Day 53 – The Best Camera…

Posted on February 22, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

… is the one you have with you. So true! Came downstairs just before 7am today, and saw the makings of a great sky. Knowing it would likely only last a few minutes at most, I pulled some shoes and a coat on, and grabbed my phone and wide angle converter lens, and took the 2 minute walk across the fields. This is what I saw… If I had stopped to get my ‘real’ camera and tripod etc, I would certainly have missed it – it only lasted a few seconds longer as the sun rose and washed out the colours.

Peatswood, Market Drayton – iPhone XR & Moment w/a lens

Day 52 – High And Dry…

Posted on February 21, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

Not sure you would have a boat around here – it’s over 100 miles to the nearest sea, not that this one looks very seaworthy anyway… Ah well, it’s interesting what ‘stuff’ people collect.

Derelict boat, nr Market Drayton – iPhone XR & 58mm lens

Day 51 – Wheelwright Cottage…

Posted on February 20, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

Walking into town today, I was taken with this old cottage. It’s pretty small, and dates back to the early 1800s, and I guess it probably was indeed the local wheelwright’s cottage ‘in the day’. Many of the older properties in town have long since gone, but enough remain to give a sense of history.

Wheelwright Cottage, Market Drayton- iPhone XR

Day 50 – Lean, Clean, Machine…

Posted on February 19, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

The upside of getting the car serviced is that they also do a reasonable valet job on it – it’s cleaner just now than for quite a while. Country roads, farm traffic and lots of wet weather at this time of the year means it won’t stay clean for long though!

Audi TT – iPhone XR

Day 49 – Our Little ‘Monkey’…

Posted on February 18, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

Met up with our 10 year old granddaughter today. Good opportunity to catch up after our week away, and also to try out the Moment 58mm iPhone lens converter in portrait mode. Love the perspective a ‘longer’ lens gives, and of course the ability of the iPhone XR to ‘adjust ‘ the effective depth of focus after the event.

Daisy-Mae – iPhone XR & 58mm converter lens

Day 48 – Is It Still Winter…?

Posted on February 17, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

The rather cooler weather now we are back in England came as a bit of a shock after our glorious week in Gran Canaria ☀️☀️. However, the crocuses in the garden obviously reckon that Spring is on the way… A chance too to try the new 58mm lens converter for my phone.

Crocuses – iPhone XR & 58mm Moment lens.

Day 47 – Adiós…

Posted on February 16, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

All good things have to come to an end, so it was goodbye this morning to the palm trees, sunshine, pools and sun loungers. Not really the end though – I figure it won’t be too long before we are back!

Hotel del Conde, Meloneras- iPhone XR

Day 46 – Everything Comes…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

… to him who waits. So the sunsets every night of our holiday so far have been pretty rubbish – well, that is, with absolutely no cloud in the sky, the sun has just slipped away leaving just a faint glow – no drama at all. With some intermittent cloud today (our last day), it looked more promising so off I set to the lighthouse at Maspalomas to see what was in store… And boy, did it deliver! This is just an iPhone shot – hopefully I’ll have better still when I get to look at my Sony A7iii images on the computer. But for now, I’m happy…

Maspalomas Lighthouse – iPhone XR

Day 45 – ‘Piering’ Out To Sea…

Posted on February 14, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

Not much of a pier in truth, just an old concrete jetty by the lighthouse at Maspalomas. There are archeological ruins nearby of an aboriginal settlement dating back some 1000 years, but the area is dominated by the Maspalomas Sand Dunes, and numerous holiday hotels.

Concrete pier, Maspalomas – iPhone XR

Day 44 – Someone’s Got To Do It…

Posted on February 13, 2019 by nigelyoungblog

There’s no guarantee of warm weather and sunshine in the Canary Islands in February, but we hoped for temperatures in the low 20s, with at least some sunshine. Our expectations have been somewhat exceeded, with wall to wall sunshine all week, and as you see, the temperature peaked at an impressive 34°C this afternoon. So warm in fact that we had to seek shelter (in the bar of course!)

Summer sun, Meloneras – iPhone XR

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