Still No Answer

Bored or what? Is this Reggie Perrin's Mother-in-Law?

The question I posed in my blog last week is still unanswered and from the look of the forecast for the next seven days, it's not going to be any time soon. Personally it has been a great help in dealing with my well documented backlog such that I expect to clear it in the next day or two.
I've also been noting how others are dealing with the situation, a few even carrying on regardless. Maybe we all should just go with what we have. Others are taking the opportunity to go back through their saved images and see what they can find. I even noticed a pro photographer doing just that and using his latest version of processing software to re-process images that pre-date that software.
Finally, I can't end this blog without mentioning our good friend Frank Gardiner who really allowed his creative juices to flow yesterday. His blending of two images showing a train on the Swanage railway steaming out of an alleyway in Bridport shows his creative skills in a new light. And that is something else we can do while the weather is against us, learn new processing skills. I could certainly do with that, but I'm not about to wish the weather stays the same in order to achieve it.

When Will it End?

It's difficult to write a wildlife photography blog when you're not actually out there practising the art. Like a lot of Dorset togs, especially those with weekday jobs, the weather at weekends has not been good enough to get out for weeks. Had I not attended a Canon demo day at Kimmeridge by taking a day off work in early November, I would not have used a camera since October 25th. For Rose, it's even worse and she is now approaching two months since she got out.

But there is a silver lining to all of this. With 7500 unprocessed images to go through from this year, I was starting to feel overwhelmed. However I expect that by next weekend, I shall have reduced that to zero and then I shall be looking for decent weather.

Finally, some wildlife news, but not good news. This image is of the very well known and much photographed Frodo. He was one of the resident foxes at the British Wildlife Centre at East Grinstead and this year I had the pleasure of photographing him on two occasions. Indeed, on my second visit in July, while I was laying down in his enclosure and shooting his female companion, Frodo was actually stood on my back to get a better view. Sadly, last Friday week, he passed away through old age. RIP Frodo