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Stars & Planets

I set out this morning to take a couple of early photographs, it wasn’t too early to be out but it was cold. Still, I ended up getting carried away just a bit and decided to try for a panoramic of the stars & planets above the Eden Valley. There was the odd bit of cloud about but not enough to stop me trying, photographing the panoramic took only a few minutes, stitching it together was another matter πŸ˜‰ click on photograph above for larger version.

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Woops

Today I decided to play with type, I’d had some text in mind for a while but didn’t have the right background for it. Thankfully today I managed a couple of photographs before the Sun came up one of which fit the bill quite nicely. So I tweaked the photograph, trimmed it to size, and then started playing with type. After a few false starts I was getting somewhere and in the end was fairly happy with the result, then I decided to check the text….. Not a problem, it’s…

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The Monsters are the Critics

Critic (n.) 1580s “one who passes judgement,” from Middle French critique (14c.), from the Latin criticus “a judge,” from Greek kritikos “able to make judgements” Able to make judgements, how many of us are really able to make judgements that are fair and unbiased? We often have preconceived ideas as to how something should look, sound, taste, act…. but is it fair to compare that preconceived idea with what we actually see at the cinema, or when we first listen to a CD? It’s something I’m curious about, my curiosity…

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Never Too Old

“You’re too old to ……” No I’m not, you’re never too old for some things, that applies to Lego, especially when you’re a bit of a geek and you’ve just seen the Lego Hobbit: Unexpected Gathering set πŸ˜‰ Seeing this was well timed, as I’d just received a couple of Amazon vouchers from my brother & sister in law, I had planned on buying a couple of books but couldn’t resist being a big kid again.   Lego & Hobbit characters are copyright to their respective owners not me πŸ˜‰…

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