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Old chap. mostly here to post photos but might occasionally stray into politics (apologies, I just can't help myself!). I'm a long term Pentax SLR/dSLR user and currently have a couple of K3s. One with a 70-200mm and the other with a 17-50mm
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I wonder whether there is a connection between these {insert your own (h)armless joke here}. One seen proudly on display in #Oslo back in 2004, the other looking somewhat forlorn alongside a #canal in #Venice in 2013. #photography #sculpture #hand

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I really, really wish I had taken this shot!

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#Venice is so magical that seeing real people do real work there seems odd. And does being on a boat still count as #street #photography? #Venesia #Accademia #Pontedell'Accademia #bridge #Italy #Veneto #Venezia

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If, like me, you are clinically vulnerable or, again like me, you live with someone who is clinically vulnerable, this thread is worth reading. If you wonder why a few of us weirdos wear masks, this might help. Officially in 2024 Covid directly killed 4.4 times the number of road deaths in 2023.

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“Clinically Vulnerable people must be explicitly protected under equality laws to ensure equal access to employment, education, healthcare, and social participation” 👏👏 #CovidIsNotOver

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Why, living in a clinically vulnerable household, I still wear a mask on those rare occasions I have to go into a shop.

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Sometimes one just has to stop the car and take a photo #photography #Scotland #evening #water #reflection #Traigh #B8008

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I don't think this #train driver knew whether he was coming or going #photography #Porthmadog #DoubleFairlie #DavidLloydGeorge #DafyddLloydGeorge

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The Covid Inquiry has revealed systemic failures that left Clinically Vulnerable families unprotected during the pandemic. Our latest update delves into these oversights and their lasting impact. Read more: www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/covid-i...

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Hmmm, today's #BlueSkyArtShow is a bit tricky as I take very few #monochrome photos. But here's one of a #derelict building at #Foggintor #quarry, near #Princetown, #Dartmoor that I quite like. #photography

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We should all expect 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. Individual cancer patients shouldn't have to self-advocate for basic infection prevention control.

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Been waiting long? #photography #skeleton #skull #Padarn #quarry #hospital

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If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much. The real #TwoTierPolicing www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

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This #Spitfire was built in Southampton in 1944 and was delivered to Central Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at #Benson on January 13, 1945. This photo was taken in August 2022 at ... ... RAF Benson. Welcome home! #photography #aeroplane #plane #RAF

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Isn't it annoying when it's a clear #night and you go out to photograph the #moon but only half of it can be bothered to show up? #photography #night

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A touch of #surrealism on this gloomy Sunday. A #cat by a Spanish #swimmingpool #photography #art #arty I'll post the how as a comment

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Last #reflections photo for #blueskyartshow Obviously when enjoying a boat trip on a #fjord in #Norway one always takes a pic of a building. #photography

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And yet another #blueskyartshow pic. This tiime it was the abstract nature of the #reflections of the houses across the river. #photography #porthmadog

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And another #reflections photo for #blueskyartshow This was taken somewhere in the #LakeDistrict

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Being reasonably new here, this is my first #blueskyartshow. Happily I rather like #reflections. This is #Loch #Shiel in #Scotland #photography #lochshiel

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We went to #Norway back in 2004 when I was but a young lad with a very childish sense of humour (OK, so I was actually 52 years old). There were a few sights that tickled me. #photography #street #signs #Oslo #Bergen

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The evening #sun, having expended lots of energy shining down on #Blackpool all day, took a break and drifted serenely on the water. Who knew the sun could float? #photography #sunset

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I always have to remind myself that this is a plant. #photography #plant #flower #nature #birdofparadise

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Another of my "Oh that looks interesting" photos #photography #abstract #Whitstable #fishing

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To be honest, I could post hundreds of pics of #Venice. It's my favourite place on earth. But you'll be relieved to know that I'll restrict myself to just a few over the coming days. I'll start with a #night shot of a quiet #RialtoMarket taken from a #vaporetto #photography #reflections #building

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Another #RedKite at #Tiggywinkles, #Haddenham as it cannot be released back into the wild. #photography #ukwildlife #nature #bird

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When the #RAF pop to the shop ... #photography #chinook #Benson #helicopter

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A ten year old selfie (assuming you have good eyesight) #photography #street #mirror #selfie #London

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Yet it was the failure of this government and the last, to inform the public of the long term serious risks of #COVID and tell us to wash our hands for a predominantly airborne virus. We now have 3.1 million with long Covid and rising. #covidisairborne

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Apparently it's #waterfallwednesday. I believe it's almost obligatory for a pic of #Niagara so here's a photo from almost under the falls. Taken with my Samsung 10MP GX10 in 2011. I hope I'd take a better one nowadays #photography

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The #fountain "en la fuenta" in #Torremolinos #photography #street #water

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And another gig photo from my 2Mp Olympus. This was the least worst of the pics I took that night. Poor old camera really wasn't up to the job. This is one of my favourite guitarists #StanWebb founder of #ChickenShack playing in Leeds in 2002

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About a decade or so ago I found I could combine my hobby of #photography with going to #gigs (artists from 50+ yrs earlier). I'll bore you with a few over the coming days/weeks/months. But this is from the 1st time I tried in 2001 using my TWO Mp Olympus. #BootlegBeatles #gigphotography

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Methinks this will only be of interest to other #Beatles fans. Spotted in the graveyard of St Peters church in #Woolton, #Liverpool #Photography #song #headstone #masonry

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This is what Niagara Falls looks like in the winter

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I went to #Torremolinos several times for the winter sun. I fell in love with this magnificent #statue the first time I saw it. I have taken dozens of pics of the statue, both day and night as well as their heads, hands and feet (as you might well see at some point) #photogaphy #picasso #sculpture

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Sign spotted on The Mawddach Trail. #photography #MawddachTrail #Wales #NorthWales

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Took me ages to balance that ball on the lamppost ... #photography #moon #arty

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Benefit cheats could be stripped of driving licences. Someone innocently exceeding the Carer's earning limit is charged with fraud, can't drive, many not be able to work, can't support family, needs more benefits. Hawks are appeased No equivalent sanctions for tax abusers, launderers, real crooks

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