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Stour Valley Summer

Stour Valley Summer
Sometimes when a Thatcher completes a roof he will fashion a straw pheasant and place it on the ridge. No need in this case, the red tiles compliment this cock pheasant enjoying the evening sun on the barn roof at Cookwell, Shillingstone. - Graham Rains (photographer)

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Stour Valley Summer

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Photographer: © Graham Rains (Gallery)(9th September 2010)
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Stour Valley Summer

Sometimes when a Thatcher completes a roof he will fashion a straw pheasant and place it on the ridge. No need in this case, the red tiles compliment this cock pheasant enjoying the evening sun on the barn roof at Cookwell, Shillingstone.

A picture of: Shillingstone, Dorset

This picture also appears in the following picture tours:
Shillingstone, Dorset, Village Scenes, Wildlife in England

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Focal length: 210 mm, Aperture: f 6.3, ISO: 100, Exposure time: 1/640 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: September 1, 2010, 8:31 am

ImageID:1124753, Image size: 1440 x 972 pixels

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Comment by Barbara Shoemaker(9th September 2010)

Brilliant capture, Graham.

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Comment by Sue H(12th September 2010)

I've never seen a pheasant on a roof before (and I'm a bird watcher). And the colours are glorious.

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Comment by Jm Kalish(3rd November 2010)

Your pictures are beautiful & inspiring...they yake you to another world...one where there is beauty, history and tranquility...Thanks

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