3rd December
As it's December, I
thought a trip to the beach would be appropriate! I went late yesterday
afternoon, arriving about an hour before sunset. Although it was
initially a bit dull and overcast, I was rewarded by an absolutely amazing
sunset. Aerial and ground level pictures.
DJI Spark & Panasonic
TZ200 2/12/19
    
    
    
    
    
4th December
I went back to the Marine
Drive yesterday morning to so some aerial photography in the Little Ness
area and also to re-visit the Port Wallberry natural rock arch, but this
time with the Phantom 4 which has far superior proximity sensors that the
Spark that I had used on Sunday, hopefully enabling me to get lower and
closer. I was also flying from a different location which gave me
better visual sighting of both the aircraft and the obstacles. DJI
Phantom 4 Pro 3/12/19
    
    
    
19th/21st December
I've been away for just
over a week, hence no IOM pictures, but thought you might like this one
taken from my window at home this morning. It's the Welsh mountains
of Snowdonia visible on the horizon. They're around 75 miles away.
Panasonic TZ200 19/12/19
Another 'out of my window'
picture, taken the day following the one above. Conditions can change
a lot over a short period of time, sometimes we have no view at all from
the window as at 500 ft above sea level, we are in the clouds! Panasonic
TZ200 20/12/19
21st December
Not strictly Isle of
Man pictures, but taken from the 'Ben my Chree' on passage back to the
island from Heysham. Panasonic TZ200 16/12/19
    
A series of pictures
taken early yesterday afternoon to show the rock strata on a section of
the Marine Drive. I'm no geologist but they look like horizontal
sedimentary layers that have then been severely disrupted into the folds
seen today. Panasonic TZ200 20/12/19
    
   
22nd December
Winter Solstice.
Yesterday was the shortest day of the year here and I had thought of taking
some (hopefully) aerial pictures of the sunset from Mull Hear near Cregneash.
Whilst the weather was kind for flying (light winds and the rain held off),
the cloud insisted on obscuring the sun from me. However, I think
I managed some nice aerial pictures around the hill followed by some ground
level ones at the Calf Sound. DJI Phantom 4 Pro & Panasonic TZ200
21/12/19
    
    
   
25th December
Merry Christmas from
the Isle of Man!
A few aerial shots taken
at Niarbyl yesterday afternoon, just as the sun was setting. DJI
Spark 24/12/19
    
26th December
Some more pictures from
Niarbyl on Christmas Eve, these ones from ground level after the sun had
vanished again. Panasonic TZ200 24/12/19
    
Moving on to the City
of Peel, some pictures taken around nightfall. Panasonic TZ200
24/12/19
    
  
27th December
Some pictures taken
around the Douglas Harbour and Marine Drive areas, dog walking on Christmas
Day afternoon. Panasonic TZ200 25/12/19
    
    
    
31st December
Rounding off the year
with a few phone pictures taken while dog walking in the Port Soderick
area this afternoon. Wishing all visitors to my site
good fortune and happiness
for 2020 and a particular mention to those of you who replied to my request
for some feedback, it was vey much appreciated!
Just having a quick
count up and 2019 seems to have broken my record for numbers of scenic
pictures uploaded at a total of 2045 for the year.
Samsung Galaxy S8
30/12/19
    
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