Category Archives: Photography

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The Last Month of Summer….

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Guthlac

I know I was bemoaning July in my last post but then I found a few more images from the month that changed my mind a little. But time and tides wait for no man so Geoffrey Chaucer would have … Continue reading →

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Messed Up Month….

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Guthlac

July started with some vigour but as it progressed I found my powers of concentration evaporating just as the heat grew and grew. What is left is a husk of what should have been a good month for photography. For … Continue reading →

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Summer Sun…

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Guthlac

It has been a couple of lovely summer days: bright warm sun and a welcoming cool breeze. What could be better? Not much but as always real life has an awful way of putting a damper on things. Last year … Continue reading →

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Catching Up #2 – New Lens

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Guthlac

I like to start a fresh each month but I haven’t had chances to publish these last two posts from June. This one is a selection of photographs I made as a result of testing me new 18mm lens. Not … Continue reading →

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Catching Up # 01…Compton Verney…

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Guthlac

Another day another art exhibition. This time it was a return to Compton Verney and their summer exhibitions of David Batchelor’s work, a selection of portraits which were both photographs and a couple of paintings from the National Portrait Gallery … Continue reading →

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All You Need is Love…..

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Guthlac

Corny I know but it does seem appropriate for the new Robert Indiana exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Before I visited the exhibition all I knew about Indiana’s work was the sculpture from 55th and 6th Street in Manhattan, … Continue reading →

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A New Toy and a Couple of Days Away…

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Guthlac

We took a short break in East Anglia which allowed me to go to Norwich and but a super wide angle lens for a very reasonable price. I then spent the next couple of days coming to grips with the … Continue reading →

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Bees’ Knees

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Guthlac

Do bees have knees? I’m sure they must: they certainly have joints galore on their legs but are any classified as knees or is there some other name? I am not an apiculturist I couldn’t say. What I can say … Continue reading →

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Nature plays by its own rules….

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Guthlac

It is time that the latest brood of Blue Tit chicks that have been produced in this nest box to fledge. The parents have been patiently coaxing the chicks out of the only world they have ever known for the … Continue reading →

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Noise and Fury….

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Guthlac

Late spring i starting to merge into early summer. The garden is throwing off its spring splashes of garish bulb colours and slowly adopting its summer hues. Along with this the bees have returned in their frantic search for pollen. … Continue reading →

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