Yesterday I had  4 hours free time as a sitter was looking after my mother so I went to the Botanic Gardens and to the Ulster Museum which is in there also. Before going into the museum I used my Samsung Galaxy camera as once I had a signal I could send the photos directly to the BBC and hopefully get shown on the weather forecast - you can surf the net using this camera as well(always amazes people that does) and it has full manual controls.

It looks very expensive but it wasn't really as I waited until I was able to buy the first model half price when they launched the second model. I remember meeting a professional photographer who always takes one along on nights out.

As well as the weather forecast, I was also thinking about the square mile project for the degree course. I used auto most of the time. Here are my favourite shots.

I was especially pleased to get a decent bird in a tree picture - I only have one other good bird shot.

A considerable time yesterday evening was spent entering a weather photo competition - resizing the photos, finding hi res and original copies in case I did well. Most of the photos have been on the BBC and one was published by the Belfast Telegraph.