Not Like My Day

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

Calming Blue Hour

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I went the opposite way to usual by the river today.
I saw loads of bats flying around in the dusk. I'm tempted to buy a bat detector - but then I'm easily tempted by a new instrument of some sort!
It was rather nice.

Sitting by the river in the dark

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...watching the reflections, getting a cold backside, and musing on the stupidity of large companies, and the lengths to which small companies will go to appease their ever-more lurid demands.

A conference of empty vessels

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A madly busy and rather frustrating day at work today, and then out this evening meant no time for photos, so here's a backup one from my Highfields trip last week.

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)

Three Panoramas

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I went out for a bit of a drive round this evening and got these.
I wasn't deliberately fishing for panoramic shots, but I felt these all worked better at this aspect ratio than the as-shot ratio.
First one is with the Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary + 1.4x teleconverter @ 600mm (840mm effective).
Last two after the jump.

(Mostly) Failing to find Ospreys

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Went on a boat trip at Rutland Water this evening to try and see ospreys.
We did catch a glimpse of a couple in the distance, but even with a 600mm lens, plus 1.4x teleconverter, mounted to a 1.6x crop sensor body for an effective 35mm equivalent focal length of over 1300mm, they were not very large in the frame.
Still a fun trip though...
One of the two frames actually containing an osprey after the jump.