Chris Pilley

’An Enduring Moment’ | Chris_P An anonymous face carried forward by time. There’s a newly opened second-hand shop in Stockbridge that always offers something unexpected,...

’An Enduring Moment’
An anonymous face carried forward by time.
#Blipfoto #photography #vintagephoto #portrait #photopostcard #sepia 
#memory #time #echoes #timeless #forgottenlives #memory #time
#timeless #existence #humanity #presence #frozenintime
 #hopesandfears
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‘November Tones’ | Chris_P Barcode Scanning again at parkrun this morning. Low cloud, cold blue water, and a sudden touch of sun on the island of Inchkeith — November...

‘November Tones’


Barcode Scanning again at parkrun this morning. Low cloud, cold blue water, and sun on Inchkeith.

#Blipfoto #photography #parkrun #barcodescanning #November #seascape #lowcloud #lowtide #Inchkeith #FirthofForth #clouds #blue #light #sun

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‘Double Duck’ | Chris_P

‘Double Duck’

#Blipfoto #duck #mallard #reflection #inverted #upsidedown #mirror #symmetry #abstract #winter #ice #frozen #blue #water #pond #wildlife #nature #photography
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‘ Airflow’ | Chris_P Simple repetition

‘Airflow’
Simple repetition

#Blipfoto #abstractphotography #photography #abstract #repetition #abstractrepetition #airflow #minimalist #highcontrast #blackandwhite #geometry #pattern #shapes #kitchen #trivet #closeup #texture #lines

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‘Rock Dove Viewpoint’ | Chris_P Taking in the ripples.

‘Rock Dove Viewpoint’
Taking in the ripples.

#Blipfoto #photography #wildlifephotography #rockdove #pigeon #WideWednesday #viewpoint #ripples

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‘Couds, Cameras, and Courage’ | Chris_P Fascinating talk today about that maverick of early aerial photography, Alfred Buckham. The images he created—following a career in...

‘Clouds, Cameras, and Courage’

Fascinating talk today about that maverick of early aerial photography, Alfred Buckham.

#Blipfoto #AlfredBuckham #photography #aerialphotography #talk #exhibition #Edinburgh #NGS #TigerMoth #DanRichards #NicholasJRWhite

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‘Skyscraper in Shadow‘ | Chris_P Made with a box of cooks’ matches!

‘Skyscraper in Shadow’

Made with a box of cooks’ matches!

#Blipfoto #photography #MonoMonday #tall #monochrome #shadow #abstract #minimalism #silhouette #geometry #architectural

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‘Strides‘ | Chris_P Edinburgh parkrun strides, parkrun, runners, motion, legs, feet, shadows, monochrome, abstract, minimalist

‘Strides’
Edinburgh parkrun

#Blipfoto #photography #strides #parkrun #runners #motion #legs #feet #shadows #monochrome #abstract #minimalist
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‘Leaffall’ | Chris_P Warm rust tones against cool green, as autumn quietly settles.

‘Leaffall’
Warm rust tones against cool green, as autumn quietly settles.

#Blipfoto #photography #autumn #leaves #dying #fall #colours #tones #texture #macro #nature #outdoors #rust #green #contrast #tarpaulin #wet

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‘Landscape, Globally Warmed‘ | Chris_P An abstract view of a warming world - made today with a tangerine!

‘Landscape, Globally Warmed’
An abstract view of a warming world - made today with a tangerine!

AT542, AbstractThursday, abstract, landscape, colour, gradient, climate, climatechange, globalwarming, heat, environment, closeup, macro, blur, minimalist,

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‘ A Longship on Inverleith Pond’ | Chris_P Spotted on my jog round the park this morning.

‘A Longship on Inverleith Pond’
Spotted on my jog round the park this morning.

#Blipfoto #photography #leaf #autumn #floating #water #blue #InverleithPond #Edinburgh #boat #Viking #longship #whimsy #pareidolia
#simulacrum

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‘A Soft Curve, a Simple Memory’ | Chris_P Plastic, light, and long ago

‘A Soft Curve, a Simple Memory’
Plastic, light, and long ago

#Blipfoto #photography #TinyTuesday #soft #curves #minimalist #spoon #childhood #stillness #lightstudy #memory #simplicity #form #calm #gentle

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‘Winter Spine’ | Chris_P The rowan pared to line

‘Winter Spine’
The rowan pared to line

#Blipfoto #photography #monoMonday #winter #spine #rowan #branches #twigs #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimal #narrow #light #shadow #stillness #nature #tree

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Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily.

This is not good sign for our polity.

‘After the Rain’ | Chris_P Still, grey, and infinite.

‘After the Rain’
Still, grey, and infinite.

Blipfoto #photography #Cramond #parkrunday #rain #sea #sand #lowtide #grey #still #infinite #minimal #solitude #horizon #contemplation #tidalflats #landscape #atmosphere #quiet #FirthofForth #abstract #scale #calm

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‘Breakthrough’ | Chris_P And everything changes..

‘Breakthrough’
and everything changes..

#Blipfoto #moon #clouds #night #light #breakthrough #sky #atmosphere #monochrome #minimalism #stillness #transition #ephemeral #luminous #tone #photography

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‘Current Relic’ | Chris_P Monoliths in red, after the light has gone.

‘Current Relic’

Monoliths in red, after the light has gone.

#Blipfoto #photography #abstract #apocalypse #industrial #red #form #still #power #shadow

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‘A Nextdoor Garden – Where the Painted Birds Live’ | Chris_P Caught between autumn’s gold and painted feathers, beauty that blurs the boundaries between worlds.

‘A Nextdoor Garden – Where the Painted Birds Live’
Caught between autumn’s gold and painted feathers, beauty that blurs the boundaries between worlds.
#Blipfoto #photography #sculpture #peacock #feathers #autumn #colours #contrast #neighbour #garden #otherworldly
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‘Shadow Dancing’ | Chris_P Even a bag clip can do it!

‘Shadow Dancing’
Even tiny bag clips do it!

#Blipfoto #photography #tiny #lines #angles #bagclip #shadow #minimal #abstract #light #everydayobject

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‘Wide Line’ | Chris_P steel, sky, and flight

‘Wide Line’
steel, sky, and flight

#Blipfoto #photography #MonoMonday #blackandwhite #wide #lines #silhouette #steel #scaffolding #urban #birds #structure #geometry #minimal #sky #contrast

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'Elegy for a Misplaced Shopping Trolley' | Chris_P Adrift between hedge and coffee hut. Slightly absurd yet, in its waiting, quietly beautiful.

'Elegy for a Misplaced Shopping Trolley'
Adrift between hedge and coffee hut. Slightly absurd yet, in its waiting, quietly beautiful.

#Blipfoto #photography #shoppingtrolley #misplaced #InverleithPark #coffeehut #foundobject #autumnlight #calm #ordinarybeauty
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'Steel and Grass’ | Chris_P A twist held in balance

‘Steel and Grass’
A twist held in balance’

#Blipfoto #photography #steel #grass #barbedwire #boundary #form #light #texture #sharp #soft #balance #structure #abstract #minimalist
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‘Brass against Sandstone’ | Chris_P Traces of use, settling into stone.

‘Brass against Sandstone’
Traces of use, settling into stone.
#Blipfoto #photography #stone #sandstone #brass #wall #tap #surface #texture #traces #use #colour #urban #material #edinburgh #minimalism #study #stillness #time #light

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‘Morning Routine’ | Chris_P Unloading the dishwasher as a small study in form — stacked glass and reflections turning an everyday task into a brief, quiet composition.

‘Morning Routine’

Unloading the dishwasher as a study in form — the everyday as a brief, quiet composition.

#Blipfoto #photography #abstract #morningroutine #everyday #domestic #stilllife #glass #reflections #kitchen #light #shapes #composition #minimal #household
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‘Clouds over the Castle’ | Chris_P

‘Clouds over the Castle’

#Blipfoto #photography #Weather #Clouds #Monochrome #Silhouette #Light #DramaticSky #EdinburghCastle #Skyline

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‘Flame’ | Chris_P Just 2.5 cm tall. Field elm in full autumn dress.

‘Flame’
Just 2.5 cm tall. Field elm in full autumn dress.

#Blipfoto #photography #TinyTuesday #tiny #leaf #elm #fieldelm #autumn #fall #macro #texture #tactile #glow #flame #naturephotography
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‘That Moment before Transformation’ | Chris_P Another grey and damp morning; welcome to the end of British Summer Time today. Nothing beats freshly brewed coffee on days like this!

‘That Moment before Transformation’

The end of British Summer Time today. Nothing beats freshly brewed coffee on days like this!

#Blipfoto #photography #coffee #coffeebeans #coffeegrinder #stilllife #transformation #anticipation #warmtones #texture #minimalism

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‘Dereliction becomes Emergence' | Chris_P The forest reveals its sculpture

Dereliction becomes Emergence.’
The forest reveals its sculpture
#Blipfoto #photography #derelict #forest #emergence #sculpture #decay #renewal #form #stillness #texture #organicform
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‘Nasturtium Holding the Rain’ | Chris_P wet and gloomy all morning, but the nasturtiums held the rain as if it were light.

‘Nasturtium Holding the Rain’

wet and gloomy all morning, but the nasturtiums held the rain as if it were light.

#Blipfoto #photography #nasturtium #flower #garden #plant #petals #leaves #raindrops #rain #wet #gloom #light

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'Ghost Letters on William Street' | Chris_P Armstrong & Hogg was a firm of sanitary plumbers and electrical engineers in Edinburgh that operated from the mid-19th century until 1914....

'Ghost Letters on William Street'

#Blipfoto #photography #Edinburgh #WilliamStreet #ghostsign #ArmstrongandHogg #sanitaryplumbers #electricalengineers #typography #heritage #history #urbanarchaeology #oldsign #monochrome #blackandwhite #sandstone #hiddenEdinburgh

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