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Natalya Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@natalyasmith.bsky.social
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Marketer, pickled onion enthusiast, Disneyland Paris nerd. I travel to lots of places and take lots of photos.

When I can remember to post, you'll find digital, film, and a lot of cat photos here (look out for my definitely not daily #DailyDoseOfDJ 🐈‍⬛).
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Natalya Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @natalyasmith.bsky.social · Dec 31
Top #Photography Moments of 2024: Animals edition 🥰

All taken on my #Nikon D5200.

#AnimalPhotography #Mammals #Birds #Squirrels #Crows #Seals #GreySeals #Lizard #Reptiles #DigitalPhotography
Photo of a crow taken on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. Photo of a young red squirrel taken in Hawes, Wensleydale. Photo of a Grey Seal pup taken at Duncansby Stacks, North East Scotland. Photo of a lizard (which Google tells me could be an audakia stellio, also known as the starred agama or the roughtail rock agama), taken in Corfu Old Town.
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Glimpsing the old through the new at Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest.

🎞️ Gold 200
📍 Budapest

#Budapest #Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #FilmPhotography #35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #TravelPhotography #FilmIsNotDead
Film photo of a turret in Budapest's Fisherman's Bastion, reflected in the windows of a much more modern building.
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Snaps from the pre-work walk that made the early-ish start, and the 0°C, worth it.

#Sunrise #Nature #NaturePhotography #Yorkshire #DigitalPhotography #Horses
Photo of a pink sunrise above a farm, some fields, and a frozen pond with a dragonfly statue. Photo of the sunrise on the spire of a town hall building, with other buildings in the foreground and trees in the background. Photo of the sunrise hitting some garages lined alongside a pathway. A pink-streaked sunrise behind the silhouettes of two horses touching noses in a field, next to a tree.
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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It's winter-but-not-Christmas-anymore, which of course means time to post snowy ski resort photos.

🎞️ Portra 400
📍 Tignes/Val d'Isère, France

#Winter #Skiing #Snow #FilmPhotography #35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #TravelPhotography #FilmIsNotDead
Film photo of some chair lifts on a ski slope, with a blue sky and, course, mountains in the background, and some skiers on the left hand side of the image.
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Nothing more Christmassy than exploring an abandoned building with your family on the Boxing Day walk.

📷 #Nikon D5200

#Photography #AbandonedBuildings #DigitalPhotography #Wales #Cymru #SouthWales #Nature #NaturePhotography
Close-up of an abandoned building, with a moss-covered window framing a brick wall behind it.
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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New year, new #DailyDoseOfDJ - taken on some expired film in one of his favourite sunny spots. 🎞️

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals #DigitalPhotography #AnimalPhotography
Film photo of DJ the black cat, sitting on a sunlit floor and looking up with his face partly shaded by the shadow of a window frame.
January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Quick snap of a female blackbird soaking up the sunrise, from an early morning walk before work yesterday.

#Bird #Birds #Nature #NaturePhotography #DigitalPhotography #Yorkshire #UKWildlife #Animals #Blackbird
A female blackbird sitting on a berry-covered branch, partially silhouetted, in front of a faintly pink sunrise sky.
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Cats. Cats never change. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.
Black and white photo of a shorthaired what and tabby cat, sitting on an ornate wooden chair, seeming to scritch its claws on the finely caned back panel.
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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I might do some sort of 2025 Photo Roundup on here soon, but all the while I'm trying to remember Bluesky exists, here's a fairly festive photo from a recent roll of expired film.

#FilmPhotography #35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #Nature #Plants #Christmas #Yorkshire
Expired film photo of a close-up holly branch with berries. The background is the rest of the holly bush, but blurred.
December 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Reposting this festive little fellow for Christmas. 🥰
natalyasmith.bsky.social Natalya Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @natalyasmith.bsky.social · Jan 14

Over the last few days, I've made friends with this lovely little #Robin who lives a few minutes away from my house.

Taken on my #Nikon D5200.
#Bird #Birds #BirdsOfBluesky #Nature #BirdPhotography #AnimalPhotography #DigitalPhotography #Photography #Animals #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #UKWildlife
A robin, slightly illuminated by the setting sun, perching on a metal fence pole.
December 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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From the monthly Coffee and Cameras meetup in Leeds, approximately 30 seconds after being gifted a roll of expired film to shoot.

#FilmPhotography #35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #Leeds #Yorkshire
Film photo of a matcha latte next to a film camera on a wooden table.
December 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Sunset at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire.

#Yorkshire #Sunset #DigitalPhotography #NaturePhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Nature
A sky full of pink-tinged sunset clouds behind a lighthouse.
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

"We're lucky that he ignores the tree every yea- GOOD LORD WHAT ARE YOU DOING"

(All we had to do was tuck the lights back up into the tree for him to resume ignoring them forever.)

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals #DigitalPhotography #AnimalPhotography
DJ the black cat pawing at a dangling string of Christmas lights, which was subsequently repositioned to be NOT dangling.
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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One of my favourites that I took of this seal pup a few weeks ago. Look at the little face! 🥹

(Taken from the top of a big cliff in Flamborough Head.)

📷 #Nikon D5200
#AnimalPhotography #Photography #Mammals #Seals #Seal #Animals #DigitalPhotography #Yorkshire #Nature #Seal #NaturePhotography
A small seal pup lying on its side and looking across to the right, on a pebbly beach.
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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A #fridayfavourite that was shot on a Monday

This is during snow we had in November 2024. I only just got around to developing this roll, it spans nearly 10 months from Nov24 to Sep25!

#kentmere400in35mm shot on my Pen EE of my partner pulling the snow off the trees

#ilfordphoto #believeinfilm
A night time black and white diptych of a woman in winter clothing pulling snow off tree branches. The action is frozen by the use of flash
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Slightly sunlit silhouette.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals #DigitalPhotography #AnimalPhotography
Photo of DJ the black cat, who is mostly in darkness, with the left side of his outline illuminated by the off-camera sun. He is sitting up and looking towards the left of the image.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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A grey seal resting next to her curious newborn pup in Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire.

(Taken from a great distance with an even greater lens.)

📷 #Nikon D5200

#AnimalPhotography #Photography #Mammals #Seals #Seal #Animals #DigitalPhotography #Yorkshire #Nature #Seal #NaturePhotography
A grey seal with her newborn baby, lying on some pale rocks. The tiny baby still has a little bit of blood on them, on account of just having been born, and is looking up to the side of the photo with a curious expression.
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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A friendly face for you all this Friday. 🦒

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#Animals #AnimalPhotography #ZSL #London #LondonZoo #Giraffe #DigitalPhotography #TravelPhotography #Travel #UKTravel #Giraffes
Photo of a giraffe peering through an open green door in a brick wall at London Zoo.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Went away for the weekend, so yesterday morning I woke up to a cat on my stomach, making sure I wasn't about to go anywhere else.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat, sitting on my stomach while I lie in bed and staring straight ahead at the camera.
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Forgot Bluesky existed
But now I'm back here
To post yesterday's photos
Of Richmond Park's deer

#Deer #AnimalPhotography #NaturePhotography #London #UKTravel #DigitalPhotography
Photo of a deer looking to the side with a hoof raised. Photo of a doe standing in a field and looking out to the left of the image. Photo of a deer walking across a field. Photo of a group of deer in a field, with a baby near the front.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Your #DailyDoseOfDJ

Forgot about Bluesky for a while again. Have returned to show you his extremely persuasive demands for cuddles.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat, stretching up to me with his claws out at the camera, while I sit at a computer desk. Looks a lot more menacing than it actually is - he's gearing up to jump on my lap, cuddle, and purr as loudly as an engine for the next half hour.
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Autumn in the Peak District. 🍂

#Nature #NaturePhotography #PeakDistrict #DigitalPhotography #TravelPhotography #Travel #UKTravel
Photo of a sheep standing on some grass. Photo of a forest in front of a large hill, with the leaves starting to turn from green to autumnal orange. A background of misty rolling hills, and a foreground of a path leading to a gate through a tree-lined field. A sheep in a field of long grass in the sun, looking over at me.
September 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Pottering around the Peaks with slivers of sunshine.

#PeakDistrict #Nature #Autumn
#DigitalPhotography #UKTravel #NaturePhotography #Sheep
Photo of some sheep grazing in a field against a sun-streaked backdrop of the Peak District.
September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Your not-actually-daily #DailyDoseOfDJ

Went away for the weekend; came back to the neediest (and kneadiest) little dude.

#Cat #Cats #BlackCat #BlackCats #CatsOfBluesky #Animals
DJ the black cat relaxes on a grey duvet, next to a red blanket and kneading the air while receiving cuddles.
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Starting to accept that autumn may in fact be on the way, lads.

#Nature #Woodland #DigitalPhotography #NaturePhotography #Yorkshire
Photo of a green leaf, starting to turn brown, with sunlight shining through it. Photo of a rosehip shining in the setting sunlight. Photo of some wispy willowherb lit by the setting sun. Photo of a tree mostly in darkness, partially lit by the setting sun.
September 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Final morning of the mini road trip. Ljubljana on @ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 100.

#35mm #ShotOnFilm #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #Slovenia #Ljubljana #Europe #Car #TravelPhotography #FilmPhotography #Travel
Black and white photo looking out of a balcony-style corridor (or corridor-style balcony?) lined with potted plants, out at some neighbouring buildings around a courtyard.
September 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM