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Photographer - a student of light and an explorer of time and place.

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Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots, fungi and bacteria helping to connect trees and plants to one another. This subterranean social network, nearly 500 million years old, has become known as the 'Wood Wide Web'. #web #woodwideweb #trees

04.09.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Getting out into Nature is good for our Physical and Mental health 🌿🌳🌼🐝

24.08.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 251 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
A photograph showing a view along a footpath across a field to an old church under a β€œmackerel” sky

A photograph showing a view along a footpath across a field to an old church under a β€œmackerel” sky

This is the church at Whitcombe near Dorchester, Dorset, where the poet and priest William Barnes preached in the 19th century.
#dorsetcyclerides #dorsetcountryside

23.08.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Three of my photographs currently on display at Lauderdale House, London. Exhibition on until 1st September. Www.Lauderdalehouse.org.uk/whats-on/lh-photo-exhibition-2025

21.08.2025 10:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A black and white photograph of a person walking away from the viewer through a stone archway. The archway is dark and dramatic, framing a brightly lit area beyond. The person is carrying a bag and appears to be walking into the light.

A black and white photograph of a person walking away from the viewer through a stone archway. The archway is dark and dramatic, framing a brightly lit area beyond. The person is carrying a bag and appears to be walking into the light.

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#WorldPhotographyDay

#EastCoastKin #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #StreetPhotography

19.08.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 291 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Today is world photography day.

Be sure to thank a photographer - without our images to steal from, AI would have no idea what the world looks like

19.08.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

19.08.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Taken a couple of months ago - midsummer on the shores of Loch Lomond
#worldphotographyday

19.08.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A close up of brightly coloured purple and green on reeds growing in a small park in London, photographed as part of World Photography Day to remind myself to take time for my photography

A close up of brightly coloured purple and green on reeds growing in a small park in London, photographed as part of World Photography Day to remind myself to take time for my photography

Looking down on a teasel head against a dark background. Taking in a small park near where I live in London on World Photography Day 2025

Looking down on a teasel head against a dark background. Taking in a small park near where I live in London on World Photography Day 2025

Today is #WorldPhotographyDay2025 so I took the camera to the local park and lost myself in the tiny details. That's one of the joys of photography - disappearing briefly into a different world.
@worldphotographyday.com

19.08.2025 11:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In celebration of World Photography Day, reply with a photo that highlights the beauty of our world.

19.08.2025 05:38 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0
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now back to my regularly expected #dahlias from the #DahliaDell to brighten a few timeline feeds (I hope). saving the red ones for tomorrow. someone once commented that I should man up & say I liked #flowers.
I don't. I love them!

#JBCFlowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower

12.08.2025 18:17 πŸ‘ 348 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
A spider at the centre of its web with close by a fly in the larder

A spider at the centre of its web with close by a fly in the larder

Nature - red in tooth and claw. β€œWildlife” photography outside my kitchen window
#spidersweb

13.08.2025 06:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photograph of the new lighthouse (opened in 1961) at Dungeness on the south coast. It's black and white stripes stand in stark contrast to the deep blue sky overhead.

A photograph of the new lighthouse (opened in 1961) at Dungeness on the south coast. It's black and white stripes stand in stark contrast to the deep blue sky overhead.

A day out on the bicycle, this time to Dungeness
#lighthouses
#photographsoflighthouses
#dungeness

10.08.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Passenger, Train Station!
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#blackandwhite #photography #blackandwhitepixels #bnw #monochrome #passenger #trainstation #stroud #waiting #gloucestershire #πŸ”΄πŸ“· #StoryInMonochrome #Leica

03.08.2025 09:31 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A detail of a cluster of snails on a fence post, photographed from below and looking up towards the sky. The snails were on a fence around the new Barking Riverside development on the London/Essex border along the River Thames.

A detail of a cluster of snails on a fence post, photographed from below and looking up towards the sky. The snails were on a fence around the new Barking Riverside development on the London/Essex border along the River Thames.

I love living in London (mostly). There's lots of iconic places to photograph. So I went out the other day and ... err ... photographed snails at Barking :-)
#photography
#observingthesmalldetails

08.08.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Probably the most ambitious pano I've shot, given each vertical frame is at 170mm (tiny field of view) which required about 40 individual frames to get the correct perspective. For context the older wide angle frame shows how far away I am from this view

04.08.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
A photograph of a surgical boot (as might be worn by someone with an ankle or foot injury) abandoned on the side of the street.

A photograph of a surgical boot (as might be worn by someone with an ankle or foot injury) abandoned on the side of the street.

Strange things you find in the street. Saw this last night. What story lies behind it? A miraculous cure? #foundobjects
#strangediscoveries

04.08.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome composition πŸ’™

04.08.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A high contrast colour photograph of a silhouetted figure painting on a wall in Leake Street, a tunnel under Waterloo Station in London, famed for its street art.

A high contrast colour photograph of a silhouetted figure painting on a wall in Leake Street, a tunnel under Waterloo Station in London, famed for its street art.

Good morning! A bit of urban colour today!

04.08.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
long exposure waves over a sand beach with a streaked cloudy sky

long exposure waves over a sand beach with a streaked cloudy sky

A somewhat more serene Lake #Scape from Presqu'ile Park. #Photography #EastCoastKin

01.08.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 248 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

My preference is for this more minimalist one - but that's the sort of thing I like!

01.08.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A pylon viewed through raindrops on a train window. The drops of water are in focus but the pylon is thrown out of focus although its distinctive shape remains recognisable. The photograph was taken at Barking Riverside, a new development on the Thames just beyond Barking on the East London/Essex borders. The pylon is evidence of the land's former use - as a power station. Barking Riverside is at the end of the Suffragette Line on the London Overground.

A pylon viewed through raindrops on a train window. The drops of water are in focus but the pylon is thrown out of focus although its distinctive shape remains recognisable. The photograph was taken at Barking Riverside, a new development on the Thames just beyond Barking on the East London/Essex borders. The pylon is evidence of the land's former use - as a power station. Barking Riverside is at the end of the Suffragette Line on the London Overground.

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Today I took the train to the end of the line ...

01.08.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#streetphotography #photo #photography #montreal #blackandwhite

01.08.2025 01:00 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
a long haired, bearded man selling old LPs at a local market

a long haired, bearded man selling old LPs at a local market

From tonight's visit to a local "Pop Up" market #HumansOfBlueSky #Photography #EastCoastKin

01.08.2025 01:21 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Like the muted lighting effect you have with this

31.07.2025 10:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

31.07.2025 10:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A person's legs can be seen as they walk past some railings casting strong shadows across the footway

A person's legs can be seen as they walk past some railings casting strong shadows across the footway

Two young women pause outside an upmarket hairdressers in Spitalfields to check their phone. In the hairdressers a woman is sitting in the window waiting for the next part of her treatment

Two young women pause outside an upmarket hairdressers in Spitalfields to check their phone. In the hairdressers a woman is sitting in the window waiting for the next part of her treatment

A tourist takes a selfie of themselves next to the statue of Amy Winehouse at Camden Market in London

A tourist takes a selfie of themselves next to the statue of Amy Winehouse at Camden Market in London

A helium filled balloon shaped with the number 2 floats tethered to a bin on a street somewhere in London

A helium filled balloon shaped with the number 2 floats tethered to a bin on a street somewhere in London

All images taken with a Pentax Spotmatic which somehow seems right for street photography
#UrbanGaze Thursday
#analoguephotography
#pentaxspotmatic

31.07.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A stylised black and white high contrast image of a field covered in protective netting under a dark sky. The image was taken in the Fens near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

A stylised black and white high contrast image of a field covered in protective netting under a dark sky. The image was taken in the Fens near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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Dark skies over the Fens
#highcontrastblackandwhitephotographs
#dramaticskies
#modernfarming

31.07.2025 10:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Doors are good! πŸ˜€

30.07.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A small wooden door in a long redbrick wall with a clear blue sky overhead

A small wooden door in a long redbrick wall with a clear blue sky overhead

My contribution to #WallsonWednesday photos. Taken in the late afternoon sunlight earlier in the year, warming up the bricks in the wall outside Lambeth Palace in London

30.07.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0