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The weather forecast predicted 98% high-level and 0% low-level clouds for sunrise this morning... which was not quite accurate.
We did get some colour in the sky... but not much... and not for long... and not where I needed it.
But hey... this photo is not about Table Mountain or the sky... this photo is all about the foreground!
This is another panorama captured with my multi-camera panoramic-rig.
Parallax errors... hah hah... what's that? This image stitched perfectly! :)
Panorama, 6 x Nikon D3200s, 6 x Nikkor 35 mm prime lenses, ISO of 100, aperture of f/11 with a 1/2 second exposure.
Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 26 Oct 2015
The weather forecast was grey and cloudy all day. But by 9:30 there was a clear blue sky, so I nipped over to Wrest Park to shoot the Tulip tree and bridge again.
Now this is living dangerously!
My camera is on a ball head on a monopod.
My Sigma 10-20 is at 10mm, and I'm using a cable release as the wireless release does not want to work.
I am holding the monopod like a fishing rod, with the camera dangling UPSIDE DOWN about 1 foot / 30cm above the water.
The weather forecast predicted rain, but we got out anyways and got rewarded with very sunny weather and a great time in the park of castle Schleißheim.
The weather forecast is predicting some serious rain (and maybe even some snow) for the Western Cape this weekend... I can't wait!
This photo clearly wasn't taken in the Western Cape... nor was it taken this weekend. :)
I captured this shot while on a photographic workshop that I attended on Norway's Lofoten islands in February 2015... in other words... a long time ago.
The light that morning wasn't anything to write home about... so most of my photos from here turned out looking flat and dull.
This is one of my favourite compositions from this location... but I've now Photoshopped this image to near-death... and it still looks flat and dull to me.
Nikon D800, Nikkor 14 -24 mm lens at 24 mm, ISO of 400, aperture of f/11 with a 1/80th second exposure.
The weather forecast isn't that good the next days, it looks that we must do a step back in the direction of winter instead of spring.
Ok, maybe it's really hard to predict the weather here....normally it's pretty much the same day in and day out. All week we've been hearing that it would only get to about 60 degrees and be a rainy day today........what happened.....it was sunny and pretty much clear all day and it was about 72 degrees in the west valley. I was pretty disappointed that the weather forecasted didn't materialize. :-(
I hope the weather where you live was nice today and exactly what was predicted!
These are some bats hanging around in an enclosure at the Small Mammals building at the Wildlife World Zoo.
Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Talacre
All week the weather forecast had predicted a glorious sun from 6am onwards, then it hinted at clear skies, followed by clouds and then back to clear. We stuck to our game plan and Eddie duly arrived on my doorstep at 3:45am as planned. We quickly swapped cars and headed off... the sat nav pre-programmed the night before (up here for thinking , down there for dancing... you know what I'm like). Not much traffic on the roads at this time of a morning apart from heavy goods keeping the shoppers happy.
We passed over a bridge we didn't know and drove past a ship we couldn't see. Still we were on course and arrived at the beach car park just as the sat nav had predicted - I usually make at least one wrong turn on our travels so this was a first. However, the car park appeared to be locked but it pays to check and on closer inspection they were just badly aligned and leaning so with a bit of heaving and pushing we managed to prize them apart and squeeze the car through. A quick change of shoes for wellies and we were on our way to the beach.
Now those that have visited before will know you have to cross over the dunes before you see the lighthouse and on first sight the vista was not as one would have hoped. Although we were an hour ahead of sunrise, a band of light sat between the horizon and one solid bank of motionless cloud mocking us as it deliberately bisected our intending shots. My first hour of shooting produced nothing worthy of processing and posting. Only with the imminent arrival of the sun from behind the Wirral peninsula did the cloud give in and start to disperse.
What had started as a potentially disappointing trip out was beginning to show signs of hope and excitement. We both quickly moved location, set-up again and clicked away. This is my second frame as the cloud began to break with the rising sun, still not visible on the horizon, under lighting and warming the sky. I began to dream of our changing fortune and hoped...
Keeping an eye on the weather forecast all week, there was no way I could miss some clearing storm light at sunrise in Yosemite, even if it was on a Saturday during a busy firefall weekend! Tunnel View was as packed as I’d ever seen it in my life this particular morning, so we hightailed back down to the Valley along a favorite spot along the Merced that offers a variety of compositions. Looking behind me, I noticed this scene of a spotlit tree surrounded by mist settling into the granite and switched to the telephoto to take a few compositions. These misty winter conditions have always been my favorite conditions in the Valley.
Day 116 of the 365 days of photography project.
The weather station at Hameldon hill, is between Rossendale and Burnley.
I do hope we get accurate weather forecasts.
Discovered in Burnley, Lancashire
Panasonic FZ82
Another shitty forecast today which ended up doing the exact opposite of what was said. Weather was forecast sunshine and cloud all day, clearing out late evening to clear skies for the night.. well it actually rained the entire day, no sun at all in Carlisle. St Bees however was sunny all afternoon from dinnertime through till early evening, and it looked like it was going to clear out like it had been said so. Having seen 68007 and 68023 go in to Sellafield last night and seeing the quadruple allocated to 6C46 on TOPS, I made the effort to go out for tonight's working in the hope that the TPE one was leading and based on the forecast it looked promising. Well I got there and arrived at my spot in full bling, stood there for an hour or so in sun, then at about 7pm a change of wind direction just pushed all the blue sky out to sea, as you can see towards the right of this shot. Along with the sun went my hopes for a decent shot. In fact, by the time this passed, it was at the darkest it had been all day and the sun was never to be seen again. Claps of thunder and hail showers were rolling in as this passed but it had to be recorded nonetheless.
The weather forecasting has been an absolute shambles in the last two weeks and I've spent nearly all day every day venturing out, doing so much walking that my feet have blistered and still not got anything to show for my hard work. I can only try again going out every day until I get something.
The weather forecast was for rain up north, but I went anyway and ended up with blue skies. Yay for bad weather men
The weather forecast for Saturday, our second day on the island, was poor but we still made the effort to get to Garry Beach near Tolsta hoping for a hint of a sunrise colour. Needless to say it didn't happen but the beach was stunning and there was some nice diffused light that encouraged us to stay.
Despite what the weather forecast said, it should have been a lovely day: bright blue sky, stunning sand, sparkling waters, fabulous city skyline backdrop: even a pirate ship. Instead he lay there freezing his nuts off, amongst the odd snowflake, pale skin and ginger hairlets only partially concealed by tartan boxer shorts that appeared to be two sizes smaller than required. His pirate ship, The Black Pearl lay in tatters, shredded on the shore by several winter storms. All chance of escape or rescue had perished long ago. Now the Irish had raised their flag on one of the masts, and having gained EU funding were now in the process of restoration with a view to launching the first ecologically sustainable wooden space craft mission to Mars. Ah well, he thought, might as well just lie on the beach forever and hope something better turns up one day. Afterall, it's not his fault the world has gone insane. Who knows what will come his way? Nothing has been planned.
Our weather forecast never fails: If there are lenticular clouds over Mt. Rainier, rain is on the way. Taken in beautiful Seattle during golden hour this evening.
The weather forecast in Norway usually shows pictures of the weather in Norway. Today it was my picture that filled the TV screen.
The weather forecast was for a very warm day, and so we decided to attempt Loder Peak, hoping the winds would not be crazy like they usually are. Magic! Hardly a breath of wind, but man was it hot! Our GPS misbehaved, and we don't have a track for this one, but this trail is about 7 km's return distance walking, gaining about 770 m's, and this time we took about 5 hours.
“At this rate we’ll probably all get washed away before summer.” Neil’s gloomy assessment as we drove home from Wednesday evening’s five a side session through the rainy streets didn’t seem such a wild exaggeration. By now I’d been back from Fuerteventura for three weeks, and as far as I could recall, only one day had passed when the heavens hadn’t opened for business. Even though we play indoors, my football boots were feeling distinctly damp, just from navigating the puddles along the path from the leisure centre entrance to the car park. At home, the garden looks like a marshland, and the front of the house is surrounded by a moat. Useful if we get besieged by politicians once the election is called I suppose, but other than that it’s really getting a bit much now. More rain forecast for tomorrow, and another named storm as well - even though we're on the other side of Easter now. I keep expecting to find ducks living on the side of what used to be the lawn. Will it ever be dry again, I wonder? Just let South West Water try and bring in another hosepipe ban this summer and see the natives revolting. Or the revolting natives.
At least I made something of that one dry afternoon - heading for the usual spot for the first time in over a month. The van was in need of an outing, and I fancied brewing a cup of tea and sitting down to watch the sea through the opened side door. Sometimes I just like to watch and listen, with a book close at hand, and hopefully some chocolate biscuits hidden in a drawer that haven’t gone over their sell by date. I had a stack of images from my holiday to keep me occupied, and I wasn’t particularly bothered about adding to the archive today. It was only as I made ready with the tea bags, milk and water that I remembered what happens when I don’t take the camera - I’ve still not forgotten the blood red sunset at Porthtowan the previous winter when the bag had been deliberately left at home. Into the overhead cab it went, although I had no real intention of using it. I hadn’t even looked at the tide times, nor had I consulted the weather forecast other than to confirm that it looked as if I’d be staying dry for a change. I’d also failed to check on the battery in the camera - hopefully the spare in the bag was fully charged.
It was high tide in the middle of the afternoon when I flipped over the switch to the reassuring hiss of butane filling the copper pipe that feeds the hob. As the kettle steamed its way to a whistling crescendo, I looked out at a grey sky, thought to myself “black and white,” and promptly settled down with my book. It was only three o’ clock, and there was plenty of time to take a stroll over the dunes and perhaps take some photographs. And then it struck me that I’d taken a couple of sighters on my phone towards the end of last summer before dumping them into a folder called “compositions” for another time. Both of them were taken on a nearly full tide from the rocks below where I was now parked. Perhaps this was the time to give them a try. After my tea, I sauntered down to the beach.
Half an hour later I was back at the van, boiling the kettle again. I’d taken a few shots to keep myself amused, but the spot I needed to get to was out of reach for the time being - at least it was if I didn’t want to wade through two feet of water sloshing through the gulley that separates this group of rocks from the beach when the tide is full. No matter though - I’d go back, have another cuppa, read another chapter and head back down a bit later. Not having to rush anymore is such a simple joy these days. Sometimes you have to stop and remind yourself of these easy wins in life.
And so here I was - looking along a crack in the rocks that I must have passed hundreds of times before and never noticed until last September. The cloud had lifted to reveal a pastel blue sky to offset the orange in the rocks, while the sea rushed in and out of the space below. Little did I know that we’d have two weeks and counting of pouring rain to follow, so it was probably a good job I did grab the camera before setting off towards the ocean that day.
Yesterday morning I drove out to Rannoch Moor against the advice of the weather forecast and I was treated to a few minutes of glorious, if intense, red light on the mountains.
This is a conflicting image for me. Yes, I've played with the contrast of the original RAW file and yes, the colours are somewhat overwhelming, but to me, this is what I witnessed. When I posted this to Twitter last night, I felt apprehensive as there are a few cliques of mostly male photographers who have no problem criticising without invitation.
You could say that when one posts to a social media platform, that opens up the playing field, and I appreciate that, but criticism is a delicate art, especially when it comes to creative endeavours. In a way, it's the artistic equivalent of mansplaining, as if they have a uncontrollable urge to pat me on head and say 'oh dear, you'll do better next time if you follow these rules'.
Saturation has become a dirty word (and rather aptly, both my vibrance and saturation sliders are at -3). More and more there is a pressure to conform to a very narrow definition of what photography is and can be. There is a little point in arguing with such individuals, there objective is less to help me grow as a creative, and more to make themselves feel superior.
As I said, criticism is a fine art that requires thought, trust and respect. Spitting out 140 characters of unconsidered criticisms is much more self-satisfying than taking the time to take me for a drink, or even send an e-mail, talking to me like a human, building up that relationship, for the benefit of both.
I'm no child, I'm a 34 year old woman who runs my own photography business, works as an academic, has travelled the world alone. When I was 17, I was told I'd never succeed as an artist because I was too literal, by a mostly male establishment. It stopped me pursuing the only career path I wanted when I was young. Nearly 20 years on, and the same bullshit elitism is still evident, in the photographic industry. This time, I won't be deterred by insecure egos. This is my vision, this is my art, it is no better or worse than anyone else's, it does not conform to someone else's idea of what photography is or can be. This is my vision of yesterday. Bright, colourful, intense, optimistic, much like me.
You want to discuss art with me? Let's discuss, respectfully, with love and honesty in a safe environment. I've grown so much from those kind of discussions. But I won't wither, or conform. It's never been my style.
6th October 2018:
The weather forecast got it right - for once, it's rained all day.
Picked up the shopping bag and noticed that it had a different picture on the other side to the one I took before.
As I couldn't come up with any other ideas I used this. Even the Happy Hippy Bag was too much!!
Here's the earlier photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/39711825284
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
Our weather forecast is for snow flurries this morning (23 March 2015) and light snow this afternoon. Temperature early today is -5C (windchill -8C). Supposed to be double digits in a few more days - in fact (so far) 17C on Friday!
So, I felt like a splash of different colour in my photostream and found it in this photo of a Himalayan Blue Poppy that was growing at the Reader Rock Garden, on 25 June 2014. It is always a joy to see these beautiful, large Poppies, though they seem to grow in the shade, and I never find them easy to photograph. Apparently, they are not easy to grow, either.
"Blue Himalayan Poppies are one of the most impressive plants for the shade garden. Plants form a rosette of hairy leaves, bearing large satiny flowers in an amazing shade of true blue. These are not always easy to please, demanding an evenly moist, rich soil and cool woodland conditions. Plants are not long lived, typically flowering in the second or third year, setting seed, then dying out. Gardeners in hot summer climates seldom succeed with these plants, yet they are surprisingly tolerant of cold winter conditions."
With a weather forecast of windy conditions, I thought it might be worth going through the Somerset Levels to take a look at the roosting masses of Starlings. Under these conditions, large murmurations are very unlikely as the birds fly in low to the ground. However, it does present the opportunity for a slightly more unusual image and here is one. The trick is to get on the flight path to the roost. The luck is getting this right ! :-)
I flew to Hokkaido, the north end island in Japan last weekend. Weather forecast was various, but I trusted the best one. It was cloudy there, when I reached. It got clear once, and I could put my equipment precisely and completed alignment with some objects. Clouds and snow came, and the ground got covered with fresh snow soon. It was beautiful, but stars or moon got invisible. I could cover the equipment and slept in rental Toyota Prius for hours.
I woke up around 3:30am. Some stars were visible toward northwest, though snow was still falling. Sky changed clear soon, and I could begin imaging of the object in the northeast. There came snow flakes blown by strong wind over the equipment. Some longer frames were influenced. The sky was far darker than what we see around Mt.Fuji. Ion tail was visible clearly on frames. I was lucky.
The comet was drifting slowly toward northeast in Serpens near the border between Corona Borealis. Dust coma was small and round. Dust tail was widely spread toward northeast bending toward east. Bluish green ion halo was also round and beautifl. Ion tail was long and straight toward north northwest beyond the edge of the frame. North is up, and east is to the left.
Sun Distance: 1.285AU
Earth Distance: 1.704AU
The comet taken in Asagiri near Mt.Fuji on November 26, 2022 with the same equipment and presented in the same scale:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/52529366969
The comet taken in Tumagoi Gunma on October 20, 2022 with the same equipment and presented in the same scale:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/52442756492
equipment: AstroPhysics 130GTX "Granturismo," Field Flattener at f/6.7 focal length 873mm, 22.1mm Spacer, EOS Adapter, Kipon EOS-EOS R adapter, and Canon EOS R-SP4II, modified by Seo-san on ZWO AM5 Equatorial Mount, auto guided at a star nearby with Fujinon 1:2.8/75mm C-Mount Lens, Pentax x2 Extender, ZWO ASI 120MM-mini, GPUSB, and PHD2 Guiding with comet tracking on
We can separate the OTA into two parts and carry them easily as carry-on baggage in TUMI alpha 3 four wheeled garment carry-on, which I have purchased to carry Takahashi FSQ-130ED as carry-on baggage. Total weight was around 18kg in both OTAs.
ASTRO-PHYSICS StarFire 130mm f6.3 GTX "Gran Turismo"
Toyota Prius worked as electric power source. It was enough.
exposure: 2 times x 1,020 seconds, 3 x 480 sec, 3 x 240sec, and 5 x 60 seconds at ISO 3,200 and f/6.7 focal length 873mm
The first exposure started at 19:06:04UTC December 3, 2022. The object was yet low at the beginning of imaging, 13.6 degrees above horizon in the northeast in the morning sky.
site: 471m above sea level at lat. 43 41 16 North and long. 144 22 46 East in Mt. Mokoto Outlook Parking near Lake Kussyaro in Hokkaido 北海道 屈斜路湖畔 藻琴山展望公園. Ambient temperature was around -3 degrees Celsius or 26 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind was mild. SQML reached 21.45. Seeing was bad, and guide error RMS was around 2" at the low elevation in the sky as you see the bloated stars on the frame.
Here is a frame of the site taken during the imaging:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/52548474310
and after the imaging:
As my Yosemite workshop approached last week, I shared the following note with my customers:
"The weather forecast couldn't be better for my Yosemite Fall Colors workshop this coming Wednesday through Sunday! Clear to partly cloudy to light showers and intermittent light snow!
After a clear moonlit night for star trails, the stormy skies can add a lot of dramatic lighting. Moisture can create morning ground fog and mist hanging around the Valley's granite walls."
I couldn't be more pleased that the weather delivered as forecast! To lead people to the best opportunities, it's not enough to know a few good photography sites; it's best to also know weather, and how it'll interact with the local terrain. Had we gone to the typical Tunnel View overlook for sunrise instead, having talked to people who did just that on this morning, we would have missed all this unique drama unfolding at the other end of the Valley.
There were controlled burns in the Valley, as well as some campfires and morning ground fog, so the air often picked up a little sunlight, rendering a painting-like quality to many of the scenes.
I recently upgraded my Adobe Lightroom to version 6 to get access to multi-image panoramas.. The upgrade isn't widely publicized, but if you contact Adobe they'll direct you to a link where you can buy it. If I had upgraded to Lightroom CC I would have also gotten a "dehaze" filter.
With wildfires increasing in number and severity as the planet warms, and with air quality declining globally as the United States now receiving as much as 30% of its smog from Asia, and with domestic air quality declining further as politicians undermine domestic pollution standards, I may need the dehaze filter to simulate healthier conditions. But for the moment I choose to embrace conditions as they are, embracing what was there. If the light isn't good, I might not take a shot. But nature and our natural lands are spectacular even with some unsightly haze, and if air quality is declining, people deserve to see and know it. And while interesting light often produces great photos, slightly particle-laden air can better reveal light rays from a rising sun or moon.
None of this is to say that air pollution is good... it's one of the leading causes of death in the world. But purely from an aesthetic standpoint, haze doesn't ruin images. The existence of a dehaze filter doesn't mean that you have to use it. Whether produced by a desert dust storm or smokestack or tailpipe, look for atmospheric effects and use them to your advantage.
Even though the weather forecast wasn't great last night, I decided to take a walk around the river Dysynni here on the West coast of Wales. As you can see, the weather was much better than the forecast prediction :)
Unfortunately I'd left my camera raw settings on 12 bit compressed instead of 14 bit lossless which means I probably lost a little bit of dynamic range :(
"Extremely rainy in most of Extremadura, strong storms in Castilla la Mancha and northern Andalusia. Forecast of heavy hail in Murcia and Valencia. Sunny in Galicia, Aragon and Catalonia" 😮
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. ©20XX Pr'amor f/11 - All rights reserved. marianogarciamg@gmail.com
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Overcast conditions at Stratford as WCR 37669 brings the Charity Rail tour The Mayflower in to Stratford for the run down the East Suffolk branch to Sizewell. I only decided to do this tour at the last minute when I saw the Weather forecast. And I am glad I did because it was overcast for most of the day.
The weather forecast was totally wrong for the second time this week. Cloudy in the morning, before brightening up for the afternoon they said! Well it was totally the opposite way around, so I took a chance and traveled to my local spot for a shot of this working which you can only do after the clocks change.
Blue DB Class 66/0 No.66047 Maritime Intermodal Two is seen on the South London Line passing over Crofton Road Junction on the 11 of November 2021, working the 11:07 6Y55 loaded sand in JNA’s from Angerstein Wharf to Woking.
Taken with the aid of a pole.
The Met Office weather forecast read clear skies and morning mist in the valleys. So I headed up Mam Tor in the Peaks this morning during the early hours. I was surrounded by fog at the summit which made it feel eerie and atmospheric alone up there at that time of night. Sheltered from the wind on the east side of Mam Tor it was an incredibly calm and peaceful experience while I surveyed the night scene down below. When sunrise eventually came the mist barely lifted making for hazy photographic conditions, not ideal. The warm rays from the sun hitting nearby Treak Cliff caught my eye, not an area I’d normally look to photograph.
Peak District National Park, UK.
Today the weather forecast was for it to brighten up but it stayed murky all day. I met with Tony in the usual place to walk the Pevensey Levels it was muddy but not as bad as it had been on my previous visit. So although the cameras stayed firmly in our bags for most of the walk however we did manage some images. Here are my five 2 of a Marsh Harrier two of geese and one of the Great White Egret!!.
The weather forecast for Valdez, Alaska called for rain. I still decided to drive to Valdez hoping that the weather forecast was wrong. It's a good thing that I took that chance because the weather was perfect. When I say perfect I mean that there were just enough cloud cover to create a beautiful sunset. Worthington Glacier, Alaska. Nikon Z9. Nikkor Z 14-24mm
The weather forecast promised sun and no clouds the whole day long, so I started on early morning at Hamburg to get with IC 2414 to Sierksdorf. Two hours later RE 11448 followed, which I caught at Neustadt in Holstein. Only the weather did not know anything about the forecast. After that, I decided to ride my bike to Lensahn to let me bring back to Hamburg by the same train as on the picture, but into opposite direction.
The weather forecasts for Friday a.m. suggested that it would be cloudy. So I took the time to toast my breakfast bagel before loading my camera into the van. A few minutes later while travelling on the QEW, a perfectly round red orb popped over the horizon. The light show lasted for about 15 minutes before the sun slid behind a solid wall of cloud.
The weather forecast wasn't particularly promising that morning, so I was all the more delighted by this spectacle in the sky and the beautiful autumn fog... sometimes things turn out differently...
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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The Weather Forecast was for lots of sunshine and little cloud, So a trip back to Gloucestershire to hopefully photograph Short-eared Owls.
The last Short-eared Owl as the sun sets in the west.
Images best viewed in "lights out" L key.
The weather has been really bad these past few weeks in the Philippines. So when I saw a good weather forecast last Saturday, me and my girlfriend decided to do an impromptu shoot at Triboa Mangrove park in Subic.
The 2.5 hour drive was all worth it once the clouds turned orange as the sun sets in to the horizon. Waited for the sun to hit the mountain to add the sunburst into my composition.
large here: farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/8062760328_9ca39898e7_o.jpg
The weather forecast was for little wind today, so we took the Smith-Dorrien Highway through Spray Lakes Provincial Park to the Rummel Lake area. The trail to Rummel Lake is very popular, but we opted for the more challenging and less frequented Rummel Ridge. The views were sublime!
Taken at Nash Point, S Glamorgan Coast - the weather was due to be full sun and not too windy - hmmm maybe not! Got there and a very heavy rain squall and very windy but when the squall passed over I managed to get a shot of the interesting sky - much better than a completely blue sky!!
I was staying at Crystal Mountain Resort for the start of a family vacation with not much hope of seeing the mountain for the whole trip. My weather forecast showed a very small window of minimal clouds between three and five the following morning. Thinking this might be the only Chance I get to photograph the beautiful mountain I set my alarm for 3am just to see if the clouds would brake. I woke up an 2 hours before my alarm went off so I decided to look out my window and low and behold I could see the stars. I quickly put my shoes on, ran out the door and drove the up the mountain. I captured this spectacular image of Mount Rainier just before 2:00 am two hours before sunrise! Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.
I think the last in the series of my lawn as it will be cut this week if it stops raining,
Even being so close to the ground the high winds this week made it interesting laying down shooting a burst of frames to try and get a still shot, this is the best of the bunch,
An awful weather forecast again this week fingers crossed that I can get out later in the week .
fine with showery spells
the walkway had been deserted, people learnt quick, the Tasman Sea Breakers when spilling over are quite vicious
Not able to get out this morning, but the weather forecast offered an afternoon of full sun.
By the time we were able to get out the sky was still overcast and grey, but the weather forecast was still promising afternoon sun.
We decided to go to one of our newly found sites in Northwest Leicestershire and searched the area we have been watching, nothing was flying.
We didn't locate any other despite butterflies being plentiful over the previous days. I then spotted two Common Blues' on a seed head which I assumed to be ♂ and ♀ due to there size difference and their wings tightly closed. We watched and too various shots over 20 minutes until it became too windy,
I swapped bodies for the last sequence of shots
These are Canon R7 shots before I switched to the R8.
Despite the sub-optimal weather forecast, I decided to take a chance on NS detour train 145, seen here crossing BNSF's Beardstown Sub via the Brooklyn District at Winston, south of Litchfield, IL. The sun poked out a few times while I waited but in the end, it was "ops normal," nothing but clouds. Still, this being my first opportunity to get NS 8103 on point, I count this as worth the effort.
Thanks to Lewis M. for the heritage units report, and Mark M. and Kevin S. for the timely train updates.