As part of a project a friend and I dreamed up, I agreed to photograph a day of my life. Not my sort of thing at all - photographs of record bore me utterly. But, as a one off, it was quite interesting, and I though I'd post the results here. You'll note everything looks underexposed. Do you find that pictures shrunk to tiny sizes have that effect? I do...
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No Lucy, you are too small to come on a proper hike.
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We've reached the mountains after a long blast over the tracks.
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Dog and master in perfect harmony.
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Spring is coming, finally.
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Baby pine cone.
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Mature pine cone.
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Delphi loves a hike.
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Tracks are now dry enough to get the logging trucks in and out.
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And the skies are blue again.
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River levels are still abnormally high - trail riding can get a bit scary.
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Ruined house in the valley. It must have been hard to scratch a living here.
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Climbing back out of the valley.
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And back to the car. About 20KM round.
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Car dropped off, bike picked up, time for a late lunch.
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Cheese and ham toastie, jug of wine.
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Down to Marinha beach for a bit of shooting. Rocks with fill in flash.
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A friend of mine has a bar in Loule, with live music on a Saturday.
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Shady locals mix with tourists and expats.
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Mine Host.
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The view from behind the bar at closing time.
And there you go. Quite fun to do. You try it...