Snow!

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Good grief! It's actually snowing in Swansea! First time

for years!

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Umm lovely. It seems that not only are the Xmas 'deccies'

still in the garden, but there's possibly a gorgeous platinum blonde knocking around also...!

Robert

We had a dusting of white stuff this afternoon but nothing heavy in the hills yet - another hour
praps? 12 miles East of Merthyr I is.

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"Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Good grief! It's actually snowing in Swansea! First time

for years!

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And for those that prefer the dreamy effect...
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Paul
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Umm lovely. It seems that not only are the Xmas 'deccies'

still in the garden, but there's possibly a gorgeous platinum blonde knocking around also...!

Robert

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Good grief! It's actually snowing in Swansea! First time for years!

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And for those that prefer the dreamy effect... wildwales.fsnet.co.uksnow3.jpgOpen ↗

Paul
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Well Paul I'm usually a fan of yours but the first two have to be the most boring pictures I've seen
in a long time :-(

And the last one is a close-up of a horse's tail...

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

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Well Paul I'm usually a fan of yours but the first two have to be the most boring pictures I've
seen in a long time :-(

And the last one is a close-up of a horse's tail...

:-)

I liked the Sky At Night, by Patrick Mower:

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We had a dusting of white stuff this afternoon but nothing heavy in the hills yet - another hour
praps? 12 miles East of Merthyr I is.

Ebbw Vale sort of area? We had snow here as well, not quite as far from Merthyr in the opposite
direction (Rhondda)
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Bernard Hill said:

Well Paul I'm usually a fan of yours but the first two have to be the most boring pictures I've
seen in a long time :-(

Snaps.

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Gordon said:

I liked the Sky At Night, by Patrick Mower:

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Do you recognise any of the constellations? ;-)

I don't get the Patrick Mower reference.

By the way, would you believe that the auto-focus focused on the fast falling snow flakes? With a
rasping b-b-b-b-beep as they fell?

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Paul Saunders said:

Good grief! It's actually snowing in Swansea! First time for years!

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And for those that prefer the dreamy effect... wildwales.fsnet.co.uksnow3.jpgOpen ↗

Paul

Admit it Paul - you just got jealous that you had no snow so you photographed a poorly tuned TV now
didn't you!

Going down to threecliffs to get some more snowy shots this morning?
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Bernard Hill said:

Well Paul I'm usually a fan of yours but the first two have to be the most boring pictures I've
seen in a long time :-(

How about this one then?

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Admit it Paul - you just got jealous that you had no snow so you photographed a poorly tuned TV
now didn't you!

:-)

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Going down to threecliffs to get some more snowy shots this morning?

I'd love to. In fact what I'd really like to do is go out and shoot some snow scenes by moonlight
(or even without) using really long exposures with my new B capable 300D. Unfortunately I'm still
dying with my latest cold, I'm in a state of lethargy due to the course of tablets I'm taking and
can hardly speak because my throat is so sore.

This is turning out to be a really [censored] winter for me. :-(

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Bernard Hill said:

Well Paul I'm usually a fan of yours but the first two have to be the most boring pictures I've
seen in a long time :-(

How about this one then?

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Hm. You're definitely losing your touch. Stick to mountains (in the snow if you like...)

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

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How about this one then?

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Ah, I know what's happening here; you're dusting the area with flour to see which way the elephant
is sneaking up on your car from; nice little machine before the elephant saw that advert and thought
"I can do that", I bet ;-( ;-)

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Bernard Hill said:

Well Paul I'm usually a fan of yours but the first two have to be the most boring pictures I've
seen in a long time :-(

How about this one then?

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Well it can't be your car, can it? I thought you had a banger? But surely you wouldn't publish
someone elses registration plate on the web would you, without blurring it first? :-)

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Paul

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Gordon said:

I liked the Sky At Night, by Patrick Mower:

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Do you recognise any of the constellations? ;-)

I don't get the Patrick Mower reference.

Patrick Moore presents the Sky at Night. Could this be the reference? :-s

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By the way, would you believe that the auto-focus focused on the fast falling snow flakes? With a
rasping b-b-b-b-beep as they fell?

Good to hear it's working! Did you try any with manual focus? ;-)

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Paul

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Gordon said:

I liked the Sky At Night, by Patrick Mower:

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Do you recognise any of the constellations? ;-)

No, I am hopeless at astral navigation, probably because I don't find the subject interesting until
they get a probe with a camera close to one of them.

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I don't get the Patrick Mower reference.

Patrick Moore, deliberate miss-speeling. :-)

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By the way, would you believe that the auto-focus focused on the fast falling snow flakes? With a
rasping b-b-b-b-beep as they fell?

I thought you had switched off the beep? :-)

OK - sounds good. I'll get one. What is it and how much, and does it take AA cells or have a fancy
expensive special battery?

How much does it weigh, and what is the hop-tickle zoom range?
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Bernard Hill said:

Well Paul I'm usually a fan of yours but the first two have to be the most boring pictures I've
seen in a long time :-(

Snaps.

You had been drinking Schapps?
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Good grief! It's actually snowing in Swansea! First time for years!

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That looks to me like a Christmas tree with it's lights on Paul. Are you that far behind in Swansea?

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Gordon said:

I thought you had switched off the beep? :-)

Not on this one. It's very quiet and doesn't beep often. Quite reassuring to hear the focus beep to
confirm that it's locked focus.

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OK - sounds good. I'll get one. What is it and how much, and does it take AA cells or have a
fancy expensive special battery?

Canon 300D.

£800 with lens (price matched from internet).

Fancy expensive special battery which lasts way longer than that AA [censored].

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How much does it weigh, and what is the hop-tickle zoom range?

Around 900g all in, zoom equivalent to 29-88mm.

Paul

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Fancy expensive special battery which lasts way longer than that AA [censored].

Really?

What is the mAh rating? Seems from a quick google that it is less than 1500mAh.

Can it power your GPS and head torch too if you want?

Perhaps not that expensive either:

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Get Jessops to price match that from £55!

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