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Friday evening I was eating a tangerine when Jaco let the dog in, who saw that I was eating something, and ran over all waggy-tailed with his ‘whatcha eating whatcha eating whatcha eating?!’ expression. So I said, ‘It’s an orange, Finstie, you won’t like it. Citrus.’ And he sat. Yesterday I was raking the cut [...]
If we approach quietly and find ourselves a camouflaged spot amongst the sofabushes, waiting patiently and eagerly, we might catch ourselves a glimpse of the rare, lesser-spotted Pixie Monster. Most frequently found in north-western Europe, this species has been known to harbour innate travelling instincts and can sometimes be found in other regions of the [...]
These are from my last trip to Barcelona a couple of years back. It’s a beautiful city, so rich in culture, lots of life and history – when we got back and I looked at the photos, although they were ‘okay’, I didn’t bother processing them ‘to show’ because to me they didn’t really merit [...]
I’ve been wanting to dip my toes into the pretty HDR seas for a while now, but not having a tripod made that a little difficult. HDR, or High Dynamic Range, images are a series of photographs taken across exposure brackets and then merged to create a single image that better represents what the eye [...]
A couple of tools for creative design on the puter. Difficult to explain what alchemy is but it can be used very well as a catalyst for inspiration. http://al.chemy.org/ From their website; Alchemy is an open drawing project aimed at exploring how we can sketch, draw, and create on computers in new ways. Alchemy isn’t [...]
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