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Chris Pilley
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Idealist, grandfather, INFP. Devastated by Brexit and its aftermath. Seeking independence for Scotland. Daily Blipfoto regular. Weekly (slow) parkrunner.
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‘Strides’
Edinburgh parkrun

#Blipfoto #photography #strides #parkrun #runners #motion #legs #feet #shadows #monochrome #abstract #minimalist
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‘Strides‘ | Chris_P
Edinburgh parkrun strides, parkrun, runners, motion, legs, feet, shadows, monochrome, abstract, minimalist
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November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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‘Leaffall’
Warm rust tones against cool green, as autumn quietly settles.

#Blipfoto #photography #autumn #leaves #dying #fall #colours #tones #texture #macro #nature #outdoors #rust #green #contrast #tarpaulin #wet

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343598...
‘Leaffall’ | Chris_P
Warm rust tones against cool green, as autumn quietly settles.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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‘Landscape, Globally Warmed’
An abstract view of a warming world - made today with a tangerine!

AT542, AbstractThursday, abstract, landscape, colour, gradient, climate, climatechange, globalwarming, heat, environment, closeup, macro, blur, minimalist,

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‘Landscape, Globally Warmed‘ | Chris_P
An abstract view of a warming world - made today with a tangerine!
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November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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‘A Longship on Inverleith Pond’
Spotted on my jog round the park this morning.

#Blipfoto #photography #leaf #autumn #floating #water #blue #InverleithPond #Edinburgh #boat #Viking #longship #whimsy #pareidolia
#simulacrum

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343526...
‘ A Longship on Inverleith Pond’ | Chris_P
Spotted on my jog round the park this morning.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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‘A Soft Curve, a Simple Memory’
Plastic, light, and long ago

#Blipfoto #photography #TinyTuesday #soft #curves #minimalist #spoon #childhood #stillness #lightstudy #memory #simplicity #form #calm #gentle

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343485...
‘A Soft Curve, a Simple Memory’ | Chris_P
Plastic, light, and long ago
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November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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‘Winter Spine’
The rowan pared to line

#Blipfoto #photography #monoMonday #winter #spine #rowan #branches #twigs #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimal #narrow #light #shadow #stillness #nature #tree

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343449...
‘Winter Spine’ | Chris_P
The rowan pared to line
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November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily.

This is not good sign for our polity.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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‘After the Rain’
Still, grey, and infinite.

Blipfoto #photography #Cramond #parkrunday #rain #sea #sand #lowtide #grey #still #infinite #minimal #solitude #horizon #contemplation #tidalflats #landscape #atmosphere #quiet #FirthofForth #abstract #scale #calm

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343383...
‘After the Rain’ | Chris_P
Still, grey, and infinite.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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‘Breakthrough’
and everything changes..

#Blipfoto #moon #clouds #night #light #breakthrough #sky #atmosphere #monochrome #minimalism #stillness #transition #ephemeral #luminous #tone #photography

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343344...
‘Breakthrough’ | Chris_P
And everything changes..
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November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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‘Current Relic’

Monoliths in red, after the light has gone.

#Blipfoto #photography #abstract #apocalypse #industrial #red #form #still #power #shadow

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343309...
‘Current Relic’ | Chris_P
Monoliths in red, after the light has gone.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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‘A Nextdoor Garden – Where the Painted Birds Live’
Caught between autumn’s gold and painted feathers, beauty that blurs the boundaries between worlds.
#Blipfoto #photography #sculpture #peacock #feathers #autumn #colours #contrast #neighbour #garden #otherworldly
www.blipfoto.com/entry/343275...
‘A Nextdoor Garden – Where the Painted Birds Live’ | Chris_P
Caught between autumn’s gold and painted feathers, beauty that blurs the boundaries between worlds.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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‘Shadow Dancing’
Even tiny bag clips do it!

#Blipfoto #photography #tiny #lines #angles #bagclip #shadow #minimal #abstract #light #everydayobject

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343235...
‘Shadow Dancing’ | Chris_P
Even a bag clip can do it!
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November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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‘Wide Line’
steel, sky, and flight

#Blipfoto #photography #MonoMonday #blackandwhite #wide #lines #silhouette #steel #scaffolding #urban #birds #structure #geometry #minimal #sky #contrast

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343199...
‘Wide Line’ | Chris_P
steel, sky, and flight
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November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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'Elegy for a Misplaced Shopping Trolley'
Adrift between hedge and coffee hut. Slightly absurd yet, in its waiting, quietly beautiful.

#Blipfoto #photography #shoppingtrolley #misplaced #InverleithPark #coffeehut #foundobject #autumnlight #calm #ordinarybeauty
www.blipfoto.com/entry/343174...
'Elegy for a Misplaced Shopping Trolley' | Chris_P
Adrift between hedge and coffee hut. Slightly absurd yet, in its waiting, quietly beautiful.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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‘Steel and Grass’
A twist held in balance’

#Blipfoto #photography #steel #grass #barbedwire #boundary #form #light #texture #sharp #soft #balance #structure #abstract #minimalist
www.blipfoto.com/entry/343130...
'Steel and Grass’ | Chris_P
A twist held in balance
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November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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‘Brass against Sandstone’
Traces of use, settling into stone.
#Blipfoto #photography #stone #sandstone #brass #wall #tap #surface #texture #traces #use #colour #urban #material #edinburgh #minimalism #study #stillness #time #light

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343090...
‘Brass against Sandstone’ | Chris_P
Traces of use, settling into stone.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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‘Morning Routine’

Unloading the dishwasher as a study in form — the everyday as a brief, quiet composition.

#Blipfoto #photography #abstract #morningroutine #everyday #domestic #stilllife #glass #reflections #kitchen #light #shapes #composition #minimal #household
www.blipfoto.com/entry/343052...
‘Morning Routine’ | Chris_P
Unloading the dishwasher as a small study in form — stacked glass and reflections turning an everyday task into a brief, quiet composition.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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‘Clouds over the Castle’

#Blipfoto #photography #Weather #Clouds #Monochrome #Silhouette #Light #DramaticSky #EdinburghCastle #Skyline

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‘Clouds over the Castle’ | Chris_P
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October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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‘Flame’
Just 2.5 cm tall. Field elm in full autumn dress.

#Blipfoto #photography #TinyTuesday #tiny #leaf #elm #fieldelm #autumn #fall #macro #texture #tactile #glow #flame #naturephotography
www.blipfoto.com/entry/342979...
‘Flame’ | Chris_P
Just 2.5 cm tall. Field elm in full autumn dress.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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‘That Moment before Transformation’

The end of British Summer Time today. Nothing beats freshly brewed coffee on days like this!

#Blipfoto #photography #coffee #coffeebeans #coffeegrinder #stilllife #transformation #anticipation #warmtones #texture #minimalism

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342907...
‘That Moment before Transformation’ | Chris_P
Another grey and damp morning; welcome to the end of British Summer Time today. Nothing beats freshly brewed coffee on days like this!
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October 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Dereliction becomes Emergence.’
The forest reveals its sculpture
#Blipfoto #photography #derelict #forest #emergence #sculpture #decay #renewal #form #stillness #texture #organicform
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‘Dereliction becomes Emergence' | Chris_P
The forest reveals its sculpture
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October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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‘Nasturtium Holding the Rain’

wet and gloomy all morning, but the nasturtiums held the rain as if it were light.

#Blipfoto #photography #nasturtium #flower #garden #plant #petals #leaves #raindrops #rain #wet #gloom #light

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342839...
‘Nasturtium Holding the Rain’ | Chris_P
wet and gloomy all morning, but the nasturtiums held the rain as if it were light.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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'Ghost Letters on William Street'

#Blipfoto #photography #Edinburgh #WilliamStreet #ghostsign #ArmstrongandHogg #sanitaryplumbers #electricalengineers #typography #heritage #history #urbanarchaeology #oldsign #monochrome #blackandwhite #sandstone #hiddenEdinburgh

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'Ghost Letters on William Street' | Chris_P
Armstrong & Hogg was a firm of sanitary plumbers and electrical engineers in Edinburgh that operated from the mid-19th century until 1914....
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October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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'Where Nature Meets Glass'
Dew gathers on the windscreen at dawn

#Blipfoto #photography #environmentalphotography #nature #manmade #dew #windscreen #morninglight #minimalism #urbanlandscape #widescreen #texture #quietlight #natureandmanmade #surface #atmosphere

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342776...
‘Where Nature Meets Glass’ | Chris_P
Dew gathers on the windscreen at dawn — a quiet balance between what’s elemental and what’s made.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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‘Bedroom Eyes, Flat Packed’

Opposite the bed. Once you've seen this, you can't unsee it!
#Blipfoto #Photography #surrealphotography #pareidolia #bedroomeyes #Ikea #surreal #tiny #foundface #furniture #watching #visualpoetry #faceinplaces #everydaystrange

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342725...
‘Bedroom Eyes, Flat Packed’ | Chris_P
Opposite the bed. Once you've seen this, you can't unsee it!
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October 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM