bilzmale
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- Location
- Perth, Western Australia
- Name
- Bill Shinnick
I take my hat of to those struggling with the depths of winter - maybe we need a Single in July?
That was mentioned last year but I think there were less of us doing it then and there was definitely mental tiredness left over from merely completing the January one! Once a year seemed to be the general consensus, but who knows, maybe a chance for our northern hemisphere based members to watch us southern based members suffer through winter?I take my hat of to those struggling with the depths of winter - maybe we need a Single in July?
The problem with UK weather this January is just that it's been so flippin' gloomy. I think there have been no more than a handful of days with decent light. I'd rather have cold and sunny weather (and blow the heating costs) than this milder murk.I agree that winter may make it a bit harder to get nice light, but on the other hand, it creates great opportunities - look at what @SnapDawg has been doing this last couple of days (and lots of others, of course - I just think he really made the most of the occasion).
That said, Mark (@stillshunter) already got me to agree to a film challenge in February/March (I'm really looking forward to that one); so I could probably get coaxed into join in in July, too. I have to watch it, though - I get really caught up in these ...
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It's been pretty much the same gloom and doom over here, nothing but rain for weeks until last weekend. For the first couple days of the SiJ I rarely shot anything below Fuji's idea of ISO3200.The problem with UK weather this January is just that it's been so flippin' gloomy. I think there have been no more than a handful of days with decent light. I'd rather have cold and sunny weather (and blow the heating costs) than this milder murk.
I had an elegant and lyrical shot lined up for the day - a masterful interplay of light and shade. Then I saw this, and decided it spoke more trenchantly to the human condition...
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This goes well with the sock image.
Point taken. But if we want to avoid this summer/winter alignment, we'd have to shift to a spring/fall one - I'm all for that, come to that. But I take the gloominess as part of the challenge so far. Today, this means that I'm basically down to one single safety shot (but the day's not quite over yet). As long as noone tells me off for being a tad opportunistic at times, I'm fine with that.The problem with UK weather this January is just that it's been so flippin' gloomy. I think there have been no more than a handful of days with decent light. I'd rather have cold and sunny weather (and blow the heating costs) than this milder murk.