Wednesday 27 February 2013

Training Day and Highly Commended

I had arranged to meet Bob McLure in the Archive Centre this morning as he had kindly responded to my appeal for some extra help with scanning and entering photos onto the archive and volunteered to be my apprentice. Apart from the odd little hiccup due to my part, things went well and I really appreciate Bob's offer of help. 

After lunch I gave Tootlepedal a call to see if he was available for an excursion with the cameras to which he was. We thought we'd give the moorland feeder a quick visit but before that I said I needed to go up Whita Hill to retrieve a glove that I had dropped when I was up the previous night taking moonscapes. When we arrived we met my friend Kenny Bell and he said the glove had been placed on the information board.

Tootlepedal and Kenny

Kenny makes his way along a meandering wall


After taking some interesting pictures including ones of moor burning we made our way to the feeder station.




 On arrival I discovered the battery in my radio remote had expired and had to make do with some hand held shots.


The pheasant that thinks she's a chaffinch.




 Looking at this birds beak I have a strong suspicion it is a nuthatch 


                                 The rest of the afternoon was spent on the riverside.









In the evening I went to Selkirk with Corrie Graham and Melanie Horne where we had photos entered in a highly contested annual photo competition which is hosted by Selkirk camera club. This involves  around six camera clubs from the Scottish borders. We had a modest but encouraging success Sarah Wilson from our club picked up second in th landscapes section and I got a highly commended in the peoples section.


A late entry
Highly Commended

14 comments:

  1. And are you going to show us the 'highly commended' item?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It was on my post for 31st December(click on labels) as my shot of the year, but I will repost it next time.

      Delete
    2. Thank you! I second New Hampshire Gardner's comment - the graininess is like pointilism (sp??) - very unusual! It looks, to my very untrained eye, like it's painted.

      Delete
    3. It does look like a painting and I think that's part of the appeal.

      Delete
  2. Beautiful shots! As I said to Mr. T-what a difference a little sunshine makes.

    ReplyDelete
  3. It's certainly good for the soul.

    ReplyDelete
  4. It looks like you're getting the nice clear weather we are Sandy. Love the first pheasant.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Ideal weather for your walking group Jim. Long may it last.

    ReplyDelete
  6. The Moorland is looking great and of course this lovely spell of weather shows it off so well. Great portfolio of photos Sandy.

    ReplyDelete
  7. What caused the grain in the winning photo? It's a beauty, and very unusual.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Thank you for your kind comments.
    As it was taken on a mobile phone I didn't have an awful lot of quality to work with I had to use a filter in Photoshop to enhance the grain.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Nice shots. Your highly commended is lovely and has a Cezanne quality!

    ReplyDelete
  10. To be compared to Cezanne is a lovely compliment, thank you!

    ReplyDelete