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Tag Archives: photography
Coalville Noir…
Cold, damp and a bit exhausted. Welcome to a damp wintery dawn at Coalville.
Posted in Paradise - Consumed, Photography, Street Photography, Winter
Tagged Coal Mining, Coalville, Cold, iphoneography, Museum, Paradise - Consumed, photography, Railway, Snibston, Statue, Wet, winter
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Ashby de la Zouch by the Sea…
You either know or don’t know what the meaning of the title. I suspect if you are curious some light Googling will move you from one state to the other. Yesterday found me pounding the pathways and parks of Ashby … Continue reading
A bit of GAS?…
Do I suffer from G.A.S? (1). I’m not sure. I have just replaced my venerable 70 x 200 mm zoom with the latest version. The reasons for this were simple. The old lens was starting to struggle with the resolution … Continue reading
Posted in Jubilee Park, Photography, Winter
Tagged 90mm Macro Lens, Flooding, G.A.S., ion Syndrome, Jubilee Park, macro photography, photography, Sony, Sony f4 70 - 200 mm, winter
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No Title to Mention…
An uneventful day in Coalville. However, I have scouted out some more interesting photographic sites.
Posted in Paradise - Consumed, Photography, Winter
Tagged Coalville, North West Leicestershire, Paradise - Consumed, photography
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary…
Another day. Another early start. There was a time when shooting in the dark or early dawn light meant tripods, hope, prayers and grain. Now? Breath out and let the camera do the rest. The first two images were captured … Continue reading
Posted in Paradise - Consumed, Photography, Winter
Tagged Castle Donington, church, Dawn, Hemington, Lockington, night, North West Leicestershire, Paradise - Consumed, photography, Pylons, Road, Shop, sunrise, winter
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Something Old, Something New…
Storm Goretti came and went. I had great plans: Get up at dawn and capture some heroic images in the local park of the snow covered trees. It was looking so good when I went to bed 3 or 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Digital Painting, drawing, Photography, Procreate, Winter
Tagged Agriculture, Apple Pencil, Cranoe, drawing, Farming, Harborough District Council, photography, portrait, Procreate, Remastered, Rural, sketch, Welland Valley, winter
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Welcome one and all …
In life nothing is permanent. As Shelley wrote … “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” When I was growing up Coal was King. Now it is no more. In 20 or so … Continue reading
Posted in Paradise - Consumed, Photography, Winter
Tagged Coal, Coal Mining, Dawn, North West Leicestershire, Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley, photography, Pit Head, Snibston, sunrise
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Be Very Careful…
So at the start of December I mentioned that winter’s are not what they used to be. One month later it seems winter heard what I had to say and thought: ‘ you know what see what he has to … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Winter
Tagged Cold, Dog Walking, East Midlands, frost, Frozen, Grampian Mountains, Jubilee Park, Met Office, photography, River Soar, Storm Goretti, Sub Zero Temperature, winter
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I’ll have to Play…
So where were you when you heard the Americans had bombed Venezuela? It is the sort of question that has an historical sense of grandeur. An example is … where were you when President Kennedy was shot? The answer to … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Paradise - Consumed, Photography
Tagged Albert Village, American Politics, Ashby Canal, Blackfordby, Coal Mining, Coalville, Cold, Dawn, frost, Full Moon, Historic, Lunar, Moira, Moira Furnace, Moon, North West Leicestershire, Paradise - Consumed, photography, Spring Cottage, sunrise, Venezuela, winter
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