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A product of contemplation. Thanks for visiting.

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A fantastic sunset the other evening, I captured this while out for a stroll. The bay at St. Mary’s was tres busy but in a brief moment of quiet, I managed to set down the tripod and snap this photograph.

Sunset at St Mary's Lighthouse the 2nd! on Flickr.

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Seaton Sluice, by the harbour in the early evening.

Seaton Sluice beach on Flickr.

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I spent the weekend in the Lake district with Ben and Cameron [-the camera]. What was originally to be a 2 night affair ended up being cut short to a single night due to evil super pollen and then when that subsided the weather changed from glorious to storm-chaser-esq. This photograph was the view from the door of our accommodation!

The set can be found here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjADKy79

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So erm, 15:45 it was a dull day but we at least had daylight. By 15:55 is was dark outside, it was raining as hard as I've ever witnessed and "apparently" the drainage wasn't built to cope with that much surface water... 16:30 I'm home, it's still raining hard and by this point there have been road closures, some vehicles are fully submerged and public transport is suspended. Some properties are flooded, local businesses have closed early and the Hoppings have been stopped (fancy that!). Some areas are still being evacuated..! 

Wet is an understatement on Flickr.

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Something I did Nov '11, for my father and his mates. Each year, a shed load of canoe and kayak enthusiats converge on the North Tyne to participate in the annual Tyne Tour event. Folk come from all over the UK (and some further afield!) to enjoy the company of their fellow paddlers and of course, the North Tyne river. I was positioned at Warden Gorge, a section of grade 2/3 river, waiting to capture the action.

As there were ~200 images, I compiled these into the Youtube video above! Watch in HD!! and errr, it's blocked in Germany- sorry.

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An olde' photograph of mine, taken down at North Shields Fish Quay. I recall diving out of the car with the tripod & camera, composing the shot and getting out of there ASAP! On the waters edge with so many drunkards around didn't seem like the brightest idea of mine... Worth it though!

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One of a few long-exposure photographs taken this evening, looking out over the North Sea. There was even a fish-eating aquatic mammal lounging around on the rocks, unfortunately it was camera shy and a paparazzi style photographer pretty much chased it back into the sea. Meh! Maybe next time.

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I headed down to the Newcastle Quayside to take a look at the Tyne bridge ahead of the Bear Grylls Olympic stunt. Took a few photographs of the area (which are now also on Flickr), I'm guessing tomorrow it will be packed! I wonder if he [Mr. Grylls] will celebrate afterwards with a cup of his own...

FYI, this is rear end of the Sage building on Gateshead Quay.

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...from the grass on Flickr.

Snapped this with my 50mm f/1.8 this evening while out and about with Ben. Sunset was wonderful, unfortunately it meant it was too late for McFlurry’s and I’m in trouble. Totally worth it though!

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So, the rain briefly stopped sometime on Saturday early evening. I managed to pop down to Tynemouth, accompanied by my trusty light-capturing device. The north pier was getting a good battering at high tide so I took a stroll around. There were some very keen fisher-folk on the pier, despite the weather, the 12ft iron-gate and the warning signs; I hope they caught something... honestly.

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A cracking day out at Warden Gorge, North Tyne, for the annual Tyne Tour event hosted by Hexham Canoe Club. I popped along with my Camera (and sister, complete with heels... her, not me) to take some photographs. Having never photographed anything like this before, I wasn’t sure what to expect.