Monthly Archives: May 2011

Fine dining in Scotland. NB

Yes, there really is a lot of fine dining to be to be had here. But there is also the uncomfortable fact that the Calton ward in the east end of Glasgow has one of the lowest life expectancies for … Continue reading

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It’s who you know. Erwin Christis – guest post

One of the advantages of working closely with the conservation community is that, after investing in a relationship based on mutual trust and understanding, you have the availability of a network of people that ‘gives you an extra eye’ in … Continue reading

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Combining techniques: stacking and white backgrounds. PHD

As one of life’s perennially contrary creatures, I have never tended to espouse novelty of any sort simply for the sake of it: usually the opposite. When classmates were listening to the Beatles, I was into the Pretty Things, Them…and … Continue reading

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Those Small Things in Life – PHD

For my many years of living in Britain I was addicted to the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme where, on a daily basis, John Humphrys and the rest of the team would attempt the task of nailing to the wall those … Continue reading

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Defeat the Defeatists.NB

Derrick Jensen is mad.  His column in Orion Magazine is rarely compromising in its advocacy for the Earth and condemnation of our collective stupidity in failing to make substantive  changes to how we live our lives. In To Live or Not … Continue reading

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Life Support (A 12-Step Program). CB

I grew up spellbound in the blue glow of Saturday morning presentations of programs such as “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” and Lorne Greene’s “Last of the Wild.” These shows filled me to the brim with dreams of embarking on … Continue reading

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Signs of our times. 1.NB (archive)

(note: this blog has been going for  over 2 years now during which time we’ve put up 360+ posts. The stats. show that those from the early days have been seen by very few people so to supplement our new … Continue reading

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The Big Rock – The Gran Sasso d’Italia. PHD

For over a week, though I did not realise how much time had passed, I have had that feeling of ‘numbness’ of the sort that comes from beating your head against a wall and then not realising you have stopped. … Continue reading

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A long post. NB

If you’re still with me…this is the first of my completed “deconstructed landscapes” portraying the Gannochy Gorge at Edzell, Scotland. The four panels, each 6 foot by 2 foot will be displayed side by side rather than vertically like this. … Continue reading

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There’s no such thing as bad light, just inadequate Photoshop skills.NB

Irony. Really. Anyway, this picture relies not on Photoshop but on good old fill flash – in this case from a single Elinchrom Ranger Quadra head in a 135 cm Rotalux softbox. This was shot as part of a Woodland … Continue reading

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