2025-09-03

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It's a backup photo today, work has succeeded in entirely flattening my will to live.
I don't seem to be able to write coherently without being obscenely whiny tonight, so I'll limit myself to saying that if I never crossed paths with a protection relay again, it'd be a substantial win.

Finally, if all broadcast radio apparatus would kindly arrange to go up in smoke (or out in a shower of sparks, I'm not picky) at some point before 08:00 BST tomorrow, that would be marvellous.
I have no idea how people can actively choose to listen to commercial radio stations. Hideous, brain-rotting, advert-infested noise machines that should have no place in a civilised workplace.

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.

Lego Bricks?

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A backup photo today, shot last weekend.

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.

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.

Flippin' Nuisance

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More correctly that would be flipped nuisance, I suppose!
Backups, backups, every day. Late ones, too.
Work is even more mental than usual this week.

2025-07-30

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I've spent most of the evening fiddling with 3D prints for work, so I didn't get out, therefore it's another backup photo today. EOS R5, EF35mm f/2 IS

Urban Heron

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A backup photo from a few days ago.
Not the sharpest of photos, but in my defence, it was quite dark, so I had the lens wide open, a slowish shutter speed for the focal length, and the heron was moving.

Tooled Up

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A backup photo today, shot last night.
It's been another busy one.
You find some odd things along the river. I'm assuming this toolbox was left here by a boat owner to reserve the mooring space.

The Hut

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Yet another backup photo, shot a couple of days ago.

Keep Me Posted

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A backup photo today.

Watch Your Gnatitude

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Another backup photo today, shot back on the 3rd. I quite liked the way these gnats caught the light.

Evening Light

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It's a backup photo again today, shot last night.
I got home after work tonight and crashed out for several hours. I think that's the third time this week.
This doesn't feel very sustainable.

Amber

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This one's a backup, shot last night.
This was my submission for last week's 52Frames "In the style of" challenge.
I took Andreea Badiu as my inspiration this time, as I enjoy her work, and it's quite a different style to what I usually shoot myself.
She often uses a muted, warm palette, and a lamp quite often features in her work.

Phase Change

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A backup photo, shot yesterday.
I couldn't decide whether I liked the B&W or colour variant best, so I'm posting both.
I'm slightly leaning to the B&W though.
The colour version is after the jump.

2025-07-09: Not A Dandelion.

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Apparently it's Meadow Goatsbeard, which revels in the rather splendid Latin name of "Tragopogon pratensis L.". Sounds like a good insult to me.
In any case, it caught my eye, and I was able to contort myself into a position to get the low sun behind it through a gap in the hedge.

2025-07-08

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Late and a backup again.
This one was my submission for last week's 52Frames "Frame Within A Frame" challenge.
Not as good as I wanted, but it was all I was able to come up with in the time I had.

Hang In There

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A backup photo again today, after a busy day in work, and a fairly long evening running sound for the band's rehearsal.
This was taken a few days ago.
I was reading a post from an old school friend today, describing their recent tough experiences with a chronic health condition. While we all have things in life that are perhaps less than ideal, or even actively bad, it put things in perspective a little.
This one's for the tough cookies out there - I'm thinking of you.

What's Left Of The Poppies

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A backup photo today.
I really like the way this lens behaves when you shoot into the evening sun.