Hmph. That's easy for you to say!

...and from North Surrey, where we had about an eighth of an inch of snow in early December!

January/February here usually means floods...

Well, bearing in mind that whenever I choose something (goods or services), the manufacturer will soon drop the product from their catalogue , change it out of all recognition or even go out of business. And also that I transferred recently from Photobucket to Flickr for one of those reasons...

But it's working fine for me. So far...

Since I turned 60, I get a biennial DIY bowel screen. It's amazing what you can send via the Royal Mail.

Oh, and next year, I get a free Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screen. Ah, the joys of getting older!

Nah, there's no water-feature or decking.

A bit sunny this morning, so I had a stroll down by the Thames, with the 'new' K10D - still haven't got the settings quite right, but I'm working on it. Anyway, a few pics...


The Swan Master by Steve Higgins, on Flickr


The Old Town Hall by Steve Higgins, on Flickr


War Memorial by Steve Higgins, on Flickr


Staines Bridge by Steve Higgins, on Flickr

Give it a month or two and I'll be getting the results I want. And the camera deserves!

And my fingers may have defrosted by then too...


ETA: that weird black line and the dot next to it on the picture of the Town Hall is the shadow of an overflow pipe of some sort, not a bit of dust on the lens or what have you. Phew - had me worried when I noticed it!

It'll certainly test the shake-reduction!

I think this is the right place for this.

If you play the National Lottery, this collection of free entries/offers may provide photo-opportunities for you.

The map link is down the bottom, btw, not the picture at the top.

And the males don't lay eggs?

Well, after a couple of minor panics, I've had a quick play and I quite like the results so far. They could be better - I need to spend more time getting it set up, but yeah, it's OK.

I've put a couple of shots on Flickr. All converted from RAW, as the way it's set was underexposing somewhat. Didn't help that it was rather a dull day. More will come - that's not a threat, by the way. Well, not quite...

The panics? Well, I thought there was a problem with the focusing, until I realised the dioptre setting on the viewfinder was at the wrong and and then I thought there was an internal problem - the Shake Reduction option was greyed out in the menu. Google soon reassured me on that one!