Meet Mr Shompy, the “Tesco Cat”. He has [url=https://www.facebook.com/TescoKirkwallCat]his own Facebook page[/url] I have been wanting to photograph this cat for a long, long time but seem only ever to meet him when I have no camera. When I have my camera with me, he is never there… until today. It was a little heart-rending …
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Monday Outlook 16/3/15
[b]IMPORTANT UPDATE[/b] [i]Blipfoto Ltd has gone into liquidation. It was not voluntary. There is a chance that this site will simply disappear in a puff of smoke with no warning.[/i] [i]It is a sad day indeed and I hope some rescue plan can be put into place. I have my own rescue plan in operation …
Further Fulmars
Another glorious morning today so we took off for a stroll at Backaskaill Bay before coming home to a late brunch. I took 240 frames, mostly of fulmars – knowing full well that I would have to junk most of them when I got home. All the same, I find myself spoiled for choice today. …
Pill Popper
Stuck for Blipspiration today and wondering what I could shoot – went to dose Treacle and ponder a subject. Obvious! This is Treacle’s pill popper, an article which I should not like to be without at present as we have to dose our wee lad four times a day. He may be ill and he …
Fulmar at Whitemill
It was a gorgeous morning, the tide was out and so was the sun, better still the wind was down. What to do? Why pack a couple of sandwiches, grab dogs and camera, and fire up the Land Rover. We went off to do the 3 mile circular at Whitemill and Hellihowe. Very glad that …
Derelict Thursday – East Kirk Gates
Detail from what remains of one of the gates to the old East Kirk on Sanday. These gates are all that remain of the kirk and now lead to a bare grass field. They are a subject to which I return time and again but which I find extremely difficult to capture well. There are …
Velvet Plum
I spent much of this morning in winding 800 grams of yarn skeins into yarn cakes. I took many photographs and hoped to share one here. [i]Unfortunately[/i] “Velvet Plum” seems to be one of those shades that is enormously difficult to capture accurately. In short, I made a pig’s ear of the whole process.[i] Fortunately …
A little bit damp
It was no morning for venturing forth, so I tended to my succulents instead. Then I thought I’d do some lens tests – the succulents provide excellent subjects. I’m not sure I managed to do any of them justice but I can try again on another rainy day. Noticed this morning that I have yet …
Monday Outlook: Thinly veiled
Able to shoot over towards Elsness today as the sun is veiled by cloud. It’s a thin day – thin grey light and a keen wind, set to strengthen throughout the day and top 80 mph gusts tonight. Both the dogs and I were happy to be indoors again after we set the rubbish for …
Pre-prandial
Difficult to choose my Blip today. We took advantage of the morning forecast and took the dogs out along Cata and on to Newark. Time and Tide were against us but we managed not to get our feet wet. I shot 80 frames, many with the intent of converting to mono – I was held …