What do you all do in the winter?

jellyang · Post by **jellyang** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:58 pm

As a new member of this forum & quite new to photographing butterflies, I am starting to feel sad that the summer will soon be gone

What do you folks do in the long winter months?

Love the website & the great advice.

Angie

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:10 pm

Well five of us are photographing Red Deer this weekend, I'm also booked on to a couple of boat trips in the middle of winter, (should get a chance to get some pics of Red Squirrels). We will probably do some fungi photography in the next few weeks too, and do a bit of long lens stuff down the coast.

All sounds good fun but the truth I'm as depressed as you

Gruditch

Mike Young · Post by **Mike Young** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:47 pm

I'm similiar to Gary, the summer, such as it was, seems to have flown by and still so many goals to achieve !

I'll do the fungi forages, maybe some frosty/misty landscapes and certainly some bird photography.

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:09 am

I do landscapes and trees and moths if I find any. I want to shoot some fungi, but I at college, so I am busy mostly and won't have much time. Man how time has passed fast huh?

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:49 pm

I've just bought an ancient sigma 400mm lens for birds. I'm hoping for some bright days though as it needs good light.

Post by **Padfield** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:14 pm

I do this:

Guy

Hamearis · Post by **Hamearis** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:27 am

You mean you actually skewer collies on ski poles for fun!?
Ham

jellyang · Post by **jellyang** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:41 am

I have the collie & he loves the snow but sadly I don't have any ski's!!

Your Collie is identical to my Holly who I lost last year with epilepsy

Angie

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:41 am

Hamearis wrote:You mean you actually skewer collies on ski poles for fun!?
Ham

I've had afew critical wipe-outs where that has nearly happened...

Guy

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:44 am

jellyang wrote:Your Collie is identical to my Holly who I lost last year with epilepsy

Angie

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope the sight of Asha (my Collie) on all my posts doesn't stir up painful thoughts.

Guy

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:18 pm

Gruditch wrote:Well five of us are photographing Red Deer this weekend,

Guy,
I just got back from Scotland yesterday...please excuse the poor quality of the image as it was p155ing down

Dave McCormick wrote:I do landscapes

If only the sun had come out in Scotland

eccles wrote:birds

Got some of those too...

...and a few others

Common Seals

Pine Marten

Martin.

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:23 pm

Excellent landscape shots Martin! I think you may have found another talent!

Cheers,

- Pete

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:25 pm

I agree - quite breathtaking!

Guy

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:28 pm

Pete Eeles wrote:Excellent landscape shots Martin! I think you may have found another talent!

Cheers,

- Pete

Thanks Pete...but my number one lov is my car

Martin.

jellyang · Post by **jellyang** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:45 pm

Stunning pictures.

I think I better go & practice taking landscapes.

angie

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:00 pm

Mystery solved!!

I had wondered how any sane person could choose V6GTO as a username!!

Guy

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:29 pm

padfield wrote:Mystery solved!!

I had wondered how any sane person could choose V6GTO as a username!!

Guy

Yeah - me too

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:36 pm

Thanks, Pete! I might slip that picture 'by accident' into a class presentation so the kids think I'm cool.

Taken in Ticino?

Guy

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:17 pm

For now, I have decided on Landscapes as good photos, I took these two last year and I plan to get good ones this year too, just got to find them. I took these both where I live:

This was my first pic with my Samsung Digimax L85:

This was in a field not far from my house, in summer its full of butterflies and dragonflies, but winter, its looks good for landscape shots.

Good landscapes I see sometimes when fog roles in from Strangford Lough and area around my house becomes foggy. And sunrise near my house is a good shot to get as as well as sunsets.

Post by **Padfield** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:23 am

Those are lovely pictures, Dave. Really atmospheric.

Guy