Preserving memories

One day to go before the new year and although it is a little cooler out today than it was I've been out exploring locally although sadly not on bike as with my disabilities I cannot use one in my shorts and long socks.

I would invite you however to cast out that image of the bike, make it late spring or summer and that boy would be me (indeed only the shorter and not ginger hair is different cos I look much younger than my years) a boy, a rover and Wolf Cub in Spirit out in the country.

Readers of my other blog would know in the era this picture was taken, I would of been using my X500 and XD7 (aka XDII) Minolta film cameras to take pictures as I explored guessing he's using a 35mm focal length lens as I find that was right one to have on the body with the 'standard' 50mm  with macro converter for close ups of flowers and a 135mm telephoto for details in the bag with spare film.

Today it's either my trusty Canon A470 digital compact for general pictures or the Nikon DSLR for its creative control and higher quality lenses I use while out.

The one thing that hasn't changed is I'm still that boy though!

Cubbing it

As mentioned on my Tumblr I was away for a few days so thought I'd post something that is about what as a Wolf Cub in spirit I did during that time today.

I enjoy rovering or hiking in the open countryside not just as a kind of physical exercise which it is but also for the opportunities it provides for me to learn to make the most of it and in doing so be the best version of me I can.

I really prefer being outdoors being challenged engaged very much with nature even with my disabilities. A more active and harder life is I feel better for me than just sitting in front of the tv or computer most of the time.

While doing this I observed and smelt these attracting many bees in the area to their nectar.

I love wildlife of all sorts and have always had a fascination for spider's webs every since the age of seven when I saw them while waiting for a lift to infant school by a farmer who daughter also attended at the edge of his field.
I thought this one was awesome! The blackberries also were good and tasted well have had a few.

Along the designated walk there were considerable expanses of woodland of which this is a good example, teaming with all sorts of wildlife and also ideal for climbing which a friend who was with me did.

There were a good number of various butterflies about where we were and I observed this one sharing a plant with a small bee.
This was one time where with my sluggish reactions, I was glad of the camera's own auto focus rather as in the past with my Minolta X500 fine tuning the point of focus manually as you are taking it and naturally it moves in the single second you go to take the shot.

For me this activity was just the thing I need to be doing in my life and why the spirit of the Wolf Cub matters.

All pictures taken on Nikon D3500.

Wolf Cub spring photography

For today's entry on this blog I am submitting some photography done as part of my Scouting this spring.

Here we have Bluebells that had only been out a few days that I crawled down to take. 
F4.8 1/50  @210mm

One joy of spring for me is the return of Dandelions and Daisies
F 4.8 1/1000 @ 180mm

A joy of spring is the blossoms that come out
F6.3 1/640 @450mm
Pictures taken on Nikon D3500 DSR with the 70-300mm ED VR image stabilized telephoto zoom lens with camera set to Iso 100
Proof if any were needed I'd of gotten my Photography badge

Cub Scout Photography

One badge you could get awarded that was reintroduced in 2015 was the Cub Scout Photography  and something I did from the angle of Cub Scout in spirit was take a photograph filling the frame with flowers.

This was taken with natural light using a Tamron 90mm Di SP macro lens on a Nikon D3500.