Sparrow - At Glasto!

Jungleland

 Clarence Clemons in his pomp

Cal

IMG_2547, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Pulling the chain

IMG_2536, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

This guy is pulling the chain which opens the tap which pours water from the water tower into the steam engine's water tank. This was taken at Northiam.

Three engines together

IMG_2590, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Tripleheader

IMG_2529_1, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Blipping

Some of you might have picked up on the Blipfoto stream on the right hand side of this blog. If you've followed the links you'll know that Blipfoto is a photosharing service where users post a photo taken on that day. This weekend I'll hit the 365th entry; a year of daily shots. The discipline of having to take a photo each day and posting it has changed how I look at things and, sadly, some of the best images are only available while I'm driving. I saw a kite flying overhead yesterday while tootling up the motorway, the mist rising in fields next to the M26 some winter mornings is stunning, today I saw a newborn lamb as I was negotiating a roundabout and while I wasn't in the car I couldn't snap the green woodpecker next to the walls of a Cat B prison as the prison service tend to get tense about stuff like that. I've also learnt a good deal about how to use the camera - I've learnt a bit about how light works and something about framing and focus and aperture and focal length (even if I generally forget all this stuff when I'm looking through the viewfinder).

So here's a shot of the most fragrant jasmine and it serves as a reminder that the camera can freeze a moment in time but it can't capture all the other things that make something special. I hope you've enjoyed some of the photos I've posted on here and that you've had a look at Blipfoto.

Bespoke chandelier cleaning

Bespoke chandelier cleaning, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Captured in Eastchurch while enjoying a spot of lunch

Lovely beer!

Beautiful

Beautiful, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Over here

Over here, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

This shot is from a handful I took at the 1940s event at the Kent & East Sussex Railway in Tenterden on 15/05/2011

A silver feather

Beware of bees

Beware of bees, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Another maxim we'd all do well to heed!

Cal on the footplate!

Cal on the footplate!, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

How cool is this? Cal pulled some strings and got himself invited onto the footplate of "City of Truro" before she went back to the engine sheds for the night. He's the one in the straw hat.

Citronella

Citronella, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

Time

IMG_1308, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.

P/O Cale

P/O Cale,

I've added some history to the Flickr page for this shot

Arundel

Duck

IMG_9880, originally uploaded by nogbad the bad.