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Chris Wayman
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Posting a variety of subject matter that I can't resist photographing with smartphone (mostly) or DSLR.
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Stairlight.

#Toronto #Staircase #Photography
An empty staircase at Kipling Bus Terminal in Toronto is lit up near dusk.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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The Mothership :
#photography 📷
Looking down on a moored boat with red funnel and masts. Many small boats moored nearby. Stonework of castle (diagonal) in the foreground.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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"... Down a dark alley where nobody goes"
#photography 📷
Looking down a dark alley with illuminated back yard. A discarded chair is there, but it doesn't look as though it has much of a view.
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Clouds shrouding Yr Wyddfa (aka Snowdon) The vista illuminated by the autumnal light.
#photography 📷
#landscape
#nature #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Mountains in distance, green fields and lake with blue sky and white clouds
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Smashed at Smashie's :
#randomspot
#photography
#monochrome
#streetphotography
Image of plate glass shopfront with text for Smashie's Smash burgers. The glass alongside text has breen smashed with radiating lines.
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Rebuilt Capo Sculpture Unveiled at Etruria Hall, Honouring Josiah Wedgwood | The Staffordshire Signal
The iconic Capo sculpture of Josiah Wedgwood has been rebuilt and unveiled at Etruria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, following restoration work by Alliance Technical Services Ltd and support from the late ar...
thestaffordshiresignal.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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McKnights, Longton #GhostSign #StokeOnTrent #ThePotteries. Building has since been re-rendered and sign covered up.
October 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Out of context:
Office chair with a view.
#randomspot
#monochrome
#photography 📷
Random office chair along the path in the middle of the countryside.
October 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Let there be light:
#photography
#architecture
Stairwell with windows. Some coloured glass.
September 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Bluejay Blue.
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The Staffordshire Potteries Stipendiary Commissioners

#Burslem #ThePotteries #StokeOnTrent
September 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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St John's Wort making a splash!
#NaturePhotography
#wildflower 📷🌻
Two yellow flowers with open petals in the bright sun.
September 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Inside.... and out:
#Owl #StreetArt 🦉📷
Two examples of streetart featuring an overseeing owl. One is inside the skate hall, the other on a wall. Owl head and stylised lettering.
September 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Live and Direct with ‘Messy Mama T’ #TheBigFeast #Performance #Hanley #StokeOnTrent
#appetite
Lots going on here. Rear section of a blue vw beetle used as a stage for street performer who is standing up addressing the audience.
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Feather:
#photography 📷
#nature 🪶
Close up of bird feather on the ground. Very fine fibres.
September 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Crimson Waxcap:
#fungifriends #fungi
🍄 #nature 📷
Rrd and orange fungi amongst the undergrowth. This vibrant Crimson Waxcap is pushing through for us to enjoy.
September 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Under A Drawbridge.
September 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Mural Reflection.
September 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The great west window of Winchester cathedral. The original window was destroyed in 1642, the citizens of Winchester gathered the pieces and constructed a multicolor mosaic in its place.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Pieces #mosaic #360photography #photography #winchester
August 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Emma Bridgewater: ‘Stoke-on-Trent is steeped in so much history with regards to the pottery industry and we think that is something worth writing on every single piece of ware we produce.’
paulwilliams207.bsky.social Paul Williams @paulwilliams207.bsky.social · Aug 15
Made in Stoke-on-Trent pottery was showcased to a global audience as Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enjoyed a brew from Emma Bridgewater mugs.
Emma Bridgewater centre stage at Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were pictured enjoying a brew from Emma Bridgewater mugs today
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Cooling off in the French Pyrenees:
#mountains 📷
#Glacier
#nature
River bed in foreground with water. Mountains in distabce wuth glacier visible.
August 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Room for two! :
#photography 📷
#nature 🌻🐝🦋
#smartphone
Thistle with butterfly and bumblebee pollinating.
August 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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@moissprieto.bsky.social 😍😍😍👇
staffswayman.bsky.social Chris Wayman @staffswayman.bsky.social · Aug 11
Basilica of St. Pius X:
(aka The Underground Basilica) #Lourdes
25000 Capacity
#BrutalMonday
#Concrete 📷
Basilica of St. Pius X. Dominant cross brace in concrete in the foreground. Within the church low arched concrete beams support the roof. Seating in the distance with central alter. Spotlights shining back to viewer.
August 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Basilica of St. Pius X:
(aka The Underground Basilica) #Lourdes
25000 Capacity
#BrutalMonday
#Concrete 📷
Basilica of St. Pius X. Dominant cross brace in concrete in the foreground. Within the church low arched concrete beams support the roof. Seating in the distance with central alter. Spotlights shining back to viewer.
August 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The ascent to Hautacam:
#photography
#perspective
#monochrome
#France
Bold Writing on the road in white paint to a vanishing point. This was a climb for the recent Tour de France
August 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM