Saturday, 14 February 2026

A Forest Of Snowdrops

Click image to view a bigger version

Back up to date...
I'm knackered after this working week. Not quite at the point of burnt out, but certainly feeling a little singed. Not exactly sure why, but it is what it is.

Friday, 13 February 2026

Remember when the sky was this colour?

Click image to view a bigger version

We have been "enjoying" pretty miserable weather for far too long now!
You guessed it, another backup shot.

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Night Swans

Click image to view a bigger version

I dragged myself out for a walk tonight before heading back into work to reset an endurance test we have running.
Not a backup, for a change.

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Rock / Hard Place

Click image to view a bigger version

Another late backup shot.
I'm running out of backups...

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Mind The Closing Doors

Click image to view a bigger version

It's a late backup today, shot on my London trip a couple of weeks ago.

Monday, 9 February 2026

Nestled Drop

Click image to view a bigger version

I was absolutely knackered after work today. I flaked out on the sofa and woke myself up a couple of times with a particularly horrendous snore.
Predictably, now it's approaching midnight, I've perked up nicely and don't want to go to bed (as usual).

I've got a few daffodils on the go at the moment, so I thought I'd give them a spot of macro treatment. This one's a 4x magnification shot, un-stacked this time.

I 3D printed a grid for my Godox MF12 flashes the other night, and gave it a go here. It seems to work OK.
It's quite interesting working at this scale, even a small flash like the MF12 has the look a much larger light would have at a more normal scale, but you still need quite a lot of power.

Sunday, 8 February 2026

Weapons-Grade Incompetence

Click image to view a bigger version

I've been intending to sort out a dodgy bit of diagonally-routed wiring in the house for at least a couple of years, but never managed to find a suitable combination of time and motivation until today.
As I chiselled out the badly routed wire, I found the workmanship was so much worse than I had expected - these two cables had been roughly joined by twisting them together, with a token few wraps of tape over the top, then the whole mess was cemented into the wall.
I'm very lucky the house didn't end up burning down from this sort of bodge.

I thought I'd channel the fire risk with the lighting on this shot before knuckling down and fixing the disaster.