Mike's Photography

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The Ystrad Taf Fechan Hunt, Brecon Beacons

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Ewes in the barn, Pwllcoediog Farm, Glyntawe

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The head of the Swansea Valley, looking south towards Cribarth, just after dawn on 16th January

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Perhaps they'll come in useful one day

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Disused sheep shed, Newchurch

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Hidden at the back of many of the barns in the world is one of these

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I'm pleased with this, not because it's a great photo, but because it's the first time I've gone out and shot things on film in over 15 years. I bought a second-hand Nikon F80 body for next to nothing and am re-using the lenses I have for my DSLR. Nostalgia is great but it reminds me what hard work photography used to be.

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Brecon Beacons with a light coating of snow

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Montmartre, Paris

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Welsh Hill Farming

I've started a new blog for my university work so, if you're not completely fed up with pictures of farmers and sheep, feel free to go to welshhillfarming.tumblr.com and have a look.

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Tower Colliery

Pit head for the deep mine, now closed.

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Tower Colliery

19th Century hauling gear from the old mine uncovered by opencast digging.

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Tower Colliery

Just a small part of the opencast pit

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Lined up and ready to go

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Tower Colliery

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Penderyn Ram Sale

These Glamorgan rams look harmless enough but will attack or jump out of the sale-ring in an instant. Hardly any of the sellers were prepared to go in the ring without something to defend themselves with. Probably the nearest thing to bull-fighting I’ve seen in the UK!

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Carreg Cennen castle, at the western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park