Published Photograph

Well it's not the best photograph that I have ever taken but in my defence it was taken from a long way off without the longest of lenses. There was an incident further up the valley which the air ambulance attended so I thought I'd try and get a photograph of the helicopter leaving the scene after all you never know until you try. Anyway I sent it to the Stroud News on the off chance and they have used it to illustrate the item on their web site, even acknowledging me for the photograph which is great. Even better the article says that the people involved in the accident were OK.

What's the saying, there's no such thing as bad publicity, it all helps get the name out there.

Photographing Rugby

Had a great weekend. Went out Friday night for a birthday party, everybody brought food which was excellent, and plentiful! The entertainment was wii games BUT projected onto a MASSIVE screen, must have been 12 foot square at least. Won tennis doubles with the gorgeous SH, what a team!

Last night dropped the kids at mums and went to stay with friends, food, drink and company unbeatable.

Today Edward had a rugby match so I took a load of photos and knocked up a quick slide show available on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQBGAgXGr8

Also took some pics of the Under 16's which are here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiaAK7eiO4g

Nose back to the grindstone in the morning . . . . .

Here we go again

Up early this morning only to see this.

Light on Swifts Hill in the snow

I love the faint yellow tint the clouds appear to have when laden with snow and in this shot that is caught by the dramatic light breaking through to touch the white of Swifts Hill.

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It is a crisp and very cold (-5C when I let the hens out) morning here in Stroud. The views up the Slad Valley and down over the Severn to Wales are just fantastic with the snow helping to deliniate the distances.

I'm not sure how well todays photograph will work on-line as it's such a wide panorama but it's got to be worth a try - I've had to upload quite a high def version as the detail is so small - if you click on it you see the whole thing but it doesn't display too well. I am looking forward to getting a canvas made of it though.

Moon over Whiteshill

Happy New Year !

Well the resolution to take more pictures and post online is going well.

I was up early to let out the hens and had this view of the moon setting over Whiteshill, so I went back to the house to get my camera.