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Richard Mansel
@richardmansel.bsky.social
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Aged amateur photographer and dabbler in code.
I live in Hampshire in the south of the UK.
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A seasonal verse and a triptych:

Apples be ripe,
Nuts be brown,
Petticoats up,
Trousers down.
A photo triptych of hawthorn berries, fallen apples and a mushroom, possibly a honey fungus
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Obliqua 86, minted by @xavierhb
#genart
July 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Turn your sound on, the atmosphere changes everything.

This year marks 100 years since the BBC first broadcast the Shipping Forecast.

I’m creating an art collection inspired by it. Geeky!

Here’s a glimpse of the journey so far.

If you know someone who would like it, please share it with them.
October 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Ah, autumn. Winter is approaching, but there are lots of compensations. Photos are from a very pleasant walk yesterday in the Hampshire countryside. The church at Weston Patrick was decorated inside for the harvest festival and looked amazing.
A woodland scene. Tall trees and an orange path the colour of fallen leaves A harvest festival display on a church window sill. There is a bouquet of flowers, and fruit and vegetables. Inside a church, looking along wooden pews to a window. On the window sill is a large bunch of flowers, and some berries and fruits A close up photo of a parasol mushroom on a woodland floor
October 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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‪Here's a bit of shameless self promotion - I wrote a thing to see if you can tell the difference between a Daily Mail or a Guardian headline:

www.foshy.co.uk/javascript/h...

Any feedback is very welcome.
October 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Holme Fell in Cumbria on a welcome dry day last Monday.

#photography
A landscape view of the Lake District. There is a small rocky cliff and a tree on the left of the frame. In the middle distance are trees and meadows. Farther off there are higher hills. The blue sky is full of puffy white clouds.
September 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I captured these photos whilst walking into and around my local town.
A photo of a dark pedestrian underpass. There are two bright green leafy tendrils of a climbing plant hanging down in the foreground. In the background there is a small bright rectangular shaped view of the path leading away from the underpass. A close up photo of cracks in the tarmac of a path. The cracks look remarkably like the Mandelbrot set fractal. A photo of a dark passageway leading to a bus station. The roof of the passageway is completely dark and illuminated by two neon lights, which look like blue and green ropes leading away from the viewer's eye. A black and white photo of some steelwork in the roof of a shopping centre.
August 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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This week's #WCCChallenge theme is waves! Here's an ocean made with p5.strands: openprocessing.org/sketch/2685829
July 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Thoroughly enjoyed this podcast. Forty five minutes of relaxing fun. Perfect! The interviewee sounds just like Toby Jones, which is a bonus.

shows.acast.com/strangers-on...

#podcast
EPISODE 41: A Common Humanity | Strangers on a Bench
Tom Rosenthal talks to strangers on park benches, often leading to surprising revelations.
shows.acast.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The sign on this old gate is a bit optimistic I think.

#photography
A photo of a broken wooden gateway leading into a grassy field. There is a sign on the gate reading "PLEASE SHUT THE GATE", which clearly hasn't been done for a long time.
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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The first tree

Fully generated in code. Using #threejs to "paint" a tree with 2 millions points.

#genart #creativecoding
May 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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I stood in the middle of this room and pointed my camera upwards. Then I cloned myself out of the image. From Olafur Eliasson's exhibition at the Tate Modern.

#photography
A photo taken in the Tate Modern Gallery in London. There is a white walled square room with a light coloured wooden floor. There are openings for people to walk through on the left and right. Approximately 35 people stand mainly on the edges. The ceiling is mirrored and we are looking down from directly above, although the photo was taken looking upwards at the ceiling. I cloned myself out of the centre of the photo.
May 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Looking to the Upper Calder Valley. The rock is marked on the OS map as (wait for it) ... Great Rock.

#photography
A photo. A path passes a large rock which is about as tall as a house. The foreground is grassy with dandelions in bloom. There are drystone walls on both side of the path before the rock. The Upper Calder Valley fills the distant background: a patchwork of trees and fields.
May 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Before ChapGPT there woz Potteries dialect n chowk bowd.
April 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Café Latino
Ourense
Sony Alpha 7
28 mm

#photo #mirrorless #photography
#SonyAlpha #SonyAlpha7 #Photography #Fotografía
May 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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I wish Twanguero would play some dates in the UK
Twanguero - Green Eyed Girl. Guitarra: 1884 Antonio de Torres "La Invencible" [Aclam Sessions]
YouTube video by Twanguero
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May 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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An evening view of the Rochdale canal in Hebden Bridge.

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A photo of the Rochdale canal in Hebden Bridge. The canal is on the right of the frame, and two paths meet on the left. Black railings seperate the paths. There is a bridge and some old industrial buildings in the background
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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"Vertiginous"
Seen a couple of weeks ago in Hebden Bridge. A lovely town to look at but hard on the calves.
#photography
A cobbled footpath in Hebden Bridge in the evening. The path goes steeply down hill. There are drystone walls on both sides. A London plane tree and a metal handrail are on the left. In the distance seen through the branches and leaves of the tree are more trees, a large building and a flat grassy area.
May 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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"Rustle"
acrylic and oil on canvas
40x30 inches
Nicki Ault
2017

#artarchives #foliage #artist #artworld #Canadian #bskyart #leaves
May 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Rolling hills near Llangollen in Wales

#photography
A view over green fields and rolling hills near LLangollen in Wales. There are trees in the foreground and a few sheep dotted around.
April 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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White Dream

made with code

#digitalart · #generativeart · #creativecoding · #abstractart · #art
Abstract digital artwork, made with code
April 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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An alleyway in Truro just after a shower

#photography
A narrow alleyway in Truro with shops on either side. It has been raining and the paving slabs are wet. Most of the shops have signs above their premises.
April 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Misty Rothbury ay 07:50

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A view of the upper part of stone buildings in Rothbury, Northumberland, UK. The photo was taken on a misty morning. There are cottages on the left and right in the foreground, and further back in the centre of the frame is a square church tower with a clock - 07:50.
April 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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A Scarborough stair

#photography
A staircase in Scarborough between two walls of buildings. The steps are tinted green with some form of plant growth and there is a metal handrail in the centre of the steps.
April 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Yesterday evening's walk in the woods: bluebells.

#photography
A woodland photo. Beech trees are just coming into leaf. There are bluebells in the foreground, and further back the ground is orange with last years leaves.
April 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM