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Tim Dobson
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Martech, advocate for the disabled, papa, motorcycle enthusiast, long walks on the beach
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The Cuypers Library is the largest and oldest art historical library in the Netherlands. In retrospect I wish I had shot it in a vertical orientation but I’m not sure I would have l got it all in with an #iPhone 10. Exposing for a windows made for a moody scene. 🇳🇱

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A view from the view area in the Rijksmuseum of the Cupers Library. Shot on a iPhone we can see the top two floors and the large windows at the top. It is a dark and moody scene as the image is exposed for the windows. The highlights on the books are enough to suggest their form. The light vignettes and the scene is darker towards the bottom.
December 7, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Lazily sitting in a coffee shop in Amsterdam, I was fascinated by the shapes and lines in this scene. Taking the time to adjust the exposure for the outside allowed me to capture this moment when a women poked her head through the door for just a second.

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A women pokes her head through the door in distance at a coffee shop in Amsterdam. We see her from a position sat in the back of the shop, through the frame of an of an interior open door. There is a man in the left foreground at another table having a smoke. The room has rich wood tones on the walls and tables. A TV is mounted on the wall in the right with a cropped image of two people in front of a neighborhood brick apartment building. The person on the right has their head flung back in what appears to be a maniacal laugh.
November 29, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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Happy Tofurkey Day!
Tofurkey shaped in the form of a human baby. Curiously uneaten.
November 29, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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Exploring around the rocks at Kotau Point, Te Henga. This is actually a couple of images blended together because the water rushes in after it hits the rocks in the background.
Water rushes through a channel in the rocks at Kotau Point. Te Henga. In the foreground is a rock covered in barnacles. The sky is cloudy and the sun is low as it is just before sunset.
November 23, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Post you from a different era.
A photo of me and my premature daughter taken one week after her birth. She was born at 28 weeks and weighted 750gms.
November 20, 2024 at 5:59 AM
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I really must get back to chasing waterfalls. This one is is in Broken Hills, Coromandel. There is a great DoC campground there alongside the river. Lots of things to explore.
A small waterfall in the Broken Hills conservation park, Coromandel. There are moss covered rocks in the foreground and a small water flow falls between two large rocks in the background.
November 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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Searches for New Zealand property on One Roof by U.S based users grew 180% the days after the U.S election. It’s not a bad place to be a Digital Nomad.

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A person stands behind and to the left of a campervan in the night sky. The soft light of the inside glows through a rainbow coloured curtain. Dream Machine is printed on the back of the Campervan. The centre of the Milky Way is rising behind a small range in Mackenzie country, New Zealand. It is dark except the glow of the camper and the brilliant night sky.
November 16, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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Home made collar to stop him licking an irritated foot. It didn’t work very well but he looked like a beautiful flower 🐶🇳🇿
My dog Jack with a homemade anti lick collar around his neck. It is made out of a pool noodle cut in small pieces and a strap from bunnings. It didn’t work very well but he looks like a flower.
November 16, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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During Covid when we were only allowed to walk around the neighborhood, I took this photo in the local golf course. It’s actually a few photos blended together using the technique in the round, made popular by Pep Ventosa.
A photo I took during Covid in a golf course when we could only walk around the neighborhood. It is a number of photos blend together to create a dreamlike blurry yet still somewhat sharp appearance. It’s is a wide angle landscape with a reddish tree in the centre. there is a lot of green fairway in the forground and sky is a graduated blue. Lighter at the horizon and darker at the top. There are other autumn coloured trees in the scene and a some clouds in the too left area of the sky
November 15, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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We went all in in 1996 with a Kodak DCS460. A 6 megapixel sensor and a SCSI connector that was less than practical. We had to shoot on digital and 120 film for some clients until they were comfortable with the output.
A Kodak DSC460 camera
November 13, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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I made my dog a necklace thing to stop him licking his balls. You might consider that as it you won’t get it stuck in doorways and you’ll look like a flower!
November 12, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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If you see this, post with a beach photo from your gallery.

O'Neill Bay, Te Henga.
November 10, 2024 at 12:03 AM
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Te Komititanga
Te Komititanga
November 9, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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Wow what an incredible night of Aurora across the world. To have this amount of activity in Auckland means it must have been completely nuts further south! 🇳🇿📷 #aurora
May 12, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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The little Song Thrush fledging is not so little anymore. It hides in the shrubs at the base of tree it was hatched in and waits for its next meal.
A little Song Thrust stands on a small branch and waits for its next meal.
October 14, 2023 at 2:03 AM
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The nestlings left the nest so I guess they’re fledglings now. Today it looks like they’re learning to catch worms. That’s one hungry looking bird. I have been struck by the vulnerability. The adult bird will retreat to safe ground if I get too close. The fledgling is completely exposed. 🐥🪱
An adult bird has a big worm ready to feed to its fledging. The fledgling has its mouth wide open and looks hungry!
October 12, 2023 at 12:27 AM
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The nestlings are getting so big that they hardly fit in the nest. 🐥
The four nestlings are so big now they hardly fit in the nest!
October 9, 2023 at 11:50 PM
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The nestlings have opened their eyes. 🐥🐥🐥
Three baby birds huddle in their nest. Their eyes are open and waiting for their next meal.
October 6, 2023 at 1:26 AM
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My babies are coming along nicely 🐣
Three baby birds sitting in a nest. There are facing upwards but do not have their mouth open. Waiting for their parents to return.
October 4, 2023 at 5:08 AM
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Instead we get this thing
October 3, 2023 at 7:43 PM
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That’s gonna be a no from me dawg
October 3, 2023 at 6:49 AM
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Came across this bird while doing some yard work earlier. It’s about 5ft off the ground wedged in a fork in the tree. I’ll have to work around it all spring. Definitely getting the side eye. 🇳🇿📷🪺
A bird sits in its nest in a tree in my back yard. It’s about 5ft off the ground and not looking at all happy that I am mowing the lawn.
October 1, 2023 at 12:48 AM
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Saturday is for adventures 🐶🇳🇿
Millie, a black staffy cross and Jack, a tan staffy cross, stand in the back of an old 4wd wagon. They are both wearing a harness and ready to start an adventure.
September 29, 2023 at 8:25 PM
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What is it’s about politics and dildos?
September 29, 2023 at 7:14 PM
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Have you seen the galactic kiwi? Turn your phone sideways to spot it above and to the left of me in the night sky. Te Ārai, Mangawhai. 📷🇳🇿
A selfie of me climbing up the Tor at Te Arai.
September 28, 2023 at 5:10 AM