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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 3h

Current music I’m listening to. Taken from my Qobuz Recent list. Of these the new Cerys Hafana and Stereolab albums are getting the most plays.
#NowPlaying

A screenshot of a Qobuz Recents list of albums featuring a collage of album covers featuring various artists and genres, including titles like "Michelangelo Dying," "Horses," "A Love Supreme,"

7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 10h

Autumn showing through the green
#Autumn #Photography #Northumbrland

A woodland scene featuring two tall trees in the foreground, surrounded by lush green foliage. In the background, hints of autumn colors are visible among other trees.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 1d

Similar work flow is the sticking point. I do just about 100% of my processing on my iPad. I don’t know of any cheaper alternatives I’m afraid. 😟 However have a look at Ewen’s video youtu.be/BqjWN0CBc7U?...

Editing photos without getting stuck in a subscription

YouTube video by Photography with Ewen Bell

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David Hawkins-Weeks @hawkinsweeks.bsky.social · 1d

Sh, gorgeous work by Don McCullin… ‘Somerset saved my sanity’: Don McCullin at 90 – in pictures #photography www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘Somerset saved my sanity’: Don McCullin at 90 – in pictures

Don McCullin spent decades photographing war and carnage across the globe – then he retrained his lens on the Somerset countryside. As he turns 90, a new book celebrates his gorgeous still lifes and…

www.theguardian.com

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 1d

Oh, I thought it was only me and my OH that did that 🤣

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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings @kaggsy59.bsky.social · 1d

On the blog today - my thoughts on the marvellous "Ring the Hill" by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/t...

“There is nothing like climbing hills for perspective.” #ringthehill

Books can arrive in your line of sight and at your house in so many unusual ways, and that’s certainly the case of “Ring the Hill” by Tom Cox (first published in 2019). I was awar…

kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 1d

Don't even think about it…
#FootpathFriday #FingerpostFriday #Photography #Northumberland

A wooden post with a sign prohibiting mobility scooters, set in a grassy area with fallen leaves. In the background, a curved footbridge covered in autumn leaves crosses over a stream.

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Deborah Parkin @deborahparkin.bsky.social · 1d

From my September series. A long term project of photographing my children with a 5x4 camera using instant film 🖤

A black and white photograph of a girl paddling in a lake - she is looking down at the water. She is wearing a summer dress & the light shines on her hair and water.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 2d

Borderlands

Borderlands, exploring the foothills of the Cheviots.
#BlackAndWhitePhotography #Borderlands #Photography #Northumberland

Black and white landscape of a single tree at the top of a sheep field. The sky is mostly cloudy with patches of varying gray tones. The horizon line separates the textured clouds from the land.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 3d

Borderlands, exploring the foothills of the Cheviots.
#BlackAndWhitePhotography #Borderlands #Photography #Northumberland

Black and white image of a rural landscape with a wooden post and barbed wire fence in the foreground. Stalks of tall grass surround the post. Rolling hills are visible in the blurred background under an overcast sky.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 3d

Saw our first Red for over three years on our lawn yesterday 😊They were regular visitors before Storm Arwen.

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ChrisR @carusb.bsky.social · 3d

To #BelieveInFilm Users With Dormant Mastodon Accounts, please give Mastodon another try. It's changed. Solid tech, 500 character posts, Edits & Quote-Posts. With your help we can build a powerful truly decentralized public social media counterweight to centralized corporate media.

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Felicity Keefe @felicitykeefe.bsky.social · 4d

New work evolving in the studio this Autumn…

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 4d

In Brandlehow Woods
#LakeDistrict #Trees #Autumn

Dense woodland with tall, slender trees featuring various shades of green foliage. The ground is covered with bracken and dry leaves. Sunlight filters through the canopy, illuminating patches of undergrowth.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 5d

New Bridge, Rosthwaite
#MonoMonday #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LakeDistrict #Photography

A black and white photograph of a stone bridge with a curved arch spanning a small river surrounded by dense foliage and trees. The background features misty hills and an overcast sky.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 6d

#SilentSunday #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Photography #LakeDistrict

A black and white photograph. Silhouette of tree branches with leaves in the foreground, overcast sky, and distant misty hills with a tree line at the base in the background.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 8d

A walk in Brandlehow Woods.
#FootpathFriday #LakeDistrict #Photography

A colour photograph of a deciduous wood with a path winding between bracken and trees.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 8d

A classic view over Derwentwater to Borrowdale.
#BlackAndWhitePhotography #LakeDistrict #photography #LandscapePhotography

A black and white photograph of a lake with posts leading right to centre. In the bay are hills.

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Deborah Parkin @deborahparkin.bsky.social · 9d

Delighted to have my work & words featured in @obscuracraft.bsky.social October issue. If you are interested or work with historical processes they are open for submissions. You can hear more about their work on @llfpodcast.bsky.social too.

A wet plate collodion portrait of a girl with peonies - the girl has her eyes closed and is behind the flowers emerging from the dark.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 9d

Rosthwaite, Borrowdale looking towards Kings Seat
#BlackAndWhitePhotography #LakeDistrict #photography #LandscapePhotography

A black and white photograph of an upland scene. A wall and a lone tree are on the left with trees and a mountain across a field in the distance.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 11d

Done. 👍

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 11d

A seasonal change
#LakeDistrict #Autumn

Tree trunk covered in dense green ivy with overhanging branches of green leaves. A single branch displays yellow and brown leaves, indicating seasonal change. Background shows scattered light filtering through additional foliage.

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 12d

A walk in Dodds Wood on the side of Bassenthwaite Lake while the OH conquered Skiddaw via Ullock Pike!

#LakeDistrict #landscape #photography #Trees

A weathered tree stump with rough, grayish bark standing amid ferns and dense green foliage in a forest setting.

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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs @500songspodcast.bsky.social · 12d

Hello, darkness, my old friend…we’re revisiting podcast eps again…

Episode 135 looks at “The Sound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel, and the many records they made, together and apart, before their success.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via the website: 500songs.com/podcast/epis...

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7and7is @alensinthelandscape.com · 12d

I’m just hoping that “library” doesn’t just mean a room with a few tatty books in it. But actually a fully funded AND continually funded library. WITH BOOKS. The funding should be ring fenced as well or it will just disappear.