I went out to try the new filter* on the camera again (I’d tried it yesterday but didn’t like the results (operator error I’m afraid)), anyway, I plodded up the lane beside the field and thought the open gate with the crop wafting in the wind was quite an interesting effect so set up and I was much happier with the result…. *Lee Big Stopper
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Back in the river…
…and I found a skull 😉 okay, I didn’t notice the shape until I’d taken the photograph and put it up on the screen, but it looks like a skull to me 🙂
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The other day I was wandering down the river, not by the river of course, we’ve been walking in the river to cool Hugo off. Anyway, I noticed the light coming through the trees looked rather nice so decided to try and capture it 😉 whilst I liked the colour version of the photograph I much preferred this black and white version.
Read MoreAre we on dial up again?
Well, no we’re not, we’ve been on broadband for years, but sadly the performance for us is never quite what the companies advertise and you get the feeling at times you’re back on dial up. So the other day I set the computer up to stream Formula 1 live via BT Broadband, now the thing with F1 is you don’t really want to miss bits, nor do you want the stream to pause every minute or so while the stream buffers again and again. Sadly this is what happened. Every…
Read MoreBooks, they open unexpected doors…
The theme of the month for July over on John Howe’s website is ‘Books‘, which started me thinking about books and what they mean to different people. To me they often open doors to unexpected places, or sometimes to expected places but where you often discover something new 😉 So this is a composite in photoshop of a book opening a doorway into the Shire, with a willing Hobbit ready for a wander 🙂
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