Monthly Archives: June 2024

Anglesey Abbey

Posted on June 29, 2024 by Brian

June sun painting the woodland at Anglesey Abbey on Thursday.

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Rewilding, Bartlow

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Brian
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Food Stories

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Brian

This has given me some ideas about how I might tackle Shutter Hub’s ‘Food Stories’ challenge, see post 2nd February 2024.

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Plane, Audley End

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Brian

Plane tree in Audley End Park to which the word awesome can justifiably be applied.  Its girth of 7.5m at shoulder height is matched by enormous spread and height.

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Blue Rope Calshot

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Brian
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Nereid 1

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Brian

Nereid from the Nereid Monument dating from around 380BC in the British Museum.  It was excavated in the early 1840s by Charles Fellows, a traveller and antiquary, at Xanthos in south western Turkey.  The monument was in ruins when he … Continue reading →

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Bournemouth

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Brian

28th May 2024, half a day in Bournemouth; a grey Tuesday with a chilly wind and some early rain.  The town looked damp and depressing – also cheap and tacky, like so many other aging seaside resorts.  Visitors seeking shelter … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 27 Self-Portraits

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Brian

The Forum was about self-portraits this week, a follow up to the recent session on portraiture.  Ten members submitted 27 pictures.  My three are posted below. There is a school of thought that every picture you make as a photographer … Continue reading →

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Only Colour: Bowling Green

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Brian
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Rooks and Thrift

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Brian
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Bournemouth Ruckenfigur

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Brian

I have not bothered much with rear view pictures since I completed my Ruckenfigur Revisited project in 2013.  I made an exception for this curiously mismatched and intriguingly enigmatic couple on Bournemouth Pier recently.

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Only Colour: Milford Rainbow

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Brian
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Calshot

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Brian
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Ox-eye Daisy

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Brian

Exceptional drifts of dancing white ox-eye daisies Leucanthemum vulgare in fields and along verges have been a delight in a wet, mild spring this year.

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 26 Still Life Photography Workshop

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Brian

Jitka Brynjolffssen facilitated a practical session on still life photography yesterday.  She heroically brought in all manner of items to use a subjects and various lighting set ups.  All good fun, lots of squatting and kneeling notwithstanding.  My efforts below.

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