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The moss on my back will enjoy the extra humidity and rain at this point :p
 
Relatively warm today....

But I'm about to embark on a 9-day WW2 living history trip involving sleeping in tents.... and the predictions aren't good.
Lots of rain, some wind.
I hope I can keep my camera gear dry :(
 
Mr_Flibble said:
Relatively warm today....

But I'm about to embark on a 9-day WW2 living history trip involving sleeping in tents.... and the predictions aren't good.
Lots of rain, some wind.
I hope I can keep my camera gear dry :(
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Well I guess it's going to be a very authentic setting for WWII as most of the British and American forces ended up in autumn after their invasion of Germany. Hope they won't make you cook and eat in your helmet too :p
Depending on your camera setup one handed umbrella might be your solution but be extremely careful with the sudden change of temperature because it will fog up your lenses and never swap a fogged lens because it will fog up the sensor glass.
 
L0n3Gr3yW0lf said:
Well I guess it's going to be a very authentic setting for WWII as most of the British and American forces ended up in autumn after their invasion of Germany. Hope they won't make you cook and eat in your helmet too :p
Depending on your camera setup one handed umbrella might be your solution but be extremely careful with the sudden change of temperature because it will fog up your lenses and never swap a fogged lens because it will fog up the sensor glass.
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I'll be following in the footsteps of Army Photographer William Stickle of the 167th US Signal Photographic Company, recording the progression of the 104th US "Timberwolves" Division in their slug up from the Belgian border to the Scheld in the autumn of 1944, during Operation Pheasant.

I'm limited to my oversized GI raincoat, that can house at least one camera when we're out and about. And I have a waterproofed carry bag that will mostly stay with the jeep I'm assigned to or in my tent.
I'll be shooting mainly with a Leica IIIc with a 35mm, 50mm and a 73mm lens, A Contax II as a backup, and Speed Graphic 4x5" for the special occasions.
I am bringing a Leica M-E for low light and combat actions.

I've got no worries about the food, though. We'll have a full Field Kitchen coming with us, cooking for a 140+ GIs (re-enactors) daily ;)
 
Mr_Flibble said:
I'll be following in the footsteps of Army Photographer William Stickle of the 167th US Signal Photographic Company, recording the progression of the 104th US "Timberwolves" Division in their slug up from the Belgian border to the Scheld in the autumn of 1944, during Operation Pheasant.

I'm limited to my oversized GI raincoat, that can house at least one camera when we're out and about. And I have a waterproofed carry bag that will mostly stay with the jeep I'm assigned to or in my tent.
I'll be shooting mainly with a Leica IIIc with a 35mm, 50mm and a 73mm lens, A Contax II as a backup, and Speed Graphic 4x5" for the special occasions.
I am bringing a Leica M-E for low light and combat actions.

I've got no worries about the food, though. We'll have a full Field Kitchen coming with us, cooking for a 140+ GIs (re-enactors) daily ;)
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Sounds like quite the adventure, I wish you good luck (with the weather) and lots of fun shooting (different kind from 1944 of course :p )

I miss the military cooking. I'm one of those rare weirdo who loves military rations and hospital meals. I grew up at a military base and went on military exercises with my dad and we used to eat food made in giant cauldrons (especially baked beans with pork) and canned food and dehydrated rations by campfire under the stars. As difficult as my childhood was these are some of the most precious memories I have left. (Also fishing in the 3rd largest river in the country for salmon which we eat for dinner ... Though not my catch, what I fished was not exactly meal worth for a 6 year old, aka fish the size of shoe tongue.)
 
Panolyman said:
We've been in the middle of amber and then yellow warnings for heavy rain and 80mph+ winds while storm Ciaran hits us.
To be honest, it's just been like another typical autumn weekend here in West Wales.
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I know the feelings the storm is making huge problems for me in Somerset. Even though Wellington is surrounded by the Quantock Hills and Blackdown Hills which should protect us from the worst winds we still have over 60 miles per hour winds right now. Nuggie has been barking most of the evening thinking there's someone outside in th garden but she did sleep well over the night.
Just my luck, right when I got the big Oly 100-400mm and I can't take the lens out, no bird would be sane enough to fly or even try to sit on top of a tree right now anyways.

I guess it's time to edit pictures and do some prints today.
 
Ciarán has passed to the south of us, I think. Some heavy rain in the night but that was about it, nothing like the damage and disruption reported along the south coast and in the Channel Islands. Do we have any members in the Channel Islands?

I just checked the barometer in the hall and I don't remember seeing the air pressure so low before. The needle has gone below the end of the pressure scale and is trying to bend its way into the temperature section. That's probably not good - it's going to be windy again later.

-R
 
L0n3Gr3yW0lf said:
I know the feelings the storm is making huge problems for me in Somerset. Even though Wellington is surrounded by the Quantock Hills and Blackdown Hills which should protect us from the worst winds we still have over 60 miles per hour winds right now. Nuggie has been barking most of the evening thinking there's someone outside in th garden but she did sleep well over the night.
Just my luck, right when I got the big Oly 100-400mm and I can't take the lens out, no bird would be sane enough to fly or even try to sit on top of a tree right now anyways.

I guess it's time to edit pictures and do some prints today.
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That's my evening routine anyway Ovi.
I'm sorting the garage out to try and get the car in for the first time in 33 years.
I've got a cracked windscreen and every time I have a booking for it to be changed, we have a storm. 😞

I hope the weather is OK for you down in deepest Somerset, as it's supposed to be worse
 
Richard said:
Ciarán has passed to the south of us, I think. Some heavy rain in the night but that was about it, nothing like the damage and disruption reported along the south coast and in the Channel Islands. Do we have any members in the Channel Islands?

I just checked the barometer in the hall and I don't remember seeing the air pressure so low before. The needle has gone below the end of the pressure scale and is trying to bend its way into the temperature section. That's probably not good - it's going to be windy again later.

-R
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I've just checked my barometer and like yours Richard, it's at minimum with a reading of 960mb (and that's millibars nor megabytes). ;)
I don't check mine that often but I've never seen it that low before.
 
Mine's come up a bit since my last post. The needle is now back on the scale at 965-ish, which roughly agrees with the weather app on my phone. I think we were in the middle of the 'low' earlier, which is why the barometer reading was so low and the winds were light. Now it's moved off into the North Sea and beyond, we're getting the winds on the tail end. Another hour or so and that's that (here).

-R
 

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