Frosty Mornings

Cold clear or frosty foggy mornings allow us
to see common sights such as these Rowan
berries in an unusual way.
Taken on 4 Megapixel Nikon at 1/33rd
f5.6 It is always worth carrying your
camera.
Which one to take?
Yesterday an optician asked me how I choose between an SLR and compact camera.
If I'm going for a walk in the hills and it's
foggy or raining then I take the compact.
If it's sunny when I start I take a bigger
camera. This usually works out.
Once in "film days" I had a Zeiss Ikonta 2.25 sq inch folding camera with me as I left Pen-y-Pass car park below Snowdon in North Wales, the air was thick with fog.
"You'll not need a camera today," said one joker as he marched past.
By the time we reached summit of Crib Goch (3,000ft+) we were above the cloud.
There was a perfect inversion with sun above and peaks jutting out of a cloud sea. I had the last laugh as the joker asked me to take a picture of him and his mates from Barclay's Bank. I agreed for a princely fee.