The Burway, Long Mynd just this morning.  Unfortunately my camera battery was dead (there was cursing) so phonecam had to suffice:

Went the long way home on the commute last night:

 Matthew Hampshire, on Flickr

After all the jokes about Dara being dropped from Mock The Week a fortnight ago I was pleased to find he found a new job in Weymouth.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/28EBEyh]0T0A9521[/url] by John Stanley, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/28K1qCk]0T0A9522[/url] by John Stanley, on Flickr

 Matthew Hampshire, on Flickr

I like that ^^ SofaKing.

Thanks bikebouy

Expectation:

Reality:

But apart from that I genuinely love this Andy.

I just found out that this entry to the Taylor Wessing prize has made it through to the final round of judging.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/24Nqxjg]Alex – Transitions Volume Two[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

To say I’m a bit excited would be something of an understatement.

The excitement was short lived. I didn’t get selected for the exhibition, which was what I was holding my breath for. There were 4500 entries afrom around 2000 photographers and 341 photographs were taken through to the final round of judging.

It is at times like these that I remind myseldf that don’t take photographs for competitions or recognition. Those things are nice but they are not the motivation.

This is the motivation:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/M6P2n3]10622[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/27RGuPn]Isaac – in a rare moment of stillness[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

😉 think i prefer reality GT.

This, not because it is great art, but it is a reminder of the sweat and fear it took to get a 70 year old rod-brake bike to this point on part of the HT550 trail.

(Deanich Lodge in background)

It’s been a long time since I last posted anything, since Photobucket effectively went tits-up, and I’ve never been able to get Flickr to work on a mobile device, but thanks to someone suggesting Postimage, I can put up one or two. Took this one last weekend, at Morgan’s Hill near Calne, the far horizon is the line of the Cotswolds looking towards Stroud.

Oh, and taken with my old iPhone 6+, its all I had with me.

Double depth[/url] by Matthew Hampshire, on Flickr

Quite pleased with this, 4 second handheld exposure while both walking and nicely drunk.  Amazing what modern technology can do (Huawei P20 Pro).

Love that portrait Andy.

This isn’t my usual subject matter but the light was so good I couldn’t help myself:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/MJXdNS]Early morning summer fog over Lake Windemere[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/MJXhZY]Early morning summer fog over Lake Windemere[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/29NiAWY]Early morning summer fog over Lake Windemere[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

My second favourite room in the world.

The good thing about infrared photography is being able to shoot away in bright sunlight – no waiting for golden hour…

[url=https://flic.kr/p/MREiW9]scolty-ir-6[/url] by Jamie Emerson, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/MREiYJ]scolty-ir-5[/url] by Jamie Emerson, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/29UTTPw]scolty-ir-1[/url] by Jamie Emerson, on Flickr

Oh, and GT, great job on the shortlisting – impressive stuff.  The Taylor Wessing comp always gets dissed by pro photographers saying things along the lines of, “Pfft, coulda taken that shot of a moody girl with my mobile…”  The obvs response is, “But you bloody didn’t, did you?!”

[url=https://flic.kr/p/27fEU2J]RS1_6445[/url] by Mike Kennedy, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2a1yn6P]RS1_6443[/url] by Mike Kennedy, on Flickr

^^ that’s ace.

Our sunflowers are coming out now, and bumblebees are all over them, spotted this one with its head and legs covered in yellow pollen. Taken with my phone.

thanks BB

Haven’t posted any lo-fi nonsense for a while.

quite like a few of those colournoise

It’s interesting Andy, that while I quite like your pure environmental and landscape work, I am always so much more inspired by your portraiture. That shot of the boy wshing the horse is utterly sublime; so sensitive and poignant and the lighting is fabulous. I guess the thing I admire most about your talent is your versatility; it makes me think I might be a bit of a ‘one trick pony’ if you’ll pardon the horse reference.

Anyway, I am currently on holiday on the island of Guernsey and have been exploring similar themes here as I do at home. Quite by chance I came across a group of baby boomers swimming at high tide on the beach the other day; they are the self titled ‘Silly Old Farts’ swimming club, an informal but enthusiastic collective and quite the most fabulous bunch of people I’ve had the good fortune to meet. I was only able to photograph two of them but this one is among my favourite portraits I’ve taken.

I love her serene beauty and the swimming cap is just lovely!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/N5tG9j]Sue, 'The Silly old Farts Club', Guernsey[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr