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Andy Burke
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Ex-clinical trials project manager, father of 2, amateur photographer, would-be writer, musician & geek. Opinions are my own etc. He/him.
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Oakmoss growing on a small stick. There are a few other lichen and moss also growing on it and probably some fungi too.

#PhotoADay
Image of oakmoss lichen on a small stick lying on woodland floor. Smaller moss and lichen are also growing on the stick. Around are leaf litter, twigs and some small green leaves.
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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The #BlueSkyArtShow theme this week is #Clouds so here are some from today.

#PhotoADay
Billowing white clouds in a blue sky. A line of trees across the bottom.
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Winter woodland icm

There’s something about bare trees that draws me to this sort of image.

#PhotoADay
A winter woodland photo taken using intentional camera movement to blur the details. There is a large tree trunk to right. A footpath leads from front left into middle distance. Other trees and undergrowth are present.
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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A dream of snowdrops

I took my Lensbaby Velvet 56mm to visit the snowdrops at #NationalTrust #Cliveden today.

Not many subjects can cope with the dreamy soft focus this lens brings.

#PhotoADay
A close-up soft focus photo of a snowdrop flower. There are water droplets on the flower.
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Chiltern hills icm

For #ShareMondays2026 here’s an icm image looking over the Chess valley, under a bright winter sky.
A deliberately blurred image of gentle hills covered in green fields, with lines of trees across. Above is a bright wintry sky with a lot of broken clouds.
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Which came first, the tree or the fence?

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A photo of a tree that has grown next to a chicken-wire fence and has grown through the fence, which now passes almost through the middle of the trunk. The links of the fence have left hexagonal markings on the bark.
January 26, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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Two trunks

I suspect this is the result of hedgelaying in the past as this is on a hedge line. It’s likely that the horizontal part was the original trunk, laid as a barrier. One branch developed into a new trunk, with another regrowing from the base. The rest of the original is gone.

#PhotoADay
An old tree has 2 trunks. One grows from the base, the other grows up from a remnant of an older trunk, which is nearly horizontal from the base.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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A bright wintry day today.

Some gentle icm used here to capture fields, trees and sky of the Chiltern Hills.

#APhotoADay
Gentle hills of fields and trees. The sky is a mix of blue and clouds. Some slight camera motion was used.
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Spring on its way 2?

The first bluebell leaves are poking out from the leaf litter in our local woods. It’ll be another 3 months or so before the flowers are out.

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Bright green bluebell leaves poking up from the leaf litter of a woodland floor.
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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Spring on its way?

I’ve been waiting for the hazel catkins to start opening and this is the first I’ve seen this year.

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Two male catkins hanging from a hazel twig, the scales are just starting to open. In the background are more catkins against a woodland backdrop.
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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A winter tree, silhouetted against a fine, pale sky.

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A bare winter tree rising from a hedgeline is silhouetted against a pale sky. To right is a fence and distant fields.
January 20, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Another damp winter’s day today.

This is an #icm of a local track.

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A icm photo of a track leading ahead, between green hedges and tall, bare winter trees.
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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The pond at a local farm (where we buy our eggs). It was almost dry last summer but has refilled nicely.

The hedge to the left of the pond is where the local sparrow gang hangs out.

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A black and white photo of a farm pond in front of a hedge. Behind are a field, another hedge going across, a tractor and some sort of open barn thing.
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Winter hedgeline

I pass this old hedgeline most days. It hasn’t been laid in a long time and the hornbeam have grown back with many twisty trunks.

At its best on a day like today, winter-bare with sunlight beyond.

This is an #icm image, which I think works here.

#PhotoADay
A hedgeline of mature hornbeam trees that have been laid in the past but not recently, hence many twisty trunks but in no way stock proof. It is winter so the trees are bare, with the field and sky beyond clear. The image was made using intentional camera movement to reduce detail and give an impressionistic effect.
January 17, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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Not a deer.

I took my 70-300 lens on today’s walk hoping to catch some of the deer that have been hanging out in the local woods. But they weren’t in the usual place and spotted me before I saw them and 3 went bounding away.

But I did get an ok shot of a red kite nearly overhead.

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Phot of a red kite in flight, against a light blue sky.
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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A very wet day today, so here’s a dunnock from the garden.

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A small brown dunnock is perched on a thin tree branch.
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Reposted by Andy Burke
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Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY!

Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.

Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Winter woodland icm 3

Another sunny day and another icm image of the sun through trees.

#PhotoADay #icm
An image of a winter woodland using intentional camera movement with a two-second exposure to blur the details and create an impressionist feel. The woodland floor has lighter areas where the trees let the sunlight through, tree trunks are dark, and wintry sun glows near the centre.
January 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Along the alleyways.

An icm capture while walking along a local alleyway.

#PhotoADay
A photo of the view down an alleyway, receding into the distance. This was captured using intentional camera movement to create a blurred impressionistic feel. It was a 2 second exposure while walking along the alley. The top and bottom of the image are the grey of the sky and path. To either side are wooden fences, with bits of greenery.
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Out of the Mist

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#RockinTueday
#ColourADay
#BlueTue
#Photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#Grassmere
#LakeDistrict
#mist
A portrait oriented image taken in the early blue hour in the Lake District National Park. The lake fills the bottom two thirds with two rocks sitting central and reflecting in the water on the first. Across the top third sits a small island emerging out of the mist. Behind this we see the mountains, but only vaguely owing to the mist. The sky above is just becoming visible. The mist give the scene an ethereal feel.
January 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekBForBooks

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
A night image of the River Thames in London. The river is in foreground, the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral to left, OXO building to right, Blackfriars Bridge across the centre, with the towers of the City beyond. Lights are on in the buildings. St Paul’s and the bridge are illuminated. Reflections are in the water.
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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Spot the deer!

There are a few deer (roe and muntjac) in these woods, local to me. One day soon I’m going to take my long lens and try to get some proper photos…

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A distant photo of a roe deer in woods. It had spotted me and soon bounded away, along with another out of shot to the right.
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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I posted a straight image of this scene on Saturday but I’m going with a monochrome icm version for #ShareMondays2026

Hopefully this has the feel of a blustery winter’s day.

#FSprintMondays
A black and white image of countryside in the Chiltern Hills near Amersham. International camera movement (ICM) has been used to lightly blur the details but hopefully enhance the mood. A blustery day with broken cloud meant patches of light and shadow moving across the landscape. The light falls mainly in the mid ground with shadow to front, rear and right.
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM