Nov 29, 2013
wish I’d brought the tripod (again)
by matt
One of those spur of the moment times when you nip out to catch what might be a nice sunset. Once again, I thought, ah – I won’t bother with the tripod. Once again when I was ‘there’, I thought, bugger – I wish I’d brought it. Not doing so leaves you in a bit of no-man’s between trying to get enough front to back sharpness versus having enough light for a decent exposure when hand-holding the camera. Not great… f/4 isn’t what I’d normally use for this shot. Still, nice memories :-)
Nov 29, 2013
halo
by matt
Still catching up on a photo back log…
This is taken at Budle Bay in Northumberland. We were up there a couple of months ago and had a wonderful, relaxing long weekend. A fantastic solar halo appeared as the sun started to set. We don’t see these very often, at least not where we live in the UK. Maybe that’s because it’s normally cloudy… :-| Strangely, we saw a splendid one in New York City in May earlier this year. That one was fully visible at 360 degrees around the sun at midday. Two in about six months…not sure when the next one will be…