Monthly Archives: March 2016

Spirit Fish

Coral Cave Aquatic Centre, Hardwick, Cambs: lights over the agitated water of a tank create a shoal of dancing spirit fish.  March 2016

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Say Hello

“That’s the nightmare, isn’t it, to be abandoned in perpetuity?  Robinson Crusoe on his island, Frankenstein’s monster disappearing onto the ice, Solaris, Gravity, Alien, a weeping Will Smith in I am Legend wandering the desolate, unpeopled, post-plague city of New … Continue reading

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In Plain View 76

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Travels and Epiphanies – Final (?)

Further to previous posts, revised copies of Travels and Epiphanies have arrived.  They show some improvement on the previous version, but still don’t match the original ‘proof’.  I guess this demonstrates the problems of getting total consistency with  this type … Continue reading

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In Plain View 75

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Travels & Epiphanies – Update

Further to my post about the quality of printing my book on 4th March, the matter has been working its way through the Blurb system.  An e-mail from MikeS in Support was received on 16th March.  This is reproduced below … Continue reading

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In Plain View 74

I want the final set of pictures from this project to be printed with a slightly warm tone.  I’ve had a first attempt at achieving it with this pair. Photo: In Plain View 74   Photo: In Plain View 74a

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Railway Magazine 1946

Another vintage magazine as a present: The Railway Magazine, March and April 1946, price 2s. Lots of nostalgic pictures of steam trains.  The first plate shows No. 6021 ‘Princess Elizabeth’ (not one of the four ‘Princess’ Class locomotives I saw … Continue reading

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Amateur Photographer 1946

I’ve been given a copy of the Amateur Photographer – ‘The Journal for Everybody with a Camera’ – dated 20th March 1946, price 6d. The Editorial commented on: the anticipated arrival of a new British ‘35-mm precision camera’; a Scientific … Continue reading

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Zoological Ephemera

Exhibits in the University of Cambridge Zoology Museum are anything but ephemeral.  Carefully preserved, they have endured for generations – the Museum opened in 1865.  But the redevelopment of the Museum has given a new ephemeral existence the exhibits – … Continue reading

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In Plain View (Light) 73

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Travels & Epiphanies – Latest

An update from previous posting. Dear Blurb, This order was delivered today. I am very unhappy with the results. In order to ensure that the book would look as I wished, on the 7th February 2016 I ordered a single … Continue reading

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Travels & Epiphanies

A draft copy of Travels and Epiphanies has arrived from Blurb. The overall impression is good – the standard of printing is high and the slightly warm tone of the photographs complements the subjects. Judging what will happen to the … Continue reading

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