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Photo of DJ the black cat, who is mostly in darkness, with the left side of his outline illuminated by the off-camera sun. He is sitting up and looking towards the left of the image.

Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Slightly sunlit silhouette.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals #DigitalPhotography #AnimalPhotography

A grey seal with her newborn baby, lying on some pale rocks. The tiny baby still has a little bit of blood on them, on account of just having been born, and is looking up to the side of the photo with a curious expression.

A grey seal resting next to her curious newborn pup in Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire.

(Taken from a great distance with an even greater lens.)

📷 #Nikon D5200

#AnimalPhotography #Photography #Mammals #Seals #Seal #Animals #DigitalPhotography #Yorkshire #Nature #Seal #NaturePhotography

Photo of a giraffe peering through an open green door in a brick wall at London Zoo.

A friendly face for you all this Friday. 🦒

@zslofficial.bsky.social

#Animals #AnimalPhotography #ZSL #London #LondonZoo #Giraffe #DigitalPhotography #TravelPhotography #Travel #UKTravel #Giraffes

DJ the black cat, sitting on my stomach while I lie in bed and staring straight ahead at the camera.

Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Went away for the weekend, so yesterday morning I woke up to a cat on my stomach, making sure I wasn't about to go anywhere else.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals

Photo of a deer staring at the camera and pulling its lips back in a fairly disconcerting expression.

Photo of a deer mid-yell.

Photo of a deer sitting down in a field and squinting.

Photo of a deer in a field, looking up and pulling a funny face.

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Photo of a deer looking to the side with a hoof raised.

Photo of a doe standing in a field and looking out to the left of the image.

Photo of a deer walking across a field.

Photo of a group of deer in a field, with a baby near the front.

Forgot Bluesky existed
But now I'm back here
To post yesterday's photos
Of Richmond Park's deer

#Deer #AnimalPhotography #NaturePhotography #London #UKTravel #DigitalPhotography

DJ the black cat, stretching up to me with his claws out at the camera, while I sit at a computer desk. Looks a lot more menacing than it actually is - he's gearing up to jump on my lap, cuddle, and purr as loudly as an engine for the next half hour.

Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Forgot about Bluesky for a while again. Have returned to show you his extremely persuasive demands for cuddles.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals

Photo of a sheep standing on some grass.

Photo of a forest in front of a large hill, with the leaves starting to turn from green to autumnal orange.

A background of misty rolling hills, and a foreground of a path leading to a gate through a tree-lined field.

A sheep in a field of long grass in the sun, looking over at me.

Autumn in the Peak District. 🍂

#Nature #NaturePhotography #PeakDistrict #DigitalPhotography #TravelPhotography #Travel #UKTravel

Photo of some sheep grazing in a field against a sun-streaked backdrop of the Peak District.

Pottering around the Peaks with slivers of sunshine.

#PeakDistrict #Nature #Autumn
#DigitalPhotography #UKTravel #NaturePhotography #Sheep

DJ the black cat relaxes on a grey duvet, next to a red blanket and kneading the air while receiving cuddles.

Your not-actually-daily #DailyDoseOfDJ

Went away for the weekend; came back to the neediest (and kneadiest) little dude.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals

Photo of a green leaf, starting to turn brown, with sunlight shining through it.

Photo of a rosehip shining in the setting sunlight.

Photo of some wispy willowherb lit by the setting sun.

Photo of a tree mostly in darkness, partially lit by the setting sun.

Starting to accept that autumn may in fact be on the way, lads.

#Nature #Woodland #DigitalPhotography #NaturePhotography #Yorkshire

Black and white photo looking out of a balcony-style corridor (or corridor-style balcony?) lined with potted plants, out at some neighbouring buildings around a courtyard.

Final morning of the mini road trip. Ljubljana on @ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 100.

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #Slovenia #Ljubljana #Europe #Car #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel

Film photo looking through an empty seaside restaurant at the sea ahead of it.

Taken on a suitcase-laden sprint out of Piran, the morning we left for Ljubljana.

📍Piran, Slovenia
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Slovenia #Piran #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel

Black-and-white 35mm film photo of a street in Ljubljana with classic cars lining the pavement. One car is the main focus of the image, and people are walking either side of the cars.

From my most recent roll of film - Ljubljana shot on @ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 100.

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #Slovenia #Ljubljana #Europe #Car #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel

A year ago today!

I frequently cite "Squirrels and Cheese Day" (we also went to the Wensleydale Creamery) as one of my favourite days. Can't wait to go back one day.

#RedSquirrel #DigitalPhotography #Squirrel #Squirrels #RedSquirrels #Nature #NaturePhotography #Yorkshire #AnimalPhotography

DJ the black cat, lying on his back on a bed and looking up lovingly.

It's been a while since I've done a #DailyDoseOfDJ because I've been too busy posting film photos from my Slovenian mini-road-trip.

But being home with Deej is just as magical, and it's important that everyone sees this lovely little face.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals

Double-exposed film photo. One image is of the pier and seaside at Mumbles Beach, and the other appears to be some trees, bushes or woodland.

A fun and funky double exposure of Mumbles Pier and... no idea???

(Yes I shot a random roll of "expired" film, without knowing a total stranger had already done that.)

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Wales #Cymru #DoubleExposure #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel

Film photo taken on Kodak Gold of a ladder leading down the sea, between some rocks in the Slovenian seaside town of Piran.

On 1st September in years gone by, I used to be all "🍂🎃🍃🥰"

But this year, nope. I am NOT ready to start wishing away our precious few daylight hours and will be living in happy summery denial for as long as possible.

#35mm #FilmPhotography #Piran #Slovenia #ShotOnFilm #Travel #TravelPhotography

A black cat sniffing an ultra wide angle lens

A black cat with his face very close to an ultra wide angle lens

DJ says the 14mm lens is stinky

#photography #dj

A dreamy glimpse into a whole other world under the water.

📍 Lake Bled, Slovenia

#Travel #LakeBled #Europe #Slovenia #Fish #Nature

Film photo of the island of Ischia in Italy, with some boats on the sea and tree-lined hills and buildings in the background - but the camera shutters are halfway shut, obscuring the top right and bottom left corners of the shot so that you can only see a strip in the middle.

Ah yes

Film photo taken from under a large parasol at an outdoor café area in Tartini Square, Piran, Slovenia. In the foreground, beneath the parasol, are people sitting at tables, and in the background are the white buildings of the square and a blue sky.

A post-swim pastry and coffee in Tartini square.

📍Piran, Slovenia
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Slovenia #Piran #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel

Film photo of a rowboat moored in the middle of Lake Bled, with hills and forests in the background.

Lake Bled on Gold 200.

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Slovenia #LakeBled #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel

Film photo looking down a street in Ischia, Italy.

Two years ago: a boat trip to the volcanic island of Ischia.

Each day of my short stay in Naples felt like an entirely different holiday. Day 3 was all about coastal walks, sea swimming, and fantastic pasta.

🎞️ Cinestill 800T
#filmphotography #35mm #shotonfilm #travel #travelphotography #italy

Black and white film photo of some ruins in Pompeii.

Black and white film photo of some shrubs growing on Mount Vesuvius.

Black and white film photo of the summit of Mount Vesuvius.

Black and white film photo of a cat waking up from a nap, in the shade of a brick wall, in Pompeii.

2 years ago today: Pompeii, Vesuvius and a LOT of cats.

🎞️ @ilfordphoto.com Delta 100
📷 #Nikon F80

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Italy #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Cat #Cats #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Travel #Pompeii #Vesuvius

Film photo looking down a street in Naples.

Two years since I was in a taxi, hurtling down streets this narrow, hearing a glass bottle shatter on the roof while the driver maniacally cackles "welcome to Naples!"

📷 Nikon F80
🎞️ Cinestill 800T

#FilmPhotography #35mm #ShotOnFilm #Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #Italy #Italia #Napoli #Naples

A black and white film developed to be a positive image, featuring three images of a sheep made from scrap iron, a portrait of me sat wearing a cap and a portrait of my partner sat wearing a cap

The black and white positives have been a ROARING SUCCESS (apart from the bit where I gassed myself with sulphur dioxide but shhhh)

If you do try this, be extremely careful with the bleach and the clearing bath and not mixing them, as that's how you get gas

#believeinfilm #positive #photography

DJ the black cat, flopping on his side in the sun with his paws in the air.

Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

When he wants to hang out with me but it's too hot to cuddle, he'll flop at my feet and expect me to sit on the floor next to him (which, obviously, I do).

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals

A squirrel sitting in a tree.

Close-up of blackberries on a vine.

Hawthorn berries on a tree.

A brown cow walking towards the camera.

Digital snaps from this afternoon's woodland walk. 🌳🐄🐿️

#NaturePhotography #DigitalPhotography #Yorkshire #Animals #Nature #AnimalPhotography

Photograph of the Café Belvedere pavilion nestled among trees, taken from Lake Bled, Slovenia.

From a little rowboat on Lake Bled, looking back on where we watched the lake and ate cream cakes for breakfast just an hour before.

📍Café Belvedere, #LakeBled, #Slovenia

#europe #digitalphotography #travel #travelphotography