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activeSlacker / Dan Fraser
@activeslacker.bsky.social
57 followers 150 following 28 posts
Self-taught, indisciplined and usually in need of a haircut.
Mostly creativity and other observations.
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activeslacker.bsky.social
More testing out of the S25Ultra Camera system at night. Hand supported resting in road hence the shake.
#Samsung #S25Ultra #Galaxy #Nightshot #UrsaMajor #astrophotography #photography #mobilephotography #greatbear #sky #night #skyatnight
September 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Checking out the low light / night capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S25Ultra.

#Samsung #S25Ultra #photography #nightshot #lowlight
September 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Straight to the point, and if knock-off-Nigel doesn'tlike it, he could always try not being an opportunist, racist, grifter.
Screenshot of the Fibby McFibFace Instagram account Photo of Brexit Liar Nigel Farage in a shoe shop holding a tub of boot black captioned " Friday fun - caption this...." and I put; Watch me do Black Face and blame it on the boats
July 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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astrokev.bsky.social
Venus imaged mid-morning today, when only 5.2% illuminated. The narrowest crescent I've ever captured of this world.

I was imaging the Sun and thought I'd try Venus which was only about 18° away.

I tried for Saturn too, but that was asking too much!

#astrophotography
The thin crescent Venus, only 18° away from the Sun in Broad daylight, a first for me
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
End of another day, and another month.
crescent moon floating above a cloud at dusk.
March 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
If this isn’t how you are greeted after a ride, then you are basically failing at life 😁
March 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Goodbye Winter, hello Spring.
Equinox sunset in the Shire.
Equinox sunset in the shire
March 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?

Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Learning from an awe-inspiring immense ecosystem that has returned to life
Rewilding ecologist and author Eoghan Daltun visited Costa Rica to see first-hand how the country has managed over the last 30 years to reverse one of the worst deforestation rates in all Latin Americ...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
A bit of the half moon from a couple nights ago. #astrophotography #lunarphotography #lunar #moon #moonpics #solarsystem #astronomy #nightsky #meadeinstruments #fujifilm #myfujilove #fujifilm_global #xt2 #shadow #fujilove
close-up of the half moon in monochrome wide angle phone image of the moon and a telescope mounted camera imaging the moon Text description and tech data for accompanying image/s.
March 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
activeslacker.bsky.social
very low sun activity today through the trees ..
#sun #sunspot
Sun shadowed by trees through a 1900mm telescope with solar filter showing just a few sun spots.
March 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
In the beginning…. Where to begin? Yes a little Athiest humour 😏 to kick things off for the first post on/via Flashes.

#seeingspots #sunspots #solarphotography #astrophotography #solar #sun #helios #meadeinstruments #fujifilm #baader #fujilove #myfujilove #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt1
Solstice Sun showing some minor sun spots through a telescope with a solar filter and colour corrected/adjusted. (The sun is actually pure white not yellow or amber.) Tech data and notes for the accompanying image/s. In the beginning…. Where to begin? Yes a little Athiest humour 😏 to kick things off with that much agonised first post. I shall return to this shot over time and try different processing approaches as there is much more data than is visable in this edit. But this was a first attempt and I’m still quite pleased by it. Seeing Spots / Breaking Out The Summer Solstice Sun 2022. Meade ETX125 + Baader Astrosolar Film + Fujifilm X-T1 1900mm/127mms, f15.3, ISO250, 1/60s, 2 shot composite in Affinity Photo (v1) on iPad Pro M1 (gen 6, 1TB, 12.9), final tweeks in Apple Photos.
February 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Hmmm so Flashes is finally here! 😃, but, to create a new image specific account or just stick with the original one? I don’t really want multiple handles or a longer one. Decisions…
February 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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newscientist.com
A tiny chip on the tip of a fibre-optic cable can perform AI computations as light passes through it, dramatically reducing the amount of energy and computing power required. www.newscientist.com/article/2467...
AI chip smaller than a grain of salt uses light to decode data
A tiny chip on the tip of a fibre-optic cable can passively harness light to perform AI computations, dramatically reducing the amount of energy and computing power required
www.newscientist.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
activeslacker.bsky.social
#lightpollution exposed by the #fog
#iphonephotography #mobilephonephotography #mobile__photography #iphone12pro #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #orange #amber #foggy #moody #cinematic #haze #weather #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal
February 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
When you have the first clear night for weeks but that great British weather still has other ideas 🙄
#frost #britishweather
February 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
activeslacker.bsky.social
I’ll never make it as a train spotter.
#iphonephotography #mobilephonephotography #mobile__photography #iphone12pro #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #foggy #moody #cinematic #haze #weather #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal #traintracks #train #rails
February 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Light trails on the way home.
#fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt2 #fujilove #fujixlovers #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #foggy #moody #haze #weather #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #slowshutter #longexposure #lighttrails
January 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Creeping round the village in the fog 😏
#fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt2 #fujilove #fujixlovers #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #orange #amber #roadmap #foggy #moody #cinematic #haze #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #slowshutter #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal
January 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
More hanging around on road sides on #foggy #moody nights. #fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt2 #fujilove #fujixlovers #fujixshooters #nightphotography #nightshot #blue #haze #gloom #bloom #glow #light #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal #headlights #lighttrails #photography
January 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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bloomberg.com
New Zealand will allow tourists to work remotely while on visitor visas, in a bid to attract digital nomads
New Zealand Eases Visa Rules to Allow Visitors to Work Remotely
New Zealand has relaxed its visa rules to allow foreign visitors to work remotely while in the nation as it leans on tourism to help drive an economic recovery.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
activeslacker.bsky.social
I’m almost moderately excited to see what Flashes will bring to the party and hopefully, my further extraction from the MetaCurse.
January 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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profaliceroberts.bsky.social
We’re in a new Gilded Age - which sounds great, but the Robber Barons are back.
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:

theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
Andrew Carnegie and the 19th-century ‘robber barons’ have lessons for today’s oligarchs about the responsibilities of wealth
The 19th-century industrialists were called ‘robber barons’ – but they did more to improve society than many of today’s super-rich.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
activeslacker.bsky.social
(Lights on, lights off?). ~“Hi.” -“Hi.” ~“Doesn’t seem so long ago that I looked at you from here.”
#fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujilove #xt2 #fujixlovers#fujixshooters #nightphotography#nightshot#blue #fog #foggy #cinematic #haze #gloom #light #slowshutter #longexposure #liminal #silhoutte
January 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Probably the real reason yhe patriarchal Romans found Celtic British culture so ‘unnatural’.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis
DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
activeslacker.bsky.social
Foggy nights in England and some #foggy #nightphotography #tailslights & #lighttrails.
.. #fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt2 #fujilove @fujifilmuk @fujixlovers @fujixshooters #nightshot #uk_shooters #misty #mist #fog #foggy #nightshot #gloom #bloom #glow #light #slowshutter #longexposure
January 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM