echohelloworld

I’ve been told to say “this is where the magic happens”. We watch too much Cribs. From this picture, it’s pretty difficult to imagine any magic happening here! Moving takes it out of you, and I spent most of last night trying to catch up on some fatigue. I am yet to find a comfortable position to sleep in on the sofa. Upside down with my head on a beanbag has been tried and failed.

I actually have loads to write on this subject. The long and short is that the vet we used to go to gave the bunnies the wrong injection, which resulted in them getting abcesses, which further resulted in needing antibiotics. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to give antibiotics to a rabbit, but it isn’t easy.

It’s worth noting that the vet who made the mistake was incredibly apologetic and we have received a refund of the cost of the vaccination they were supposed to get and a refund of the cost of treatment for the abcesses, which is nice. Everyone makes mistakes, but that doesn’t change the impact they can have. Shame, really.

Painful day. Damn sun.

Can’t stop. At pub.

I might not be able to get on board with their ideals, but they sure know how to build things. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a Catholic Church that I don’t like, and this is no exception. The black and white had to be done because the sky is just awful at the moment.

So, it turns out that an ND2 Grad and an ND2 isn’t enough for the sort of shot I’m going for. This is at 6ish seconds and f/32; the sky’s too bright and the sea isn’t blurred enough so I guess I’ll have to get some more filters. Great.

It also transpires that if you stay in at the harbour front after dusk, they lock the gates. If you’re on foot, this isn’t a problem but if you’re in a car it’s a pain! Luckily, I was reminded that there is another exit that could be open and it was!

I’m not particularly happy with this shot, but it’s all I’ve got to go on today!

Yeah, it’s very similar to last night’s. I’m so incredibly tired, I thought I’d take advantage of Southampton’s architecture again. The way this week’s going, it’ll probably be more of the same tomorrow, too!

This is slightly late (though it was taken on Friday!). I had to be in Salisbury today for a mate’s birthday party, so I thought I’d kill some time with my camera before we all had to meet up. I remembered that I’d never actually spent any time in the grounds of the Cathedral; it’s an incredibly beautiful building so I figured it wouldn’t be too difficult. I spent about an hour wandering round the building, getting frustrated that I couldn’t get the perspective right and it was too late in the day so the side I wanted to shoot was in front of the sun. It was a disaster. Most of the shots I ended up with put the tower in totally the wrong perspective and made it look tiny, so about 75% of them were binned straight away! (more…)