Day 8 - Sunset (finally!!!!)

I am an idiot.

This is official.

I've had it confirmed today.

I got back at around 6:45, had some dinner, forced Finlay (The Dog) to eat his dinner in super fast record time (which really doesn't take much convincing seeing as he's a greedy git) and got us both read. I had my camera on me, my swanky (read: cheap) new tripod on me. We raced to Hatfield Forest, parked up, did a route march through the thicket and out to the lake. I got the tripod out and hurriedly set it all up as sunset looked PERFECT for a change...

Set up my camera, checked the viewfinder and live view and though that is a gorgeous picture.... put a two second timer on it so I wouldn't jog the camera as it was taking the photo... and what do you think happened? Do you think it took that wonderful picture I've been waiting over a bloody WEEK to take?!

NO!

Why not? I hear you ask....

This is where the realisation that I'm an idiot comes into it... I'd left the SD card in my computer and didn't have a spare! What a numpty!

HOWEVER!

I couldn't let the opportunity pass so I whipped out my phone and snapped a couple of shots... and I have to say, they're gorgeous! 

I might get them printed and hang them on my wall as a constant reminder that I can do anything I put my mind to, even if it's not how I originally planned it! :)

The Photos:

This one is by the trees on the way out of the forest:

For some unknown reason, Google decided to make a few of them into a gif?! I thought it was pretty cool, so here it is!

Frustrated

So I'm frustrated...

I've tried getting a picture of a sunset and all of them so far ahve been crap. Not even Google's funky editing stuff and sticking stupid filters on top of the picture of HDR'ing the shit out of them have made them any better.

What's also annoying is that the pictures I took at E&A's wedding were a bit shit. Not that good at low-light apparently... and I don't like the flash. I'm having a grump.

So here's the picture of sunset:

There isn't one.


Grr...


I'm skipping it and going onto the next one then I'll tag it onto the end.

Annoyed.

Sunset - postponed

Just adding a little note here to say I haven't forgotten about the next challenge (Sunset) just the past 3/4 days its been bloody cloudy at sunset and you really can't see much!! :(

So it's still in the planning... hoping to get some nice photos tonight.

In the mean time, have a photo from the weekend with a sunset in it! :)