The British Open – Bring It On!!

by Dougie   on July 12, 2010

Whoo hoo….Terry and I will be watching with great anticipation to see how many of the pro’s birdie the par 5 5th at St Andrews.

Ahem…we both did!!

Ok it was wind assisted…and I guess we were a few yards further forward….but it was soooo nice to do (especially as we were playng off the “mats”

Wonder if Tiger can do it?

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Zeus – a Lovely St Bernard

by Dougie   on May 25, 2010

Spent an hour with Zeus and got some great shots

Some random ones here

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Dan got a signed Blackpool FC football

by Dougie   May 24, 2010 Chundering

The team did a parade today in an open-topped bus passed the Canasta. Dan taped a marker pen to a football and threw it up to one of the players.  He passed it around the bus for all the signatures and chucked it back down. Smart move Dan!!!

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Well Played Blackpool Football Club!!

by Dougie   May 22, 2010 Chundering

We’re all so proud as punch that you took us back to the top flight in football.  Just think….later this year, Man Utd, Chelsea,  Arsenal, Man City ….whoo hoo  BRING ‘EM ON!! Seriously it’s not just a boost for football in the town …make no mistake this is a massive boost to the town in [...]

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Insomnia…

by Dougie   May 11, 2010 Landscapes

I do get insomnia.  Quite badly. I gave up trying to fight it..if I aint going to sleep…I ain’t going to sleep and that’s that.  So the other night instead of tossing and turning for three hours I got up and went to Preston Docks to take some piccies.  The last picture was actually a 20 [...]

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Animals’ right to privacy needs to be taken more seriously

by Dougie   April 30, 2010 Chundering

Animals’ right to privacy needs to be taken more seriously  by wildlife documentary makers, suggests Brett Mills at the University of East Anglia. (according to a BBC report) Have you ever heard such twaddle in your entire life? An academic pothead in the university’s film and television department, Dr Mills says “we see it as unethical and wrong [...]

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Some oranges and a fish tank

by Dougie   April 20, 2010 Abstract

This was harder than I thought. Got some nice shots but I really need to learn more about strobe lighting to get it sharper.

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Slicing a banana.

by Dougie   April 17, 2010 Abstract

Ok for this shot you need a double sided knife.  It needs to be VERY sharp.  The trick is to set a really slow shutter speed so that the knife (and hand) isnt seen and set the flash (off camera to the left) to full power which will freeze the action before the pieces fall but [...]

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It’s suddenly dawned on me…

by Dougie   April 13, 2010 Chundering

I’m allergic  to flowers! It’s taken me a while to suss this out and I do admit to feeling a bit of a twit. But I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not dying of AIDS, I don’t have man-flu, I don’t have a massive snot swilling head cold………I’m just allergic to flowers. When Mandy [...]

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Jack Daniels – on the Rocks

by Dougie   April 12, 2010 Chundering

Yeah, I know.  I got way too much time on my hands. Today I was messing with a large plastic ice bucket, frozen overnight, with a large bottle of Jack Daniels and a few teabags.  Well i couldnt justify wasting all that JD…and I couldnt drink it all in one go.

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