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boat

2011-03-08

boat

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Photoblog: 08 Mar 2011

On the seawall at Helmsdale.


Keywords: Helmsdale, Helmsdale Harbour, Highlands, Scotland, Sutherland, UK, boats, night, snow, weather


NIKON D90 38 mm f/2.8 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO 640 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-12-08 16:18:44


Cheese Festival

2011-03-06

Cheese Festival

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Photoblog: 06 Mar 2011


Keywords: Blackmore Vale, Cheese Festival, Dorset, England, Sturminster Newton, UK, events, festivals


NIKON D90 26 mm f/2.8 0.001 sec (1/2000) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-09-11 10:00:36


Latrigg

2011-03-04

Latrigg

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Photoblog: 04 Mar 2011

Last year.


Keywords: Cumbria, England, Lake District, Latrigg, UK, landscape, mountains, sheep, snow


NIKON D90 17 mm f/10.0 0.004 sec (1/250) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-21 15:38:54


Skywalk

2011-03-02

Skywalk

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Photoblog: 02 Mar 2011

At London Bridge Station. The little concrete bridge and short shopping precinct, designed to get those bloody pedestrians out of the way of the important 4x4s and taxis on the main road below for the safety and convenience of the pedestrian, who should be bloody grateful for it.


Keywords: 60s/70s architecture, England, London, London Bridge Station, UK, concrete, graffiti, night, precincts, shopping precincts, shops, streetscape, urban


NIKON D90 35 mm f/2.8 0.02 sec (1/50) ISO 800 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-10-13 18:37:28


Onich

2011-02-28

Onich

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Photoblog: 28 Feb 2011

back in the spring.


Keywords: Argyll, Highlands, Loch Linnhe, Onich, Scotland, UK, West Highlands, landscape, lochs, mountains, reflections, sea


NIKON D90 17 mm f/10.0 0.003 sec (1/320) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-05-22 09:50:06


Ribblehead Viaduct

2011-02-26

Ribblehead Viaduct

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Photoblog: 26 Feb 2011


Keywords: England, Ribblehead, Ribblehead Viaduct, Ribblesdale, Settle-Carlisle Railway, UK, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, locomotives, national parks, private, railways, steam locomotives, viaducts


NIKON D50 55 mm f/10.0 0.001 sec (1/800) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-06-17 11:57:11


West Bow

2011-02-24

West Bow

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Photoblog: 24 Feb 2011

Galleries: Edinburgh

up the hill from grassmarket.


Keywords: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, architecture, bw, monochrome, night, streetscape


Unknown model unkown focal length unknown aperture unknown exposure ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-12-05 09:15:22


deer

2011-02-22

deer

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Photoblog: 22 Feb 2011

getting a bit christmassy...


Keywords: Helmsdale, Highlands, Scotland, Sutherland, UK, animals, deer, snow


NIKON D90 55.0 mm f/7.1 0.004 sec (1/250) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-12-10 13:42:49


Santiago

2011-02-20

Santiago

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Photoblog: 20 Feb 2011

one more from Chile, this time from an evening walking around the centre of Santiago.


Keywords: Chile, Santiago, architecture, tower blocks


NIKON D90 52 mm f/9.0 0.003 sec (1/400) ISO 250 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-10-02 21:20:34


Osorno

2011-02-18

Osorno

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Photoblog: 18 Feb 2011

A year ago, I was cycling around the Chilean lake district, up snow-capped volcanoes and around waterfalls and rivers and beaches. It was nice.

More photos can be found in the Chile set.


Keywords: Chile, Los Lagos, Osorno, Patagonia, Volcan Orsono, landscape, mountains, volcanoes


NIKON D90 29 mm f/9.0 0.001 sec (1/800) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-09-28 19:23:50


Beijing

2011-02-16

Beijing

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Photoblog: 16 Feb 2011

This is the Second Ring Road in Beijing. Confusingly, there is no First Ring Road. But there is a Third. And a Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth. The Seventh is under construction. They're thinking about an Eighth.

The Second Ring Road follows the route of the old city moat, with a metro line underneath it. Here, on the right would have been the city walls -- now modern office blocks -- and on the left was farmland until remarkably recently (now hotels and apartment towers).

The road is close to motorway standard throughout, with three or four lanes, grade separated junctions, and parallel local roads between junctions, with additional (usually segregated) bicycle paths. This doesn't prevent the massive traffic jams.

Within the old city there is a grid of wide boulevards every km, but in many places the old dense "hutong" building plans remain between the boulevards. In the past decade the trend has been to bulldoze the hutong to make way for high-rise commercial and residential buildings designed around high car use. But this trend is reversing as the inevitable backlash to such destruction -- as seen throughout Europe in the post-war decades -- gathers strength, and as the politicians and planners of Beijing look at their city and situation they're in and realise that, just as in European cities, the motor car is a transport solution that simply doesn't scale. Beijing is currently a smog filled mess of traffic jams, crashes, and illegally parked cars on every available bit of land. But the construction of new roads is slowing in favour of massive expansion of the metro system, the city has been forced to restrict car use and vehicular accesses, and the rapid fall of the status of the bicycle may even be slowing.


Keywords: 2nd ring road, Beijing, China, cars, roads, smog


NIKON D90 17 mm f/2.8 1/4000 sec ISO 800 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-08-13 01:15:09


Loch Leven

2011-02-14

Loch Leven

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Photoblog: 14 Feb 2011

Looking up to the Pap Of Glencoe from Ballachulish Bridge back in the spring.


Keywords: Ballachulish Bridge, Glen Coe, Highlands, Loch Leven, Pap Of Glencoe, Scotland, UK, West Highlands, landscape, lochs, lpyc, mountains, sea


NIKON D90 10 mm f/10.0 0.004 sec (1/250) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-05-22 10:34:17


happy new year

2011-02-12

happy new year

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Photoblog: 12 Feb 2011

from camden, overflowing with rubbish...

guys! i ignored flickr. sorry, i see a couple of you asked time-critical questions that i failed to answer on time :( i am trying to catch up.


Keywords: England, Holborn, London, UK, buses, christmas, motion blur, movement, night, rubbish, streetscape, streetscapes


NIKON D90 17 mm f/2.8 0.067 sec (1/15) ISO 1250 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-12-31 18:06:45


Inverlochy

2011-02-10

Inverlochy

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Photoblog: 10 Feb 2011

Sadly I failed to get the shot with a steam train included.


Keywords: Fort William, Highlands, Inverlochy, Inverlochy Castle, Scotland, UK, West Highlands, bridges, bw, landscape, monochrome, mountains, rivers


NIKON D90 26 mm f/9.0 0.005 sec (1/200) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-05-24 15:00:05


Royal Victoria Dock

2011-02-08

Royal Victoria Dock

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Photoblog: 08 Feb 2011

A July bike ride around the royal docks. Not sure I got the colour balance quite right...


Keywords: Docklands, East London, England, London, Royal Docks, Royal Victoria Dock, UK, skyscrapers, sunset


NIKON D90 38 mm f/10.0 0.003 sec (1/400) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-07-31 19:20:50


Glen Coe

2011-02-06

Glen Coe

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Photoblog: 06 Feb 2011


Keywords: Glen Coe, Highlands, Scotland, UK, West Highlands, landscape, mountains


NIKON D90 14 mm f/9.0 0.01 sec (1/100) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-05-22 13:01:16


Castlerigg

2010-12-25

Castlerigg

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Photoblog: 25 Dec 2010

as the snow was easing, having crossed walla crag in it...

the bronze age circle -- actually, slightly flattened circle -- is the best known of the Cumbrian stone circles. they are aligned with the sunrise over a nearby peak on the autumn equinox. more pictures and info.

embiggen on black


Keywords: Castlerigg, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria, England, Lake District, NT, UK, ancient monuments, archaeology, landscape, lpyc, snow, stone circules


NIKON D90 10 mm f/10.0 0.008 sec (1/125) ISO 250 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-21 13:44:14


St Paul's

2010-12-23

St Paul's

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Photoblog: 23 Dec 2010

and paternoster square


Keywords: City of London, England, London, Paternoster Square, St Paul's Cathedral, UK, architecture, cathedrals, christmas, churches, night, reflections


NIKON D90 10 mm f/13.0 8 ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-12-16 19:30:42


foggy boats

2010-12-19

foggy boats

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Photoblog: 19 Dec 2010

Galleries: London

at westminster a few weeks ago...


Keywords: London, River Thames, UK, Westminster, boats, fog, rivers


NIKON D50 70 mm f/8.0 0.01 sec (1/100) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-01-14 10:04:44


Thames

2010-12-15

Thames

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Photoblog: 15 Dec 2010

at greenwich, last week.


Keywords: BT Tower, East London, England, Greenwich, London, River Thames, UK, boats, cityscape, sunset


NIKON D90 90 mm f/9.0 0.001 sec (1/1000) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-08-20 18:15:47


Sheep, shadows, and snow on Skiddaw

2010-12-13

Sheep, shadows, and snow on Skiddaw

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Photoblog: 13 Dec 2010

from Latrigg, last Sunday afternoon

embiggen on black


Keywords: 123N, Cumbria, England, Keswick, Lake District, Latrigg, Skiddaw, UK, clouds, landscape, lpyc, mountains, shadows, sheep, snow


NIKON D90 40 mm f/10.0 0.005 sec (1/200) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-21 15:59:13


Battersea Power Station

2010-12-09

Battersea Power Station

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Photoblog: 09 Dec 2010

Galleries: London

from way back. had a bit much on lately, so nothing new. sorry.


Keywords: Battersea, Battersea Power Station, England, London, Nine Elms, UK, Wandsworth, chimneys, derelict, industrial, ruins


NIKON D50 27 mm f/9.0 0.005 sec (1/200) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-08-23 15:23:17


Loch Eil

2010-12-07

Loch Eil

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Photoblog: 07 Dec 2010

on the way to Glenfinnan last week.


Keywords: Highlands, Loch Eil, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, West Highlands, lakes, landscape, lochs, mountains, sheep


NIKON D90 55 mm f/9.0 0.002 sec (1/640) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-05-24 10:11:45


Democracy Village

2010-12-03

Democracy Village

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Photoblog: 03 Dec 2010

a quick stop at Parliament Square after the Victory Flashmob last week. Anyone who has ever visited Parliament Square will know what an absolute mess it is -- and not because of the protesters.

This shot was taken in the middle of the day, and edited in gIMP on the netbook. There was a lot of perspective distortion to correct, and I'm not sure I got it quite right...


Keywords: England, Houses of Parliament, London, Palace of Westminster, Parliament Square, UK, Westminster, democracy village, protests, streetscape


Unknown model unkown focal length unknown aperture unknown exposure ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-07-13 15:31:18


tree!

2010-12-01

tree!

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Photoblog: 01 Dec 2010

Galleries: Cumbria

in the lake district in june. thought i best upload something, even if i don't have much new stuff of interest at the moment...


Keywords: Cumbria, England, Keswick, Lake District, Skiddaw, UK, landscape, trees


NIKON D50 75 mm f/8.0 0.013 sec (1/80) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-06-19 06:20:03


Millwall Dock

2010-11-27

Millwall Dock

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Photoblog: 27 Nov 2010

Way back at the other end of the Summer.


Keywords: Docklands, East London, England, Isle of Dogs, London, Millwall Dock, UK, cityscape, docks, londonist, silhouettes, sunset


NIKON D90 26 mm f/10.0 0.003 sec (1/400) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-04-11 18:27:38


Squirrel

2010-11-25

Squirrel

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Photoblog: 25 Nov 2010

walking through Deptford churchyard back in the spring.


Keywords: Deptford, England, London, South East London, South London, UK, cemeteries, graves, londonist, squirrels


NIKON D90 55 mm f/2.8 0.002 sec (1/500) ISO 640 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-04-11 17:40:48


Rannoch Moor

2010-11-23

Rannoch Moor

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Photoblog: 23 Nov 2010

It's a bit moist up there.


Keywords: Argyl and Bute, Highlands, Rannoch Moor, Scotland, UK, West Highlands, lakes, landscape, mountains


NIKON D90 10 mm f/10.0 0.005 sec (1/200) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-05-22 15:54:38


Whitfield Street

2010-11-21

Whitfield Street

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Photoblog: 21 Nov 2010

Yesterday lunchtime. I've been meaning to shoot the toy museum for a while...



Keywords: England, Fitzrovia, London, Pollocks Toy Museum, Scala Street, Sigma 10-20, UK, Whitfield Street


NIKON D50 10 mm f/5.0 1/3200 sec ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-06-04 12:03:13


Ullswater

2010-11-19

Ullswater

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Photoblog: 19 Nov 2010

Galleries: Cumbria


Keywords: Cumbria, England, Lake District, UK, Ullswater, bw, lakes, landscape, monochrome, mountains


NIKON D50 62 mm 6643856/1000000 0.005 sec (1/200) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-06-18 15:01:04


General Disapproval

2010-11-17

General Disapproval

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Photoblog: 17 Nov 2010

Reducing waste with an infinitely reusable placard.


Keywords: England, General Disapproval, London, UK, Whitehall, protest the pope, protests


Unknown model unkown focal length unknown aperture unknown exposure ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-09-18 16:01:27


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