Cloudburst

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I just made it to my room at Three Choirs Vineyard before we had quite the downpour.
It cleared up nicely afterwards though (after the jump)

Lights, Camera, Inaction

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I missed the shot I'd initially wanted to catch (harsh sunlight and some interesting shadows) because I was shovelling a rather delicious shakshuka into my face.
Losses and gains, I suppose!

Cornflower Blue

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... Isn't necessarily blue, as it turns out.

An impromptu trip to a wildflower field straight after work yielded this. I only had the RX100V with me (I often keep it in my work bag with my thermal camera, as its high-speed video mode can be useful for finding faults). It's a bit lacking in macro abilities, but it has done pretty acceptably on this one.
By some miracle, its battery was even mostly charged up!

Slightly Rained On, Not Rained Off

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One from a slightly damp walk with Bailey this evening. I quite liked the bird and walkers all broadly in alignment with the rainbow.

I had misplaced the strap I use with the R5, and then forgotten this fact, so I was left juggling the camera on a short wrist strap, as well as the lead and other doggy accoutrements, which was a trifle inconvenient.
After that experience, the proper strap has now been re-located and restored to its rightful place!

Fade Out, Vividly.

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Plus a couple more (after the jump) from last night that I couldn't post because of IG's odd attitude to mixed aspect ratio photos.

It turns out I'd forgotten how useful an internal flash can be, and the X100V has reminded me.
The acorn shot needed a little touch of fill light to get proper exposure on the subject while keeping some colour and detail in the sky. The internal flash, turned way down to (I think) 1/64 power, was perfect for this.
Also: Dog tax! I've been looking after Bailey while his mum's on holiday, so I thought I'd better get a shot of him in somewhere!

On The Turn

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The year is certainly moving on quite visibly now. It's been a couple of weeks since I walked in this park, and I really noticed the difference tonight.

It appears that the reward for half-killing myself last week extinguishing metaphorical fires is a similarly metaphorical conflagration of such proportions that it risks consuming my desk, everything on it, and most of what has passed across it in the last two years.
How fabulous.

Have A Wobble

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I did.