A green-coloured shield bug with brown wings perched atop a plant. It is facing left. The background is out of focus.
A hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) in Whinfell Forest. Once confined to the south, warmer temperatures have allowed them to proliferate northward.
Sony A7V, Sony 100mm 2.8 Macro GM, 1/250, ISO 100, f/10, Godox flash
#sonyalpha #entomology #bugs #insects #macrophotography #macro
A small wolf spider sitting facing the camera on some leaves. Its eyes are in focus. A couple of blades of grass are also visible in the background
A wolf spider of Whinfell Forest. These tiny spiders are very abundant in patches of leaflitter.
They do not build webs - they chase their prey down with superior speed.
Sony A7V, Sony 100mm 2.8 Macro GM, 1/250, ISO 100, f/8, Godox flash
#sonyalpha #macro #macrophotography #spiders #arachnids
Zany Zack Polanskis green party are selling a future that nobody sane would choose
That future: Lower bills. Tax billionaires. End Rip off Britain.
Who's in?
Orban’s defeat shows that when we stand together against the politics of hate and division, hope wins and the far right friends of Farage can be defeated.
“It’s deeply shocking that Reform has developed such close ties with Orbán’s regime, an authoritarian govt with an appalling record of rolling back democracy and civic rights”
Where ‘deeply shocking’ = entirely on brand.
Hungary shows us we must never give them power.
www.desmog.com/2026/04/08/m...
Ever had cheesecake
A cavachon dog running towards the camera on a sunny day. Big smile, tail wagging.
A cavachon dog running towards the camera on a sunny day. Ears flapping and a huge smile.
First trip out with the Sony A7V - to the local park with my sister and her dogs Chip and Milo.
Difficult to go wrong with these photogenic little clouds!
Sony A7V, Sigma 28-105 f/2.8, 1/8000s, ISO 1000
#sonyalpha #sigmalens #dogs #dogsofbluesky #justbeautifulthings #springvibes #cavachon
if you watch and support the new harry potter show you are funding trans genocide globally by the way
Do, it's done wonders for my mental health.
Finally.
Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
A man of integrity and compassion. I'll never forget seeing the show recorded live many years ago, when I still lived in London.
pls
What follows Starmer is likely to be worse (but the current Labour party is just slightly less embarrassing Tories, so who cares) so we'd better be voting Green.
Classic. Awful day at work, colleagues being toxic, strangers being rude, existential dread gnawing my mind, anxiety through the roof, let me go home and put on Adrenaline Maxxer 3000 to help me chill
I used to tell people that I'm in the credits of the final Harry Potter movie as a source of pride - it was an ambition I fulfilled.
I no longer do this. I'm horrified by what a hateful asshole Rowling has become and my involvement with her project is now shameful.
People have been convincing themselves they're in relationships with fictional characters for decades now, so I don't find this the least bit surprising
Two large standing stones, the right-side one closer to the camera than the other, dominate the foreground while two leafless trees are in the background, near the horizon. Smaller stones litter the grass. The sky is grey and moody.
So #StandingStoneSunday is a thing? Neat!
Here's a shot from Dartmoor, taken last year. I called it "Duolith" - I kinda like how the trees in the background balance the stones in the foreground.
buh, you're the one who went straight to penis passports
Bro wants a world where a dick flash can be used as a toilet passport.
That sentence was as weird to write as its implication.
bruh
A shelf of Doctor Who books, each spine carrying part of one larger image. Doubles and missing volumes create an extra-wide but one-eyed Christopher Eccleston.
New #doctorwho villain just dropped.
A picture of York Minster cathedral in golden hour
A picture of York Minster cathedral taken from a nearby street. A bus and cars are visible in front of it.
A picture of The Shambles in York, England. A street famous for its crooked buildings
A picture of a boat passing under a bridge in York, England. People enjoying food at a cafe are in the foreground.
It's lovely, you should visit
A starscape with the Milky Way somewhat visible slightly right of centre. The freground shows trees, buildings and a lawn with some distortion from the wide angle lens used. The horizon shows evidence of light pollution.
I really need to go some places with low light pollution, but for now Hope Valley in Derbyshire will do.
A little Milky Way action on show here.
#astrophotography #landscape #thenightfeeling #peakdistrict #derbyshire #milkyway #stars #sonyalpha #sigmalens #blueskyartshow #justbeautifulthings
A snow-covered peak in the centre, with a shear cliff facing the camera that has darker rocky areas. A gentler slope is to the left with clear green visible below a fading snow lone. An out-of-focus drystone wall is in the foreground. The sky is cloudy with a little blue showing.
Mam Tor was looking truly wintry after a light spinkling over 1000 feet. It falls a few hundred feet tall of being a true mountain, but it has a special place in my heart.
#snow #peakdistrict #derbyshire #sonyalpha #landscapephotography #landscapelovers #justbeautifulthings #blueskyartshow
Me when made up number in computer goes up:
Gorgeous.
The word "ghoulish" comes to mind.
Just wanted to say how inspiring I find your landscapes. Makes me want to get out and see the world.
Rough stone steps, fairly tall, and covered in green lichens and moss. There's a large tree to either side, the left side having visible roots. Out-of-focus autumn foliage is in the foreground. The background is bare autumnal trees and sky, with the sun filtering through.
Stairway to Autumn.
#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #PhotographersofBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #thelittlethings #autumn #autumnvibes #fallvibes