Race against time

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I feel like I'm drowning under a tidal wave today.
Work is utterly mad, and it's incredibly draining. I fear that we have so much work on, nothing will be done properly or in time.
On top of that, although I had a nice walk with the dogs, and cooked a tasty pizza, I have felt disproportionately down this evening. It took me ages to think of anything to shoot, and then when I eventually cut this bit off the "triffid" as I call the excessively productive beast of a plant that occupies half of the garden, it wilted pretty much before my eyes! This was supposed to be a photo stack, but the plant wilted by so much in the less than a minute it took to shoot the stack, that it was unusable!

A Forest of Capacitors

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A spot of electronic repair this evening, which turned out to be quite interesting - the failure wasn't strictly electronic, but one of the components had a fractured lead from metal fatigue caused by vibration.

Twiddling knobs

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Not the finest photo I've ever taken, but it is representative of my evening spent helping a family member's band get to grips with their new sound gear.
Not a bad little setup, and I've rather enjoyed my trip back into sound work.
Sadly, I'm not around to help at their first real gig with this new gear, but their regular sound man is doing a good job, and I hope the last couple of sessions with two heads on sound have been useful for him.

Droning On / One Way or Another

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I put the drone up this evening, after a rather long hiatus.
It evidently still works, and it would appear that I can still fly it.

Lightroom has really worked wonders on the first picture - the JPEG straight out of the drone was not much more than points of light in a black frame. The DNG file evidently held secrets to be revealed though!
Second shot and the straight JPEG after the jump...

Moving On

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I revisited "my" tree this evening.
It's looking very different today in the April drizzle than it did during a January storm or a beautiful February sunset. (Earlier shots after the jump)

Man Takes Picture of Flower

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Again.

I guess this is getting a bit boring. I need to try and diversify my subject matter a bit, I think.
That said, I was quite happy with this one, especially for something shot handheld outdoors.

Speedwell

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A walk in the woods with a local wildlife group and Bailey today.
Phone pic of a worn-out Bailey after the jump, to pay the dog tax 😊

I want to go back with a better setup, and without the time pressure of a guided walk to re-shoot a few subjects I saw today.