Back home , finally finished the Spotted Wing Drosophila paper by 8pm and sent it off to the QMJ editor. Hurray!
This evening's talk at the Milton Photographic Club was by Peter Higdon, on the challenges of setting up and writing a photographic blog on Milton Country Park. The original one year project is now starting its third year. Two key messages from the talk.
The first was the slowing down of how he took photos. Initially, he was photographing a picture a minute during a 40 minute visit to the park, with a view to having 4 pictures for a week's blog Later he began using a tripod, because the tree-shaded paths in the Park required longer exposures. this meant choosing locations, subjects and scenes more carefully. The new procedure meant fewer pictures, but a higher success rate in getting good ones for the blog.
The second was a change in writing the accompanying text to the photos in the blog. Peter did not want it to be a diary. Initially, his texts were extended captions describing the scene. As time went on, he began delving into plant names, their meanings and the associated folklore. a particularly good example was how you named a flowering bank of flowers. Whether the same plants were described by their name of Cow Parsley or Queen Anne's Lace made a big difference in how the audience saw judged the plants.
Calling for feedback on the sort of challenges he might tackle in this project for the coming year in the country Park, the audience was generous in their varied and useful suggestions.
Milton Country Park is no Yosemete, as Peter would say, however, by taking a sympathetic camera and eye over the years into the park, he has made an interesting and worthwhile blog. Just google 'Milton country park through the year' by Peter Higdon, or click this link http://a-year-in-the-park.blogspot.co.uk/.
Judging by UK media headlines, World Peace has been generated at a stroke by the impending UK snap election announced yesterday; there is no real other news. The move to hold the election was voted through Parliament today, with only 13 MPs objecting.
Looking a bit harder, there is the reassurance from China that "China expresses serious concern with recent trends about North Korea's nuclear and missile development."
Across the pond, the news is that the US Armada that had been travelling into the Indian Ocean away from North Korea is now reversing it's direction.
Another near miss tonight, by 1.8 million kilometers, as an asteroid the size of the Rock of Gibraltar shoots by the Earth.
The first was the slowing down of how he took photos. Initially, he was photographing a picture a minute during a 40 minute visit to the park, with a view to having 4 pictures for a week's blog Later he began using a tripod, because the tree-shaded paths in the Park required longer exposures. this meant choosing locations, subjects and scenes more carefully. The new procedure meant fewer pictures, but a higher success rate in getting good ones for the blog.
The second was a change in writing the accompanying text to the photos in the blog. Peter did not want it to be a diary. Initially, his texts were extended captions describing the scene. As time went on, he began delving into plant names, their meanings and the associated folklore. a particularly good example was how you named a flowering bank of flowers. Whether the same plants were described by their name of Cow Parsley or Queen Anne's Lace made a big difference in how the audience saw judged the plants.
Calling for feedback on the sort of challenges he might tackle in this project for the coming year in the country Park, the audience was generous in their varied and useful suggestions.
Milton Country Park is no Yosemete, as Peter would say, however, by taking a sympathetic camera and eye over the years into the park, he has made an interesting and worthwhile blog. Just google 'Milton country park through the year' by Peter Higdon, or click this link http://a-year-in-the-park.blogspot.co.uk/.
Judging by UK media headlines, World Peace has been generated at a stroke by the impending UK snap election announced yesterday; there is no real other news. The move to hold the election was voted through Parliament today, with only 13 MPs objecting.
Looking a bit harder, there is the reassurance from China that "China expresses serious concern with recent trends about North Korea's nuclear and missile development."
Across the pond, the news is that the US Armada that had been travelling into the Indian Ocean away from North Korea is now reversing it's direction.
Another near miss tonight, by 1.8 million kilometers, as an asteroid the size of the Rock of Gibraltar shoots by the Earth.
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