not convention photos
Some of the other photos I took while I was away.
The view from my room, basically the hotel is surrounded by trees - beyond the trees are the concrete buildings of the NEC (National Exhibition Centre), vast car parks (for the NEC), roads and other hotels.
Next to the hotel is a lake, which attracts the wildlife:
Even pigeons are quite pretty colours when you see them up close:
Only ever previously seen brief glimpses of herons as they raided our pond at home, this one just stood on the boom across part of the lake:
Love the way you can see the overlapping feathers on the goose's wings:
This part of the lake was around the back of the hotel:
It's amazing how fast ducks can paddle along when you're trying to take a photo, eventually captured this mallard:
A group of great crested grebes including youngsters:
Looking back at the hotel, with reflection in the lake:
Only started really working through the photos of the con guests this afternoon so it will probably be the weekend/early next week before I complete the pages to go on my website.
The view from my room, basically the hotel is surrounded by trees - beyond the trees are the concrete buildings of the NEC (National Exhibition Centre), vast car parks (for the NEC), roads and other hotels.
Next to the hotel is a lake, which attracts the wildlife:
Even pigeons are quite pretty colours when you see them up close:
Only ever previously seen brief glimpses of herons as they raided our pond at home, this one just stood on the boom across part of the lake:
Love the way you can see the overlapping feathers on the goose's wings:
This part of the lake was around the back of the hotel:
It's amazing how fast ducks can paddle along when you're trying to take a photo, eventually captured this mallard:
A group of great crested grebes including youngsters:
Looking back at the hotel, with reflection in the lake:
Only started really working through the photos of the con guests this afternoon so it will probably be the weekend/early next week before I complete the pages to go on my website.