Exceeds Expectations

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The weather over the last couple of days had been markedly better than forecast a few days ago.
I tried shooting these rather pleasing trees a couple of weeks ago, but wasn't overly happy with the results.
Today, the light and little bit of haze aligned almost perfectly with the look I was hoping for.

I got my EOS M6 Mark II back from a family loan a couple of days ago, so I've been playing with it again.
It's very small and neat in that a remarkably capable little setup with 5 lenses covering ultra-fisheye through to mid telephoto fits into a space roughly equivalent to the R5 with a single lens, but it is comparatively fiddly to use, and the viewfinder feels very low resolution by comparison.
Still a decent little camera though.

Reminder

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I was doing a (tiny) bit of clearing up tonight and came across this badge from my MR2.
I badly need to get the car back on the road, and this repaired badge back on the car. It had been a bit of a goal for this summer, but that's clearly not happened.
I really miss driving it - it's not fast, but it's extremely good fun, and a million miles away from my normal car.

This did give me an excuse to use the tilt on the new lens though - much more of the badge is in focus than would have been without tilt. More care and a tripod would probably have helped, but the tripod's in the car and I couldn't be bothered to go and fetch it!

I thought I'd stick in a pic of the car when it was on the road a few years ago (after the jump)

2024-06-14

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Oi, Wot You Lookin' At?

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... Was the tone I was reading into the slightly insolent stare I got from this lamb.
Or do I anthropomorphise too much, perhaps?

Not Like My Day

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A very busy day today, so this is a backup image from a few days ago.

Empis Livida / Ominous Sky

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I think this is an Empis Livida, although I can't be totally sure - entomology isn't really my thing!

I rather liked the threatening sky behind these lines of stubble in a fallow field (after the jump)

Get Your Toe Down

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Plans for this evening went a bit sideways, but I went out for a drive in search of photos after I'd had dinner. I'm reasonably happy with this one.
It was actually quite a lot darker than it appears here, this is a 30 second exposure.

I also came close to repeating my incompetence of a few weeks ago, by throwing the big camera bag in the car, full of lenses, but absent a camera body. Fortunately, I had the M6 MkII in the car too, so while the 6D MkII and a better lens would have done a technically better job, I reckon this is pretty OK, all things considered.

Bulbous Tower

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A trip to the National Space Centre today with my cousin in law and her family.

It's years since I went here last, on my third date with Lucy. So much has happened since then. If you think about it too much, it makes your head spin!

This one was incredibly close to black and white straight out of the camera, so it was an easy decision to go mono on this.

Bulrushes

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A trip out with Bailey & co today. I quite liked the look of the bulrushes filtered through the spring leaves.

Also a pic of Bailey after the jump, because the dog tax must be paid when one mentions dogs...

Outlier

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I was helping my parents out with something in their garden today, and grabbed a few photos as I was leaving.
I was quite pleased with this one.

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Not sure whether I prefer this clean one, or the one after the jump.
Also, dog pic, because why not?

Laser, Meet Steel; Steel, Evaporate

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The laser cutter at work making short work of a sheet of steel!
4kW of optical power focused onto a spot 0.2mm across is something to behold. I see this machine working very frequently, but it still impresses me.