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World's Smallest Busking Drumkit

092/365 , originally uploaded by craigand . This guy was playing very loud at the top of Fargate, and he wasn't half bad!

Garden Monkey

091/365 , originally uploaded by craigand .

Still Springing

090/365 , originally uploaded by craigand . Despite the weather, spring has not yet fully sprung.

Rainy Morning Commute

089/365 , originally uploaded by craigand . It was a grotty morning, and everyone had umbrellas.

Man With Cat #2

088/365 , originally uploaded by craigand . Part 2 in a series of 2, entitled "Men With Cats". The other is here . Today's subject is my dad with Lupin, a very pontious cat.

Sepia Sunset

087/365 , originally uploaded by craigand .

JPEG vs RAW

The old debate of shooting JPEG vs RAW will never go away, I think. There are extremes to each argument, with the JPEG proponents wanting results SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera) and consider anything else not being "true" to the photograph as you took it. RAW extremists, on the other hand, consider doing that the equivalent of spending £5000 on kit and getting the pictures developed at a 1hr automated photo shop instead of in your own darkroom. You won't have anywhere near the level of control, although most won't ever need or use it. Rational people are somewhere between those two extremes. Of course, there are advantages to each. Raw files are massive, for a start. I can fit between 300 and 350 on an 8Gb SD card. I can fit between 1200 and 1500 JPEGs in the same space. And they take an age to faff with. You can't just get them off the card and show people. There is a load of grunt work to do, even if you don't actually manipulate them in any way at all. An...