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ByGarfSpent the day at Kew Gardens in London with some friends.
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ByGarfThe subject of monopods was raised recently in a photographic forum to which I belong. As it happens, I was already flirting with the idea of using a walking stick as a monopod, to avoid the need to carry two sticks. I’m a lazy so-and-so at the best of times. I also have a habit…
Moggy takes a dip
ByGarfIt was a lazy Bank Holiday Monday morning and we had just crawled out of bed, when we heard a bit of a splash outside. We opened the curtains and noticed the water in the pond was moving, But we didn’t know why. Fortunately Zoneminder captured the incident from one of our security cameras. So…
Digital pictures | Electronics | FAQ | Journal | Photography | TechnologyRemoving failed rubberised coating from equipment.
ByGarfOne of my pet hates is the soft-touch rubberised coating some manufactures put on their kit. It invariably fails sooner or later. Indeed, I’ve had quite a lot of kit over the years where the rubberised coating has failed. Fortunately it is usually fixable – or to be more precise, removable. Depending on the coating’s…
MGF towed away again
ByGarfThe MGF is a great car to drive. But it is so bloody unreliable. Here it is yet again being towed away for warranty repairs. It’s the reason we set up MGFaulty.com – the “F” in MGF. 🙂
Digital pictures | General | Journal | Nature | PhotographyThe day I rescued a stag beetle
ByGarfSome readers may remember that during lockdown, I wrote an article concerning the large stag beetle grubs I discovered round the back of my shed? Well, it seems the stag beetle grubs have grown up now – well some of them have anyway. I discovered quite a few adults in our garden lately. Yesterday, I…
