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Tag Archives: Summer
Three Things To Improve Your … Number Three Will Blow Your Mind…
Am I the only one who has watched almost endless videos about how to improve your photography? The less reputable ones usually have a title like the above. (Sorry if you have clicked on this expecting tips on how to … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Street Photography, Summer
Tagged blog, Getty Images, iphoneography, Magnum Photogrpahy, margate, Marina, Sawley, Street Photography, Summer, Turner Contemporary, youtube
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Removal of Blockage…
Not at all sure what this means but shortly after writing my last post I suddenly got an urge to create some new remastered images from photographs captured on this day. The two groups here are from 2009 (above) and … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Dawn, Ladybird, photography, Remastered, Summer, sunrise, Welland Valley
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That was unexpected…
So Nigel Farage is going to face the voters of Clacton on Sea. We can all argue about the real reasons he is doing this. But the one thing you cannot argue is that it is NOT a brave move. … Continue reading
Interesting Times…
Bliss it was to be alive… Wordsworth So England marches on. An incredible victory in Mexico. Next stop the VIKINGS! With the goalmeister himself Erling Haaland. Of course he is playing for the wrong team. He was born in Leeds … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Labour Party, Photography, Politics, Summer
Tagged Andy Burnham, Bumble Bee, D:Ream, Daily Mail, David Baddiel, Erling Haaland, Flowers, Football, Frank Skinner, garden, Hedge Brown Butterfly, Insects, keir-starmer, Liz Truss, news, Norway, photography, politics, Pollination, Poppy, Sir keir Starmer, Substack, Summer, Talking Heads, uk-politics, World Cup 2026
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Venus was her name…
It is all go in the garden at the moment. Many hungry mouths to feed. And plants to pollinate.
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bird, Flower, garden, Goldfinch, Jackdaw, photography, Pollination, Red-tailed bumblebee, Summer
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Almost Autumn…
Insert an image to make a visual statement. WordPress editorial advice Autumn is almost upon us. Technically autumn starts on the 1st September but nature abhors such neat lines. The summer bedding plants on their last legs and the nights … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Abandoned, Alien Being, Bee Hive, Birch, Botanical Gardens, Ferns, fish, garden, Global Warming, Koi Carp, Oadby, ornamental, photography, Pollard, Pond, Summer, Tree, University of Leicester
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Heatwave No. 04
“…There’s a 4:30 in the morning now? … Bartholomew Jo-Jo Simpson Another heatwave. Out this morning walking through the dew.
Posted in General
Tagged Dawn, Dew, Heatwave, Jubilee Park, photography, River Soar, Summer, sunrise
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What Have I learnt This week?
Always look back at what you captured before. Perhaps you could improve it? Welcome to 2006/08 viewed through the lens of 2025 hardware and software. If only I hadn’t captured the first image as a JPG. So there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Remastered, Summer
Tagged animals, Beaks, Birds, Bradgate Park, charnwood, Dama dama, Dawn, Fallow Deer, Feathers, Feeding, Flight, garden, Happy, Hot, House Sparrows, Movement, Noise, Orange, Pecking, photography, Remastered, Stag, Starlings, Summer, sun, Violence, Warm, Washing, Water, Wings
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London # 01
If the Greater London area is from Mars then the rest of England, or Britain for that matter, is from Venus. Following on in the same vain: The City of London is from Alpha centauri.
A Superannuated Day Out…
The sun was shining. The air was warm. What better way to spend the day than visit Hardwick Hall on the hills overlooking the M1 in Derbyshire. Well that was clearly the thought of we superannuated. We were out in … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Summer
Tagged Bess of Hardwick, Derbyshire, Duke of Devonshire, England, garden, Hardwick Hall, National Trust, photography, Summer
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