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Through the Gate.

#thebrownstuff #blackandwhitephotography #threshold #streetphotography #architecturephotography
#thebrownstuff #blackandwhitephotography #threshold #streetphotography #architecturephotography
August 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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The Approach.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #ivybee #wildlifephotography
An ivy bee works at her burrow entrance in a Hove garden while another approaches in flight.
September 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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From the Shadows.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #woodland #fungi
A fungus with a bright yellow, sponge-like underside and pink-red stem stands among fallen leaves and decaying wood in Three Cornered Copse, Hove. An old web with a suspended insect husk hangs to its left.
September 20, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Slow.

#streetphotography #lightandshadow #monochrome #humanpresence #thebrownstuff
Pedestrian emerging from a brightly lit passage beside a staircase beneath a concrete structure, photographed in monochrome.
June 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Lamp and Cyclists

#photooftheday #monochrome #reflection #streetphotography #thebrownstuff
Monochrome street-style image viewed through a skylight, showing cyclists and a pedestrian moving along a suburban road with layered reflections of a lamp post and surrounding street scene across the glass.
May 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Sweet Spot

Evening tennis through the fence at Hove Park.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #foundcomposition #colourphotography
A sharply focused chain-link fence and metal posts frame a blurred tennis player holding a racket on a sunlit pink-orange court at Hove Park.
September 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Waxing Gibbous

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #moon #astrophotography
A nearly full moon shines through thin cloud, with dark leaves silhouetted around the edges.
September 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Unfinished Conversation.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #stilllife #woodcarving
Two long, slender wooden figures brought back from Kenya in 2003 and recently rediscovered. In this close view, the figure on the right is sharp, its hand beneath its chin; the taller figure on the left is blurred against a pale wall.
September 24, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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Restricted view.
#photooftheday #potd #year2 #urbanabstract #foundcomposition #rule1inaction #thebrownstuff
View through a red roadworks barrier framing stacked yellow utility pipes on a wet urban street, with temporary fencing and pale buildings in the background.
February 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Summer layers.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #southdowns #landscapephotography
Summer view across the South Downs near Saddlescombe. Dry golden grass and a wooden fence fill the foreground, beyond which layers of green woodland and pale fields recede towards hazy distant hills beneath a softly overcast sky.
August 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Panoramic view across Prague from Strahov Monastery

#Prague #Panorama #TheBrownStuff #PhotoOfTheDay #Year3
Panoramic view over Prague from Strahov Monastery with cathedral spires, red rooftops, wooded hillside and a dramatic cloudy sky.
August 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Leaflight.

#TheBrownStuff #PhotoOfTheDay #Year3 #BlackAndWhite #LightAndShadow
Abstract monochrome photograph of dappled leaf shadows cast across a dusty woodland path, with scattered stones, twigs and a curved fallen branch creating a quiet study of light, texture and shape.
July 24, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Same View 5

Looking south from the top of Three Cornered Copse in Hove. A long-term project observing the atmosphere between the hilltop and the horizon.

#sameview #visibility #photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff
View south from Three Cornered Copse in Hove, with buildings and trees in the foreground, the sea and offshore wind turbines beyond, beneath scattered evening clouds.
September 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Evening Sky

#thebrownstuff #photooftheday #year3 #clouds #bluehour
Dark, fast-moving clouds sweep across a deep blue evening sky, with a small brighter opening near the lower left.
August 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Butter Beads

#TheBrownStuff #PhotoOfTheDay #Year3 #Butter #FoodPhotography
Close-up photograph of freshly formed butter granules clinging to mixer beaters above a pool of buttermilk, revealing the moment cream separates into butter.
July 26, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Timing

A passing bus, two pedestrians and an unexpected self-portrait.

#photooftheday #year3 #streetphotography #thebrownstuff #tooting
A layered street photograph through the windows of a moving red London bus. Two pedestrians are visible beyond the bus while the photographer appears as a reflection in the glass.
September 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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A Flame Waiting for a Spark

The pink caught my eye. Then the words made me smile.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #deadpan #graffiti
Two adjacent graffiti-covered garage doors, one black and one white. Bright pink writing on the white door reads “A flame waiting for a spark”, while warning signs and a black-and-yellow bollard punctuate the scene.
September 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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PRIVE

#thebrownstuff #photooftheday #year3 #streetphotography #urbanphotography
A luxury hair salon sits beside a discount household shop with buckets and plastic storage boxes displayed outside, highlighting the contrast between the two neighbouring businesses.
July 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Along the Wall.

#thebrownstuff #photooftheday #year3 #steyning #monochrome
Black-and-white photograph of a letterbox mounted on a brick pillar beside a long flint wall and narrow pavement in Steyning.
September 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Teasel Colony.

#photooftheday #naturalhistory #macro #teasel #thebrownstuff
A winged aphid among a cluster of smaller green aphids on the spined stem of a young teasel plant.
May 29, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Final Grip.

#bumblebee #macro #wildlifephotography #thebrownstuff #photooftheday #year3
A close-up portrait of a deceased bumblebee resting among pale, sun-dried grass, with one foreleg still gripping a grass stem. Strong summer sunlight reveals the fine texture of its wings, fur and dark body.
July 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Fly on Bark

My first experiment with handheld High Resolution mode on the OM-1 Mk II. A housefly resting on lichen-covered tree bark.
#photooftheday #year2 #shotonolympus #omsystem #handheldhighres #macroexperiment #texturestudy #learningphotography #thebrownstuff
Close-up of a dark housefly on textured tree bark with patches of pale green lichen.
October 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Yellow Behind Bars
#photooftheday #year3 #urbanabstract #abstractphotography #lines #pattern #yellow #minimalism #shallowdepthoffield #industrial #thebrownstuff
Close-up of vertical metal fence wires in sharp focus with blurred yellow pipes behind forming abstract linear pattern.
February 28, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Rainbow Road

Christmas Eve in Polegate, 2013. Recovered from the archive and pushed somewhere rather psychedelic.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #abstractphotography #foundcomposition
Psychedelic bands of blue, green, yellow and purple oil surround scattered brown leaves on wet tarmac.
September 18, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Beech Canopy

#photooftheday #year3 #woodland #beech #thebrownstuff
Upward view of a mature beech tree with twisting branches and fresh green spring leaves lit by filtered morning sunlight in woodland.
May 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM