Author Archives: JDO

It was a properly spring-like day today: I even went out in the garden to take photographs without my ski jacket! I took dozens of shots of the cherry plum blossom, and then of course had to process them all … Continued

“Oh, grow a backbone, for heaven’s sake!” * This is a relic of a previous existence, kept partly as a memento of an important time in my life, and partly because I still think that the human spine is a … Continued

I think it’s more accurately called the New (or Second) Severn Bridge, because the original still exists a little further north – this is the one which carries M4 traffic between Gloucestershire and South Wales, and where (amusingly, until you … Continued

It came to my attention this morning that Blipfoto is nothing more than “Granny’s camera club”, with “tons of horrible photos of everything from blurry cats to random shots of nothing in particular”. This came as a horrible shock to … Continued

I’m sure I’ll see better photos of the eclipse on here and elsewhere today, but given that we had cloud cover this morning I’m very happy to have been able to grab a few shots through it. And at least … Continued

The road you can see here is called Campden Lane, which runs eastwards from the village of Willersey up Saintbury Hill, crosses Buckle Street above the village of Saintbury, and then meanders across Dover’s Hill and Kingcombe Hill to meet … Continued

Following the late-night news last night of the preferred buyer of this site, I’ve had plenty to say today on blip-related themes – much of it negative. I don’t want to rehash all that here though – I’ve just come … Continued

A crowded bunch of alstroemerias and blue and yellow freesias, shot with a 13mm extension tube on a 50mm lens. I ‘m happy that the febrile emotions of the last few days seem to be calming now that we have … Continued

This chess set is a family heirloom belonging to CH. As well as being nicely supplied with corners, it seemed to me to make an appropriate image on a day when many of us have been thinking about how much … Continued

CH and I have a slightly strained relationship with Mothers’ Day: it reminds us both of our orphan status. He, though, is in the difficult position of being married to a mother as well as being descended from one, so … Continued