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Author Archives: LensScaper
Adopting Panels
One of the ideas I experimented with during our period of lockdown over here in the UK, and since, is the creation of panels of images. I think water lends itself to this approach in particular. Water is seldom still … Continue reading
Posted in Panels
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Locked-In
At some point over the last two and a half years all of us will have experienced some form of Lock Down. Our liberty was curtailed. In the UK there was a period when one could only leave the house … Continue reading
Posted in Black & White, Uncategorized
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The Ascent of Mont Blanc
On this day (8 August) in 1786, Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time. It marked the beginning of mountaineering in the Alps as over the next 100 years all the major peaks in the Alps were conquered one … Continue reading
Posted in Climb and Trek, Uncategorized
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The quiet wood
Despite living in West Sussex for six and a half years, I am still discovering areas of woodland within a 15 minute walk of our house. This is my most recent ‘find’. I think it may have been deliberately planted … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes
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Selfies
Hi everyone. It must be about 21 months since I last posted an entry on this blog. It’s surprising how something that was so much part of my life was knocked off the board so comprehensively by the Covid pandemic. … Continue reading
Posted in MountainScape, Uncategorized
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Cubist reflection
This is one of the more bizarre reflections that I’ve captured from the Docklands area of east London. Whether the glass facade was planned to reflect its neighbours in such an outrageous way or whether this happened purely by chance … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture & Buildings, Reflection
Tagged abstract reflections, Glass Distortion
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Window Abstract
Reflective glass is often a bonus to the photographer. In some cases it is pure reflection, often subject to a degree of distortion. In other cases – and this is an example – you get a mix of see-through and … Continue reading
Towards the Light
The concept of time feels warped. It’s another facet of Lockdown. The weeks drift by alarmingly fast (we’re back to Monday again when I clean a bathroom), and yet the individual days seem to drag. It helps to keep busy. … Continue reading
Posted in Abstractions
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The Lost Normal
I haven’t blogged for months. Lockdown knocked ‘Normal’ into the long grass. We had to adjust to the strictures of a new so-called Normality. The familiar flow of a day was disrupted and with it went so many features that … Continue reading
Back to the Mountains
It’s the season of short days and long nights; time to work on the image archives. I’m busy preparing a new iteration of a talk about Alpine photography titled ‘High ‘n Wild with a Camera’ and in the process re-living … Continue reading
Posted in Black & White, Swiss Alps - Summer
Tagged Almagelleralp, Dom, Mischabel Range, Saas Fee
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