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02/11/2026

Battlefield Lantern parade 2026 last night - A fantastic local community event that's always great fun!

01/11/2026

This week's Kit challenge - Canon 70D (2013) + Lensbaby Composer (2010). The composer gives a tilt shift effect, having a 'sweet spot' you can move around. Loads of fun, but such a low hit rate, although it's quite an interesting effect. Aperture is controlled by dropping a set of metal discs into the front of the lens. I used f8 & f5.6 for these. As the light disappeared, I took the 5.6 out which resulted in an aperture of f2 - I found it pretty much unusable but the effect is quite interesting- like a 10 pint effect… (second last shot with the car) Really fun, tough lens to master - Looking forward to using it on one of the full frame bodies- maybe with a tripod instead of just walking around. Next week Nikon D700 + 300mm

30/10/2026

Some strange goings on in the park tonight..... Alien monsters and some guys that had come a long way to search for Wreck the hoose juice....

27/10/2026

Last week - Canon 6D + 100mm 2.8L USM Macro. I had intended to take the lens out to the local Lantern parade and get some shots from that, but it was rained off, so here's a carved neep, just like the old days - (I also have turnip carving injuries to accompany the image!), using green and orange LED lights. Bit disappointed, as I feel like I could have got a lot more out of this if I hadn't held out til the end of the week for something! Next up, Canon 70D & Lensbaby composer!

18/10/2026

Week 2 of my kit challenge - Canon 600D (2011) + Tamron 70-300mm 4-5.6 Tele-Macro (2006). Managed to get some shots of Starlings in a supermarket car park (one of them with only 1 leg!), and a few other shots from round Pollok Park. Got the hang of the 600D again fairly quickly, but had to teach myself a few things I'd forgot and the battery seems to now drain really quickly compared to when I first owned it in 2012! The Lens was slow and noisy to focus and there's some really bad Chromatic aberrations- especially at any highlights, (which I've tried to edit out as much as possible) but the Macro function is quite handy. Next week- 2 favourites, Canon 6D + Canon 100mm 2.8L macro

18/10/2026

Light Painting last Monday with East Kilbride Camera Club! Wire wool spinning and Pixelstick

11/10/2026

Latest Challenge I've set myself - using all of my gear!
I've currently got 6 Camera bodies and quite a few lenses (nothing particularly new or flash BTW) so I've decided to use dice to match up lenses and bodies, and whatever combo turns up - I need to use for a week! This week it's my 2009 Nikon D700 & a (probably 90's) Manual focus 50mm Nikon Lens. Really enjoyed using this set-up and it took a while to get used to full time manual focusing again - The only problem I had was my lack of shooting time, I only got out for two walks at sunset around my local area, so not too much exciting to shoot! Hopefully I'll come back to this combo for something!
next Week - Canon 600D and Tamron 70-300mm

27/09/2026

A tiny mushroom Photographed in Rouken Glen Park

29/08/2026

Strathaven Balloon festival morning launch this morning!

28/08/2026

Quick trip to Gotham this afternoon 🦇

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