Mark

@wizardofosmium
21 Followers
28 Following
829 Posts

Retired chemist.

Using the free time to explore, by foot, bike and canoe.
My current spaceship is a Faulcon DeLacy Krait MKII (it has a coffee machine).
I can't play drums.

MarkSep 1, 2021
@fitheach
This is a scan of the photograph I took in Smoo Cave, I think it was in 1989. It was so dark I could barely see where the light was coming in. The camera, a Pentax, suggested a setting of maximum aperture and a shutter speed of 4 seconds. I held the camera at an angle using a fence for support. I didn't have much film to use so I only took 1 shot.
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@fitheach
I have a steady hand, One of my favourite pictures was of the waterfall in Smoo Cave in the 1980s, a 4 second exposure holding the camera balanced on a fence.

@withaveeay

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@fitheach @withaveeay
My Coolpix P900 has trouble focussing when trying to photograph birds in trees if there is the thinnest of twigs near the front of the subject and manual focus takes too long for most wildlife photography. Other than that, I like it.
MarkAug 28, 2021
@athairbirb
My friend went to St Andrews University one day he walked to the beach after class, his friends asked him where he was going. He said he was going to get a lift home just as his dad arrived in a helicopter.
MarkAug 28, 2021
@athairbirb
What branding is on it. A friends dad flew for PDG and he's based in Nairn.
MarkAug 26, 2021
@LearnTribe
You're lucky.
I have a friend who had an upstairs neighbour that kept his motorbike in his bedroom and it wasn't a small bike.
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@jamie
Someone I used to work beside had this on his wall.

“Poor planning on your part does not necessitate an emergency on mine.”
― Bob Carter

Show threadMarkAug 10, 2021
@athairbirb
I've got a Toyota hybrid it doesn't go that fast or make that noise. What I can do with it is sleep in its bed, cook on its cooker and keep beer cold in its fridge.
MarkAug 8, 2021
@athairbirb
There used to be a branch line out to the Black Isle.
https://www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php
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@fitheach @athairbirb
That's true. I saw one on the canal in Kirkintilloch once.