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DawnSky
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Music, the sky, photography, astronomy, nature, wildlife. I play the piano a bit. My Dad flew Vulcan XH558.
aka Dawn Sunrise.
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Little acorns on a mighty oak tree .
Bedfordshire, UK
#PhotoHour
August 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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I managed to photograph a lightning bolt! The thunder following this was extremely loud!
DSLR photo taken from my bathroom window.
06.07.25, Bedfordshire, UK
July 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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The Red Arrows always put on an impressive, skillful and fabulous show.
Old Warden, Bedfordshire, UK 08.05.16
#photohour
June 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Some photos from the car on our way back from Norfolk recently:
1. Poppy field
2. Phacelia purple flower field
3. Rapeseed yellow fields
4. Sandringham Rhododendrons
#photohour
June 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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An aircraft flew in front of the sun and left this contrail.
20.05.25 Bedfordshire, UK
#PhotoHour
May 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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The Totem pole, Priory Country Park, Bedford, UK
16.05.25
#PhotoHour
May 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Let's take a moment to appreciate the iridescent plumage of a starling in the sunshine!
09.05.25, Bedfordshire, UK
#starlings #ukbirds #photohour
May 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Airbrushed sky, showing the formation of a tiny funnel cloud.
13.04.25 Bedfordshire UK
#PhotoHour #StormHour #ukweather #funnelcloud #clouds
April 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Ahh nice to see a solar halo today!
12.04.25 Bedfordshire UK
#viewfrommygarden
#PhotoHour
#StormHour #ukweather #solarhalo
April 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The Japanese Flowering Cherry tree near our home is a delight
26.03.25 Bedfordshire UK
#springtime
#photohour #stormhour
March 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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great additions, but pleeeeeeease add bookmarks and allow soft block users that we don't want following us
March 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Another beautiful March sunset
09.03.25 Bedfordshire UK
#viewfrommybathroomwindow
#PhotoHour #StormHour
Sunset
March 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Sunset clouds
07.03.25 Bedfordshire UK
#PhotoHour #StormHour
March 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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@genejm1017.bsky.social thanks for the moon and Venus repost!
March 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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270225 OM1ii play time Neutral density. #OMSYstems @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social @dawnsky.bsky.social (there's a cash back offer!) #yorkbirding #birds Filters have different strengths & degrees of hardeness & the graduated filter can be moved into any position including upside down! Play Friday?
Tiny Blue Tit surrounded by twigs full of Hazel catkins. It was very high, a test of my ability to hold camera & lens steady, and a test of the camera's ability to find and lock on to the little bird. OM1ii's auto focus did a pretty good job I think and stayed locked on even when a second bird arrived. Daft play time, but why not? A row of trees on Millennium Fields, Fulford, York. 1/1250 second f8 ISO-800 graduated neutral density level 8, soft and vertical, just to see what it would look like! On the left it's dark and on the right its' just as it actually was. Looking towards Millennium Bridge from the centre of the field, goal posts on the right, a tall red crane along the right margin and the bridge one third up and the same from the left side. Grass is mostly green, tree line quite dark, sky fairly dark blue with heavy grey clouds. 1/4000 f4.8 ISO-640 GND8-soft horizontal Same scene except I missed the crane this time. 1/4000sec f5 ISO-500 GND2- soft horizontal. The sky looks more natural, clouds still grey, but the colour they were. Tree line lighter. Altogether a more natural looking image. I can only learn by playing, each time I use the filters I will have a better understanding of how to use them to maximum effect.
February 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The Crescent Moon with Venus.
Just after the sun had set, these two astronomical beauties graced the western skies.
Phone photo. You might need to click to expand
01.03.25 Bedfordshire UK
#photohour #stormhour
March 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Oooh lovely dark cloud rising in the sky!
#ukweather
26.02.25 Bedfordshire UK
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February 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Fab mackerel sky just after the sun had set.
18.02.25 Bedfordshire UK
#photohour #stormhour
#ukweather
February 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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@elllegenevieve.bsky.social thanks for the repost!
February 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The prettiest fallstreak hole I've ever seen and photographed!!
One from the archives for Valentine's Day.
#photohour #stormhour #ukweather #skydelight #fallstreakhole
February 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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It would be useful to be able to soft block people on here. (Block then unblock) just to make them unfollow when outright blocking seems too harsh. @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
January 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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A tip of the crescent moon🌙
Single, handheld, afocal phone and telescope photo.
02.02.25 Bedfordshire UK
#StormHour #photohour #astrophotography #crescentmoon
February 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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A tip of the crescent moon🌙
Single, handheld, afocal phone and telescope photo.
02.02.25 Bedfordshire UK
#StormHour #photohour #astrophotography #crescentmoon
February 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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February sunset sky.
View from my bathroom window.
02.02.25 Bedfordshire UK
#StormHour #photohour
February 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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My daughter's beautiful cat, Max 😻 #caturday
February 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM