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Fabulous, Boatbuilder! Absolutely love the pics/video!! :D
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Thank you everyone for your kind comments. The accompanying music is 'The Watermill' by Ronald Binge, Courtenay.

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Amazig photos, Boatbuilder! Thanks for posting! :-D

I also enjoy taking closeups of insects etc. Here are two I took last year - sorry to anyone who hates spiders!!

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Thanks Rob. A couple of excellent pictures of yours, as well. I like the spider. :D
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Brilliant photos, Boatbuilder and Rob. Great video too, Boatbuilder. :D
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Excellent photos, John and Rob.
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Thanks, Eddie & John.
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Boatbuilder wrote:Thank you everyone for your kind comments. The accompanying music is 'The Watermill' by Ronald Binge, Courtenay.
Oh, of course, silly me. I knew I knew it and it was an English composer! Maybe you could do a slightly faster video accompanied by Vaughan Williams' The Wasps Overture... :D :wink:

The spider doesn't upset me, don't worry, Rob. You should see the ones we have back in Oz. :twisted:
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Courtenay wrote: Maybe you could do a slightly faster video accompanied by Vaughan Williams' The Wasps Overture... :D :wink:
Or maybe even Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumble Bee :D
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Stunning closed up photos, Rob! :D
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Thank you sixret! :-D
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Great photos, Boatbuilder and Rob. Love the spider!
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Thanks (again), Anita. :D
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If I'm not wrong it's María Esther who suffers from arachnophobia.
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And IceMaiden. Maybe this thread should carry a warning...
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