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Today in Pictures......Its definitely a wet socks and knickers day...so to save time I wet myself before I set off. It worked, I saved 10 minutes.

1. I thought you had to do wool on the delicate setting.
2. Made it down to the River Calder, well on a wet day it has to be water.
3. Heading toward Whalley Road first.
4. Cock Bridge, I like that word............bridge. For this shot Bob and I are bobbing about on a log, and heading downstream for some reason.
5. We swam back to the bank, I was getting sea sick.
6. Thats the worst case of droplets I have come across.
7. Now back to the start point on the river, to go the other way.
8. At this point the river drops down slightly, and there was a bit of turbulence......I think it was the sprouts.
9. The turbulence in question.
10. As far as we go today, its going dark, just time to dance naked across the bridge, its an old tradition.......... that goes back to last Friday.




So that is it for today, this is your local reporter handing you back to the studio, this has been dave mac for news at ten.

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Dave if you ever give up taking pictures have you ever thought of writing one-liners instead? Some of your captions are hilarious...

BTW hope Bob's muddy winkle has recovered. Used to like half a pint of winkles - can't get em here in Morecambe even though we're by the sea but bet you still can on Accy market or there's another illusion gone!

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I just got out of bed that way today.

It was that wet today Bob had his coat on, so offered some winkle protection, I cant put a winkle in my mouth, last time I did, I had to do 6 months. (that might get censored).

I have been reading a book on anti gravity today, I cant put it down.

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Dave...you know those wet knickers..well after reading your last post I have now got some...and I haven't been anywhere near the water.

No Sue...No winkles on Accy market...can get them in Bury though.

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I am supposed to wet my knickers so you don't have to, but if you want to, thats another thing.

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I didn't want to Dave,you made me.
The only thing dry about you is your humour......just how I like it! Wine, sweet....humour, dry!

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Not sure about the wine but totally agree about the humour. Dave's reminds me of my dad so I've had a lifetime of it!

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I worked with colleagues and we all had the same dry(some would say black) sense of humour......one of us would start off on a theme and it would carry on for days.

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as for the wine...I was once told that I have a very juvenile palate...at least it matches the rest of me:D

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this was yesterday .. the weather turned murky on me .. anyway while the spugster went back to work .. i went for a trip up to the falkirk wheel ... :D

The Falkirk Wheel: A great day out in central Scotland

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Wow what an amazing device - I've wanted to see it for so long and your pics really show how it works - well done.

Must make plans for a trip up there sometime...

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you can go on it susie .. thats what the boat is on there it was the last trip of the day .. at 2pm .. the office was closed so i couldnt get a ticket .. it costs £7.95 for an adult and lasts 50mins .. you go up .. and then you come back down ..with someone giving you a talk .. i would wait till summer and pray you get a nice day .. cos the view would be lovely .. mine it was full of low cloud, mist ..and it turned to rain .. when i set off there was blue skies .. it changes right quick ...lol there was a lot of people around ..and its a tourist spot ... i got loads of pics ... but they want a bit of TLC to em ... so will have to wait till i get back ...

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Thanks Jen that sounds right up my street - I will put it on my wish list.

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Great pics Jen.......looks like a great spot to visit.
I'd love a trip on that!

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I take it the barge piccy was taken for the relevance of its name ? :)

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it was dave .. :D... have just been told im going on a daytrip tomorrow ... to Stirling ... hopefully it will be nicer weather tomorrow .. like it was today .. blue skies for a time .. so will try to get nicer pics ..

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Which is just a wee hop & a skip to Crieff ;) and the Glenturret Distillery (famous Grouse experience) good for a Dram or several. Failing that you could always take some piccys. :)

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after going round the bushmills distillery ..i aint going nowhere near another one till the doc says i can drink again ... i staggered out of there .. with a certificate in my hand saying i was an official whiskey taster ... after trying 12 different whiskeys .. ranging from bourbons .. right through to malts aged many years ... :D:D:D oh and still have the certificate .. its at home ..

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Proper class that Shill ! :D A wee Darlin' after me own heart so you are ! ;)

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I love that distillery

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The Edradour Distillery (Pitlochry) is far more picturesque & turns out a rather pleasant Whisky. In fact there's quite a few Distilleries that are pleasing to the eye, not to mention the taste buds. :)

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That's music to my ears and nectar to my lips... Edradour...

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some of todays trip to stirling ... :D

1 stirling high street .. well one of them anyway
2 & 3 my favourite shop it was so hard to decide what to buy
3 someones house back in the 1600s
4. cannon on the street leading up to the castle
5. it says rock of ages it was in the churchyard
6 & 7 & 8. in the churchyard it was high up ..
9 view looking towards the wallace monument
10 well there was some blue skies .. just not near us..
8.. the castle in the distance .. spugster was looking at the castle

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Sweeties ???? Sweeties ?? You're in Jockland & you're looking at sweeties ? I see we'll be needing to retrain you about getting your priorities in order. :D

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oh dave that sweet shop ... you should have seen it .... it was full .. jack daniels sweeties, whisky chocolate, it took me ages to decide what to come out wi ...:D:D:D you forget .. i dont drink alcohol now ...

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I did ! You put up a load of happy snaps ! ;) And don't go using that feeble excuse of not drinking as a reason for not taking happysnappies of cultural & heritage things like ................. Distilleries or bottles of Whisky ! :D

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dave i do have a pic of the jack daniels sweeties .. but the honest truth i aint seen any ..:eek:

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Today in Pictures, why are the uphill bits always a bit steep.

1.My car is down there by the road, and I'm up here trying to breath.
2. Spoil piles from the quarry days, I've just spoilt something myself, its the altitude.
3. Its a hut, or what's left of a hut.
4. The footpath is now what was once the cart track around the site.
5. I think I will go around the other way, its making my nose bleed.
6. It must have had a use, but not now.
7. I think this was the base for the winding system that took the buckets of stone down the hill. Or was it?
8. I've been here before, and the stone flags are here long after the people who put them there.
9. I haven't looked this up yet, so haven't a clue as to what it is, but I will.
10. I've been up here that long its going dark.

So that was todays walk around Hapton Quarry, probably the steepest climb I have done in while, even the downhill bits made me out of breath.

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For shame girl ! You're in the land of men in frocks & hairy swinging sacks ........ :eek: Sporrans, that's the word, Sporrans ! And that big daft beggar Spuggs hasn't shown you his culture ?? And I don't class deep fried mars bars & Irn Bru-Whisky shots as culture ! ;) No wonder Hadrian built that flamin' great wall. :D

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if only i could add some more pics .. but you going to have to wait now for another day .... :D:D:D

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Jen those pics are lovely...I like the sweeties(you can all have the whisky - devils wee wee).
I like the pensive picture of Spugs looking down on the graveyard(least I took it to be Spugs)
I like the pyramid...and the picture looking over the town.
You won't be wanting to come home after feasting on this food for the soul.

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Believe me Ma, there's only so much battered & deep fried you can gorge on, our Shill will be back afore long. :D

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im home tomorrow ... :(:(:( mind you its rained everyday since i came up here ... even today on our way home it started raining ... :(

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its really nice the graveyard .. just told the spugster what you said and he says .. he was wondering how long it was going to be till he was in there .. :D:D:D and i just said another 40 years .. :D

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Do you mean she's devouring Spugs?

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It is Scotland when all's said & done. ;)

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we go to Scotlandin various places twice a year and for the last two years it persistentley came done nearly every day.But what the heck you go prepared.

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yes :D:D:D

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here you go dave ...:D:D:D

1 2 & 4 sporrans ... full outfit for hire .. or to buy if you can afford it
3 more of the sweetie shop
5. looking down on the graveyard which is a commonwealth war graves site
6 kirk in the holyrood, stirling
7. robert the bruce looking at the william wallace monument
8. it took 7 attempts to get the scottish flag ...
9. the spugster took that one ...
10. and you go to scotland .. see the name pendle at the falkirk wheel .. and Settle in Stirling

have done these now cos of all the travelling tomorrow .. and ive took about 700 piccies to date so they will have to be sorted on my own comp ..i may be sometime ... lol

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Today in Pictures, man in the mist, or were da ell ar we.

1. As we were in the clouds, it was droplet heaven. I even had one on the end of my nose.
2. This was the first solid thing we found since we started.
3. I think this is for protection, I don't see how this will stop you having babies.
4. Another strange stone thing.
5. This is a stream on its way down to the reservoir.
6. This is Hadrian's wall, Sidney Hadrian, he used to work at the chip shop, he bought it.
7. This is a guess, is it a border marker?
8. As we drop down the hill the mist is getting less.
9. Another Hadrian's wall, this time his sisters.
10. Last photo before we hit the reservoir (Churn Clough.)

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Just looked it up and the stone in 7 is a boundary marker for Padiham and Hapton Local Board 1892.

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Today in Pictures, more mud than a muddy thing with extra mud.

1. The mild spell is bringing out a few flowers, its a periwinkle, ( pause for a mild titter ) then pause again for that.
2. I though this would be a bit squishy, put it was solid when I poked it with my finger.
3. This was on the same branch.
4. Hyndburn Brook as it changes shape, the high water level erodes the soft banking.
5. Miles from anywhere, its almost an Ood a thowt it.
6. You can see the banking dropping into the water.
7. The brook as it heads toward the dip.
8. The banking as it is eroded, should I be standing here.........aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......... .....no.
9. Its going dark now, its a good job I have a torch, trouble is its in the car, and the car is at home.
10. Where the water wets the weir.

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I love number 1 pic on yesterdays pics Dave.
Each little droplet has its own little picture of the scene...be sure to get this on flickr....I have some ideas...not sure if they will work out:)

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And I love today's dark trees... from another of your fan club.

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Yes, that is a good shot too.

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Thanks, I am a few days behind with my flickr uploads, although when I do I have a few droplet shots to upload, so please help yourself when I do.

you are too kind, I rather liked that shot as well, a bit spooky

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On Sunday we ventured out in the mist to Gisburn Forest.
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Thats a new place to me, never heard of Gisburn Forest.

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It's near Slaidburn on the edge of Stocks Reservoir.There is a massive mountain bike trail nearby Cocklet Hill

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Many thanks Dave......you know how I like to play around...but you will get the first look and then what you do with it will be up to you(as always).

And the shot of the trees and the dark sky is more 'atmospheric' than 'spooky'...just my opinion.

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No approval required, you may repost the pictures on here, I trust your judgement , and look forward to seeing them.

I think atmospheric is a better word.

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Today in Pictures, wet again, and muddy as well.

1.On wet days close ups are the only option, and fungi to boot.
2. Another wet through fungi.
3. Its dead mans fingers, although it does not look like a finger !
4. I think its a Smokey Bracket, not sure as its wet.
5. Last time I was here it was a sunny Autumn day.
6. Its a big rock.
7. Some more muddy steps.

and with that it was time for home, Spring Wood in Whalley will have to dry out a bit before I return.

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This is one of Dave's pictures that I have changed a little(with his blessing)

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not well in recovery again... so going to have to wait for some more from up there ... but this was today .. the first signs of spring in whitaker park, rawtenstall...:D

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A selection of photos taken on my recent stay at my parent's place in Tenerife. These are all photos taken in or around the place they live.
1 Sunrise over "Table mountain" on Xmas morning
2 Daily fly-over of huge birds from the Eagle park
3 View into the sun from the balcony
4 View over the banana plantation and the Baranco
5 Peeking through into the banana plantation
6 Old door in the wall of the plantation
7 Pool at Oasis Tropical -you can just see he french folk in the top corner who run a nudist colony in the S of France:eek::D
8 The moon over the apartments
9 Flowering Aloe Vera
10 Sunset over El Hierro (small island) and La Gomera (bigger one) -you could also see La Palma that evening but I don't have a panoramic lens.

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Lovely pics Dianne....especially like 7&8....those lovely blues skies. What I wouldn't give for a bit of blue sky.
All we have here right now is grey.

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Idem -got back on Monday and the fog still hasn't lifted here -just as well I've been busy giving the house a good top and bottoming! What I wouldn't give to back in the pool every day - was swimming 50 lengths a day without stopping-great exercise! (The pool is only about 12m long I should point out:D)

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Today in Pictures, its a good day for droplets, I have one on the end of my nose.

1. Starting in Cutwood, a turkey tail.
2. Round the reservoir, formation swimming, swans on the left, geese on the right.
3. I see a seagull, actually I see several seagulls.
4. A droplet or two.
5. Thats a hairy one.
6. Heading up the canal.
7. As far as we went.
8. Turned around and set off back.
9. Drops on the top !
10. Last look at a lichen before legging it up the lane.

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Lovely and varied set of shots Dave -your signature droplets, water and great close-ups. The fungus in no. 1 is gorgeous -great texture and colour - I keep hinting to my husband that I really could do with a better camera as mine is on the blink. Son's girlfriend has one to sell for 250 euros -she has just got a new one as she studies photography. Will ask what the make , model is etc and will see if all you experts think it's a good deal!

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Another selection of shots from Tenerife. :hothothot

The description is on each photo when you view it!:)

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Lovely shots, I wish we could all have been there with you, perhaps next time.:hothothot:w00t:.

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hello all havent posted for a while for various reasons, so thought i would share some of my latest exploits, went up Helvellyn on Wednesday and camped at Red Tarn then Thursday ascended Swirral Edge and down Striding Edge, here are some of my shots i thought i would share with you, i think my fav is sunset and stars

didnt take the tripod on this trip, gutted, a lot of good ops missed but hey ho its not going anywhere!
all the best darren

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What camera/lens are you using to get a night shot that actually shows stars ? Try it with mine & all i get is black. :rolleyes:

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Great Shots,I bet it was cold up there

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i have a canon eos 400d,( quite an old one, by todays standards) i only took my canon 18-55 stock standard lens with me that night, and had no tripod so basically set the timer and rested the camera on my Wainwright pictoral guide, was a lot of trial and error, but i used a low iso (100) to try and reduce any noise that would be picked up, even though the rules say use a high iso for lower light and had a 30 sec timer, when i was trying longer times i was getting movement, so the stars looked like little lines moving accros the sky, was tempted to leave on a 10 min exposure, but it was bloody cold lol

what you using?

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Good to see you back Darren, and what a great bunch of shots, next best thing to being up there with you! I think no 2 is just perfect and as for Striding Edge I got dizzy just looking at it.

Pity you missed the deadline for the photo competition.

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tent was covered in frost in morning and half of tarn was frozen on top, was ok through night, got up about 7 cooked my bacon n sausage, took the blue one then thought ****** this and got back in the bag for another couple of hours, didnt pack up till about 10ish, coming back down it was colder than on the summit, because of the low cloud cover
good 2 days though:D

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ha ha so he has his uses apart from showing you where to go!

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cheers sue, i like the irony of no2, being blue on red tarn

i was tempted to post in the comp, i have been looking in, and have voted, but didnt think i should because of my absence, maybe next time

try climbing a frost swirral edge with 20kg on yer back, i was in desperate need of chocolate when i got back to Glenridding, oh and it tasted goooooood

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At least you took the trouble to vote, hope some more people do.

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They are all really great pics -the "blue" of Red Tarn is so intense. I particularly like the last one -so suggestive. Keep up the good work!

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Some shots of a little place near where my Mum & Dad live called El Puertito -very Spanish and unspoiled. Fishermans cottages, just a beach and Pepe y Lola's bar where the locals still play dominoes and Lola comes out ranting and raving at them as they sit all afternoon without a drink! Great atmosphere - in the competition I put a sunset over the turtle beach which was taken here -it's a favourite spot with divers who come to swim with the turtles -have never seen them myself but they are there as I've found loads of amateur videos on Youtube showing them!

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looks a bit warmer than mine lol

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I left Italy on 19th Dec and it was -10°C and knee-deep in snow -landed in Tenerife and it was 28/29°C most days -warmer than usual! Went swimming every day but I would actually have enjoyed your trip in the Lakes just as much -even though you'd have to knock me out and carry me over Striding Edge!;) Can't wait till the next time I'm over on a trip to the Lakes -hopefully sometime not in the too distant future...:hothothot

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Trouble with this part of the world we don't seem to get those extremes any more - not that I ever remember it being 29 degrees! looking forward to some proper cold weather in the next few days - just below zero anyway - rather than warm and damp. That's not right at Christmas - but then neither is the high twenties and blue sea and sky!

On the met office website it says there may be 5 to 10cm of snow in places soon and travel may be disrupted - think we've all gone soft if that slows things down!

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Christmas in the sun was weird I must admit but I enjoyed it all the same even if it was very different.
As to a bit of snow sending the road system haywire -that's just bad planning. You will have seen the amount of snow we had here and it stayed for days followed by another heavy fall but the roads were kept amazingly clear as they were well prepared. We all have to have either snow tyres fitted by November or carry snow-chains in the car which is an extra help...

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It's not just the roads - railways and airtravel suffers too - all fall down!

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Nothing so interesting, just a proper old panasonic Digicamera 5 MP that's about 10 years old, which at the time was the doggies danglies. Have been nosing at some of the newer Panasonic Lumix FZ series but don't know anyone who'll let me have a play with theirs to get a better feel for the thing. :)

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I wont let you play with mine!unless I can play with yours

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Don't expect me to pay your air fair over here mate & anyways it's you who's after me ........... sauce !!! :D

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It's not the camera Dave that takes a good photo, it's the operator and the subject.
I have the latest Nikon 24 MP camera with lenses from 18 to 300 and I bet that a decent photographer could get better results with your 5MP job than I do with my Nikon.

As far as having a play with the camera before you buy I think most decent camera shops will let you have a few minutes with it.

Obviously if you buy online you don't get a chance.

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Russell, I think you are partly right......you do need to have an eye for a good shot...but today with digital you can take lots of shots that you think might not amount to much and yet when you look at them again there is usually something you can make a good shot from(with some creative editing).
Maybe you need some lessons on how to get the best from your camera........some of the new cameras are full of baffling do-dads......you just have to play around a bit.

I have a couple of Panasonic camera's but the camera that I use most, is my little compact fuji 600EXR.......it is versatile and fits in your pocket.
OK....I don't think I could have got shots like the ones that Darrell got ohis climbing expedition, but Davemac gets some lovely shots with his camera...which is very similar to mine.

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Some of these pictures only give half the story, what you don't see is the long hard slog to get to the top in order to take the shot.
some cracking shots there

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Today in Pictures, setting off not totally sure of the way.

1. First sight that greeted us as we arrived, yikes, tally ho.
2. Burnley, you can just see Turf Moor slightly off centre.
3. Thats where we are going.
4. Getting closer, but so are the clouds.
5. Don't have a clue about this, it was behind a fence, so couldn't mooch.
6. Almost there, but its a bit windy and the temperature is dropping.
7. The eagle has landed, looking over to Burnley.
8. I'm told thats in the direction of Cliviger.
9. Clouds scraping the top of Pendle Hill.
10. Then it was decided to descend, we felt a bit of snow.

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Awe inspiring pics:)

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Amazed at the clouds/weather in your pics today Dave, it's been quite a nice day here, if cold.

Have been trying to identify that hunt as I wondered if they might like a copy of your picture. I suspect it's the Holcombe Hunt though hunts as you might expect are very wary of putting any sort of diary on the net. Lovely shot though.

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We were in Dunnockshaw (crown point) you can't see the dog pack they went off to the right at speed, the lead horse person fell off at one point although I didnt get the shot, too far away. They had been there for a few days according to the locals, with horse boxes and cars, but who they were, no one knew.

It was very cloudy, but they were moving at speed, the temperature was a bit chilly and the wind was blowing. The singing ringing tree wasn't singing or ringing despite the wind, perhaps it was too fast for resonance.
I have two more to go then I have the set, Wycoller and Blackburn.
Mid Pennine Arts | Panopticons

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thanks for your comments, I do try, well thats what my wife says, I'm very trying

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Aye, I can understand that Gremlin & I've been able to get some decent pics over the years (well I'm happy with them) but the reaction time is quite slow, so any movement & the subject is out of shot or well off centre. For static stuff it's really quite good & as I mentioned I can't get a decent night shot, moon & stars & the likes.

Anyways still just mooching through the camera aisles at the moment. :)

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Ha ha look forward to the Wycollar ones beautiful place.

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from wycollar take the short trip up to boulsworth hill (lad law) only a couple of miles walk well worth it for the view

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Nice walk that

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Back to sunnier climes -grey,sleety day here -I know the NW is expecting snow today. Shots of La Caleta -another lovely place near my parents, fab waves for surfers, lovely views and great fish restaurants! If ever you are over that way I can recommend Restaurante Masa do Mar:D:hothothot

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come back via trawden and time for a couple of cheeky pints too ( thats if you have a designated driver of course)

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Take the road to Howarth and see the strange object in the field and the views from it.

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Nice waves and the lone surfer.

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This is on my list to visit, not sure when though, but sometime.

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Today in Pictures, it started as a nice day, if overcast, ended as a snowy thing with poor visibility.

1. Almost the start point, the River Calder as it heads in the direction of Whalley, as we are.
2. Looking over to Pendleton Hill the visibility appears to be getting worse.
3. Approaching Whalley Banks, snow is coming down.
4. Whalley Banks.
5. Heading out the other side of Whalley Banks.
6. That is the road out of Whalley up to Spring Wood, we are going in that direction eventually.
7. What you can't see in the picture is the fine snow now falling.
8. A web filling up with snow, if a spiders knees knock through the cold it must sound like castanets.
9. Were you wondering were Whalley weir was, well wonderful !
10. Looking back at the weir before joining the road (where the red car is in picture 6.)

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How far away is this? I wouldn't mind seeing this myself

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I took some pics over the Christmas period in jpeg and RAW. Ihave been experimenting with RAW.Do any members know if I can convert fron Raw to upload on accyweb,and how do I do it?