Don't you just hate it when ...

I'm in the same boat. Desk faces west. My camera is sat next to me. Compositional options limited at my desk though, not many fields about. Maybe a coffee cup with sunset background? :)
 
Know the feeling - though in my case it was witnessing some gorgeous sunrises last week while doing the Manchester to Birmingham slog on the M6. Would have been hard to get a decent picture even if I did have the camera with me........
 
totally hate it! I set next to the window with a fantastic view of Luton, sunset was beautiful today. :love:


PJ S said:
Should've brought your camera with you.
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some of us work in companies that don't allow you to bring a camera to work for security reasons. :shake:
 
Sometimes its just on workable to take your camera gear with you everywhere all the time. For Instance i have a 1 mile walk to and from work and i have to carry a laptop and sometimes an umbrella carrying my bag with my camera gear in it as well would be impossible as well as having nowhere secure to store it while im not at my desk. Also due to the nature of my company photographic gear is prohibited on site so only real time i could get it out would be during lunch if the weather permitted. so only really get option to shoot during the eve and at weekends. which like the OP says is usually dark and rainy..so bought myself a ef 100mm f2.8 macro for exactly those times :)
 
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I don't tend to have my camera on me unless I've gone out specifically to take photographs, which doesn't help, but even when I do have it to hand I also rarely have any luck finding a suitable view/silhouette when I spot a nice sunset - even when I'm somewhere where I'd expect to be able to. Probably doesn't help that I'm in a panic because I know I've not got long before it disappears!
 
Oh yes, but for me it happens when I've just poured myself a glass of wine (wine o'clock happens early here! ;) )

I look out of the window, see nothing, pour, then the sky changes in a split second and I'm sat fuming :lol:
 
For those who have no restrictions set by their employers but have limited space, think about the current crop of higher end compacts. I can specifically recommend the Fuji XF-1 as a truly pocketable example - gives the same results as the X-10 and can deliver prints up to A3+ with no PP work. The X-10 is slightly less pocketable (OK for a jacket but too big for trouser or shirt pockets) but again delivers great results (see the X-10 thread for examples). I'm sure there are similar things from other manufacturers but I have no personal experience of them.
 
Nod said:
For those who have no restrictions set by their employers but have limited space, think about the current crop of higher end compacts. I can specifically recommend the Fuji XF-1 as a truly pocketable example - gives the same results as the X-10 and can deliver prints up to A3+ with no PP work. The X-10 is slightly less pocketable (OK for a jacket but too big for trouser or shirt pockets) but again delivers great results (see the X-10 thread for examples). I'm sure there are similar things from other manufacturers but I have no personal experience of them.
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That is not a bad shout for "always having a camera with you" the other one is that i ALWAYS forget my phone has a camera!!. :cuckoo:
 
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