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Dec 17: photo of the month
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I got a new phone towards the end of last year and I’m really pleased with the photos I’m getting with it. You’ve still got the disadvantage of a single fixed focus lens of course but as long as you’re looking for a shot with a dominant foreground or one that asks for a good…
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Nov 17: photo of the month
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I could do with posting a few more pieces about life in general because this is the third monthly photo in a row which doesn’t say much for the variety of my life! November seems to have been rather over supplied by wine and beer photos with no special events. Here’s the best of the…
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Oct 17: photo of the month
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Lots of candidates for this month with some epic (by my standards) pictures from my stay in Australia and some good ones too following my return. But this one gets the nod because I reckon it’s technically good (would benefit a little from cropping in) and I guess I got it by doing what the…
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Jul 17: photo of the month
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It’s been a little thin on the blog posting front and here’s a second photo of the month in a row. When I posted this on Tumblr I said it was a bit of a cliche and the purists would argue that it doesn’t observe the rule of thirds very well and they’d be right.…
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The worst of British …
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It’s been a tough 12 months and 2017 on it’s own hasn’t been much good either but two events this month struck me as exemplifying just how wrong we can get it sometimes. I may be conflating the trivial with the tragic but they’re two sides of the same coin.
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May 17: photo of the month
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Another prompt posting this month. This is from Coimbra in Portugal. It’s Portugal’s premier university city so has some equivalence to Cambridge. Big difference is the enthusiasm of the students to embrace a ‘uniform’, note the student in the photo wearing a black suit, white shirt and a gown. She’s selling trinkets to raise money…
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Election stories III: polling day and the count
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It’s an early start with my alarm set for 0530 because what were eve of poll leaflets last night are now good morning leaflets. It’s a fine morning so I’m off and running by 0600.
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Apr 17: photo of the month
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Very prompt again this month but no posts between this and the March photo. These are horses in Oakington and I like the composition of the shot. I reckon it could be better with a little less depth of field but otherwise it’s pretty good. This photo was taken with my Sony alpha 58 SLR.…
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Mar 17: photo of the month
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A bit more timely this one and the first with my phone for a few months. I was having a late breakfast at Waitrose in Trumpington and was joined by Bob Tonks and Tim Laws. This is Tim. He’s getting a sense of what the other side’s thinking by reading the Daily Mail from the free…
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And finally … the last 12 months
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I write a monthly report on my county councillor work which I send primarily to the parish councils in the Cottenham, Histon & Impington county division. I always finish off with a more personal item (And finally …). I’ve just written an annual report and have taken the opportunity to collect the ones for Apr…
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