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Richard Mansel
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Aged amateur photographer and dabbler in code.
I live in Hampshire in the south of the UK.
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A seasonal verse and a triptych:

Apples be ripe,
Nuts be brown,
Petticoats up,
Trousers down.
A photo triptych of hawthorn berries, fallen apples and a mushroom, possibly a honey fungus
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Ah, autumn. Winter is approaching, but there are lots of compensations. Photos are from a very pleasant walk yesterday in the Hampshire countryside. The church at Weston Patrick was decorated inside for the harvest festival and looked amazing.
A woodland scene. Tall trees and an orange path the colour of fallen leaves A harvest festival display on a church window sill. There is a bouquet of flowers, and fruit and vegetables. Inside a church, looking along wooden pews to a window. On the window sill is a large bunch of flowers, and some berries and fruits A close up photo of a parasol mushroom on a woodland floor
October 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Holme Fell in Cumbria on a welcome dry day last Monday.

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A landscape view of the Lake District. There is a small rocky cliff and a tree on the left of the frame. In the middle distance are trees and meadows. Farther off there are higher hills. The blue sky is full of puffy white clouds.
September 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I captured these photos whilst walking into and around my local town.
A photo of a dark pedestrian underpass. There are two bright green leafy tendrils of a climbing plant hanging down in the foreground. In the background there is a small bright rectangular shaped view of the path leading away from the underpass. A close up photo of cracks in the tarmac of a path. The cracks look remarkably like the Mandelbrot set fractal. A photo of a dark passageway leading to a bus station. The roof of the passageway is completely dark and illuminated by two neon lights, which look like blue and green ropes leading away from the viewer's eye. A black and white photo of some steelwork in the roof of a shopping centre.
August 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The sign on this old gate is a bit optimistic I think.

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A photo of a broken wooden gateway leading into a grassy field. There is a sign on the gate reading "PLEASE SHUT THE GATE", which clearly hasn't been done for a long time.
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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I stood in the middle of this room and pointed my camera upwards. Then I cloned myself out of the image. From Olafur Eliasson's exhibition at the Tate Modern.

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A photo taken in the Tate Modern Gallery in London. There is a white walled square room with a light coloured wooden floor. There are openings for people to walk through on the left and right. Approximately 35 people stand mainly on the edges. The ceiling is mirrored and we are looking down from directly above, although the photo was taken looking upwards at the ceiling. I cloned myself out of the centre of the photo.
May 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Looking to the Upper Calder Valley. The rock is marked on the OS map as (wait for it) ... Great Rock.

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A photo. A path passes a large rock which is about as tall as a house. The foreground is grassy with dandelions in bloom. There are drystone walls on both side of the path before the rock. The Upper Calder Valley fills the distant background: a patchwork of trees and fields.
May 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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An evening view of the Rochdale canal in Hebden Bridge.

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A photo of the Rochdale canal in Hebden Bridge. The canal is on the right of the frame, and two paths meet on the left. Black railings seperate the paths. There is a bridge and some old industrial buildings in the background
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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"Vertiginous"
Seen a couple of weeks ago in Hebden Bridge. A lovely town to look at but hard on the calves.
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A cobbled footpath in Hebden Bridge in the evening. The path goes steeply down hill. There are drystone walls on both sides. A London plane tree and a metal handrail are on the left. In the distance seen through the branches and leaves of the tree are more trees, a large building and a flat grassy area.
May 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Rolling hills near Llangollen in Wales

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A view over green fields and rolling hills near LLangollen in Wales. There are trees in the foreground and a few sheep dotted around.
April 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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An alleyway in Truro just after a shower

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A narrow alleyway in Truro with shops on either side. It has been raining and the paving slabs are wet. Most of the shops have signs above their premises.
April 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Misty Rothbury ay 07:50

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A view of the upper part of stone buildings in Rothbury, Northumberland, UK. The photo was taken on a misty morning. There are cottages on the left and right in the foreground, and further back in the centre of the frame is a square church tower with a clock - 07:50.
April 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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A Scarborough stair

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A staircase in Scarborough between two walls of buildings. The steps are tinted green with some form of plant growth and there is a metal handrail in the centre of the steps.
April 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Yesterday evening's walk in the woods: bluebells.

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A woodland photo. Beech trees are just coming into leaf. There are bluebells in the foreground, and further back the ground is orange with last years leaves.
April 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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A kissing gate. It was bitterly cold so not much kissing.

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A landscape view near Sidmouth, Devon, UK. In the foreground is a kissing gate and a wooden signpost for footpaths. In the background is a patchwork of misty fields with hedgerows.
April 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Street sepia

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A street scene in Istanbul. Three women are walking through a market towards the camera. The central figure holds a mobile phone and all three are looking at it.
April 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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"The lads"

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Four elderly Turkish men sit on a bench facing the camera. Three wear caps, and two hold rosary beads.
April 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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After I made this I thought it reminded me of the train approaching Waterloo station. There are an awful lot of new buildings next to the Thames.

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April 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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The Methodist Church in Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, sitting on the bank of the River Dee.

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A view of the Methodist Church in Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. The River Dee flows in the foreground, and the church and nearby houses are surrounded by lush green trees.
April 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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A view over the river Usk near Crickhowell, Powys, Wales.

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A landscape view over a valley containing the river Usk in Powys, Wales. There is a patchwork of green fields leading to low hills in the background.
April 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Some more tessellating triangles.

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April 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Regulars

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A black and white photo of two old gentlemen sitting on a bench in a pub in Pembrokeshire. There is a fireplace to one side, and a pint of beer sits on the bench between them.
April 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Tiling - can't get enough of those little triangles

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April 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Low sun, long shadows. The trees are about to burst into green life.

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A photo of beech woods. The low sun creates long shadows and the trees are still bare in early April.
April 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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It must be 50 years since I had a cup of Camp coffee. The main ingredient is chicory. It's still avaiable in the UK according to:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Co...

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Vintage signs at Four Marks station on the Watercress Railway Line in Hampshire. The main sign advertises Camp Coffee, a product still available in the UK. Signs for Wills Cut Golden Bar tobacco, Rinso washing powder and Capstan Navy Cut cigarettes can also be seen.
April 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM