Hillend.

Jnr arrived back home a couple of days ago with millions of photographs; o.k, I am exaggerating, but not a lot. He has just discovered that my licence for Photoshop allows for simultaneous use on two computers so now expects me to show him how it works so that he can process them. He’s not stupid when it comes to photography; most of his pictures are of the fauna of the Tanzania national parks and he was habitually shooting in continuous mode giving him ten pictures of most subjects; most of the remainder are panoramas with very generous overlaps. The two techniques gobble up a heck of a lot of memory card but do seriously increase his chances of getting good pictures. Of course, travelling to the right places helps as well; my jealousy is a major factor in me planning my trip to Saint Kilda.
 
Camera kit is slowly being restored to its rightful owners: I have so far received the pan and tilt head off my tripod, but Mrs TD’s body, and my three lenses, flashgun, view-finder and other assorted sundries still lie in the bottom of his rucksack; I do hope his two months’ supply of dirty washing is not nearby.
 
Having fitted the tripod head to my Benbo, he didn’t borrow that as he would have had to carry it all over Africa (all four kilos of it), I had another try at infra-red. I’m not sure that the bridge camera is ideal for this type of photography, it does throw the occasional wobbly with difficult subjects (usually highly saturated flowers); I shall have to do some comparative shots to check this rather than rely on vague impressions.

The extra is one of Jnrs panoramas taken in the Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania. He's not impressed with it, but I rather like it.