New Ivy Leaves
This photograph was taken with Camera+ and then processed with the app’s clarify filter to improve the colour saturation.
There was a window!
I made a mistake in the previous post – there is a window between me and the kettle.
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Working all this weekend
Octagon Technology is replacing a server this weekend – so no backpacking or walking photos today.
As the room where I have been working in since 7.30am has no windows I cannot even photograph the street outside!
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Be Prepared!
I want to get plenty of overnight backpacking trips in the year, as practice for some future longer trips – The Speyside Way this summer and the Southern Upland Way summer 2013.
So whilst I have been sorting out the food this week for a trip with Jeremy next weekend I have put together a pack of food for a short solo overnighter, so if I decide to go at the last minute the food will be ready.
As I think the food pack will spend several weeks on the shelf the food had to have a good storage life – so no sausage or salami and the crackers have been double wrapped in cling film.
Menu
Trail Food
Spice and fruit oat cakes, white coffee and dried fruit and nuts
Dinner
Tuna in tomato and onion sauce, crackers, packet of noodles, tomato soup, sesame dessert, apple flakes, tea.
Supper
Hot Chocolate and biscuits
Breakfast
Tea and biscuits
Breakfast biscuits and portion of jam, 2x cereal bars, tea
Trail Food
Honey Chrysanthemum Tea and oat cakes and jam
Extra
Bag of Aldi chocolate buttons
The individual meals are packed in small ziplock bags and then these are packed in a larger ziplock bag.
The only things I need to add to this will be the tea bags and dried milk in my small brewkit – and it is ready to go.
- 1x Indian spiced tea bag
- 5x tea bags
- 3x sugar
- salt and pepper
- 20ml dried milk
- 1x 500mg paracetamol tablet
- 1x indigestion tablet
- small refillable gas lighter – it gives a stronger flame compared to a disposable lighter
The case is an mp3 case bought at a pound shop.
Update
I have added an “army style” can opener to this pouch – as I have removed the Bantam SAK from my backpacking kitchen, so there is no longer a tin opener in the stuff sack.
I have been finishing this post, whilst waiting to go to a supplier to look at their Cloud Computing solutions, and looking out of the window here the weather is grey, wet and overcast so the above image may well be today’s “Photo of the Day”!
Thunder Clouds
It has been a day of thunder and lightening – very good for business as we sort out clients who have had power cuts due to the weather.
I got these shots from the viewing area of RAF Waddington using the Pro HDR camera app and Photogene2 to crop the shot of the Vulcan.
Rand Farm Park
We are working at Rand Farm Park today installing a new webcam in the main animal barn.
For more on this story see the post on the Octagon Technology blog here.
645 Pro Camera App
Having seen 645 Pro app trailed last week, I decided quite quickly on Saturday evening to buy another camera app for my iPhone.
I gave the manual a quick look over on Saturday and then went out and used it Sunday morning.
It is a complicated app to use – with all the functions driven from the main screen, using small button, and on first use, in bright sunshine where I was struggling to see the iPhone screen I had some difficulty using the camera. However with practice the strength of this app is that all the controls are alway available, making creative choices easy.
There were several features I was really interested in.
Film Stock
It comes with built-in filters that emulate traditional film stock results. I especially like the K14, a saturated colour result similar to Kodachrome and H5, a high contrast filter that emulate Ilford HP5 mono film.
Various frame ratios
I do like Jag.gr’s 6×6 camera – and the square format is included in the options.
Live View
Both of the above functions will display live in the view finder, so you will see a mono square image if you have those options selected.
Below are some comparison photos. Not as sharp as I wanted but they show the colours.
taken with 645 Pro K14 6×6
taken with Camera+
the Camera+ image – post processed with Camera+’s polarizing filter.
If there is a problem with this app it is that it is slow to use. The viewfinder is “laggy” as you pan and tilt looking for your shot. There is an occasional delay after pressing the shutter release and a longer delay before the app returns control to the user. Because of this I was struggling to get the framing right on some moving leaves when using the camera last Sunday.
I am pleased with the array of functions available in this app and look forward to using it over the coming months however its complexity relegates this app to my second camera “when I have time”. Camera+ is still my go to camera replacement app, it is quick to use and has a flexible focus and exposure system. I have taken some of my “Photo a day” images this week with 645 Pro but Camera+ is still the one I am using the most, and remains the camera app I would recommend to people, as it meets most people’s needs. I have only recommended 645 Pro to one friend who is a really keen photographer as he will get some fun and benefit from the app.
Overall I am pleased I bought this app and I am looking forward to any updates that will address the issues.
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