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first light on canary wharf

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from Woolwich

Keywords: Canary Wharf, Docklands, East London, England, Greenwich, London, River Thames, Silvertown, UK, Woolwich, rivers, skyscrapers, sunrise, water

NIKON D90 38 mm 8.0 +1.25 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-03-07 07:17:25

Catbells

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reflections in Derwent Water...

Keywords: Catbells, Cumbria, Derwent Water, England, Lake District, UK, lakes, mountains, reflections, sunset

NIKON D90 17 mm 9.0 -0.05 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-20 16:54:43

squirrel!

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near ashness bridge, last week...

Keywords: Cumbria, England, Lake District, UK, animals, red squirrels, snow, squirrels

NIKON D90 200 mm 2.8 +0.70 ISO 500 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-21 09:35:47

Sheep, shadows, and snow on Skiddaw

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from Latrigg, last Sunday afternoon

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

NIKON D90 40 mm 10.0 0.00 ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-21 15:59:13

Castlerigg

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

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

NIKON D90 10 mm 10.0 -0.50 ISO 250 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-21 13:44:14

and the snow-capped Langdale Pikes on monday, while walking from Ambleside to the train station, weighed down with all the equipment. it was very difficult to find anywhere to take photos along Windermere -- so much of the shore is fenced off with big "private" signs -- a disgrace that i would make a bigger fuss about, if Windermere weren't the dullest of all the lakes.

Keywords: Cumbria, England, Lake District, Langdale Pikes, UK, Windermere, lakes, mountains

NIKON D90 44 mm 9.0 +0.05 ISO 250 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-22 15:17:14

under the railway

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clink street, bankside, on the way to the station the other day.

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Keywords: Clink Street, England, London, Southwark, The Clink, UK, monochrome, night

NIKON D90 24 mm 3.2 0.00 ISO 1250 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-18 20:59:07

Sun, snow, sheep

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on Latrigg on Sunday.

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

NIKON D90 38 mm 9.0 0.00 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-21 15:15:28

All Souls

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Photoblog: 08 Mar 2010

looking down Regent Street from the roof of Broadcasting House a couple of weeks ago.

it was shortly after we crammed inside radio 4 itself (which is surprisingly small) during the link between the archers and front row. (you might have heard us giggling in the background.)

now i'm off to ride busses and walk around the lake district, since shitty evans cycles* haven't managed to fit a new hub on my wheel despite having had all week.

(* i know, what did i expect? they're the only choice 'round these parts, though.)

Keywords: All Souls, England, Langham Place, London, Regent Street, UK, architecture, churches, londonist, night

NIKON D90 10 mm 9.0 0.6 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-04 19:30:43

Pulpit Rock

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Photoblog: 12 Mar 2010

on Portland at the weekend.

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Keywords: Dorset, England, English Channel, Isle of Portland, Jurassic Coast, Portland, Portland Bill, Pulpit Rock, UK, clouds, coast, landscape, sea, sunset

NIKON D90 31 mm 9.0 0.00 ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-13 16:16:34

Millennium Bridge

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Photoblog: 14 Mar 2010

This afternoon I received my lovely new Nikkor 17-55 f2.8, so I had a good incentive to go out and have a play with it on the way home. I am very dissapointed that it hasn't magically made me capable of getting compositions right...

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Keywords: Bankside, City of London, England, London, Millennium Bridge, River Thames, Southwark, Tate Modern, UK, bridges, londonist, long exposure, night, reflections, rivers

NIKON D90 17 mm 16.0 0.00 ISO 100 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-02-12 20:49:58

Catbells

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i spent all weekend plotting a year's worth of trips around the country, so again i've nothing to share except last year's...

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Keywords: Catbells, Cumbria, Derwent Water, England, Lake District, Skiddaw, UK, clouds, lakes, monochrome, mountains

NIKON D90 10 mm 11.0 -0.10 ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-04-19 13:06:30

Derwent Water

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not taken much these past few weeks, but new lens in the post, so will soon. in the mean time, more from the lakes -- this time from a couple of years ago.

don't forget, you can see all the photos from the lakes here.

Keywords: Catbells, Cumbria, Derwent Water, England, Lake District, UK, lakes, mountains, sunset, water

NIKON D50 48 mm 8.0 0.00 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-06-15 19:40:04

Snowdon

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Photoblog: 26 Feb 2010

it occurred to me that it has been a while since I posted a proper skyscape. i must look out for some more to shoot. here's one from Snowdon last year.

you guys! did i mention that i wrote a blog post on the philosophy of flickr videos? read it here.

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Keywords: Snowdon, Snowdonia, UK, Wales, clouds, landscape, mountains, skyscape

NIKON D90 10 mm 8.0 0.00 ISO 250 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-06-16 13:21:37

Moel-y-gest

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I looked for a still version of the Moel-y-gest video that I posted at the weekend, and found this instead -- the view looking the other way, south over the Glaslyn estuary and the south-western ranges of Snowdonia.

more photos of Moel-y-gest

Keywords: Afon Glaslyn, Irish Sea, Moel-y-gest, Portmadog, Snowdonia, UK, Wales, estuaries, mountain, my dad, rivers, sea

NIKON D90 50 mm 8.0 +0.65 ISO 250 | Taken by Joe D on 2009-06-17 20:11:32

Moel-y-gest

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looking north over Tremadog to the north-western ranges of Snowdonia, back in June 2009. probably best viewed with the sound turned down -- the D90 does not have a good microphone.

more moving photographs here.

Keywords: Moel-y-gest, Porthmadog, Snowdonia, UK, Wales, mountains, sunset, video

Unknown model unkown focal length unknown aperture unknown exposure ISO 200(?) | Taken by Joe D on 2010-01-22 19:18:09

tide

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count em, then multiply them by the 200 trains per hour that stop at london bridge...

this was the scene behind the camera during this shot.

Keywords: City of London, England, London, London Bridge, UK, crowds, people, video

Unknown model unkown focal length unknown aperture unknown exposure ISO 200(?) | Taken by Joe D on 2010-01-18 16:23:30

stop n search

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hey lookit, you guys, i wrote a blog on the subject of the stop and search policy, given its timeliness as the european courts declare it to be unlawful:

cotch.net/blog/20100118_0158

this on my new* photography blog, where i will be writing occasionally on topics of amateur photography, being a photographer in london, and some of the wonderful and wonderfully ugly places that i encounter. do subscribe, won't you?

* second hand, one careless owner who didn't even tidy up before he left

Keywords: london, londonist, stop and search

NIKON D90 50 mm 1.8 +1.65 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-01-18 01:34:59

Tower Bridge

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Photoblog: 04 Mar 2010

at sunrise on a freezing morning a couple of weeks ago. a nice peaceful scene on the river while behind the camera a hundred thousand people cross london bridge in an unbroken stream six deep from the station...

hey, lookit: i have a newly reskinned website:

cotch.net

it's going to be a full time photography website from now on. (if you still want the science, it can be found here: joe.dunckley.me.uk.) it has galleries and you can view the pictures large and on black backgrounds and all that stuff. i'll also be doing a bit of blogging about photography -- do subscribe!

Keywords: City of London, England, HMS Belfast, London, River Thames, Southwark, Tower Bridge, UK, bridges, londonist, rivers, sunrise

NIKON D90 50 mm 5.6 +1.15 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2010-01-04 08:14:01

Derwent Water

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Photoblog: 02 Mar 2010

Stumbled upon a set of unstitched jpegs while looking for something that might be useful for a webpage header, so I gave it a quick run through autostitch. My experience of autistitch, though, is that it's fun, but just a toy.

This set is from an early morning at Derwent Water last year. Have y'all been looking at the awesome pictures of the lakes in the snow in the Cumbria pool?

And it has only now occurred to me that I must have a dozen more sets of unstitched jpegs lying around to play with...

Keywords: Catbells, Cumbria, Derwent Water, England, Lake District, Skiddaw, UK, autostitch, lakes, mountains, panorama, reflections

Unknown model unkown focal length unknown aperture unknown exposure ISO 200(?) | Taken by Joe D on 2010-01-08 01:35:49

Greenland Dock

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Photoblog: 10 Feb 2010

Sunrise this morning. I froze my fingers getting this. As you can see, the dock is not an inconsiderable body of water. It was designed for ocean ships (albeit not of today's scale), and would have assumed that it contained salt walter, though I suppose it may have been years since the lock fully opened to exchange water with the Thames Estuary, and it may well be fed fresh water from culverts and storm drains. Even so, frozen water means it's cold. (Something to bring you back to reality after that last warm sunny summer shot from the archives.)

Keywords: Canary Wharf, Docklands, England, Greenland Dock, London, One Canada Square, Southwark, UK, architecture, docks, frozen, ice, londonist, reflections, skyscrapers, sunrise, winter