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Nigel Stanley
@nigelstanley.bsky.social
London based photographer, walker and bass guitarist. Retired from trade union comms and pensions geekery. Labour insidery - a distant memory. Lack of influencer.
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1/5 A walk in the woods
I post a photo every day (most of the time). During the week they are part of a set, and more random at weekends. For my first week here some shots around Chalet Wood in E #London 's #Wanstead Park.

#photography #naturephoto #landscapephoto
Here's a recent #infrared snap from #WansteadPark.

#Fullspectrum converted #olympusEm1markii with a #590nm clip-in filter.

PanaLeica 12-60mm f2.8-4

#photography #landscape #woods #landscapephotography #scape #stunday
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Reposted by Nigel Stanley
Throwback Saturday
Looking for a pic with a #sky theme I thought of this 2020 shot of the lake at Hampton Court, which gels with my taste for #symmetry and love of #reflection s.

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscapephotography
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Throwback Saturday
Looking for a pic with a #sky theme I thought of this 2020 shot of the lake at Hampton Court, which gels with my taste for #symmetry and love of #reflection s.

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscapephotography
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
5/5 V&A Storehouse

The first fitted #kitchen from Frankfurt in 1926. Designed by Margarete (Grete) Schütte-Lihotzky and seen as radically #modernist at the time. Wonderful to see it so well displayed at #VAStorehouse

#photography #architecturephotography #architecture #interior #interiordesign
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
4/5 V&A Storehouse
The V&A collected parts of Robin Hood Gardens, the brutalist estate recently demolished. nowThese on show at the Storehouse, together with the wonderful film commissioned from Do Ho Suh.

#photography #robinhoodgardens #brutalism #architecturephotography #architecture #interior
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
3/5 V&A Storehouse

Here's something that would be hard to show at the main V&A. This is a stage backdrop - which is a #Picasso design, though someone else painted at a scale that fills a special room two stories of the building.

#photography #VAStorehouse #ballet
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
2/5 V&A Storehouse

A wooden dome from a palace in Torrijos, Spain. It was built in 1490. I had to lie on the floor to get this shot.

#OMsystems OM1 #laowa7_5mm

#photography #architecture #symmetry #dome #VAstorehouse
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
1/5 V&A Storehouse

London's Victoria and Albert Museum have opened a new building in the Olympic Park near me in E London. The Storehouse is a warehouse for storing exhibits that is open to the public.

#OMsystems OM1 #laowa7_5mm

#photography #architecturephotography #london #VAstorehouse
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
London's #skyline from #HampsteadHeath 10 days ago. It had been raining and the sun was beginning to break through.

#OMsystems OM1 #olympus12100f4

#cityscape #landscapephotography #photography #london
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Throwback Saturday

Looking for a snap for the #BlueSkyArtShow #warmth theme I though of this shot of steps in #winter sun on #Plumstead Common from January 2020.

#photography #London #steps #stairs
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
5/5 #autumn

A snap from 10 days ago on #hampsteadheath in the rain to finish this set.

#OMsystems OM1 #olympus12100f4

#photography #autumnleaves
#landscapephotography #woodlands
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
4/5 #autumn

One of my favourite spots in Epping Forest.

#OMsystems OM1 #olympus12100f4

#photography #autumnleaves
#landscapephotography
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
3/5 #autumn

Here's a shot from one of my fungi hunting trips to #EppingForest via Theydon Bois.

#OMsystems OM1 #olympus12100f4

#photography #autumnleaves
#landscapephotography
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
2/5 #Autumn

Here's a late afternoon shot from #WansteadPark - this is the well known bluebell site, Chalet Wood, but it's gorgeous this time of year too.

#photography #goldenhour #autumnleaves
#landscapephotography
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
1/5 #autumn This week I'm sharing another set of autumnal images as it's my favourite season for #photography - and it's beginning to turn wintry in London. This was from last week, somewhere on Hampstead Heath, and I've given it a 'painterly' edit.

#autumnleaves
#landscapephotography
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Here's a shot from Wednesday this week on Hampstead Heath. It was cold and wet.

#photography #streetphotography #BlackAndWhite #classicmono #rain #HampsteadHeath
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Throwback Saturday

Here's one of my better macro shots. It's from some #small spring blossom. Shot in 2017 with a vintage Vivitar macro (and I guess a Raynox 250) and focus-stacked.

#photography #macro #macrophotography #flower #flowerphotography #focusstacking #BlueSkyArtShow
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
5/5 Trinity College Library

Here's a non-tricksy shot of the Old #Library at Trinity. I am not sure the globe installation makes up for the bookless shelves (off for conservation), but this snap gives a good sense of scale.
#OMsystems OM1 #laowa7_5mm

#photography #architecture
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
4/5 Trinity College Library

Looking up at the wooden barrel vault ceiling in the old #library, with a lot of empty bookshelves.

#OMsystems OM1 #laowa7_5mm

#photography #architecture #dublin #ireland
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
3/5 Trinity College Library

Here's a bust of Plato in one of the few parts of the #Library that had #books when I visited in September.

#OMsystems OM1 #laowa7_5mm

#photography #architecture
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
2/5 Trinity College Library

Here's a #vertorama. You can see how crowded it was (I waited for the least busy moment) and an absence of books - off for conservation. #Dublin

#OMsystems OM1 #laowa7_5mm

#photography #architecture #library #panophotos
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
1/1 Trinity College Library

On a brief trip to Ireland in September I visited Trinity College Library for the first time. It's a splendid space.

#OMsystems OM1 #laowa7_5mm

#photography #architecture #stairs
#library #dublin #ireland
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Bricolage - found on the Thames Path near Tower Bridge this week.

#bricolage #streetart #streetartphotography #collage #foundart #stickers #photography
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Throwback Saturday

Looking for a snap with a #bright theme for the #BlueSkyArtShow I thought there is nothing brighter than a stained glass #window in a dark #church. These are by Jean #Cocteau in the 12th century Église Saint-Maximin in #Metz, France - his last work.

#photography #stainedglass
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
5/5 #fungi

Another #EppingForest fungi shot with manual #focusstacking and an LED panel light. I have mostly achieved the smooth focus fall-off for some 3d pop that I wanted.

Sigma 105 f2.8 #macro lens with a four-thirds mount - adapted to my OM1

#mushrooms #photography
#macrophotography
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM