France 2022 Timelapses

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Having upgraded from my Fuji X-T20 to an X-T4, I was able to take two digital bodies on holiday - mainly because I specifically wanted to try some timelapses. I've already posted the lightning clip on the France 2022, at the gite post - I wasn't thinking of that as a timelapse while I was taking the photos, but the ones here were all specifically planned as timelapses. This first one is a pretty good evening sequence heading into sunset (but facing east), with some nicely ominous clouds repeatedly gathering and clearing.57 seconds: 1710 images, 1/500 sec taken every 3 seconds.Started at 18:05, running for 90 minutes.Samyang 12mm lens (18mm equivalent). https://vimeo.com/825190287 This one was taken one lunchtime, facing north with the weather coming from the west - a nice set of rolling broken clouds.33 seconds: 1011 images, 1/2000 sec taken every 7 seconds.Started at 11:55, running for 2h15m.Samyang 12mm lens. https://vimeo.com/825190373?share=copy This was on the afternoon of the same day, facing east - a new...
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2022 Odds and Sods

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The last set of 2022 is wrapping up a few bits and pieces that didn't fit anywhere else. Table The first two are from the very lovely Felin Fach Griffin hotel near Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, where we stayed for a couple of nights in July - the food is fantastic and the rooms are good, lovely beds.The Eat Drink Sleep chain are recommended - we've already stayed at their other two hotels in Cornwall - The Gurnard's Head near Zennor and The Old Coastuard in Mousehole. The beach huts are in Exmouth, from a trip down to see friends there (and their classical concert in Exeter Cathedral).Then 4 from a walk in Budleigh Salterton the next day - unfortunately those ominous clouds did dump rain on us. And finally, two very rare selfies - it's even more rare that I share any!Both taken with the fisheye lens - one at Sea Mills, the other under the Second Severn Crossing....
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France 2022, there and back again

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These are from the journey down to the gite and back - we always drive, and have started to spend a few days on the way. We could drive all the way to the gite in one go but there are other bits of France we want to visit and it breaks things up a bit - it's 400 miles from Caen/Ouistream to Bordeaux but it's autoroute the whole way and actually quite an easy drive. As an aside, we bought a "Bip n Go" device, which enables you to use "Telepeage" on the autoroutes, meaning we didn't need to use cards to pay the tolls - roll up to the Telepeage lane and the device will beep and the gates open. So easy, it made the journey a lot less stressful for SWMBO, who always had to manage the tolls given the tickets etc are always on the left. It cost something like €20 to buy and activate, and something...
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France 2022, at the gite

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After missing two summer holidays in France, for obvious reasons, it was wonderful to go back in 2022. Given we had 2 years without a holiday, we chose to go back to somewhere we've been before - the same place as 2019, just north of Fumel. A large gite for two people, but quiet and comfortable. The Gite Gite sky, fisheye lens This set are general shots from around the gite - and of course it includes some photos of what we ate. Flowers etc Rose detail One of the main features of the gite is the sheer amount of flowers, mainly roses, around the place.There's also some of the other plants, and some butterflies. Skies Sunset clouds As usual, I spent quite a bit of time photographing the sky - we had some good skies for looking at the Milky Way, but we also had a couple of ISS passes.Some of these aren't as sharp as I would expect - the Fuji X-T4 is the first camera I've...
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