Who were Seely and Paget

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The typewriter from The Shack, a unique cabin retreat designed as a summer drawing office by architects John Seely (2nd Lord Mottistone) and Paul Paget at Mottistone on the Isle of Wight.

Searching

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Taken on a beach on the Isle of Wight. I spotted this guy about to walk past me at the very last minute. I was lucky to get a clear shot and only had to clone out one small child.

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A fairground carousel, taken on the South Bank this weekend.

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Taken on the Isle of Wight a few weekends ago. I love the ageing and sun bleached rope, stretching out to the centre of the frame.

The Crow

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I was drawn to this lone crow against the imposing sky. Tinkered with in Lightroom, with some final tweaks in Photoshop. If you’re interested, the original is here.

Spinnaker

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This is the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. I was heading back from the Isle of Wight on Sunday evening and the light was just perfect for a blue sky shot. I tinkered with this image for some time tweaking the … Continue reading

Winter Lake

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This one was inspired by David Nightingale’s Winter Lake. I still very much prefer his image to mine, just getting the colour palette right to make it look cold is quite tricky. This was taken in Dulwich Park a week … Continue reading