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Jul 14 2016
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Daily Post, Landscape

The sacrifice awaits?

Wednesday 13th July 2016, 12.30pm (day 1,784)

Sacrifice awaits, 13/7/16

In need of distraction from the various (minor) personal and (major) political and institutional cock-ups afflicting my life at the moment — so I did what I usually do in these circumstances, took a book to read on the way and got myself up a mountain. On the top of Dollywaggon Pike (2815 feet, or 858m, above sea level), this tableau awaited…. is the stone on top of the bear a kindness, to keep it there until its owner returns? Looks more like a sacrificial altar to me. Still, there are worse places to be exposed to the elements.

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Jul 12 2016
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna, Hebden Bridge

Bee on the allotment

Tuesday 12th July 2016, 4.25pm (day 1,783)

Bee on allotment, 12/7/16Some creatures, like birds, seem in my experience to not like having cameras shoved in their faces. But insects don’t generally mind. The problem with capturing them is that they don’t stay in one place for very long. My technique largely involves setting the shutter to continuous capture then hoping the auto-focus does the work. I like this shot, though — also because of the overdwellings captured in the background, very Hebden Bridge.

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Jul 11 2016
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Daily Post, Urban scene

King’s Cross Square

Monday 11th July 2016, 11.45am (day 1,782)

Kings Cross rain, 11/7/16

This was supposed to be a five-day trip down south but I have had to truncate it for reasons too annoying and stupid to bother discussing on here. The picture matches the mood today. Yet another umbrella — there have been too many of them in the last four weeks.

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Jul 11 2016
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Recursion

Sunday 10th July 2016, 4.10pm (day 1,781)

Recursion, 10/7/16

The idea for this photo came bit by bit, as I sat on the train down to London looking at the first picture in the sequence, which is of Hebden Bridge station. Decided to take a photo of that on the screen for some reason and then just ran with it. I suppose I could have gone further and further, but I did have other work to do….

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Jul 09 2016
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Ancient Mariner

Saturday 9th July 2016, 1.50pm (day 1,780)

Ancient mariner, 9/7/16

One of my more indolent weekends. In twenty years’ time I’ll probably be this guy.

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Jul 08 2016
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Warning signs

Friday 8th July 2016, 6.20pm (day 1,779)

Warning signs, 8/7/16

And you thought our putative withdrawal from the EU was the major problem facing us at the moment.

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Jul 08 2016
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Colours and shapes

Thursday 7th July 2016, 8.35am (day 1,778)

Collage, 7/7/16

Saw this shot coming this morning, so played for it — I think it’s worked out. I like the almost random mix of colour and shape. These are about all we have to play with at the moment, ‘cos there’s no goddamn light.

The red plaque, by the way, commemorates the 1872 visit of a Japanese delegation to Manchester, a visit from which they returned inspired to kick start their own industrial revolution.

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Jul 06 2016
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Seat, Halifax town centre

Wednesday 6th July 2016, 3.25pm (day 1,777)

Halifax seat, 6/7/16

Let us at least try to bring some smiles into the world. Yes, I do know what these objects are…. do you?

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Jul 05 2016
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

In the park

Tuesday 5th July 2016, 5.30pm (day 1,776)

In the park, 5/7/16

Perhaps this shot would have been better with either one group or the other, but I like the split-screen nature of it with both. A nice evening in Hebden Bridge, much more amenable weather than in Manchester for most of the day, which is where I was.

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Jul 04 2016
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Corn Exchange, Manchester

Monday 4th July 2016, 8.35am (day 1,775)

Corn Exchange cirrus, 4/7/16

A very warm and pleasant morning. It wasn’t going to last, though — not with those mares’ tails up there. And nor did it — by 5pm it was happily raining again in Manchester.

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