New Forest Collage

[kevq]

Hi,
one to show that it's not always summer in the forest.
Comments please.
Kev.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/695/janmayw2je.th.jpg (http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=janmayw2je.jpg)

[karen donnybrook]

It is beautiful Kev and the blending is brilliant - well done :)

[kevq]

Karen,
thank you, glad you like it.
The blending is getting easier thanks to Linda's video.
Kev:)

[Robyn]

Lovely images Kev. Did you take the photos?

[Wendy]

Hi Kev ...

Nice work !! ... Gosh it is bleak in January :eek:

Wendy

[kevq]

Robyn,
not the winter one. I'm too old to tramp around the forest in winter!:D

[kevq]

Hello all,
glad you like it.

Mrdonb,
I've no idea, if you read previous post you will see that I didn't take the photo. I think you're nit picking just for the fun of it.

Kev.

[kevq]

Hi,
I don't want arguments but what is a Flit Boy?
It's not an expression I've heard before.
Kev:confused:

[raffy]

Hi,kev!That's a great collage!Are those wild ponies?(And I'd like to know what a flit boy is,too.There used to be a fly spray called "Flit",but I doubt that's it.)

[kevq]

Hi Alice,
they are semi wild. They belong to people called commoners who have ancient forest rights. The ponies live in the forest all year but they are watched over by the agisters and verderers. Every year there is a drift, you call it a round up. After this taxes are paid and some ponies are sold.
Kev:)

[Punkinsmom]

Hey kev, great job! I don't care who took the photos, you did the gradeint work.

Hmmmm..did ya ever think we may not want to know what a FLIT BOY is. I have my reasons, believe me.

[raffy]

Cool!But what are agisters and verderers?

[kevq]

Sherie,
glad you like it.
Kev.:)

[kevq]

Alice,
the forest has its own court and ancient forest laws.
Agisters and verderers are court officials who ensure that the laws are kept, that taxes are paid, that animals are well cared for.
The court is in Lyndhurst and one thing they have, a relic from the past, is a stirrup. A fairly large stirrup and in the bad old days, all commoners' dogs had to to be put through the stirrup. If they were too big to pass through, their middle toes were cut of so that they couldn't run down the Royal deer.
Kev.:eek:

[NMarti]

Kev
Wonderful job on the blending and the pictures are just fine the way they are. I remember you had something a while back on the ponies in the forest and the story about them. Nice to bring attention to their plight.

[kevq]

Nancy,
glad you like my effort.
We are proud of our forest ponies.
Kev.:)

[Norm F]

Kev,

Mr Don may not be a "flit boy" but he's certainly all boy. Frankly, I find him rude and condescending most of the time. Too bad there wasn't someone around to give him a good paddling. He could use a darned good lesson in addressing his elders with a bit of respect.

Nice job on your image.

[Jodi Frye]

Kev, i always enjoy your bush pony pics...wish I had a few of those guys ! Don't stop with these.

[kevq]

Norm,
glad you like it.
I shall in future try not to let Mrdon get under my skin.
Kev.

[raffy]

Thanks,Kev!Glad they don't stick strictly to the rules on dogs anymore!And I'd love to see more ponies,too.

[kevq]

Jodi, Alice,
I'm certain there will be more ponies in the future and I hope in Autumn to get some when they put the pigs out to eat the acorns.
Kev.:) :)

[raffy]

HI,kev ,Nancy and Jodi and all the other birders-I just came across this link to a live cam on a bald eagle's nest in Brirish Columbia!The link was posted in the "How to Cheat in Photoshop" forum.You might like to check it out.It is a bit sporadic,but it seems to be working.

http://www.infotecbsi.com/wildlife/

[crljean]

Kev - Love the ponies. You did a great job with the blending. Took me a minute to "get" the "January & May" thing. DUH!

[kevq]

Carol,
pleased you like it.
We all have moments like that:)
Kev.