morning (03:50)
shot of the half moon, the sky behind was already starting to lighten and
the local blackbird singing to start the dawn chorus.
Nikon D7100 20/6/22
More catching up!
There are 19 new Railway pictures in Railways
2022 Pt2.
    
24/6/22
Some aerial pictures
from around mid-day yesterday. Location was in Sulby Glen, en-route
to Milntown House for lunch with Georgie and Moyra, going the scenic way!
Ray and Carla recently produced a fascinating video filmed in the same
location earlier in the year. You can find
it here.
DJI Air 2S 23/6/22
    
    
 
After a lovely lunch
at the Milntown Cafe, we took a stroll around the gardens. Nikon
D7100 23/6/22
    
    
    
25/6/22
After our stroll around
Milntown Gardens we headed west to Close Sartfield, hopefully to show our
visitor the wild orchids there, if we weren't too late.
Nikon D7100 & DJI
Air 2S 23/6/22
    
    
    
    
  
26/6/22
A trip down to the Calf
Sound, mainly for lunch but I had a stroll around afterwards. It
was quite cool with a strong wind blowing so the girls stayed in the car!
Panasonic TZ60 25/6/22
    
   
After the windy Sound,
we headed down the hill to Port Erin where it was a lovely summer day with
just a light breeze!
    
    
27/6/22
A visit yesterday afternoon
to Lonan Old Church, probably dating from the 1200s but constructed
on the site of an older keeil.
Nikon D7100 26/6/22
   
    
A few pictures taken
in Laxey.
Nikon D7100 26/6/22
    
   
28/6/22
I took these pictures
at the Curraghs Wildlife Park on a visit yesterday afternoon. It was a
bit of a pain lugging the big 500 mm zoom lens around,
but I'm pleased with
the end results. Highlight for me was actually getting two pictures
of the difficult to photograph Golden Lion Tamarins.
Nikon D7100 27/6/22
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
1/7/22
Yesterday afternoon
the winds were light and I set out to do some aerial photography, ending
up flying from three locations. DJI Air 2S 30/6/22
Fleshwick Bay
    
    
  
The Sloc
    
   
 
Round Table Road (Top
of The Sloc)
    
 
  
2/7/22
There are fifteen new
Railway pictures in Railways
2022 Pt2
    
There are eight new
Aircraft pictures in Aircraft
2022 Pt 2
    
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