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Natalya Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@natalyasmith.bsky.social
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Marketer, pickled onion enthusiast, Disneyland Paris nerd. I travel to lots of places and take lots of photos.

When I can remember to post, you'll find digital, film, and a lot of cat photos here (look out for my definitely not daily #DailyDoseOfDJ 🐈‍⬛).
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Natalya Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @natalyasmith.bsky.social · Dec 31
Top #Photography Moments of 2024: Animals edition 🥰

All taken on my #Nikon D5200.

#AnimalPhotography #Mammals #Birds #Squirrels #Crows #Seals #GreySeals #Lizard #Reptiles #DigitalPhotography
Photo of a crow taken on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. Photo of a young red squirrel taken in Hawes, Wensleydale. Photo of a Grey Seal pup taken at Duncansby Stacks, North East Scotland. Photo of a lizard (which Google tells me could be an audakia stellio, also known as the starred agama or the roughtail rock agama), taken in Corfu Old Town.
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A friendly face for you all this Friday. 🦒

@zslofficial.bsky.social

#Animals #AnimalPhotography #ZSL #London #LondonZoo #Giraffe #DigitalPhotography #TravelPhotography #Travel #UKTravel #Giraffes
Photo of a giraffe peering through an open green door in a brick wall at London Zoo.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Went away for the weekend, so yesterday morning I woke up to a cat on my stomach, making sure I wasn't about to go anywhere else.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat, sitting on my stomach while I lie in bed and staring straight ahead at the camera.
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Forgot Bluesky existed
But now I'm back here
To post yesterday's photos
Of Richmond Park's deer

#Deer #AnimalPhotography #NaturePhotography #London #UKTravel #DigitalPhotography
Photo of a deer looking to the side with a hoof raised. Photo of a doe standing in a field and looking out to the left of the image. Photo of a deer walking across a field. Photo of a group of deer in a field, with a baby near the front.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Forgot about Bluesky for a while again. Have returned to show you his extremely persuasive demands for cuddles.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat, stretching up to me with his claws out at the camera, while I sit at a computer desk. Looks a lot more menacing than it actually is - he's gearing up to jump on my lap, cuddle, and purr as loudly as an engine for the next half hour.
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Autumn in the Peak District. 🍂

#Nature #NaturePhotography #PeakDistrict #DigitalPhotography #TravelPhotography #Travel #UKTravel
Photo of a sheep standing on some grass. Photo of a forest in front of a large hill, with the leaves starting to turn from green to autumnal orange. A background of misty rolling hills, and a foreground of a path leading to a gate through a tree-lined field. A sheep in a field of long grass in the sun, looking over at me.
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Pottering around the Peaks with slivers of sunshine.

#PeakDistrict #Nature #Autumn
#DigitalPhotography #UKTravel #NaturePhotography #Sheep
Photo of some sheep grazing in a field against a sun-streaked backdrop of the Peak District.
September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Your not-actually-daily #DailyDoseOfDJ

Went away for the weekend; came back to the neediest (and kneadiest) little dude.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat relaxes on a grey duvet, next to a red blanket and kneading the air while receiving cuddles.
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Starting to accept that autumn may in fact be on the way, lads.

#Nature #Woodland #DigitalPhotography #NaturePhotography #Yorkshire
Photo of a green leaf, starting to turn brown, with sunlight shining through it. Photo of a rosehip shining in the setting sunlight. Photo of some wispy willowherb lit by the setting sun. Photo of a tree mostly in darkness, partially lit by the setting sun.
September 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Final morning of the mini road trip. Ljubljana on @ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 100.

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #Slovenia #Ljubljana #Europe #Car #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel
Black and white photo looking out of a balcony-style corridor (or corridor-style balcony?) lined with potted plants, out at some neighbouring buildings around a courtyard.
September 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Taken on a suitcase-laden sprint out of Piran, the morning we left for Ljubljana.

📍Piran, Slovenia
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Slovenia #Piran #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel
Film photo looking through an empty seaside restaurant at the sea ahead of it.
September 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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From my most recent roll of film - Ljubljana shot on @ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 100.

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #Slovenia #Ljubljana #Europe #Car #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel
Black-and-white 35mm film photo of a street in Ljubljana with classic cars lining the pavement. One car is the main focus of the image, and people are walking either side of the cars.
September 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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A year ago today!

I frequently cite "Squirrels and Cheese Day" (we also went to the Wensleydale Creamery) as one of my favourite days. Can't wait to go back one day.

#RedSquirrel #DigitalPhotography #Squirrel #Squirrels #RedSquirrels #Nature #NaturePhotography #Yorkshire #AnimalPhotography
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Is #SquirrelSaturday a thing?
Seeing red squirrels thriving in a Yorkshire nature reserve in September was a dream come true. 🥰

Taken on my #Nikon D5200.
#RedSquirrel #Squirrel #Squirrels #RedSquirrels #Nature #NaturePhotography #DigitalPhotography #Yorkshire #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Mammals
A young red squirrel standing on a moss-covered log in a sunlit wood.
September 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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It's been a while since I've done a #DailyDoseOfDJ because I've been too busy posting film photos from my Slovenian mini-road-trip.

But being home with Deej is just as magical, and it's important that everyone sees this lovely little face.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat, lying on his back on a bed and looking up lovingly.
September 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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A fun and funky double exposure of Mumbles Pier and... no idea???

(Yes I shot a random roll of "expired" film, without knowing a total stranger had already done that.)

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Wales #Cymru #DoubleExposure #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel
Double-exposed film photo. One image is of the pier and seaside at Mumbles Beach, and the other appears to be some trees, bushes or woodland.
September 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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On 1st September in years gone by, I used to be all "🍂🎃🍃🥰"

But this year, nope. I am NOT ready to start wishing away our precious few daylight hours and will be living in happy summery denial for as long as possible.

#35mm #FilmPhotography #Piran #Slovenia #ShotOnFilm #Travel #TravelPhotography
Film photo taken on Kodak Gold of a ladder leading down the sea, between some rocks in the Slovenian seaside town of Piran.
September 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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DJ says the 14mm lens is stinky

#photography #dj
A black cat sniffing an ultra wide angle lens A black cat with his face very close to an ultra wide angle lens
August 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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A dreamy glimpse into a whole other world under the water.

📍 Lake Bled, Slovenia

#Travel #LakeBled #Europe #Slovenia #Fish #Nature
August 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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A post-swim pastry and coffee in Tartini square.

📍Piran, Slovenia
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Slovenia #Piran #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel
Film photo taken from under a large parasol at an outdoor café area in Tartini Square, Piran, Slovenia. In the foreground, beneath the parasol, are people sitting at tables, and in the background are the white buildings of the square and a blue sky.
August 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Lake Bled on Gold 200.

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Slovenia #LakeBled #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel
Film photo of a rowboat moored in the middle of Lake Bled, with hills and forests in the background.
August 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Two years ago: a boat trip to the volcanic island of Ischia.

Each day of my short stay in Naples felt like an entirely different holiday. Day 3 was all about coastal walks, sea swimming, and fantastic pasta.

🎞️ Cinestill 800T
#filmphotography #35mm #shotonfilm #travel #travelphotography #italy
Film photo looking down a street in Ischia, Italy.
August 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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2 years ago today: Pompeii, Vesuvius and a LOT of cats.

🎞️ @ilfordphoto.com Delta 100
📷 #Nikon F80

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #Italy #Europe #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Cat #Cats #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Travel #Pompeii #Vesuvius
Black and white film photo of some ruins in Pompeii. Black and white film photo of some shrubs growing on Mount Vesuvius. Black and white film photo of the summit of Mount Vesuvius. Black and white film photo of a cat waking up from a nap, in the shade of a brick wall, in Pompeii.
August 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Two years since I was in a taxi, hurtling down streets this narrow, hearing a glass bottle shatter on the roof while the driver maniacally cackles "welcome to Naples!"

📷 Nikon F80
🎞️ Cinestill 800T

#FilmPhotography #35mm #ShotOnFilm #Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #Italy #Italia #Napoli #Naples
Film photo looking down a street in Naples.
August 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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The black and white positives have been a ROARING SUCCESS (apart from the bit where I gassed myself with sulphur dioxide but shhhh)

If you do try this, be extremely careful with the bleach and the clearing bath and not mixing them, as that's how you get gas

#believeinfilm #positive #photography
A black and white film developed to be a positive image, featuring three images of a sheep made from scrap iron, a portrait of me sat wearing a cap and a portrait of my partner sat wearing a cap
August 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

When he wants to hang out with me but it's too hot to cuddle, he'll flop at my feet and expect me to sit on the floor next to him (which, obviously, I do).

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat, flopping on his side in the sun with his paws in the air.
August 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Digital snaps from this afternoon's woodland walk. 🌳🐄🐿️

#NaturePhotography #DigitalPhotography #Yorkshire #Animals #Nature #AnimalPhotography
A squirrel sitting in a tree. Close-up of blackberries on a vine. Hawthorn berries on a tree. A brown cow walking towards the camera.
August 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM