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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 17h

‘Nasturtium Holding the Rain’

wet and gloomy all morning, but the nasturtiums held the rain as if it were light.

#Blipfoto #photography #nasturtium #flower #garden #plant #petals #leaves #raindrops #rain #wet #gloom #light

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‘Nasturtium Holding the Rain’ | Chris_P

wet and gloomy all morning, but the nasturtiums held the rain as if it were light.

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 1d

'Ghost Letters on William Street'

#Blipfoto #photography #Edinburgh #WilliamStreet #ghostsign #ArmstrongandHogg #sanitaryplumbers #electricalengineers #typography #heritage #history #urbanarchaeology #oldsign #monochrome #blackandwhite #sandstone #hiddenEdinburgh

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'Ghost Letters on William Street' | Chris_P

Armstrong & Hogg was a firm of sanitary plumbers and electrical engineers in Edinburgh that operated from the mid-19th century until 1914....

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 2d

'Where Nature Meets Glass'
Dew gathers on the windscreen at dawn

#Blipfoto #photography #environmentalphotography #nature #manmade #dew #windscreen #morninglight #minimalism #urbanlandscape #widescreen #texture #quietlight #natureandmanmade #surface #atmosphere

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342776...

‘Where Nature Meets Glass’ | Chris_P

Dew gathers on the windscreen at dawn — a quiet balance between what’s elemental and what’s made.

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 3d

‘Bedroom Eyes, Flat Packed’

Opposite the bed. Once you've seen this, you can't unsee it!
#Blipfoto #Photography #surrealphotography #pareidolia #bedroomeyes #Ikea #surreal #tiny #foundface #furniture #watching #visualpoetry #faceinplaces #everydaystrange

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342725...

‘Bedroom Eyes, Flat Packed’ | Chris_P

Opposite the bed. Once you've seen this, you can't unsee it!

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 4d

‘that’s the time you must keep on trying’
A smile, just held together by a single thread.  
Homage to Nat King Cole's 'Smile'

#Blipfoto #photography #monoMonday #blackandwhite #minimal #thread #smile #natkingcole #fragility #resilience #quiet #hope
www.blipfoto.com/entry/342692...

‘that’s the time you must keep on trying’ | Chris_P

A smile, just held together by a single thread. Homage to Nat King Cole's 'Smile'

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 5d

‘Flame Grain’
A fresh break, still burning.

#Blipfoto #photography #flame #grain #wood #texture #abstract #nature #closeup #detail #colour #organicform #pattern #foundart #objecttrouve #stilllife

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342664...

'Flame Grain' | Chris_P

A fresh break, still burning

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 7d

‘Care and Self-care’

Between sit-ups and swings, a rhythm shared.

#Blipfoto #photography #care #selfcare #swing #situps #balance #morning #play #exercise #park #motion #connection #tenderness #maintenance #rhythm

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342584...

‘Care and Self-care’ | Chris_P

Between sit-ups and swings, a rhythm shared

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 8d

'Crossword Logic’
#Blipfoto #photography #abstract #AbstractThursday #patterns #orderedchaos #crosswordpuzzle #grid #mathematical #whimsical #logic #creativity #Mondrian

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342545...

‘Crossword Logic’ | Chris_P

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 9d

‘My Happy Place’

This is a view of my happy place, or one of them.
#Blipfoto #photography #happiness #feelinggood #jogging #exercise #routine #achievement #outdoors #nature #InverleithPark #Edinburgh #pond #trees #earlymorningrun #commitment #achievement

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342522...

‘My Happy Place’ | Chris_P

This is a view of my happy place, or at least one of them. It's the North West Entrance to Inverleith Park. Down to the right and around the...

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 10d

‘Worn by Time’
Close up, it could be a cliff or a canyon wall—an old latch on the bathroom door, revealing its own history.

#Blipfoto #photography #tinytuesday #macro #texture #form #lightandshadow #landscapeinminiature #cliff #canyon #latch #everydayobject

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342479...

'Worn by Time' | Chris_P

Close up, it could be a cliff or a canyon wall—an old bathroom latch revealing its own history.

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 11d

Fashion Aftermath 
All that was left… 
Inspired by 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion' . . . The Kinks

#Blipfoto #photography #FashionAftermath #DedicatedFollowerOfFashion #TheKinks
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'Fashion Aftermath' | Chris_P

All that was left… After the glamour of fashion, only the fabric remains - holding its folds, sixty years on. Inspired by...

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 12d

'Hanging by a Thread - Just!'
#Blipfoto #photography
#autumn #autumncolours #autumnleaves #backlit #bluesky #October #nature #leaves #fragile #threads #spiderwebs

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'Hanging by a Thread - Just!' | Chris_P

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 13d

‘Left All Alone’

Spotted after the start, now waiting for the finish!
#Blipfoto #photography #parkrun #Edinburgh #start #stilllife #found #quiet #solitude #texture

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342367...

‘Left All Alone’ | Chris_P

Spotted after the start, now waiting for the finish!

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 14d

‘Amputation’
In early morning light, the severed branch reveals its glowing wound.
#Blipfoto #photography #amputation #tree #branch #severedbranch #glowing #wound #glowingwound #morninglight #sculptural #decay #texture #woodgrain
www.blipfoto.com/entry/342329...

'Amputation' | Chris_P

In the early morning light, the severed branch reveals its glowing wound.

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 16d

'Two Chimneys, One Sky, Many Corners'

At the edge of dawn, everything turns a corner

#Blipfoto #photography #wideWednesday #corners #sky #night #day #chimneys #aerials #thresholds #liminal #transitions #lightandshadow #quiet #dawn #sunrise #edinburgh #rooftops

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'Two Chimneys, One Sky, Many Corners' | Chris_P

At the edge of dawn, everything turns a corner...

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 17d

‘Daily Cocktail’
Tiny things that hold the body together...

#Blipfoto #photography #TinyTuesday #glass #tiny #pills #tinypills #colourful #potent #ritual

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‘Daily Cocktail’ | Chris_P

Tiny things that hold the body together...

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 18d

'They’ll Learn Much More'
#Blipfoto #photography #monoMonday #Mono #WhataWonderfulWorld #LouisArmstrong #toadstools #beauty #fragility #impermanence #decay #resilience #hope

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342187...

'They’ll Learn Much More' | Chris_P

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 19d

‘Connected’

Later, they were seen walking away together.

#Blipfoto, #photography #connected #streetphotography #irony #quietobservation #humanmoment #ordinarylife #quietmystery #poeticrealism #mutedtones

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342157...

‘Connected’ | Chris_P

Later, they were seen walking away together.

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 20d

'Setting Off Together'

 The surge before the spread - colour, motion, and anticipation - with the wind at your back!
 #parkrun #Edinburghparkrun #autumn #community #motion #trees #morninglight #running

www.blipfoto.com/entry/342114...

'Setting Off Together' | Chris_P

The surge before the spread - colour, motion, and anticipation - with the wind at your back!

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 21d

‘Late-Season Daisy, Standing Strong’

#Blipfoto #photography #FlowerFriday #aster, #daisy #bright #lateseason #autumn
www.blipfoto.com/entry/342073...

'Late-Season Daisy, Still Shining Bright' | Chris_P

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 23d

‘New Flesh on an Old Board’

#Blipfoto #photography #WideWednesday #banana #fresh #new #newflesh #quirky #wideangle #lowangle #chessboard #intruder #peeled #freshlypeeled #scale #juxtaposition
www.blipfoto.com/entry/342006...

‘New Flesh on an Old Board’ | Chris_P

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 24d

‘Portobello Cartographies’
The gills of a ‘Portobello Mushroom’
#Blipfoto #photography #macro #TinyTuesday #fungus #gills #Portobello #PortobelloMushroom #marketing #marketinginvention #mushroom #cartography #landscape #geology #abstract
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341969...

‘Portobello Cartography’ | Chris_P

The gills of a ‘Portobello Mushroom’. Sad to learn that – like the “Ploughman’s Lunch” - the name is in fact a...

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Chris Pilley @chrispilley.bsky.social · 25d

Excellent thread!👇👇👇👇👇

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 25d

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵