Horse Chestnut Bud

/ Photography / , ,

This is one of the hubs from the felled horse chestnut tree.

20130414-144849.jpg

I used the Camera+ app for this shot so I could split the focus point (the bud) from the exposure point (low down in the frame in the darker area).

In the next step, I used Photogene2 to make the colours more vivid by applying one of the standard colour filters. I then rotated the bud to a more interesting angle. The final step was to crop the extra trees from the shot.

20130414-151148.jpg

here is the original shot

Horse Chestnut Bud Read More »

Vango Self Inflating Camping Pillow

/ Outdoor Gear /

Whilst lightweight backpacking, last weekend, I struggled with my camping pillow on my new sleeping mat – so after a trip to Blacks in Lincoln I bought this inflatable pillow.

Vango Self Inflating Camping Pillow

Camping Pillow

This pillow has a lower profile than the previous one so hopefully it will not roll of my mat, like the previous one did.

The down side is that the Vango pillow weighs more – 265g compared to 140g – but as I kept waking up as the previous pillow slipped off my mat I think it is worth the extra weight.

Camping Pillow

It packs down reasonably small and to save some weight it has attached elastic loops rather than a stuff sack.

I’ll test it next time I am away.

Update

This pillow failed after only one season – read here and here about the replacement.

 

Vango Self Inflating Camping Pillow Read More »