These shots are completely unedited, straight out of the camera, no cropping, not even contrast / exposure tweaked.
The Meike is a cool little lens, if you’re an MFT owner, give it a go!
These shots are completely unedited, straight out of the camera, no cropping, not even contrast / exposure tweaked.
The Meike is a cool little lens, if you’re an MFT owner, give it a go!
I needed some quiet, gentle time today so I took these pics.
There was some lovely sunshine the other day.
Today, I did a test trip to Carsington Reservoir to see if I could have a walk about and how knackered I got.
I took these pics as I was ambling. Verrrry slowly.
It was wonderful to be out in the sun, I always love the quality of sunshine there and being to see soooo far away. It gives one a real feeling of smallness in nature, something it’s easy to lose when you’re just in your house 24/7 like I am. Like a barnacle.
So I wandered but quickly got achey and felt a bit lightheaded. On the way home, I stopped at Croots and stocked up on tasty bits and bobs, thereby erasing any calories I expended on the walk. It’s traditional.
Since getting home, I’ve been bingeing Midsomers and processing pics. It’s 2.07am now, time for a coffee and some Croots fruitcake.
Some flowers at my Mummy’s.
Went out to see three bands at Dubrek tonight!
First on were Marty who played a fun, high-energy set with lovely three-part harmonies and some good shouting. Who doesn’t like bands shouting together, always gets the crowd going! Also, I like the Doorsy move of having the keyboardist play bass, no mean feat along with the other complex twiddly bits she was doing.
Next on were Alex And The Christopher Hale Band presenting a series of funny / sad vignettes. One of them (I can’t remember the title, sadly) was strangely touching, there was real pathos in the imagery. Best person in the band was the bassist, of course. 😛
Last were Bunker Pop who kind of reminded me of Grandaddy but like, a JOYOUS Grandaddy, if that makes sense? Interweaving guitars and synths, surfed over by wry vocals, these Hullists had great energy and an easy friendliness with the audience that Royal Blood could learn a thing or two from. Sadly, I had to leave before the end of their set as my long Covid kicked in with a vengeance – I was too tired to even stop for food on the way home.
BUT I had a cool night, it was good being able to actually make it out to a gig again, even though I knackered myself. And Dubrek is such a cool venue. ?
Here’s to more gigs!
All the pics are in an album here.
Obviously, I’ve only had it for a few hours so it might yet blow up or start crashing or whatever but it’s off to a good start.
I was looking out and one minute, sunny, the next, BAM, a storm that soaked everything. April showers running late this year.
First time I’ve felt well/happy enough to take pics in aaages. My garden looked lovely today.