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I live in a camper van with a West Highland Terrier for company.
My passion is creating images but it is a work in progress.
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Friday, 24 January 2014

DIPPED. (24/01/14)

It was cold last night. I took the dogs out at dawn and they had a roll in what amounted to a sprinkle of snow.

_MG_2782   Through the woods we wandered. It was chilly.

_MG_2783   The beach was almost white over. Cairngorm was covered in low cloud. A sunset here would be great on a clear evening with the mountains reflecting the light. I let the dogs off for a good run as they showed no sign of being in deer mode. Fortunately I guessed correctly. Back we went for breakfast without mishap. It’s blowing half a gale and the temperature is –6oC. A few months ago I lost the (o) Symbol in LiveWriter. It used to be in Insert and involved typing in a load of letters and numbers now it’s in the home tool bar it has it’s own little symbol that looks like this X2 . Brilliant. I must learn to read instructions. They also have an X2 . I’ll have a look what that does.

I then set the 5DII to video mode. I think I’ve sorted the chopping I used to get. I set shutter to 1/50s and drop contrast to zero in normal shoot mode. Then I juggle aperture and ISO in live view till it looks something like. Focusing is still a major issue but I’ll have to live with it. It will auto focus if I press (AF ON) before starting to shoot. I have settled on manual focus and just chop out the bits that are blurry. I have to remember not to talk on the blurry bits as I can’t seem to select the audio track from the camera footage and edit it separately.

I found a short cut to the Stream with the Dippers so the trip with Bertha, the dogs, a tripod and a bag full of bits of this and that wasn’t too arduous.

I saw the little darlings but they wouldn’t settle for long enough for me to get a shot. Bertha, an extender and tripod is not point and shoot. It can take twenty of thirty seconds to get good footage of a tree. I’ll have to try harder and more often.

I have two minutes and a bit of video but it will take six hours to upload it to YouTube. I’ll let it run overnight. I may be rendering at the wrong settings or it may just be that bandwidth is very low here.

_MG_2785   Despite my Muppetry with the dipping Dippers I’ve decided that this is home for another ten days. Rain is forecast for this afternoon and then days of snow. The feeders are doing little business so I suspect the wind may be to blame……It can’t be all my fault after five years of digital…….I hope.

Have a great weekend.

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30 comments:

  1. Midmarsh John24 January 2014 at 14:22

    Love the dawn shots.
    I don't have easy access to ° from the keyboard but a little program called Character Map lets me have access to virtually all characters with copy and paste..

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:04

      John, there are thousands of symbols in MS Word. But I haven't bothered loading it on this machine. Live Writer is fine now I have found out where it went.

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  2. Maria24 January 2014 at 14:25

    Is this your first visit here?

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  3. The Herald24 January 2014 at 14:55

    Lovely sunrise shots Adrian.
    I reckon you'll have to start building up some of those arm muscles and then you'll be able to throw Bertha around like a pro!
    To get the little ° hold down Alt and type 0176 (it works in live writer too)
    Looking forward to seeing those snow filled scenes, have a good weekend and stay safe...[;o)

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:16

      Trevor, Throw Bertha around?.....I wish. I have gone off these pavement pizza type sunrises. This one was impressive though. I'd like to see the aurora whilst I'm here.

      (°) I see, That's what I used to do.

      Heavy rain for Saturday then the snow arrives.

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  4. Douglas Mcfarlane24 January 2014 at 15:22

    I love the two morning shots especially the one from the beach with the light trying it's best to break through.

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:19

      Douglas, I was expecting it to be very noisy but amazingly the noise was acceptable.

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  5. Laura. M24 January 2014 at 15:31

    Hola, Adrian.Vayaaa, también tienes frio :(( Que color más bonito tiene el cielo. Me encanta tu autocaravana. Cuando venga la primavera, empezarems a enganchar nuestra caravana y salir con ella;)

    La foto que has visto de hace 20 años, está hecha con unaRicok KR-10 Super manual. de las que había que revelar los carretes, está guardada. Pero tenenos montones se fotos de ella.
    Que tengas buen viernes.
    Un abrazo.

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    1. Laura. M24 January 2014 at 15:32

      Hello, Adrian.Vayaaa, have also cold. ((What a nice color you have the sky I love your motorhome When spring comes, empezarems to engage our caravan and go with it;)..

      The photo you saw 20 years ago, is made with KR-10 Super unaRicok manual. of which was to reveal the reels is filed. Tenenos thousands of pictures of her.
      Have a good Friday.
      a hug

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    2. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:24

      Laura, Rikok, hizo algunas cámaras maravillosas. Estoy sorprendido de que todavía tiene las imágenes sin embargo.

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  6. Bob Bushell24 January 2014 at 16:38

    Really really nice daybreak, the lighting is fabulous Adrian. Shame about the Dippers.

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:26

      Bob, the Dippers are around I saw plenty of them fighting over territory but non were settled. I will get some pictures.

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  7. David Oliver24 January 2014 at 17:30

    I'll echo what others have said about the dawn pictures. That second one looks like fire in the sky. Hope the video uploads okay. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:28

      David, the video has uploaded but the quality is awful. I'll post it later and ask for help.

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  8. Bas.24 January 2014 at 18:22

    It was cold, but I think you have beautiful pictures, s I am very curious about your movie.

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:29

      Bas, I will post it later. It is going to rain all day today.

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  9. DawnTreader24 January 2014 at 18:39

    Very impressive sunrise-shots. ° is [ALT]+248, I learned that in my early days of using a computer when working as a medical secretary and it has stuck in my memory. :)

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:35

      Monica, not in my comments it doesn't it closes the reply box down. I'm using the number pad. It obviously worked for you.

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    2. DawnTreader25 January 2014 at 17:18

      I'm using the number pad too. I think alt+248 for ° has worked for me on every computer and word processing program since I first learned it ~1990 or so. Maybe I've just been lucky! I suppose you must have some different coding that overtakes it (or whatever that's called in computer language)

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  10. Rohrerbot24 January 2014 at 22:00

    You're in a beautiful area! That first shot is lovely. Hope you're having a good weekend. I've dipped on dippers. Must be a thing:)

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:36

      Chris they do stay still but not for long. I'll get a shot.

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  11. timoebasilico24 January 2014 at 22:47

    How I have had lost this post! I think too that you are in a beautiful place...

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:38

      Laura, it took a couple of goes for it to appear on my reading list. I amm here for another two weeks...........It is beautiful.

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  12. Glo25 January 2014 at 02:38

    Gorgeous sunrise! What colours. Looking forward to see what else transpires over the next 10 days...sounds like you'll be bundling up!

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 03:39

      Glo, if the weather is reasonable it should be very good here.

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  13. holdingmoments25 January 2014 at 06:01

    That sunrise looks pretty good Adrian.
    Best time of the year for them I think.
    Looking forward to the video.

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    1. ADRIAN25 January 2014 at 09:15

      Keith, it is when we see the sun.

      I failed to record the dippers but will post the footage as something is not right.

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  14. GB26 January 2014 at 00:04

    When you do get a good sunset it's usually spectacular in the Highlands. The problem is getting one in the first place: one thing is that there are usually too many mountains in the way!

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  15. ADRIAN26 January 2014 at 05:39

    Graham, I'm waiting for a sunset here I've plenty of sky to the west.

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