Entries from January 2006

Not exactly a lame duck

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Just to show that I’m not exactly a lame duck with a camera, here’s a cropped shot I took over breakfast this morning. I don’t have a foot-long lens so it was taken through the window with the bird feeder stuck to the outside:

Wildlife Photos

Friday, January 20th, 2006

During my recent camera-buying trip to London I visited the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum (there’s nothing like creating unreasonable expectations to justify an expensive camera). Among the totally amazing photographs was this gem which just seemed to sum up everything about the plight of non-human mammals in this [...]

Nothing to report

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Happy New YearHappy ChristmasNo, I’m not dead Yes, Hilary is travelling all over the world in the next few monthsYes, I’m going to miss herNo, I won’t get to goNo, I don’t have the time to spareYes, I will of course be slaving away on my PhD when she’s awayYes, I’m aware that I have [...]