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Shots of things that oblige me by patiently holding still while I experiment with light, shadows and more.

Web developer

The trap is setI am searching for a job at the moment and couldn???t help that caption : – )

I usually do not like spiders but I have to admire their great engineering skills in creating their webs.

This particular spider has set up camp outside my house and its web creation reminds me of this Ferris wheel I posted a couple of days ago.

       
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The great skittle shoot

A load of skittles just sitting thereI was speaking to my friend yesterday and she told me that she had noticed a significant improvement in her hay fever symptoms after she cut out ???E??? numbers from her diet.I have decided to try this out myself. I started to clear out my secret stashes of goodies this morning and took this photo of some skittles I had hidden away. I am really going to miss them!

       
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Slowly melting

Melting snowSo it turns out that the weatherman was not wrong about the snow.

I took this picture of some snow on one of the bushes outside starting to melt.

I may post some other pictures I have taken later.

Enjoy the day.

       
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Brrrrrrr!

frozen leavesIt has been pretty cold of late especially overnight when everything freezes over. I took this picture of some frozen leaves in the park a few days ago.

I am posting it because it is so similar in colour to the photograph I posted earlier.

The key difference is the temperature – it was a pleasant warm day in my earlier post unlike the bitterly cold day in this one!

Related to this cloud.

       
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A flash of colour

St Olav plaqueThis is a picture I took recently at St. Olav’s church in London.

I am rather pleased with this one as it turned out exactly as I wanted it to. Special thanks to my friend who initially spotted the picture opportunity and also Mother Nature who provided me with the most excellent lighting.

After I had taken the shot, a large cloud drifted in front of the sun and the shadow disappeared.

       
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milk bottles

Take 2! Of late, I have felt a bit lacking in “colour” so I went out in search of colour and came up with a cheeky photo which you can see here. Just in case it was too cheeky, I also posted this cloud today. I am not saying which I prefer!

       
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doggie loveA couple of years ago, I did some work for an online business magazine. The editor will often frown when he read an article one of his journalist had written, commenting that it “had no colour”.

“Colour” I came to understand was the pizzazz that transformed an article from a dull and boring report into a fun and interesting read.

Of late, I have felt a bit lacking in “colour” so I went out in search of colour and came up with this. In case it is too cheeky, I have also posted this alternative cloud for today! Either way, have a great day.

       
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Wake up and smell the coffee

coffee brewingThis is a picture I took a few years ago.

The smell of coffee would slowly fill the air, getting stronger as the percolator brewed.

Soon the gentle sound of a teaspoon stirring in a cup of coffee would make way for the newscaster’s voice on the television, the clatter of the letterbox as the postman pushes letters through the door, the squeaky ironing board and the hurried footsteps of someone trying to get ready…

Welcome to a new day!

       
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A point of view

I went to an exhibition at Olympia in Kensington on Sunday. I admired greatly the ironwork structure of the Olympia venue itself. Opened in 1886, this is a beautiful piece of engineering and craftsmanship, truly standing the test of time. They really don’t make them like they used to and I do often wonder how many of the modern buildings will truly stand the test of time like this has done.

       
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