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Hush, Quietly Now

Shhhh, is there an artist here? Look carefully… A red filter might have helped here with legibility. I’d like to say I don’t make a habit of photographing brick walls but that just wouldn’t be true. These days I’m a (little) more discerning though, there is usually a reason. Like the gateway to the fourth…

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Underneath the Arches

If you go down to the river today, you are sure for a big surprise… Definitely had to meter for the shadows otherwise it would be a silhouette. The ‘corpse’ was being pushed about by the wind too hence its lack of sharpness (f/11 at 1/4 second). Works for me though. Embedded trolleys, wheelbarrows and…

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Low Tide – Mud, Knives, Guns & Chains

Wow, most of the Thames disappeared today! This mooring buoy looks so wrong beached, usually it is floating. Out of context. I didn’t realise how massive they are Underfoot was a bit treacherous and I recall stories of people sinking in the mud, especially a couple of girls rescued when they were up to their…

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