Yelephone Call For You

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A truly terrible pun, sorry!
[is absolutely not sorry]

A backup photo today, but somewhat relevant as I've spent rather a lot of time building up to a railway related meeting today. It went better than it might have done.

I(II)

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Memories Sparkle On.

Affixed

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First day back at work today.
[Redacted], lest toes be trodden upon...

Weedy Winner

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This spiky character has neatly evaded the combine harvester's blades...

Jetsam, Intentional or Otherwise

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This one's probably going to be my submission for this week's 52 Frames "Abandoned" challenge.

Reflect A While

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I'm quite enjoying my new toy.
It's quite different to use than my usual EOS kit, much more like shooting a traditional film camera, which I had expected from the layout of the controls.
It's a pleasingly retro tactile experience without sacrificing modern capabilities.

The RAW file had quite a lot to give in the apparently clipped highlight here, which was quite a pleasing discovery.

Half-Cut First Cut!

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I've been making my first pass at editing the video for my sister's wedding ceremony, so haven't been out this afternoon, but thought this might make for a vaguely interesting shot nonetheless.

I had expected this to be quite a difficult time, but it's actually brought back more happy memories than anything else so far.

Lego Bricks?

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A backup photo today, shot last weekend.

Sneak Peek

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Late posting this one, shot at my sister's wedding venue in between setting up.

To Thine Own Self Be True

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I went to the camera shop today to upgrade my wireless mic system to something from this side of the millennium.
A semi-unintended side effect of this is that a new (second hand) camera followed me home too...

Please welcome the Fuji X100V to the fold...

Elderberries

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This one's my submission for this week's 52Fframes "Macro" challenge.
It's a 2x macro shot, and is a focus stack of 60 frames.

2025-08-09

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Emerge

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This one felt a bit emblematic of my mood today. I have survived the mad time at work, and I am now officially on holiday for a week.
It's perhaps not entirely ideal to start your week off by doing another four hours of overtime, but at least I have the satisfaction of calling some part of the job done (at least for certain values of done-ness!)

This shot wasn't planned at all, I decided I needed to drag myself out for a walk this evening, and just happened to notice the moon coming up over the ridge as I turned round to head home.
It was a rather nice moment.

2025-08-07: General Malaise

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I'm a day late posting this backup photo, taken last month.
I've really had to dig back into the archives over the last few weeks, which is quite disappointing when the aim is to shoot something new every day.
On top of being knackered with work, I didn't feel at all well, particularly in the afternoon and evening.

Glowing Small Stuff

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This abstract frame is a 5x macro of a 3D printed thing.
Might be a submission for 52Frames "Macro", but we shall see later.

2025-08-05

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Yet another backup, posted late.
I was helping my sister and her fiancé with some wedding prep, so didn't shoot anything.

Fragrant Orchid (And Friend)

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A backup photo again today, taken a few weeks ago.
Never got round to sharing this one, and I was slow sharing it with the wildlife group leader who organised the walk, so it didn't get shared there either.

Love Locks

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This one' my 52Frames submission for this week's "color temperature" challenge.

Tree/Frog

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I spent 13 hours at work today. I am rather tired, but on the upside, the widget is now at least broadly widgeting...

Special Screws, And Quickly!

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At work today we found ourselves rather urgently requiring some special M3 screws with a specific length of plain shank before the threaded portion. We had nothing even remotely suitable, so I found some larger screws and spent some time on my lathe this evening turning them down and re-threading them to the correct size.
After all this effort, this project better be a success...