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Had a natter to my son last night. He was carrying logs into the house. -14°C and snowing at the time. This morning, it was <-20°C. He lives about 40km west of Helsinki. His partner (Finnish) says that she's never seen so much snow in Southern Finland. But their air source heat pumps are still...

That's my first attempt at posting an image on this forum. I used tags and linked to the image on Google Photos. It seems to have come out rather large. Edit: ah - when I posted that the forum software seemed to dislike the img ... /img (all surrounded with [ ] ). I must be doing something...

I took that photo this morning - Hadleigh Castle from the bird hide ("Monty's Lookout") on Two Tree Island. 1.2km approx, according to OS maps. Lumix G7 with 100-400mm lens.

I recently concluded the more basic OU course, the conclusion of which, last week, brought me here, looking for other stuff to do. Basically, I've taken what I consider to be decent photos for years - my first "good" camera was a Rollei B35 I bought in 1973. My photography has always been an...

That's fine. I have a flickr account which I haven't used for a few years but have recently paid for, so I ought to start sticking stuff on there again, and all my photos automatically get uploaded to Google Photos. I thought it would be a bit unusual for a forum. And I have a server of my own...

My online photos are a mess. I've got quite a lot of Flickr, but nothing recent, loads on Google Photos, and I've paid for extra storage. I used to have a Gallery site on my son's server. This was extremely useful when I wrote ride reports for my cycle touring, but unfortunately my stuff isn't...

Oi! I shop at Waitrose, you know!

In some sites, the red kites can be remarkably bold. The White Farm camp site near Watlington (Oxfordshire) really is Red Kite Central. I was there a few years back and one day a bloke had his burger stolen from out of his hand. When we were packing up camping, a kite flew down and nicked a buff...

My understanding is that this is Priti Patel's first pronouncement on the affair.

It's a Wildlife Trust reserve to the east of Preston, on the banks of the Ribble. https://www.brockholes.org/

Brockholes? I went there a few years ago, but didn't spend much time birdwatching as I was having a good catchup with one of the wardens, who is a friend I hadn't seen for a few years.

Lumix G7 owner here. I'm contemplating an upgrade to the G9ii. Is there anyone here with any experience of this camera, please?

Lovely photos! It's easy to see how hen harriers are sometimes mixed up with short-eared owls.

Good evening! I've been taking photographs of one sort of another on a wide variety of (mostly) pretty decent cameras for over 50 years, but never really considered myself a photographer. My photography has been an adjunct to other activities. However, having just completed the OU Digital...