I looked up and noticed a spider on my screen. It was so small at first I thought it was a clump of pixels. As I normally do I grabbed a shot glass and business card (my standard spider catching kit) and placed it over the spider on the screen. Then I watched in disbelief […]

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Perhaps the most famous of all fractals is the Mandelbrot. Fractals have the curious aspect of becoming more and more complex the closer you inspect them, infinitely so. Back out however and look at them from a distance and all that complex random detail becomes ordered and seemingly simple. From far away I am intrigued […]

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I am not actually sure if these are the initials NBFS. Something tells me it is not as simple as that . First there is the dash under what looks like a ‘B’ but then it might not be a ‘B’ at all. Then there’s that apostrophe between the ‘F’ and the ‘S’. These two […]

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More often than not the dragon will have been in plain sight all the time, just visually blended into its environment. Rather that covering lots ground in the ‘seeking’, instead just move a few metres and then just wait and watch for a minute or two. If nothing interesting appears then move on a few […]

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Something a little lighter and perhaps a little fizzy. I am still trying to capture a cork popping from the bottle. I didn’t get it this time round. Oh well another bottle, another time then. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 615, Italia’ 2s f/11 ISO100 100mm

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