Originally posted by goatsNdonkey Dave, are there enough hard surfaces in the environment there to wear down the wild ponies hoofs properly, or do humans have to intervene on occasion to give some of them hoof trims?
The ground here is usually either exposed granite bedrock, granite with only and inch or two of soil on it. . . or peat marsh. So the ponies hooves usually wear down naturally, although you'll occasionally see one that could maybe do with a bit of a trim. I'm so used to seeing unshod ponies around that it seems quite unnatural to see somebody riding a shod horse. And the ponies certainly seem to find the idea a bit absurd.
Originally posted by Dan James Thanks Dave, glad to see the Dartmoor shots still coming with those wide old Taks. I thought I’d read in this thread recently (but can’t find it again now) you talking about cleaning a DSLR sensor, and your approach was very straightforward and inexpensive. Can you share again, or am I mistaken that it was you? Thanks!
Thanks Dan. The sensor cleaning could have been me. I just use a cotton bud (Q-tips preferably) very lightly moistened with lens cleaning fluid. The same stuff in a spray bottle from Boots that I use on my reading glasses and camera lenses when needed. Just a gentle wipe with a barely moist bud, then another wipe with a dry one. And obviously a blast with a blower first and afterwards.
Purist gear collectors will gasp in horror at such a method, but the glass on the sensor is plenty scratch resistant enough. You'd think sensor cleaning was brain surgery, the way some folk fret about it.