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Farne Islands trip – AKA: the best £20 you can spend
This post introduces a category entitled ‘Farne Islands’ describing the story of a photoshoot I engaged in during a visit to those very islands in July 2013. Other parts of the category highlight...
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Grace Darling
Grace Darling was the daughter of the keeper of Longstone lighthouse, on the most north-easterly of the Farne Islands. In the early hours of 7 September 1838, Grace (then aged 23), looked out of her...
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4 o’clock in the morning
This was the time of day that we leapt (crawled) out of bed in our Northumberland holiday cottage, put the collars and leads on the dogs, grabbed my pre-prepared camera gear and set off down the field...
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Balcony view
Yes, this was the view from the balcony of our Northumberland holiday cottage – albeit at 04.30 in the morning. It was one of those occasions when the unfolding view before me was so spectacular that I...
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Thanks for the sale
Just a quick post to thank the unknown buyer who purchased 60 greeting cars of my image of Newport Beach, south Wales from Redbubble. This is an image that really shows the poor colour-rendering of...
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Room with a view
During our long weekend at Fife we stopped at the Crusoe Hotel in Lower Largo. It’s a lovely hotel with very friendly staff but the view from our room was a surprise to say the least. We have had ‘sea...
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Walkworth castle
Taken from Amble harbour. 1/320s | f/11 | ISO 400 | 75m | Hand-held -> click on image for larger view
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Crab traps
Crab trap detail at Amble Harbour. 1/200s | f/11 | ISO 400 | 28mm | Hand-held
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Shags are large seabirds, about 30 inches (76cm) tall and are present on the UK coast all year. There are estimated to be about 40,000 pairs although counting is difficult because of their inaccessible...
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These fishing boats were moored at Amble harbour in Northumberland. The colours were striking against the deep blue water. Pentax | 1/60s | f/11 | ISO100 | 33mm | Hand-held
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