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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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Sunday, 30 December 2012

NO RAIN TODAY. (30/12/12)

We had a good walk this morning but there was very little about. It was windy and felt really cold but it was dry.adrianlenscopy          GLO has been at it again……many thanks Glo.

I didn’t get any good photographs today though I did have a play. They are better than the ones I got a day or two ago. My fingers were frozen as I had left my gloves in the van.

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IMG_0013_4_5_tonemapped_edited-1      It was good to see the sun but for some reason I wasn’t really in the mood. I did give big Bertha an airing but there was nothing to aim it at. We will see what tomorrow brings. It’s raining again now.

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27 comments:

  1. Kate30 December 2012 at 15:36

    What a great shot of you and your pet monster! Ha! I hope you're training it to behave itself.

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  2. The Herald30 December 2012 at 15:56

    Nice to be able to see the horizon once again Adrian.
    Is that Hope cement works I can see skulking there in the sunshine?...[;o)

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  3. ADRIAN30 December 2012 at 16:01

    No Trevor it is what used to be ICI Tunstead. Just outside Buxton. I don't know who owns it now,

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  4. Midmarsh John30 December 2012 at 17:36

    Don't you point your enormous appendage at me like that ;)
    I like the sunlight / shadows this time of year. So much kinder to the photographer than when the Sun is overhead.

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    1. ADRIAN30 December 2012 at 18:18

      Sorry John.
      It is good when the sun deigns to shine. Pouring here again now.

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  5. holdingmoments30 December 2012 at 18:50

    It was good to see some sun today.
    Rain for tomorrow, apparently.

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    1. ADRIAN30 December 2012 at 18:59

      Blowing a gale and scything down here now.

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  6. GB30 December 2012 at 19:50

    Well you won't get that in your hand luggage!

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    1. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 02:37

      Graham, it isn't a carry about lens. It's a wheel about one. I shall get a trolley and take it somewhere along with a chair and a flask then sit like a fisherman and wait for things to come to me.

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  7. DawnTreader30 December 2012 at 20:15

    On a clear night (if one ever occurs) you might be able to spot a new planet with that thing... Happy New Year to you, Adrian. (The rain is pouring down here too now.)

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    1. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 02:40

      Monica it isn't that long. 400mm. It is fast and sharp though.

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  8. JoLynne Lyon30 December 2012 at 22:12

    I envy you all that green. We're buried in white right now.

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    1. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 02:42

      I would love some snow JoLynne. All I am getting is rain and more rain. That's why it is so green.

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  9. Red30 December 2012 at 23:20

    You did manage to get the sun shining in some spots so got some contrast.I like the shot of the valley.

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    1. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 02:43

      It's a good time of the year when the sun shines. This wasn't long after dawn though.

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  10. grammie g31 December 2012 at 00:18

    HI Adrian...holy cow you should be able photo planets that we didn't know
    where there with that thing ; )
    Two really nice shots we sun...sorry your raining persists, have you checked for mold under your arm pits lately! : )
    Grace

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  11. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 03:05

    Grace, it is about the same as an 8x pair on binoculars so useful but not as magnifying as the front element would suggest. To work out magnification on a 35mm frame size assume that 50mm give what the eye can see. 400/50=8. On a bridge camera one would multiply this by the crop factor say 1.6 on a medium format it would be 400/90ish= 4ish. But fitted on a medium format it would vignette as the image circle would be too small. It's why Zeiss , Schneider et al don't do high magnification lenses. They would be bigger than America.
    Nothing wrong with my armpits....I have vigilant for trench foot as my wellies leak.

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  12. Pauline31 December 2012 at 04:31

    Happy New Year, Adrian. Thinking up entertaining new year resolutions for us all could distract you from the rain.

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    1. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 08:02

      Happy New Year to you Pauline.
      I'll try and invent some nonsense.
      I did write you a Seasonal Letter.

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    2. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 08:04

      The Link is broken it is in the side bar.

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  13. Glo31 December 2012 at 05:30

    Thanks for including my photo-play. I see it could do with some tweaking, but it was late at night and I wanted to finish quickly. I love your last photo with the sun on the mound, and the spread of countryside below. I read that it was the wettest year in England since 1910! No wonder you're fed up to the gills with the rain. Do you know if it is snowing in Scotland?

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    1. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 08:05

      I enjoy them Glo. There is wet slush in Scotland. I have gills and trench foot

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  14. Gary31 December 2012 at 10:17

    Love the photo of you with your new toy. I looked it up and saw the price.....gulp! Had to go and have more trifle and whisky.

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    1. ADRIAN31 December 2012 at 10:42

      I didn't pay anything like list Gary but it was still the price of a top end camera body...A Canon Camera not a Leica S.
      It will be a different approach to photography. Set up sit down and wait for things to wander past.

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  15. Gillian Olson1 January 2013 at 19:11

    Lovely sunny shots, that is a big lens. Hope you get some decent weather so you can share more of same with us.

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    1. ADRIAN2 January 2013 at 05:24

      Gillian it is. I just hope that I learn to drive it.

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