Up Close

Today's blip was taken from almost the same spot as yesterday's shot of the paddock. On the right you can see the roof of the stables. Then I used the the extreme end of the zoom (37.1 mm - equivalent to a 100mm (35 mm film equivalent) which needed a high shutter speed and ISO setting for the prevailing low early morning light and shade.

Today it was the opposite. I used the maximum wide-angle setting (10.4 mm - 35 mm film equivalent of 28mm) and used a low ISO setting with a slow shutter speed (1/10th) to portray some movement of the turbulent water at this spot in the Tay in the late afternoon sunlight. This would normally need a tripod, but I improvised and cushioned the camera on my gloves strategically placed on a small flat rock very close to the water. There was no wind, so the reeds and leaves near the camera were totally still. It looked a raging torrent midstream - exciting for adventure canoeists and good material for a blip! Best viewed large.