Dan
@theassentofdan.bsky.social
Happy soloist, wanderer, photographer, writer, illustrator, and graphic designer - doing more of what I love and less of what I'm told. All images my © unless reposted or credited.
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If you are celebrating Bonfire Night this weekend, wherever you live in the world, please check for Wildlife before lighting! 🔥🦔 If you live in the UK please check for hedgehogs as they will make a home in an unlit bonfire pile 🪵🦔🍂 #bonfire #bonfirenight #hedgehog #nature #wildlife #halloween #hogs
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you are celebrating Bonfire Night this weekend, wherever you live in the world, please check for Wildlife before lighting! 🔥🦔 If you live in the UK please check for hedgehogs as they will make a home in an unlit bonfire pile 🪵🦔🍂 #bonfire #bonfirenight #hedgehog #nature #wildlife #halloween #hogs
Inspired by Ken Taylor, here's a Happy Halloween Noctule bat for you all. Nature doesn't make monsters - people do!
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Inspired by Ken Taylor, here's a Happy Halloween Noctule bat for you all. Nature doesn't make monsters - people do!
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
There's not much in this image to tell you it was taken this year.
September 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
There's not much in this image to tell you it was taken this year.
Remembering warmer times.
September 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Remembering warmer times.
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New product in my Etsy shop: printsbytoorndesigns.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
September 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New product in my Etsy shop: printsbytoorndesigns.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
Taken on a recent trip to Whitby. Rain threatened out at sea, but we managed to avoid it. How did fish and chips get to be £17 (said everyone over 40!).
September 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Taken on a recent trip to Whitby. Rain threatened out at sea, but we managed to avoid it. How did fish and chips get to be £17 (said everyone over 40!).
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Finished working on the newest issue of Wild Tees, the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust's membership magazine. 3 issues per year, with 24 pages of information about wildlife, habitat, and community involvement throughout the Tees Valley. Check them out at: www.teeswildlife.org and lend your support.
August 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finished working on the newest issue of Wild Tees, the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust's membership magazine. 3 issues per year, with 24 pages of information about wildlife, habitat, and community involvement throughout the Tees Valley. Check them out at: www.teeswildlife.org and lend your support.
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#photography #urbangaze #ColorADay #YellowThu #cityscape #doubleexposure #shotonfilm #analog #photographersofbluesky
August 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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My husband was transformed into an ugly creature by magic. But his love for his wife is eternal.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
August 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My husband was transformed into an ugly creature by magic. But his love for his wife is eternal.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
Moving sunset. WHat more can I say - just mucking about!
August 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Moving sunset. WHat more can I say - just mucking about!
A road to nowhere. I just really love the idea of not knowing where a road leads - and following it into the sunset? Aside from needing a soft bed, three hot meals a day, a hot bath, and all the trappings of a comfortable life - I'd could probably be happy as a homeless wanderer!
August 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A road to nowhere. I just really love the idea of not knowing where a road leads - and following it into the sunset? Aside from needing a soft bed, three hot meals a day, a hot bath, and all the trappings of a comfortable life - I'd could probably be happy as a homeless wanderer!
Got drawn in by these tiered stone walls bordering small horse paddocks, all leading up to the stone barn and a moody sky. Taken somewhere out near Cold Kirkby, I think?!
August 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Got drawn in by these tiered stone walls bordering small horse paddocks, all leading up to the stone barn and a moody sky. Taken somewhere out near Cold Kirkby, I think?!
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Printmaker Clare Leighton,'Blackbird on Nest' Lithograph of Wood Engraving, 1935 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
July 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Printmaker Clare Leighton,'Blackbird on Nest' Lithograph of Wood Engraving, 1935 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
A poppy from a few weeks back. Didn't quite get the stamens sharp, but I'm trying not to feel like sharpness is the be-all-and-end-all. What do you all think?
July 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A poppy from a few weeks back. Didn't quite get the stamens sharp, but I'm trying not to feel like sharpness is the be-all-and-end-all. What do you all think?
A throwback to a few winters ago - just so I can day-dream about cooler weather. The ever-artful plastic chair in an icy pond. A Teesside treat for all.
July 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A throwback to a few winters ago - just so I can day-dream about cooler weather. The ever-artful plastic chair in an icy pond. A Teesside treat for all.
Comon lizard anyone? This litle wingless dragon was sunning themselves on a fencepost when I happened by. The heath and moorland around Scaling Dam is great for adders and lizard.
July 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Comon lizard anyone? This litle wingless dragon was sunning themselves on a fencepost when I happened by. The heath and moorland around Scaling Dam is great for adders and lizard.
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Hey everyone, been a bit quiet lately, was guiding a tour in southern France. I’ll share some shots soon ✌️.
Meanwhile here’s some dramatic mountains from the French alps 😉
#photography #landscape #mountains #nature
Meanwhile here’s some dramatic mountains from the French alps 😉
#photography #landscape #mountains #nature
July 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hey everyone, been a bit quiet lately, was guiding a tour in southern France. I’ll share some shots soon ✌️.
Meanwhile here’s some dramatic mountains from the French alps 😉
#photography #landscape #mountains #nature
Meanwhile here’s some dramatic mountains from the French alps 😉
#photography #landscape #mountains #nature
I often shake my fist at pigeons when they have ruined a great shot by flapping loudly and urgently through trees, just as I'm about to press the shutter on some much rarer creature, that then disappears forever. But, I also like the idea that we are a nation represented by our animals.
July 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I often shake my fist at pigeons when they have ruined a great shot by flapping loudly and urgently through trees, just as I'm about to press the shutter on some much rarer creature, that then disappears forever. But, I also like the idea that we are a nation represented by our animals.
As an introvert, I've always found street photography unsettling at the best of times. At what point does an image become voyeurism or intrusion? I'm not sure, but images of people are the always emotive, being loaded with stories and subtext. There, but for the grace of..[insert power-animal here].
July 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
As an introvert, I've always found street photography unsettling at the best of times. At what point does an image become voyeurism or intrusion? I'm not sure, but images of people are the always emotive, being loaded with stories and subtext. There, but for the grace of..[insert power-animal here].
Industrial works visible across the inlet to the Tees from South gare near Redcar. Wonderful light that day. It could almost be Istanbul seen across the Bospherous (? 😂).
July 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Industrial works visible across the inlet to the Tees from South gare near Redcar. Wonderful light that day. It could almost be Istanbul seen across the Bospherous (? 😂).
If anyone knows what this trifolium is, let me know. Love the light catching the feathered edges of the leaves.
July 1, 2025 at 6:35 AM
If anyone knows what this trifolium is, let me know. Love the light catching the feathered edges of the leaves.