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Thames Barrier

Not that Thames Barrier, this one is the partially inaccessible/diverted Thames path around the Greenwich Peninsular Coming up against the Thames path barrier the other day really pissed me off. I can’t take photos of this view again because this part of the path is still blocked off. This photo was from an early part…

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Walking slowly and seeing more

One thing about walking a puppy is that I walk slowly with less purpose. I am out because the dog needs a walk rather than my usual need to get somewhere. So we are wandering slowly. Walking slowly allows me to see more than I usually do, it is almost meditative. Almost. It allows me…

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Second walkies

There is no visual record of Gizmo’s first proper walk. Why? Well I took the photos, processed the negs and when the great moment arrived, I took them out of the developing tank to find them totally transparent… what????!!!! I used the effing fixer instead of the developer… both Ilford and both in white plastic…

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Altazimuth

An Altazimuth or alt-azimuth mount is a simple mount used for moving a telescope, camera, helostatic mirror, or solar panel along two perpendicular axes of motion, one vertical and one horizontal. The vertical movement is known as the altitude, while the horizontal motion is called the azimuth. (Wikipedia) One of the greatest of words anyway!…

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