Photography
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Photograph
#Socs It’s the capture of a vision you spotted with your eye the shutter waiting for your hovering finger to land on the trigger button no whirr or movement coming from any cartridge or film just a futuristic sparkle and a note on your camera that your view has been captured on the little chip… Continue reading
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How to capture a butterfly
#Writeclub #Howto #Nature You don’t need a net chasing this moving rainbow fluttering its colourful wings and painting pretty scenes over squares of green No fancy digital stuff Just an observant eye and an instant camera with a careful digit over that silver shutter button patience helps – as time passes and you’re waiting for… Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Photo Challenge – October
#tsc_1to3 #Sycamore On the way to Hadrian’s wall there once was a sycamore standing tall it looked like a most brilliant sight when stood in the sunshine – all beaming and bright People would walk past this wonder of green and say what a beautiful sight they had seen but then in the night a… Continue reading
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Last Photo
#Lastphotoonthecard A picture of yours Truly taken by my dear old nephew Playing around with my second hand DSLR I told him to put it in Manual – and adjust the focus but he knew better and took the photo anyway! next time he might listen to his Uncle….. Continue reading
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Time Capsule
#WDYS Behold..a Box of delights Bringing back boyhood memories Black and White might have been surpassed by colour But there’s nothing better than monochrome memories Brilliant Ball games on Blackpool Beach Being by Grandad on a trip to the gardens or Building up sandcastles by the sand dunes Brought together in a Box and stored… Continue reading
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Coming into Focus
#Promptuarium Creating pretty pictures wasn’t always dedicated to the first thing you saw in the viewfinder Far away things out across the water seemed distant – out of focus Deliberate act? Perhaps… but not always down to the cameraman Yet Captured in Glass in its own little world clear as day – perfect view Continue reading
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One to three Photo Challenge – November 2022
#1to3_tsc #Photochallenge For this month’s photo challenge, I took a walk down the road to the new home of BBC North – Mediacity UK, by the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal. Using the new bridge i took a couple of pics with my Nikon D3100 (it may be old – but it works!) Subject… Continue reading
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One to three photo challenge – Sept 2022
#tsc1to3 New month, new image from the chaps at thesquirrelchase.com I liked the image as it reminded me of campfire nights with the scouts. Brushstrokes (oldmaster) applied by Inky Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Photo Challenge
August 2022 Following on from last months 1 to 3 challenge from the Squirrelchase – i’ve continued with the photo editing and found a lovely garden pottery photo to play with! Here’s who we will be playing with this week Here’s the pencil drawing created using Smart Photo….would have taken hours drawing this – with… Continue reading
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Near and Far
#Socs #Near #Far Near and Far How Near to where i am would i want to go ? The Local Park Perhaps ? The Local Art Gallery ? Off to the Lakes perhaps? Or a remote sandy beach, someplace sunny and warm? Continue reading