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Views from the boathouse. Nice views but the water was way too fast for rowing.
#sunset #london #asl #rowing #coaching #sculling #thames #aslcrew #riverthames #beautifullondon #iphoneonly #phonecamera

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From the archive, 1986. Butler’s Wharf. I think this area now has rather swish flats. I spent a lot of time walking around here looking for car photography locations.
#2CV #citroen #burntoutcar #london #towerbridge #stolencar #joyride #urbanlandscape #monochrome #blackandwhite #walking #locationhunting

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Let it bee.
#abbeyroad #stjohnswood #letitbe #iphoneonly #london #urban #graffiti #beatles

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First large print I’ve made in a while, with A4 tests. I’ve tried out many papers used in bookbinding, but I keep coming back to the first stock I tested a few years ago. Always the way!
#print #printing #monochrome #thames #riverthames #drawingdarkwaters #london #beautifullondon #river #paper #bookbinding

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Coast of Light, January 2019. Walking the miles of beach near Novo Sancti Petri and around the old fishing village at Sancti Petri.
#sanctipetri #novosanctipetri #andalucia #spain #coastoflight #costadelaluz #walking #sunset #winterlight

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Views from the boathouse. Lovely still conditions tonight, with a full moon over Kew Bridge. Though I couldn’t take a snap of this as I was driving a launch, so you’ll have to take my word!
#sunset #london #asl #rowing #coaching #sculling #thames #aslcrew #riverthames #beautifullondon #iphoneonly #phonecamera

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Blue sky thinking - wispy clouds over St Paul’s Cathedral, summer 2011.
#walking #urbanwalk #london #beautifullondon #clouds #sky #bluesky #fromthearchive

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Winter forms, January 2011.
#winter #shape #deadplant #graphicplants #seedhead #fromthearchive #winterforms #abstractplants

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London Plane tree avenue, Gunnersbury Park. New Year’s Day walk.
#london #planetree #tree #treeavenue #gunnersburypark #winter #beautifullondon #walk #urbancountryside

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From the archive, September 1988. Me with my trusty Nikon F3 next to a Jaguar XK120 on the old race circuit at Reims, Northern France. Last used for an F1 race in 1965, the circuit now stands derelict.
The circuit is basically a triangle of public roads which were obviously closed on race days. We were escorted to the track by French police with a large group of historic Jaguars. They amazingly closed the roads for us and speed limits were ‘waived’ for 30 mins whilst the cars whizzed around and we took photos. Doubt this would happen now!
#reims #racecircuit #f1 #jaguar #jaguarxk120 #xk120 #monochrome #blackandwhite #carphotography #classicandsportscar #fromthearchives

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Early start.
#ptrc #putneytownrowingclub #scull #chiswickbridge #sunrise #mortlake #riverthames #thames #london #beautifullondon #iphoneonly #phonecamera

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Lazy flowers. When fresh cut flowers become a dried flower display...and do a competent job.
#lazyflowers #display #cutflowers #recycling #makingthemlast #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #iphoneonly #phonecamera

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From the archive, Classic and Sportscar Magazine, c1986. Amphicar 770 in the Thames near Twickenham, adjacent to Eel Pie Island.
#riverthames #thames #classic&sportscar #feature #car #carstory #monochrome #blackandwhite #carphotography #fromthearchive #twickenham #eelpieisland

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Thinking of decade anniversaries, I tip-toed into the digital world in January 2000, having dismantled my darkroom. On the left is the first colour scan/print test I ever made. And I spent the next three years scanning, testing and printing, as cameras were too expensive and everyone I worked for regarded digital as the work of the devil! Then at the end of 2003, one client asked, “Do you know anything about digital photography?”. 😂
#anniversary #decades #digitalphotography #fromthearchive #2000 #gardenphotographer #gardenphotography

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Some of my most liked images from 2019, thanks folks. 😊 Wishing you a very happy and successful year. x
#top9 #mostliked #likes #2019 #bestgrid #bestgrid2019 #montage #bestof #gallery

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The Coast of Light, August 2010. The Atlantic Coastline of Andalucia often has spectacular cloud formations with the sometimes turbulent wind. These image are long exposures taken at night, with the reflected light from the town of Conil de la Frontera in the sky. Swipe to the last frame to see the wide view.
#conil #conildelafrontera #spain #andalucia #rooftopview #sky #clouds #stars #light #nightlight #longexposure

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This fine tree has been harassing us scullers for several months now. I’ve hit it twice! The Port of London Authority are normally fairly quick to move obstructions, but it’s on the flood plain at Syon Park, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. They can’t use heavy plant machinery to remove it. So it has to gracefully disintegrate on every tide.
#sculling #scullinglife #london #urbancountryside #iphoneonly #phonecamera #syonpark #riverthames #thames #river #tree #fallentree

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No seal today, but you couldn’t get conditions better than this. Amazing for December.
#sculling #scullinglife #thames #riverthames #winter #landscape #rowing #iphoneonly #phonecamera #sunset #putneytownrowingclub #london #urbancountryside

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River Misbourne, Old Amersham
#river #rivermisbourne #oldamersham #walking #landscape #reflections #tree #water #winter #iphoneonly #phonecamera #buckinghamshire

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Had another visit from the Thames seal today...whose name is apparently Geoff. Wasn’t sure if he was lining me up as a tasty snack, but he came into contact and was getting too close for comfort so I had to politely ask him not to join me in the boat. He’s a big piece of lard and I didn’t fancy capsizing!
#seal #thamesseal #riverthames #river #sculling #rowing #rowinglife #london

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From 2014 and 2016...hand bound folio books in concertina or leporello form. For my Thames photos made during the same two years accompanied by two Wordsworth poems, Upon Westminster Bridge and Remembrance of Collins. Both books required nearly 3 metres of paper which had to be carefully scored and folded.
#thames #riverthames #london #beautifullondon #walking #handbound #bookbinding #prints #handprints #folio #fromthearchive

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From 2017...three hand bound folio books for my Thames photos made between 1997 and 2017.
#thames #riverthames #london #beautifullondon #walking #handbound #bookbinding #prints #handprints #folio #fromthearchive

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Hand bound folio for some recent river photos made near Mortlake.
#folio #print #handprint #handbound #foliocase #mortlake #riverthames #thames #drawingdarkwaters #london #beautifullondon

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Hope Santa got it right this year - Merry Christmas folks!

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