Christmas at the Dock

 Here's hoping that everyone has had a good Christmas and is looking forward to a happy and successful 2023.

These shots are along the colonnades at Liverpool's Albert Dock (once home to Granada TV studio and the famous floating weather map). Tate Liverpool is also here now along with the Maritime Museum, shops, cafes and bars. Usually it is very busy along here but on a frozen morning, midweek in December there were few people around and it had quite a calm atmosphere.

Whose Shadow?

You may have noticed that I haven't posted anything for a week, what with Christmas and various other things on my mind I just haven't got round to it.  So I thought that I would start up again with a little puzzle. 

Can you work out whose shadows you are looking at in this picture?

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Of course, it's a couple of meerkats soaking up the last of the days' sunshine. It really was very cold out there today so you can hardly blame them. They're just so cute. I have a few more pictures of them to share among some of the other creatures I snapped this afternoon so come back and have a look over the coming days.

What's up

Just one picture for today.

I chose this for the combination of shape, colour, shadow and texture.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

At low tide...

I have lived in this area for over 20 years and in that time I think I have visited this part of the coast just once before. It is a really interesting stretch of beach with some stunning views across the Dee and into Liverpool Bay.

Although it was cold and a wintry storm was approaching I was able to get some great shots down on the beach.  

I really like each of todays pictures for the colours, the shadows and the ripples.  I also like the blurred background and shallow depth of field.