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Dave P

Dave P

@davepurdy10.bsky.social

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Retired, Now in South West Wales after a lifetime in London. Gardening and making images in my spare time. All images are taken , edited and owned by me

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Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · 5d

Another one of BR Standard 2-6-4T pulling out of Llangollen in 2017

#monochrome #Photography #Steamlocomotive #heritagesteam #LlangollenRailway #PreservedRailway #heritagerailway #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · 6d

Taking Pride - Engine is 80072 BR Standard 2-6-4T At Llangollen Railway in 2017

#photography #heritagerailway #steamlocomotive #heritagesteam #Llangollen #Llangollenrailway #railwaypreservation

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · 9d

Running Egret

Captured using a Panasonic TZ70 (ISO200, 108mm, f6.1, 1/100s)and edited in ON1Photoraw 26

#photography #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephographt #littleegret

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · 9d

No particular preference. Depends on my mood when editing I think.

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · 10d

An old slide (from 1984/85ish) - Scanned in on a Kodak Film Scanner and then edited with ON1 Photoraw 2026.

O2 Class W24 'Calbourne' at Haven Street on the Isle of Wight.

#photography #monochrome #Railway #Locomotive #isleofwightrailway #isleofwight #steamlocomotive #preservation #heritagerail

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · 19d

Black Headed Gull

OM-1 |ISO800, 400mm, f11, 1/1000s

#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography #blackheadedgull

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · 28d

Black Headed gull (Winter Plumage)

OM-1 ISO800, F20, 321mm, 1/250s

#photography #birdphotography #Birds #blackheadedgull #wildlifephotography #gulls #seabirds

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Oct 1

Grey Wagtail

OM-1 iso800, f/10. 400mm, 1/320s

#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #greywagtail #photography

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Sep 29

Herring Gull in flight

OM-1 - ISO800, 400mm, f11, 1/1600s

#herringgull #photography #birdphotography #seagull #blueskymonday #wildlifephotography

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Sep 25

One from Yesterday - A Curlew at Kidwelly Quay

OM-1 ISO800 800mm 269mm 1/1000s

#Photography #birdphotography #curlew #Wales #Kidwellyquay #Kidwelly

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Sep 20

Rook's Head

OM-1 iso800, 400mm f6.3 1/640s

#photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #bird #corvid #rook

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Sep 15

View from the gazebo at Laugharne Castle. This is where Dylan Thomas wrote his short stories - 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog'

(OM-1 f5.6 13mm 1/125s iso100. ON1 Photoraw edited)

#Laugharne #Laugharnecastle #dylanthomas #wales #photography

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Sep 15

Rhossili

(OM-1, ISO100, f22, 12mm, 1/50s - edited with ON1 Photoraw)

#BlueskyMonday #SouthWales #Rhossili #Wales

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Sep 14

Not posted for a while so here's a recent image made to look 'oldish'

(OM-1, F22 ISO100, 16mm, 1/20s - Edited in ON1 Photoraw)

#carmarthenshire #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #southwestwales #antiquelook #castlesofwales #laurgharne

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Aug 20

Playing with a new phone to test the Camera - Taken with a Oneplus13 and edited in ON1 Photoraw 2025

Not sure about the camera personally despite the Hassleblad and Sony Links - what do you think?

#photography #wales #castles #kidwelly #castellcydweli #oneplus13 #carmarthenshire #SirGaerfyrddin

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Aug 10

Woodland Glade

Olympus E-M10 mkiii. ISO200, f22, 26mm, 1/13s - Post processed with ON1 Photoraw

#Woodland # Monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #burryport #southwestwales

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 28

Dog Walkers at Low Tide

(Olympus E-M10 mkiii - ISo100, F22, 14mm, 1/125s)

#blueskymoday #photography #photographersofbluesky #CefnSidan #Southwestwales #Pembrey

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 21

Sea Mist at Rhossili

Took this a couple of years ago but only got round to the editing/processing today.

Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 - ISO 125, f8, 21mm, 1/1300s

#photography #blueskymonday #Bluesky #Gower
#rhossili #beach #seamist

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 20

Evening Dip

(Olympus E-M10 mkiii - ISO1000, f22, 42mm 1/2000s)

#photography #sea #waves #eveninglight #burryport #wales

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lichen on a tree - I believe it is Parmotrema perlatum but stand to be corrected.

#lichen #Parmotrema #Naturalworld #plantlife #photography #mobilephonephotography

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 14

Purple and White

#photography #gardenphotography #petunias #flowers #gardencolour

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 13

From the garden

#gardening #photography #coloursofsummer #opiumpoppies #wildflowers

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 7

Opium Poppy

#photography #poppy #flowers #opiumpoppy

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jul 6

Unknown wreck on Cefn Sidan

Mobile phone pic (Xperia 1ii)

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #cefnsidan #pembrey #wales #southwestwales #carmarthenshire

Dave P @davepurdy10.bsky.social · Jun 29

Peek-a-boo

At a monastery on Thassos, Greece

Sony a330, ISO400, 55mm, f5.6, 1/30s

#Photography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #cat