Beautiful Avon Walk

We just got back from our walk, and the weather has temporarily returned to beautiful sunshine. We are Home Educators, so we don't go to school.

Portus Abonae, aka Sea Mills


From November Walk along Avon

From November Walk along Avon

We found a secluded path today, and some allotments. and some other things..

CaesarX Watches a Boat

From November Walk along Avon

Boat Goes By.

From November Walk along Avon

Wood Texture.

From November Walk along Avon

Under the Bridge One Time.

From November Walk along Avon

Landscape. Here, the small version:

From November Walk along Avon

Skuzz Texture.

From November Walk along Avon

Boys Walk Ahead

From November Walk along Avon

Is this like God or a UFO or something?

From November Walk along Avon

Evidence of a Frost, in the Shade

From November Walk along Avon

Up there, past them trees...I seeee you...

From November Walk along Avon

Left Leg Skank

From November Walk along Avon

Right Leg Skank

From November Walk along Avon

I don't know why.


Intriguing Plant Portal

You must squat really low to pass here. Or be a child.

From November Walk along Avon

Lit Avon

From November Walk along Avon

Merchant ships used to sail up the Avon. Now it tends to be pleasure craft only. No locals swim here. Do not swim in water unless the locals do. I've never seen fishermen hereabouts either.


Avon Fungus

From November Walk along Avon

Avon Fungus Texture

From November Walk along Avon

This will probably end up being a creature texture (applied to a 3d mesh) at some point, or maybe just a fungus texture. Please comment if you are a Mycologist and know what type it is.


Avon Fungus Texture with Alpha Channel.
.PNG format. Extracted by CaesarX with GIMP Lasso tool.
Help yourself if you have a use for it.

From November Walk along Avon

There are some more pictures embedded below, taken in the area to the North of these, and from another day. Click on the pins. You can drag the map around too.



View Bristol Places by HE folk. in a larger map

Further up the Avon You May Find:

From Bristol Map Pictures

(A replica of)

Cabot's Matthew, a Caravel

We may make ourselves a Caravel, or Portus Abonae, in 3D.


That's all for now. Click on any of the images to go to Picasa for larger versions.

If you enjoyed the album, please leave a comment, as they make us happy.

Here is a link to the Beautiful Avon Walk album.

8 comments:

Lightly Enchanted said...

some beautiful photographs there, looks like a lovely route to walk.

I love plant portals, "where did it lead to?"

The Shed And Beyond said...

Looks like you had a great day, the weather looked pretty good as well.
There's some nice scenery around your way.
Just in case you were wondering the light effect on the one picture is lens flare, it's a natural effect that happens if the camera lens happens to catch the light in a certain way.
I try to take some of my photographs so that I get some in, I like it, there's some picture on my flickr photo stream if you are interested ? and you can add it to photo's using gimp and photo shop.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54148796@N05/

Alternicity said...

That portal led to the place in the shot where Logan ...er AchillesX is looking up. Theres a couple of places like that nearby.

Alternicity said...

I will swing by and take a look at your lens flares for sure. I love them tbh. Other than real ones like these, the best ones I made were in illustrator years ago. Figuring out how to make dynamic/animated lens flares is one of those tasks I've had a ways down my to do list for a while.
Probably an image texture, on a mesh plane that scales and rotates.

cheerymishmash said...

Nice pics - like the UFO ;-)
Not sure about the mushroom, you could try here http://www.wildmushroomsonline.co.uk/add-forager/ you can upload a photo maybe get some id help

This site maybe too http://www.mushrooms.org.uk/default.asp

Xerren said...

Looks lovely - wish I'd been there too - looked way better than being at work :)

The Shed And Beyond said...

Just thought I'd say thanks for looking at my flickr site, greatly appreciate the comments, and If you get round to your lens flare rendering project I'd like to see it.

sunnymama said...

Looks a really lovely walk and the pictures are beautiful. I just called by to thank you for your kind words on my blog before christmas. It meant a lot. Thanks :)