Sunday, November 14, 2004

Day Trip To The Island

We all had a nice run out yesterday afternoon to Barry Island. We got there just as the sun was beginning to set and was treated to some lovely golden hour light. I took plenty of magic hour snaps, some nice stuff here to show off the beautiful golden light. It was somewhat marred by the fact I stood on a carrier bag half buried in the sand which squirted a mixture of fetid sea water and liquid shit (dog or baby) up the back of one leg.

Its been a bit like that to be honest, this weekend. Lots of little niggly bad things have been happening. But in fairness there has been some good stuff as well though.

Whilst we are on a shit theme, Elis did his first potty job yesterday. All the more remarkable was, just as I was about to change his nappy, he pulled the potty out from under the bed and tried sitting on it. I made him wait until I got his nappy off and he sat down and did the business with a big smile on his face. What made it remarkable was that he knew what to do himself - we had never showed him pulling the potty out or nothing. Clever boy!

But I digress - back to the photos. So yeah, light glorious light - here are some nice shots all about it.

And I missed the tail end of the sunset as I rushed off to clean the crap off me leg. Once it had set though, I took a few photos with Elis and the fill-in flash - they worked out quite well. You have to expose for the lighter sky areas when you take them and lock on to one area and the move the camera to the dark area. As its locked on the sky exposure it can't try resetting to expose for the land area, but the fill in flash then gives foreground items some light - I quite like the effect, it gives a better impression of the light at that time. One day they'll invent a camera that smart enough to equalize the exposure and keep the sky and the ground in balance.

And Pinhead the Shadow Man returned for a father and son shot in anticipation of my next painting?

Today's already off to a bad start, Piri spilt milk and water everywhere making an impossible jump, Elis (carrying on the crap theme) had a nappy burst and we just spotted Hopper has a big lump on the side of his neck (no doubt an infected battle wound) and is very under the weather - just two weeks after he last went to the vet for being under the weather. It never ends.

Posted by Dio Bach at 11:47

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