Love the light pattern on the aisle floor in #1

Not only was it the wrong lens etc - but I could really have done with the CPL on it ! Mine was a real grab and get it as I couldn't see the chopper from inside the house so had to go into the yard first then come back in and grab it . I'd an 18-75 on it [ last time it was used was inside the Church so the short zoom and faster lens was what was needed then ]

Lots of lessons learned from my little effort - so that's not been a wasted effort

Very very strange - after I had got it the first time it went away and then came back to a different area - could have been between Toryglen and Rutherglen area and was circling and hovering there for about 15 mins . Unfortunately there was no chance to get another shot of it - wrong lens and housing and lots of trees and phone wires were getting in the way.

Interesting - thought Police Scotland has only 2 helicopters - certainly looks like the one that was in our area .

Certainly the longer lens would have been useful - but I really need to watch how much gear I'm carrying .

Wonder what was going on ?

Any changes would possibly cause problems with the colour of the rape - it's such a strong yellow . I like it as it is

Wonder what's been going on - heard the noise and went out - came back in grabbed the camera and put the 18-135 on to see what I could get - not tried anything like this before.

first the original - taken on AV with ISO 200 f5.6 and 1/6000




And then I decided to crop to see what I could make out



Not perfect by any manner of means - I'll need to watch for vignetting in future - but this has let me see what I'm getting . Clearly I'd have been better with a tripod - but by that time the opportunity could well have been lost . The Tamron 18-250 would have probably been better too - but that was upstairs and again , but by the time I'd struggled up and got it and come down , put it on ........

And looking out of the window now, the clouds would have been very near black.

It's been an interesting experience - and I wasted no time over this taken the shot put through Aperture very quickly and well here's the result - and lessons learnt.

This was , as far as I can tell , over Castlemilk

Have a brilliant time and enjoy all the local produce

for me - #1 - simply stunning - love the bridge framing the Viaduct

Oh that's a shame HG - go and have a great 16 days in glorious France

Don't think 'His Nibs' was present then - hmmm must go and have a look for those