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• Slieve Commedagh Bivvy: October 12, 2011

[LennyJ1]

Hey RL, how did you get on with your Osprey pack? and did you get to test your jetboil and exped mat yet?

[RedLeader]

I may have missed them.

Awesome night guys, nothing better than a bit of craic round the firelog, all the better when it's on a peak! Great to meet Connor too.

I had a brilliant walk back today. Down into Annalong Valley then across between Lamagan/Binnian than back to Meelmore from Ben Crom. I'm absolutely knackered but satisfied, just how I like it

I looked on Twitter earlier today and noticed that Jedward are coming up to join you.

I hope you all have a wonderful time together

[Rumblebum]

A midweek dander and camp, ahhhh man im jelous.
For me to have stayed over and then been at  ballymena for 7am, it might have been a wee bit tight gowin 

[LandyLiam]

a few pics



playing with a long exposure and a headtorch near the ice house



crossing the river at the bottom of the donard steps



having a break after climbing the steps



view of newcastle from the saddle



the low cloud starts rollling in



summit camp



fun outdoors?












it wasn't as warm as it looked!



the campsite at dawn



the famous commedagh water pipe



the spot where i found my morning geocache



view from the proper summit






some weird fungal thing we found on the way home

[MikeD]

Sha-weet!

[LennyJ1]

Great photos Liam. So RL did u like your new rucksack?

[whoRya]

Cracking photos there Liam, they really capture the trip well and give us all a flavour. 

Can I ask what camera you are using?  I always thought you were a compact digital fella.  I'm not sure how I would attempt to get those sort of pics (the night time ones) out of it.

[LandyLiam]

Can I ask what camera you are using?  I always thought you were a compact digital fella.  I'm not sure how I would attempt to get those sort of pics (the night time ones) out of it.

its a sub £100 digital, a panasonic fs10, you can get the fs16 for £90 in currys (see linky)

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fs16-compact-digital-camera-black-09635027-pdt.html

but the key to most of those good shots was a £2 tripod 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Tripod-Gorillapod-video-digital-camera-/160574284616?pt=US_Tripods&hash=item2562f92348

and a lot of trial and area, take loads of pics and you should end of with a couple of crackers, there were a lot more badduns than gooduns !

[whoRya]

You're not getting off that easy   Do you go to night mode, long exposure mode or is it more technical than that (manual adjustment)? 

My camera has special powers that have not yet been revealed to me...well I can't face reading the manual.  When I say manual, it is an e-manual and I can't be doing with something you can't hold in your hand and thumb through.

[RedLeader]

Those photos are excellent Liam. Well done.

[Are we there yet?]

Lovely pics again Liam  I got a surprise pressie of a head torch, so im going to have to do some night walking now to see it for myself at last ..  can i ask what you did with the mushrooms? 

[twentyclicks]

Flip - Orion was fairly shifting! It's centre frame in both the shot of the tower/stile, and the next shot over the tarps, which is at least 120degrees the other way. Must be 2hrs between shots at most.

[whoRya]

the famous commedagh water pipe

So is this looking down on Slieve Corragh?

[specimanYak]

They are fantastic photos, looks like a great night was had by all.

[LandyLiam]

So is this looking down on Slieve Corragh?

yes that's corragh below

You're not getting off that easy   Do you go to night mode, long exposure mode or is it more technical than that (manual adjustment)? 

the camera has a night scenery mode which gives varying lengths of exposure from 1 to 7 secs, the best shots were taken using "starry sky" mode which has options of 15, 30 or 60 sec exposures, for most i used 60 secs but you have to make sure there is no bright lights such as moon, headtorchs or fire in the shot or it gets too bright and spoils the pic. I'll gather a few pics of good and bad shots and put them in the photography section (please note i'm NO expert in these matters, just lots of trial and error)

[Rugged Track]

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