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Variations upon a theme….

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Guthlac

  As I was doing my best curmudgeon impression the other day about the sins of the hybrid camera I thought I would remaster these three images from a time when the word hybrid was hardly ever used in everyday … Continue reading →

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I’m not a hybrid shooter…

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Guthlac

  There was a time not too long ago when photographers & videographers inhabited different worlds.  They used different cameras and spoke a different language.   Then the mirrorless revolution started and the boundaries blurred.   Today, it would appear that all … Continue reading →

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Tales from the River Bank No. 2…..

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Guthlac

  Apparently it is going to be the hottest day of the year today and I would believe it as walking through the mist this morning was feeling a lot warmer than many days have recently at mid afternoon.  Whilst … Continue reading →

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Tales From the River Bank…

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Guthlac

  Sometimes even if the light is really not that good you just have to try your best to get something…as well as get a bit sunburnt!

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Ordinary Photos for Ordinary Lives…

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Guthlac

  Whilst many of us try to pretend it isn’t the case deep down we know it is true.  We lead ordinary lives.   Not for us the highs and lows of others but rather the mundane.   Occasionally some extraordinary thing … Continue reading →

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15 Minutes by the Climbing Rose….

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Guthlac

  I always find that I am fighting a losing battle trying to capture bees – especially with my antiquated equipment.   Hoverflies on the other hand are far more obliging.

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If you Build it, they will come…

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Guthlac

  There was a time when I was the only person whoever ventured into the damp paddocks and fields of Ratby Meadows.  This was a self deceit of course but that is how it always felt as I explored the … Continue reading →

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How to Kill the Buzz…

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Guthlac

So two weeks in and what little reserve of fun I had has totally evaporated.   Every day around 4pm I hit the UK Covid dashboard for the latest figures on just how the infection in Leicester is doing and I … Continue reading →

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Be careful what you wish for…

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Guthlac

Was it just one week ago?  Was it really? Well yes it was and boy have things changed since I moaned about the tiny heatwave we were enduring at the time (by we I mean me!).  Since that day it … Continue reading →

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So goodbye spring…it’ll be hard to forget you!

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Guthlac

Well that will be a spring that will last long in the memories.   Over the last three months I think I have written enough.   Lets us just hope that the summer is a lot more uneventful than the previous 3 … Continue reading →

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