A winter’s walk along the canal
I had to go to Screwfix to get some DIY bits, and the most direct route is along the tow-path of the Grand Union Canal. Needless to say I took the camera, and it took me a little longer than expected.
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Image stabilisation – chicken style
Modern camera lenses (and some cameras) have image stabilisation built in, and I’ve often wondered how they do it. But how do they fit the chicken inside?
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Test your colour perception
One for the designers and photographers out there, and perhaps requiring just that little bit too much time and concentration to be called ‘fun’, but still worth a go…
Test your colour perception with the FM 100 Hue Test
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‘Bride’ arrested on wedding day – Times Online
Is this the sort of wedding photography I aspire to?
‘Bride’ arrested on wedding day – Times Online
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What did Siebold ever do for us?
Well, according to the FT Magazine article, Defining Moment – Japanese knotweed invades Britain, he was the person responsible for introducing Japanese knotweed to the British Isles, way back on 9 August 1850.
Mind you, he also got up to some fairly dodgy dealings in its native Japan. Perhaps as some sort of atonement he then gave them the piano, but I think he was dead before the magnitude of introducing one of Britain’s most pernicious weeds was realised.
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- Am having great fun with Looking Into the Past image montages e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/4704713752/ 2010-06-16
- Kew News: Members' Early Morning Walk at Wakehurst Place: Explore the gardens at Wakehurst Place out-o.. http://tinyurl.com/29wy86q 2010-06-16
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