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Long time Unix/Linux Admin, drone operator, photography dabbler, some time ham radio 'player' Occasional SpeedQuiz host. :) Shropshire (UK)
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2025-10-11
The evening of October 10th 2024 saw one of the best auroras for some time visible in most of the UK.
Here are some of the best shots from the evening in South Shropshire, just from the side of a country road crossing a common. (52.39N)
#Aurora #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #unitedkingdom #shropshirehills #shropshire #cleehills
Green aurora seen near the horizon and a spike of red reaching high into the starry night sky. the silhouettes of a tree and bush can be seen in the foregroundGreen aurora seen near the horizon and bright red reaching high into the starry night sky. the silhouettes of a tree and bush can be seen in the foreground.
The red was quite visible to the naked eye.Green curtains of aurora reaching up into the sky from the horizon with a hint of read the the very top. Silhouette of the ground is visible along the bottom of the imageA mass of green 'curtains' visible from the aurora stretching from the dark horizon virtually to the top of the image when the stars can be seen in the dark night sky
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2025-08-25
The Stan Laurel statue. Standing in Dockwray Square, North Shields.
He lived in North Shields for a while as a child where his father was a theatre manager.
The statue looks over the River Tyne towards South Shileds.
#NorthShields #Statue #Art #History #Film #Movie #stan-laurel #Stan #laurel-hardy #TyneAndWear #RiverTyne
A statue of Stan Laurel on a plinth holding his bowler hat in his right hand, his left hand playing with his hair as seen in many of the Laurel and Hardy films. The plinth has a plaque featuring the faces of Laurel and Hardy and is surrounded by a black metal fence on a block paved area of a park.
Trees can be seen in the background beneath a grey late summer sky.
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2025-08-17
Two Buzzards riding a thermal over the fields in Corvedale, South Shropshire UK
#Photography #Nature #Birds #buzzard #shropshire #shropshirehills #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Two Buzzards wheel about after catching a thermal high above the fields, nearly silhouetted against a blue summer sky
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2025-08-07
3 swans flying overhead.
Over the River Severn in Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK
#swans #birds #photography #wildlife #nature #Bewley #worcestershire #riversevern
3 swans flying in a line against a grey sky, the 2 at the rear with their wings outstretched, the lead swan flapping its wings.
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2025-07-20
Castle Pulverbatch in Shropshire.
The impressive remains of a Motte and Bailey Castle earthworks in Pulverbatch, South West of Shrewsbury, UK
Constructed in the late 11th Century, and possibly only occupied for around 50 years.
#Drone #Shropshire #history #castle #motte #medieval #photography #dronephoto
A view of Motte and Bailey earthworks at Pulverbatch in Shropshire. 
The Motte is seen on the right with the Bailey on the left, all grass covered. Blue sky aboveA view of Motte and Bailey earthworks at Pulverbatch in Shropshire. 
The Motte is seen in the foreground with the Bailey in the background. The village of Pulverbatch in the background
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2025-07-17
Some Borage field pictures from a year ago. Near Ludlow in Shropshire, UK.
#Shropshire #England #Landscape #Photography #Drone
A drone view of field full of purple Borage beneath a blue summer sky filled with white clouds. A small group of small trees in the distance break up the purple. small green hills in the distanceA closeup of a small group of trees on the horizon, a field of purple Borage leading up to them. A rather cloudy sky aboveA field full of purple Borage beneath a summer sky filled with grey and white clouds. A small group of small trees in the distance break up the purple. small green hills in the distance
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2025-06-17
An 'island' of mature trees in the middle of a Shropshire field.
#drone #Photography #Landscape #Shropshire #UK #Countryside #Farming #Agriculture
An 'island' of 4 trees in the middle of a field. Crops cover the ground all around the regular patterns of the tracks of the tractors through the crops are interrupted by a ring around the trees. The path of a small river can be seen in the top left corner flanked by smaller trees and bushes.
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2025-06-04
A Common Darter Dragonfly, in amongst the vegetation at a local nature reserve.
#dragonfly #dragonfliesofthefediverse #macrophotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #Shropshire #UK
A dragonfly resting on a grass stem, it's wings outstretched forward and to each side. The light orange-red  body disappearing into the green vegetation, legs holding tight onto the grass it's 2 eyes visible.. The background is blurred vegetation of various green colours
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2025-05-02
Here's a lone tree, in the middle of a field of oilseed rape.
Corvedale in Shropshire, UK.
#landscape #spring #agriculture #oilseedrape #countryside #nature #UK #Shropshire
A lone tree standing in the middle of a field of bright yellow oilseed rape.
A line of trees can be seen behind the field with distant hills visible beyond them. A bright sky with high level clouds above.
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2025-05-02
Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall in Wales.
A 3 stage waterfall that falls over a 240-foot (73 m) cliff near the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Powys.
#Waterfall #Wales #UK #winter #photoography #landscape
Photo taken on one cold day in February.
a 3 stage waterfall tumbles over a 240 foot high cliff covered in trees and vegetation. The falls at the top and bottom are visible, the middle, small falls are hidden from view. A grey winter sky can just be glimpsed between the trees at the top of the falls
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2025-04-19
Stanley the cat, plotting something...
#caturday #catsofpixelfed #catsofmastodon
A cat peering over the edge of a cat bed. All that is visible id the top of his head, ears, eyes and nose. He looks as if he's plotting something.
The cat bed is on a purple sofa with a cream wall behind
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2025-04-18
An aerial view of a field prepared for potatoes.
Taken a couple of years ago around this time in Corvedale, Shropshire.
#spring #photography #aerialphotography #drone #farm #farming #agriculture #landscape #shropshire #england #uk #agriculture
An aerial view of a newly prepared potato field. parallel lines in the earth from the ploughing disappear off into the distance, green fields along the sides and the end with a hill on the horizon. A blue spring sky with fluffy white clouds above.
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2025-04-10
So much blossom on the pear tree outside the house, and so many bees! Very nice to see.
#Spring #Bees #PearTree #Shropshire #nature #naturephotography
A picture of a bee hovering above some blossom on a pear tree. Large amounts of pollen can be seen underneath it. The background is blurred blossom with a blue sky behind
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2025-04-06
A lone tree in Corvedale, Shropshire UK.
A pic from a couple of years ago, a solitary tree in the middle of a newly planted field.
#LoneTree #Spring #countryside #Shropshire #ShropshireHills #Corvedale #field #landscape #landscapephotography #
A single, old tree just beginning to bud, standing in the middle of a field newly planted with crops. A blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds and a distant hill in the background
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2025-03-22
A duck floating on water, the vegetation on the other side of the canel reflecting green on the ripples of the water.
The duck has it's back to the camera, but it's head is facing it. it's long tongue is out, preening its feathers
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2025-02-20
A concert by the band 'Fairground Attraction'.
Captured mid song at a concert in Wolverhampton in the UK, Eddi Reader singing whilst the rest of the band provide backing, part of their first tour together in many many years.
I'd love the opportunity to do some live music photography with a 'real' camera!
#concerts #concert #livemusic #photo #photography #gigphotography #Wolverhampton #FairgroundAttraction #iphoneography #PhonePic
A picture of he stage at a concert, the female singer standing in the centre holding the microphone stand in one hand, her other arm raised in the air.
An accordion player is sitting on the left. a man playing the marimba is partially hidden behind the singer, sitting at the back is a man playing an acoustic bass guitar, and the lead acoustic guitar player in on the right of the image. The drummer is just off to the right of the image.
Monitor speakers can be seen at the front of the stage, and there's a black and silver backdrop behind the band
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2025-02-16
A sunset in the Maldives, with a storm rolling in.
A picture taken quite some time ago with a Fuji FinePix S8000fd.

#Maldives #Photo #Photography #Sunset #Sunset-pics #colorfulsunset #sea #indianocean #stormclouds
A colourful sunset across the sea from an island in the Maldives. Another island can be seen in the sea with a colourful yellow and red sun setting behind some high clouds. A large storm cloud can be seen on the right hand side of the photo
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2025-02-15
A picture I've been thinking of for a while.
The Regal, a 1937 Art Deco cinema (Now a theatre/arts centre) in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, UK
Sadly didn't have a camera with me as we were going to see a play, so a phone had to suffice.
#ArtDeco #Tenbury #Worcestershire #Photograph #NightPhotography #PhonePhotography #Photography #rain #astmospheric
The Frontage of an Art Deco Cinema at night in the rain, the bright red and green neon signs and the white 'REGAL' name are reflected on the wet paving slabs on the footpath in front of a shop. 2 people are standing at the entrance, a row of cars parked at the side of the road
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2025-02-09
Auckland from Rangitoto.
Waitangi Day holiday in 2016 found me up the Rangitoto volcano in the Hauraki Gulf just outside of Auckland, New Zealand.
I'd been up to the summit doing some Ham Radio operating for 'Summits On The Air" (SOTA)
I stopped to snap this photo of Auckland from around half way down to the ferry, Capturing the CBD, the Sky Tower and the Harbour Bridge as well as several of the extinct volcanoes in the area.
#Auckland #Rangitoto #newzealand #aotearoa #photography #Photo #Sony #Volcano #Hauraki #HaurakiGulf
A view of the City of Auckland from Rangitoto.
The green bush on the slopes of the volcano sweep down to the pale blue waters of the Hauraki Gulf. The city is beyond, with the high buildings of the Central Business District viewable, along with the Sky tower in the centre. Several extinct volcanoes can be seen rising from the area, and the Harbour Bridge can be seen in the distance on the right of the image.
A couple of small sail boats can be seen in the water, and a container ship can just be seen on the right of the picture.

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