Dusk falling, The Canal du Midi, France

Dusk falling on The Canal du Midi St Jory, France.

I was pleasantly surprised as I entered the Tumblr building today, expecting to hear my own footsteps echoing off of the cold, dark walls, but no! There were some familiar faces here, blue-tacking their photos to the walls - that is comforting.

Here's the first picture of 2013, a view of the lovely canal du Midi, stretching off into the distance as it shuffles, silently and lazily towards The Mediterranean Sea.

I went out late to get my pic today, light was failing and the cloudy sky looked good, but I knew it would be darkening too quickly for any decent result to be snapped up.

This is an attempt at an HDR, a few images sandwiched together to make the most of what light was left.

I packed up my gear after taking a series of shots and made my way back home down a track between the gravel pits and the fields and had to slam on my brakes as three young deer ambled across the track in front of me - I had my gear in the boot of the car, which was frustrating as the three deer just stood staring at me, for what seemed like hours - although it was probably a matter of about 15 seconds or so.

That was another lesson learned ...

Yay for #MypicToday2013