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Friday and the forecast is clear skies. No moon, so its the perfect time of the month to take photos of the milkyway!
Nothing ever goes perfectly to plan. The original plan was for my friend Mark, to drive up the dirt roads above Betws-Y-Coed to Lynn Elsi for a wild camp. Earlier in the year i camped out there without a problem, but this time since we were driving up, the lake "owner" was onto us. "Sorry lads you can't stay overnight, look at the signs" and "you do know you passed a no entry sign". No matter how nice we were we knew it wasn't going to happen.
Not a problem. you don't need a backup plan around this part of North Wales. After 5 min of driving we came across an amazing "official" camp site, £6 each with a view across the valley towards Snowdon. 9hrs later we'd managed to capture Sunset, the Milkyway and Sunrise!
I have Koda to thank for this shot. If he hadn't been meowing at the front door, I would have missed the sky this morning.
We had a fun evening at the Atmo Supercomputer Party in Berkeley, California. Atmo just finished their first product, to be delivered to Uganda. The supercomputer has groundbreaking software to predict weather using a trained AI model, a first in this industry. That means substantial cost reduction while keeping the accuracy of weather forecast. A DJ entertained the guests after the talks.
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Just read the surf forecast for the weekend.. 8-10 ft east swell!! Not sure that the winds will behave themselves as it is from a pretty local system so it could just be a mess...But i have been itching for a decent shoot or surf for what feels like weeks.. It will be nothing like the picture here from early autumn which was glassy 2-3 ft with clear skies.. Woo hoo, a good storm swell!!
And, as forecasted, this morning the spring was gone and the outside world was more or less hidden in fog again.
But fog has its charm too.
Isle of Skye
Scotland
Just minutes before taking this shot I had my back turned to the North Atlantic storm that was threatening to blow me over and rain which was battering…the worst I’ve ever experienced…as a local photographer said it’s not a case of stepping out of the car and taking the shot. You’ve got to wait for it! (take sandwiches)
"I AM NOT A LIBERAL SNOWFLAKE.
MY FEELINGS AREN'T
FRAGILE, MY HEART ISN'T BLEEDING.
I AM A BADASS BELIEVER IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
MY TOUGHNESS IS IN TENDERNESS.
MY STRENGTH IS IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE FIERCE THAN FORMIDABLE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
THERE IS NOT A THING MORE COURAGEOUS THAN COMPASSION.
BUT IF MY BELIEF IN EQUITY, EMPATHY, GOODNESS, AND LOVE INDEED MAKES ME OR PEOPLE LIKE ME SNOWFLAKES, THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW . . .
WINTER IS COMING."
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The last time I visited the light was rather flat, so it always felt like a work in progress. The forecast looked spot on today though, with breaks in the cloud, so I made my way back down to have another go. Couldn't have asked for more really. When the wind picked up it was ferocious, I was almost swept off my feet. It was good to get back in the car, looking windswept and interesting.
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We had some sun and 8C, fine for a short bike ride. And perhaps one of the last nice days of the year. Cold and grey is in the forecast.
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Forecasters are, after 44 days of no precipitation, predicting what they call a Pineapple Express to hit the West Coast of the United States, for the next 4 days. We say... "the storm door's open". Rain totals (it is a very warm system headed straight here from Hawaii so snow levels will be very high in the Sierras) are expected to be anywhere from 2inches at lower elevations, to up to 10 inches in the mountains. California survives on a series of reservoirs to gather rain and snow melt, and the predictions are quite promising to regenerate our supplies.
C'mon RAIN !!!
GBRf 60026 'Helvellyn' descends Vulcan Bank passing what was Vulcan Foundry (now housing and a supermarket) with 6E09 loaded Biomass bound for Drax Power Station in Yorkshire.
Weather was much better than last nights forecast and I had hopes to get this and the Hams Hall liner in sun further south but a quilt of cloud was taking the edge off the sun. So I elected for this shot taken from the pole, an angle I have never attempted before.
The weather forecast was for clear skies today, so we thought we would try to see if we could spot some of the Snowy Owls which migrate from the Arctic to this area for the winter. Alas, no owls were seen, but I was able to capture some interesting scenes regardless...
With a bad weather forecast for Saturday a while back and some other plans we went out for a hike on Friday.
We both had the whole week off and did enjoy the days off with some nice days and also a few days with some rain and lower temperatures
Decided to visit the Boswachterij Gees nature reserve while the weather would still be nice. Followed some of the available trails did enjoy the time spend there.
Took as we basically always do one of our Canon Eos 3 cameras with us. Decided to load it with some Ilford XP2 Super 400 for a change
Developing was done with our Cinestill Cs41 kit at 39c and 4 minutes after some struggles with the spool. Did have some issues loading the film. So I ended up with a film with some scratches and spots, but still do like the results
This was the ninth film with the new batch of developer mixed on September 9 2020
Curious if we can reach over 25 films again and 10 months with this new batch.
The previous developer batch was used to develop 28 films (135-36 format) over an period of 10 months without any problems.
The Cinestill CS41 does stay in good working condition if kept cool, dark and oxygen free.
What would Admiral Nelson have made of Britain's aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth? The photo was taken looking through an aft window onboard HMS Victory in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
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The forecast on this day was calling for 25mph winds and normally that would keep most people off the dunes, tourist at least. Us photographers on the other hand, most would see that as an opportunity. Personally, this was my second day on the dunes that week and first time ever being in a sandstorm. Come to find out, it was gusting 35+ mph and it wasn't nearly as fun as I thought it would be. Hindsight would tell me now that I should have bought goggles because often I would just sit there with my eyes closed for a minute or two as the gusts came on. I was there for hours, 4 at least and making my way through the dunes taking as many photos as I can find sweeping converging lines. I have so many photos to go through from this day but I stopped at the first one that I liked, which means there should be more to come soon! As I was walking back to my car, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with the feeling of joy. I couldn't have been more happy to be pelted by sand all day, picking sand out of my ear for the next 24 hours. I thoroughly recommend that if you are going to shoot sand dunes and there are high winds on the forecast, DO IT!
Vorticity can be thought of as the tendency of a paddlewheel to spin if placed in the flow. High vorticity is a large counter-clockwise spin, zero vorticity is no spin, and a large negative vorticity is a tendency to spin clockwise.
The globes are viewed from 30 deg north latitude. On the Mercator plots, red arrows show the velocity vectors. Wind speeds peak at over 1 km per second.
Shown are HAT-P-2b, HD 80606b, and HD 185269 b
With a forecast for thick fog I knew I had to head to Snelsmore Common again to try and capture some images for the project in a different weather condition. This silver birch in the woodland near the car park caught my eye due to the unusual shape.
Sony a7R III | Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
A decent forecast was predicted for this morning so a trip out was potentially worth it to grab that final shot of the year, perhaps. This unit move was booked in so after noting the light engine move from the RTC going in to Litchurch Lane, I took the gamble on the weather holding out for this long enough here. It was only just with clouds rolling in from the west soon after!
Getting harder to avoid hilltop wind turbines in landscape pictures. in my area all good hilltop views now contain them, with more forecast for the future. Langholm, dumfriesshire, scotland.
The rain clouds were coming, the forecast was rain later in the evening. I headed to a spot I like to shoot from when ever I can't get to the beach. The oak trees in this area are quite beautiful and always great for shots. It had been gray most of the time, than there was a break in the clouds just enough for the sunlight to shine over the old friend.
Lith print (8x12cm) using Moersch Easy Lith 20+20+960 on expired Kodabrome II.
Notes: generous overexposure of 3-4 stops at least, followed by relatively short development time (for Lith).
Camera: Nikon F2 (1976) with Nikkor 50mm/f1.8 AI
We all got sent home after lunch due to considerably more snow being forecast. However there was a short window of opportunity and I took it - as did half of Scotland so the roads, although clear, were very busy.
The weather forecast did not disappoint and the walk to the top in the dark to catch the winters sunrise hitting Pen Y Fan and Corn Du was fantastic and a morning I shall not forget
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Humber , Thames south veering southeast 4 or 5 squally showers.
Plymouth ,Lundy rain , poor becoming moderate ............AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY YELLOW BINS IN THE THAMES AREA !!!!!
" SLATER STREET " , LIVERPOOL.
The forecast is not for a serious storm, but it will be blowy enough for me to put my storm flag up, the trust pirate jolly roger. I cut the edge off it and put some grapeshot holes in it to reduce its wind resistance: I don't want a snapped flagpole.
It seems, since my youth, I have become a vexillophile. It's not serious but I am quite passionate about flying the flag for the nationality of the guests about to arrive at our B&B, as a welcome. I find smaller nations, or newer countries seem to be touched by the gesture. Swiss, Belgians, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Catalonians, etc. But I have no desire to fly Ukrainian or Palestinian flags. I won't join those bandwagons, although the Ukrainian one left a few years ago. Only the Palestinian, Hamas supporting one, lives on to annoy us. But my habit of displaying the national flag of our guests now causes a dilemma or two. We have Russian guests booked to arrive at the same time as VIP Finnish visitors. The Finns hate the aggressor Russians and all things Putin. I've already decided the Finnish flag takes precedence over the Russian flag. I'm not being political, but I'm not flying the flag of a country we are virtually at war with. It's an easy choice. Harder, though, is what I do when we have Israeli guests arrive in August. I would happily fly their flag, but in a country where so many including our BBC seem to sympathise with terrorists who have declared their intention to commit genocide and destroy Israel and their people, and the British Police who side with Palestinian flag waving activists and agitators, is it safe for me to extend such a welcome? Or do I continue to fly my pirate flag and tell them to take a leap off the plank? Opinions invited
I had planned a outing to Cotswold Water Park for the sunrise, but I got sidetrack at the Thames between Lechlade and Canary Wharf.
It was a much nicer morning than forecast and even had the company of a lonely swan to help.
The weather forecast for the last few days has been suggesting wall to wall sunshine for today, but I woke up to grey skies which persisted until 2pm or more. Godalming has nice old bare trees so I thought they may make a good subject for today.
However, this shot was taken in the opposite direction where the sun appeared through nature's veil.
Not everyone will know of Beth Nielsen Chapman, but I was fortunate enough to see her in Birmingham in 2014. This is probably my favourite song of hers and I have been on the lookout for an image to go with this song for many years.
Godalming, Surrey
31st December 2025
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