Playing The Long Game: Outdoor Photography With Telezooms

A new way to sharpen pencils.

RLF

Hello everyone,
I like to turn most of my photos into ART...it's what I like anyway.
I'm experimenting quite a lot with lenses & techniques...basically having FUN with photography.
Hopefully you'll notice there is quite a variety of photos & art here...not always to every ones tastes... but hey that's what art is!
Posters on any of my work are available for the U.K. only. 16 inch by 24 inch at £25 each including postage. 24 inch by 36 inch at £35 including postage.

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A new way to sharpen pencils.

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So ... there I was all ready to draw a straight line onto some wood when my pencil broke! Now although I did have a pencil sharpener in my pocket I couldn't find the drill anywhere to operate it. I drove 5 miles into town to buy 12 new pencils expecting them to be already sharpened. You can imagine my horror and dismay upon getting home to discover all 12 required sharpening. I've just ordered a new drill from Amazon.

The new drill has just arrived by courier. It's a bit more powerful than my previous drill and I think that extra torque was what shattered the flimsy cheap pencil sharpener sending a shard of plastic into my right eye and the splintered remnants of the pencil completely through my left palm. My wife has kindly typed this on her iPad as I await my turn to see the eye surgeon! Sad

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