Just drew my bedroom curtains and noticed a strange blue/white* light. I looked out, thinking it couldn't be the moon, and sure enough it was the street lights which had always been orange previously 🙂
simonfbarnes – Member
Just drew my bedroom curtains and noticed a strange blue/white* light. I looked out, thinking it couldn't be the moon, and sure enough it was the street lights which had always been orange previously
Simon, sometimes you don't need to share with the group, you can just sit there and listen.
I saw the workmen today, and they told me that the new bulbs are not mercury lamps as I'd supposed but LEDs, using only half the power of the old ones and I expect with much longer lifetimes. I suppose non photographers may not be interested 🙂
Yesterday morning I rode to work and where possible I turned my lights off. Most of my commute is actually offroad so that's quite some distance in the very dark. One on particular section on the way back, noticed the path was covered in dog turds but I had amazingly managed to miss them all. I'll be using my lights on that section next time. (Unless of course, dogs had been very busy after I'd ridden to work)
Whilst out yesterday evening, i looked back down to the vale of Bilgewater and could be a strange green cloud, low in the horizon almost following the M5 north bound.
Not sure if this picture captures it cuz my monitor is playing up.
Nice, ta.
I was looking at LED replacements for Fluorescent tubes last week. I'm trying to get the co. that makes them to hire me to do their brochure, but I'd love to try light painting with in the studio, using a couple of them as 'wands'.
The streetlight outside my house died the other night. I like that cos it's proper dark and I don't get annoying light through my curtains. Also it was funny listening to the stupid bint next door attempt to park her car the following morning about 6.30am when it was still pitch dark. She must have been to-ing and fro-ing for 5 minutes with her parents yelling instructions to her! 🙂
I recently stood on a slug on our patio, in stockinged feet. Vile. Also, the slime just does not wash off your hands – loads of soap and very hot water made no difference.
My daughter Ro used to like to forage for strawberries in the garden when she was 1. One day I found her sucking something, and when I pulled her hand away from her mouth I found it was a slug she'd been contentedly browsing on! The mucus was welded to her hand so strongly I had to scrape it off with the back of a table knife 🙁 Yek! Needles to say she wasn't happy about losing her snack :o)
I wish I'd had the presence of mind to take a shot to embarrass her with :o)
I had a pet Roman snail when I was a kid. One day whilst he was having his daily walk round the garden I popped indoors for just a minute, when I came out, the bugger had legged it – never saw him again 😐
Yep…..snails can make great pets :
Although obviously you can't teach them to fetch a stick 😕