... how long I was standing on the birdwatching point at St Gervais watching this storm rolling across the ridge in the distance - the one that I live just a couple of miles behind.
Nor how many photos that I took either. What I was trying to do was to take a photo of a flash of lightning, and for a while there was plenty of that but I just wasn't quick enough. And after a while the storm drifted off the the north-east as the wind swung round from the south.
But the storm was impressive from up there and you can see in the pic the sheets of rain that were falling down.
I'd been round to Terry and Liz's to discuss business and the like. We have a lot to organise - including trying to record SEVEN radio programmes at our next recording session. It seems that my trip to Canada, if it comes off, clashes with Liz and Terry going back to the UK for a week and so we will have our work cut out.
But this morning (or what was left of it) and the early part of the afternoon I carried on with the tidying up in the barn. I've found tons of stuff I had forgotten all about and which is now all put in boxes, and I've cleaned up half my workbench. I can now get into the drawer where the power tools are, and that is real progress.
Once this roof is finished off ( and I've been saying that for a while now) I can do some more and have the place looking just a little more shipshape. It's about time, too!
Lightning bolts last a few thousandths of a second. You need a camera on a tripod with an exposure of several minutes to catch just one. Use the smallest aperture, focus at infinity and wait a couple of minutes with the shutter open and a low ISO. Never done it myself but that's how.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I might try it sometime too. I guess that would work for meteorites too?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I was writing to suggest a bit more organisation to Eric would stop things getting lost again. If you number the boxs and make a list of what's in that nuber you'll be able to put your hands on what you need much quicker.