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Breaking the rules

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Playing with the sun

I love my camera, I just always wish I was more proficient with it, so I’ve been reading lots and lots of articles to try and improve, The most recent one about shooting into the sun so I thought I’d give it a go.

Generally the rule is shoot with the sun over your shoulder, so it felt a little odd blinding myself through the viewfinder but I persevered took a couple and this one was my favourite.

I’m not 100% happy with it but I’m not sure what it is that I’m unhappy with maybe it’s just that I’m not used to deliberately creating glare or maybe it would have worked better had the blonde kid being looking towards the camera?  I don’t know but I  guess I’ll carry on reading and shoot some more, dragging my ever (un)willing test subject out again to try and find out.

Hoarfrost

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n. a deposit of needle-like ice crystals formed on the ground and objects by direct condensation at temperatures below freezing point Also called white frost

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The beginning of this week was so very cold, with freezing fog every night and temperatures staying below freezing throughout the day, with everything covered in frost and ice – a real winter wonderland. I can not remember a time it stayed so cold for so long!
Temperatures have risen now so everything has thawed but with the cold weather set to return I wonder if we’ll have a repeat visit from Jack frost to turn the world white.

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Today the snow came

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A splash of Colour

Everyone has been speculating for week over when the snow would come, Finally it did I woke up this morning and it was white over and it’s snowed on and off all day!

It is most amusing following peoples reactions on Facebook and Twitter – anyone would think the end was nigh! Personally I think it’s silly worrying too much about it  if it comes it comes, if it doesn’t it doesn’t there’s not much you can do to change it, but if/when it does PHOTO OPPORTUNITY!