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6 thoughts on “An afternoon ramble around Southsea…”

1. andelieya 安德洌雅 (official) on December 25, 2012 at 9:27 pm said:

   Thanks for letting us walk with you a bit on this Christmas day! Very interesting photos. The moon shot is awesome!

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2. yizhivika on December 25, 2012 at 11:25 pm said:

   Well, andelieya, you know it’s a pleasure having you as cyber-company along the way ;). As for the moon shot, it was only possible because I replaced the digital compact I’d been using for this blog (I don’t own a digital SLR, and neither do I covet one) a couple of months ago with a (still relatively inexpensive) Canon digital compact with a 10x or so zoom. Even then, it still requires significant cropping of the original jpeg, to get a reasonable sized image of the moon, and without the presence of the bird and the subtle variations in the clouds, I wouldn’t have uploaded this photo, since I’d have found a straightforward image of the moon too sterile aesthetically ;). I am happy with it as it is though. Incidentally, I also took a photo today of some flocks of birds flying in V formation, but they were too distant to make an image worthwhile uploading here. Anyway, I’m glad you like the one that I have uploaded :).

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   • andelieya 安德洌雅 (official) on December 26, 2012 at 1:26 pm said:

     You did a very good job with the moon if you used a camera like a Canon Powershot! I agree, a moon photo alone without anything else in it would not look too interesting. I’ve tried that before, and it turned out extremely plain.

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     • yizhivika on December 26, 2012 at 8:44 pm said:

       Actually I did the camera a slight disservice, as it has a 12X optical zoom apparently, and I was using it at its maximum extension :). It is actually a Canon Powershot, an SX150IS, which I bought for £69.00 (around 110 dollars) a couple of months back. It got some bad customer reviews, on account of its proclivity for gobbling up battery life, but I find using Lithium batteries, and never using flash (which I dislike in any event) will give me several hundred images before I need to replace the batteries, and I’m happy enough with the camera’s performance :).
3. wightvixen on December 26, 2012 at 9:45 am said:

   Anyone who swims in the sea at this time of year is barking! The sea is too cold for me at any time of year (but I’m a wimp lol).

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4. yizhivika on December 26, 2012 at 10:12 am said:

   He was one of a group of friends on the beach, a handful of whom also ventured into the water, but none of them stayed in there for very long ;).

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