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Floating on clouds

Woke up this mornin' feelin like I was floatin on the waves....must have been Southern Ocean....but I was dreamin.

It was dark but somehow I knew I should have got up really early and gone somewhere before work. The moon had been almost full, so bright, when I went to bed last night. It was late and I had been kept up by a good book I couldn't put down, and a little Darcy May dog who loved a game of tug-of-war and hide-and-seek I managed to play with her while I read. I knew I should have got off to bed early so that I could be up with the dawn. I knew it.

The alarm had to wake me from my floating dream and by the time I was leaving home the sun was up and shining strongly, that beautiful low, piercing November light that is so magical for photography. But I was already late and five minutes spent trying to shift the ice off my car windscreen put me even further behind my daily schedule.

As I made my way along the country roads and lanes I use on my commute to the airport I was smitten by the beauty of the world around me. There was mist in the shallow valley and my route was illuminated by trees lit by the horizontal shafts of light in brilliant golds and yellows. Frustratingly there wasn't time for me to stop (although I swerved off the A34 briefly to grab this one). I passed 'picture' after 'picture' where the view just shouted out to be captured. But each was a fleeting glimpse of beauty lost for ever in a flash. But my frustration was soothed when I pushed a CD into the slot. Chris Rea, "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder". Wow, I'd never heard it before, but it was perfect for that drive. It lifted my soul so high, I was in love with Life! So good was the feeling, I was on the fourth replay when I arrived at work,the volume having been stepped up each time I hit the replay button. Get the feelin here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND1Zmh1fedQ

My enthusiasm for the day lasted, well, at least five minutes, and then it was back to same old, same old. Boy do I wanna get outa here!

The tower emerging from the clouds is Sutton Common BT Tower sitting atop Croker Hill on the western fringe of the Peak District National Park. It is one of the few communication towers in the United Kingdom built of reinforced concrete. It is notable because it was originally conceived as part of the 1950s 'Backbone' chain designed to provide the UK and NATO with survivable communications during nuclear war.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Siddington (show map)

Taken on: November 19, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/6.0, 1/2000 sec, 300mm (=450mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
Aperture:	f/6.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
ISO:	400
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White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
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