Playback Time

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I spent some time this evening reviewing the recording from the gig I did sound for the other night.
In hindsight, there wasn't enough bass guitar in the mix.
In my defence, I am "musically challenged", so while I'm very comfortable driving the technology side of things, I barely know a G sharp from a treble clef.
Most of my sound experience has been in recording spoken word and sound for video rather than live music PA.
More practice is required!

My camera has also started throwing errors again. How perverse of it. It must have heard the warranty expiring.

Thirty-Second Descent

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This one's my frankly rather indifferent submission for this week's 52Frames "Fluid" challenge. I am claiming the EC this time though, as I used an ND filter, which let me push the exposure time out to half a minute to blur the water.
I feel like I've run out of creative energy recently, probably due to the relentless stream of nonsense going on at work.
I'm hoping that this will go away soon, one way or another!

2025-06-28

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Late and a backup today.
I was out all afternoon and evening doing my soundman bit (The 2nd photo, after the jump, is a wonky snapshot from my phone).
The punters seemed to enjoy the show, so I'm calling that a win.

You Must Stop

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At least for a while.

I finally had a bit of success towards getting my little MR2 back on the road today with some help from my dad. After about two and a half years on jack stands, it's back on its wheels, and parked with the power of its own handbrake!

This shot's a revisit of one I took last year. I think it's a significant improvement - last year's shot is here

Portal

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A backup photo today.

Take A Long Hard Look At Yourself

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[Rant Redacted]

I crashed out hard after work today and fell asleep on the sofa, so I never got round to going out for a walk (or doing anything else).
I was reaching for the backup bucket, but I finally managed to haul my vast bulk off my lazy backside and took this flower off my Fuchsia for a bit of macro treatment.
The Fuchsia has just burst into flower in the last couple of days, and is looking lovely. Granny Pat would have been most pleased with it, and I'm reminded of her every time I see it.

This one's made up of 62 shots stacked in Helicon Focus.
Judging by the amount of retouching I had to do to make this presentable, my sensor is about due for a good clean!

Jasmine

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I had no idea what this bush actually was until fairly recently. It grows like wildfire every year, completely taking over my garden path, so I've always referred to it as the triffid.
It seems to have a particularly potent scent this year, particularly in the evenings. It's a shame I can't post the smell online!

This is a focus stack of 20 shots, fairly crudely done by turning the focus ring carefully by hand between shots. Stacked in Helicon Focus.
I tried using Helicon Remote initially to control the camera, but the minimum step size seemed to be massive for some reason, so I abandoned that because I wasn't enjoying the process.