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To the side of our house is this sheep field which is currently unoccupied. This is a good thing as when it is occupied the escape squad unit of the sheep prison detail are exceptionally good at escaping from the field and visiting our garden. In some ways this is
The snowdrops are coming out around Newcastleton. On our afternoon walk Debbie had promised me some Snowdrops to photo and there were plenty…on the other side of the river to where we were. We did find this small clump so I asked Jess to model for us to provide a
Today we had basically no moon appearance today and, unusually, a cloudless evening sky so I popped out and set up my camera to shoot a star trail from our back garden…and here it is! I only realised the evening was going to be perfect for some astro photography late
I’ve taken this shot a few times and was convinced I’d already used it earlier this month, but on checking I see I haven’t used this yet, so here we go. I like using the 2 pines to frame the view beyond. There was just the start of a rainbow
I’ve had a go at this shot before and my last attempt was worse than this, but I’m still frustrated that I’ve still not got a decent quality shot of this. Let me tell you, you really need speedlights for this shot to work, not studio strobes and not overhead
We had a light sprinkling of snow overnight and the hills are always so pretty when capped with snow, so here’s todays panorama taken from a similar position as our shot on the 9th January. It’s just as well I took that shot as the heavens opened later on and
We were able to take our morning walk again today after yesterday’s storm left us housebound for the day. Jess was delighted to be back out and about but rather surprised and puzzled by the 4 new large obstacles that were now in her way as she walked up the
Horrendous weather here in Scotland today, where we are in the Southernmost Borders was relatively light, we still had trees down and 4 power cuts through the day. Wind speed was around 74mph for round 4 or 5 hours from morning through to early afternoon since when the winds have
I’ve done a talk at our local photography club (Holm Camera Club) about doing 365 projects and 52 projects. I spent so much time preparing it I nearly ran out of time for my own photo so I popped into the garage and shot this under the lights. I thought
Following on from my earlier shot of some of our local birds, here is a new shot from today of one I didn’t catch last time – the Coal Tit (Periparus ater). I’ve still to catch Goldfinches, Long Tail Tits, Woodpeckers, and the Nut Hatches that regularly visit. I’m sure
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