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Bob Sanders
@grumpybob.bsky.social
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Retired techy. Amateur photographer. Early riser.
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Spring sunset, Brill, Buckinghamshire
Brill windmill silhouetted against a sunset sky with a patch of daffodils in the foreground.
March 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#scape #friday #seascape just a sunset splash
A wave splashing on rocks, beyond a yacht is moored for the evening and the sun is settling directly behind it.
March 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A question for photographers - do you have a way of getting critiques or feedback on your photos? Is it important to you? Can it help you develop your skills, choose what to share or enter into a competition?
Or do you have enough confidence to assess your own work?

And here's 1 of mine for you.
A monochrome high-contrast architecture photograph of the "cheese grater" in Sheffield city centre, UK. A simulated long-exposure sky has been implemented in post-processing.
February 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I rest my case.
A picture
February 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#minimal #monochrome #square of Penmon lighthouse at high tide on a very #grey day.
A minimalist long exposure of Penmon lighthouse in Wales. The shot was taken at high tide on a very grey day and is presented as a square crop in black and white. The scene is limited to the foreground sea, a couple of rocks and the lighthouse centrally placed. The horizon has been blended with the sky to further simplify the scene.
February 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
And here's a monochrome abstract.
An abstract photo in black and white using a metal and glass skylight as the subject.
February 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Continuing the abstract theme - this one is called 'The final frontier '.
An abstract photo of purple blue and orange with black ripples and a bright white central light source.
February 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Abstract blues
An abstract architecture photo mostly in blue and black with little highlights.
February 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In the 'Steel City' - Sheffield architecture.
#monochrome #fineartarchitecture
#lookingup
Looking up from the bottom of a tall office building. Image converted to high contrast black and white and given a simulated long-exposure sky.
February 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Peak District Dawn #BlueskyArtShow #Light #Landscape #Sunrise
A sunlit view over the KitKat stones on Higger Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District.
February 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Sunset skies beyond Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District.
#landscapes #peak #NationalPark
Sunset skies beyond Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District.
January 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Over 50 years ago I used to climb the rocks at Stanage Edge in the Peak District. Today I returned for the first time, but with a bag of camera gear instead of climbing gear. Sunset was just about alright!
Sunset at Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District.
January 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Spending a couple of days with a friend in Sheffield. So with a promising forecast I headed to Higger Tor this morning. This is the KitKat stones just after sunrise. Taken with my Google Pixel 9.
Colour photo of the KitKat stones on Higger Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District with the sunrise beyond.
January 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Here's one for #blueskyartshow. #patterns
Architecture - a long lense shot of the side of a building showing a pattern of brickwork and windows with bright red and yellow panels.
January 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Happy Friday all. Here's a calm, peaceful #seascape to see you into the weekend.
Mono photo of a small rowing boat at sunset.
January 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Most of my creative architecture stuff is in black and white but I thought I'd try this one - another shot of the Gehry development in Battersea - in full colour. What do you think?
Prospect Place, a development of two blocks of apartments designed in an interesting style, rather like a hive, by Frank Gehry. This is presented in full colour with a sky edited to simulate a long exposure.
January 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And here's a closer look at those super stacked bays windows. It really is a fantastic building.
Close up photo of the apartment windows in the Prospect Place development, Battersea, London. Photo in monochrome.
January 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Next up is the fabulous Prospect Place, directly behind Battersea Power Station this twin block was designed by Gehry. I want to call it the human hive.
#architecture #monochrome #photography #london
A wide photo of Prospect Place with one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station in the centre left background. The picture was shot as three frames, stitched and cropped to a 9x16 format and converted to a high contrast black and white photo.
January 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Back to my architecture project this week and a trip to Nine Elms in South London where I found this interesting building. #monochrome #architecture #creative #photography
A monochrome photo of a tall slim building with a distinctive corner similar to the Flatiron building in New York. The view is upward and the perspective is pronounced. The background is a simulated long-exposure sky.
January 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just a post for #throwbackthursday.

A coastal shot from way back - when we were walking the dog on Pett Level beach near Hastings, UK.
Weather worn wooden groin on a stony beach.
January 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Sharp Contrast. This is one of the many creative/wacky bits of imagery I make by photographing odd things in my studio/garage.
#StillLife
A still life photo of a lemon with two cubes (one grey textured like concrete and one larger blue polystyrene). Difficult to describe!
January 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Is this what they call a balanced diet?
Oreo biscuits stacked in a precarious balance, presented in monochrome.
January 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Look up to the sky and see...
Tall building shot from below, strong sunlight strikes one side of the building and an aeroplane leaves a con-trail through the sky above.
January 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Minimalist abstract architecture
Blue glass minimal abstract architecture.
January 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#blueskyartshow, #flowingwater
Nant Mill waterfall near Llangollen in North Wales.
Black and white creative image of a waterfall.
January 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM