Yellow Stickered

Our house has a colony of bats in the gable. Tonight, this little one was found newly deceased outside our front door. As you can see, he/she was absolutely infested with red mites, so my dear wife was none too keen on me having it in the house to photograph! One can only marvel at the delicacy of such a tiny animal, about 45mm in length. The foot, shown in the top photograph, was about 5mm across. It is incredible to think that it can sustain the weight of the bat at rest.

Much as having bats can be a nuisance (it is a pain to have your windows soiled with bat urine!), I think they are lovely little creatures, and I really like giving them a home.

A trio of shots taken with my old infra-red converted Canon 350D. The first was taken in Paphos,Cyprus. (What self-respecting geek wouldn't want to take specialisd kit thousands of miles away to carry around in the blazing sun?) The middle one was closer to home at Coity Castle, near Bridgend in Wales. The last of the three shows yours truly, together with my long-suffering wife, Jo, at Zygi in Cyprus.

For me, the joy of infra-red is never really knowing what you are going to end up with. The proportion of "keepers" to rejects is low. Live view gives a good indication, but it is the processing that brings IR shots to life.

I didn't need a TARDIS to be in Monument Valley before Doctor Who. We all know that stetsons are cool now, but I must confess to being bare-headed at the time. It was probably a mistake, because it was a little chilly, to say the least.

The end of a beautiful day out and about in Pembrokeshire, catching the last dying rays of the sun. Bosherston is an absolutely stunning place to take an evening stroll, but the only person there apart from me and my better half was a fellow photographer, working on a book about the fauna of the area. You can certainly see why photographers call this time "the golden hour".