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Ben

@tarka79.bsky.social

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Pilot, photographer, astronomer, Britpop nostalgist, book reader, swimmer, walker, very amateur Egyptologist & professional number wrangler. Photos taken by me unless stated otherwise.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 1d

Back to the seaside for #BlueSkyMonday (although in reality I’m at work & it’s overcast)

#photography #beach #sea #landscapephotography #EasrCoastKin #nature

A view over sand dunes with tough grasses, out to a sandy beach and the sea. The sky is blue, with wispy white clouds on the horizon.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 1d

The gorilla statue is still there!

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 2d

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, earlier this week.

#photography #EastCoastKin #stunday #cityscape #London #cathedral

The dome of St Paul’s cathedral at night, floodlit and flanked by two large trees.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 3d

The full moon’s #glow behind clouds as another entry for #BlueSkyArtShow

#photography #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nature #landscapephotography #moon #sky

Low level clouds lit by the brightness of the moon behind. The land slopes from left through right, with a copse of trees all in silhouette

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 3d

Twilight #glow for this week’s #BlueSkyArtShow

#ohotography #EastCoastKin #sunset #twilight #skyscape #sea #landscapephotography

A view from a hill out to sea, just after sunset. The clouds are lit in reds and oranges, with the sky to the top fading to a dark blue. The land in the foreground, with a tree on the far left, is in silhouette.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 3d

I should probably confess that that’s just the pile next to my bed…

The house-wide number is less well quantified (which is probably for the best)!

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 3d

I occasionally go down the rabbit hole of 1970s folk rock on Spotify, so do recognise a good number of those titles.

Just counted my ‘to read’ pile and it’s 8 books high, but might add this once I’ve made some progress!

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 3d

Thought that was the Dukes of Hazzard for a second

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 3d

What did you think?

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 4d

Blackfriars road (left) and rail bridges in London, last night.

#photography #scape #cityscape #London #river #landscapephotogtaphy #urban

A view from the Thames foreshore at low tide at night, looking directly across the river. Two bridges are on either side, the left has pink lighting under the arches. The bridge on the right has the blue-lit canopy of Blackfriars railway station on it.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 5d

Ah, but of course! 👻

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 5d

They look beautiful. Is the name change related to time spent in Wales? 🙂

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 5d

One from the archives - the Pantheon (or Macuteo) obelisk in Rome.

Originally erected in Heliopolis by Ramesses II, it is one of two brought to Rome to decorate the Temple of Isis. It was moved to its present location in 1711.

#photography #history #Rome #EastCoastKin #Egypt #cityscape

Looking up at an Egyptian obelisk, with carved hieroglyphs down each face and topped with a Christian cross. It is on a large ornate stone pedestal with Latin inscriptions and carved fish spouting water into the (unseen) fountain below.

The sky is a cloudless blue

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 6d

One for #tidesouttuesday!

#photography #EastCoastKin #sea #beach #nature #seascape

A view over a shingle beach to a flat sea, with a wooden groyne in the centre. The sky is blue with a few wispy high level clouds.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 8d

@kizzia.bsky.social this is the ‘behind the scenes’ photo of the star trail photo 🔭

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 8d

Autumn reds on the Acer in my garden!

#photography #nature #Autumn #tree #gardening #stunday #EastCoastKin

Red and oranges on the leaves of a Japanese Maple

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 9d

#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #relax this week, and I find taking photos relaxing (possibly excluding when trying to take pictures of fast animals)

This taken while the camera was capturing exposures for star trails

#photography #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nature #landscapephotography

A night view of a coastline to the left and sea to the right, with beaches in the distance. A camera on a tripod is in the foreground, with the photographer’s moonlit shadow seen.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 10d

Browsing through old photos I found this iPhone photo of Orion from back in February this year.

#photography #astrophotography #stars #skyscape #orion

The constellation of Orion against a black sky.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 11d

For today's #flyday a Noddy Tern with an egg, in the Seychelles.

#birds #photography #wildlifephotography #nature #EastCoastKin #egg #seabirds

A Noddy Tern, with grey-brown plumage, grey top of head and black bill standing on dry ground facing left. Dried leaves and pine needles are on the sandy soil. A white egg with small brown freckles is in front of the bird, slightly to its left.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 12d

A tobacco plant, I think! Taken at Wakehurst, West Sussex

#photography #bloomscrolling #nature #plant #flower

Green foliage, with very long white flowers dangling down.

Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 12d

Quick photo of the sky on the way home from work.

#photography #skyscape #EastCoastKin #nature #landscapephotography #clouds

A view of the sky with one fluffy cloud in the top left and some cirrus across the sky. Several ornamental trees are at the bottom and right of the image, in silhouette.

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 13d

Mallard seen this morning. Didn’t seem too perturbed by my walking past!

#birds #photography #duck #nature #wildlife

A mallard sitting on a path, facing right, with weeds behind it

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 14d

Fantastic images!

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 14d

Now *that* is a great name for a beetle!

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Ben @tarka79.bsky.social · 15d

That’s quite an intimidating beetle!

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