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Michael Duffield
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Amateur photographer based in Stockport, England
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March #photography 2 of 2. Blossom on the trees in Stockport brings the promise of Spring.
Photograph taken in Stockport from the steps alongside the Plaza theatre looking towards the railway viaduct and a new apartment building between the viaduct and the new Stockport Interchange (bus station). A CrossCountry train can be seen approaching Stockport railway station. It is a fine day with good weather. Close photograph of a red breasted European robin (bird) sitting on a tree branch in Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport. A photograph of tree branches with off-white blossom taken against a pale blue sky in Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport. A photograph of a tree with off-white blossom and a railway viaduct behind it in Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport.
April 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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March #photography 1 of 2. A few shots of Manchester.
Photograph of an out-of-use entrance at the rear of Manchester Crown Court on Minshull Street. A narrow band of sunlight illuminates people walking by. At the edges of the frame there are strong shadows cast onto the court by the neighbouring buildings. Photograph of two early 20th century commercial buildings converted to modern apartments on Princess Street in Manchester city centre. In the foreground on the right of the frame is Lancaster House. In the background is Asia House. Photograph taken on the Circle Square commercial development just off Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. In the foreground a young man wearing mostly black clothing, sunglasses and a baseball cap is walking across the foreground of the frame. Behind him a series of building columns with dark coloured cladding gradually disappear into shadow near the top edge of the frame. Photograph of the Glade of Light memorial to the victims of the 22nd May 2017 Manchester Arena terrorist attack. A patch of late afternoon sunlight shines on a small tree in the centre of the memorial.
April 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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January #photography 2 of 2. We've been lucky to have some clear bright days to break up the gloom of a slow month.
Colwyn Bay, Wales. Photograph taken at the end of a leisure pier. In the foreground centre frame two people wearing winter clothing are sat on a bench. In the background the Irish Sea stretches out toward the horizon and in the distance the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm is visible. Manchester, England. Photograph of Holyoake House on Dantzic Street. An adult and child are walking hand-in-hand toward the city centre. The low sun is casting long shadows behind them. Manchester, England. Photograph taken near the corner of Hilton Street and Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter. Most of the scene is in the shade of neighbouring buildings. Many people can be seen going about their day. A strip of sunlight illuminates the Fresh Bites takeaway (closed at the time), its steel shutters decorated with bold graffiti. A man wearing a tracksuit stands with his back to the shutters, eating from an unmarked takeaway box. Manchester, England. Photograph taken on Nicholas Croft looking across the tram lines toward a recently renovated building on Soap Street. To the lower right of the frame a young woman waits with a large rolling suitcase.
February 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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January #photography 1 of 2. These four were all taken in #Manchester
Manchester, England. Photograph taken at a busy street crossing near the Oxford Road Railway Station approach road. People crossing the street cast long shadows from the early afternoon sun behind them. Manchester, England. Photograph taken at ground level looking up at the elevated train platform (14) at Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station shortly after the arrival of a Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central service operated by Arriva Transpennine. A bright reflection of the midday sun bounces off the locomotive at the rear of the train. Manchester, England. Photograph taken on the corner of Henry Street in the Ancoats neighbourhood of the city. In the lower left of frame a man is walking a Corgi dog. Most of the scene is in shade and there is a strip of reflected sunlight hitting the red bricks of an old industrial building in the foreground. Manchester, England. Photograph taken outside the main entrance of Royal Mill in Ancoats, a red brick former industrial building converted into apartments. Three people wearing winter clothing are walking by together, the sides of their faces catching the low sun.
February 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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On set photo from the TV series The West Wing featuring actors John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Mary McCormack, Richard Schiff, and Joshua Malina standing next to a Marine Corps helicopter with the typo 'Untied States of America' painted on the tail.
January 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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I nearly got given a free haircut by some ducks earlier. The one along the top edge of the photo looks like bad CGI.
Photograph taken in Reddish Vale country park, Stockport, England. Shot at the edge of a small lake, the photo was taken a brief moment after four ducks flew close overhead. Bare tree branches are visible to the right of frame. There is a railway viaduct in the background just beyond the lake.
January 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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November #photography in Manchester. 3 of 3
Manchester, England. A photograph taken on Oldham Street of an individual fallen yellow leave caught in the steel wire of a cargo basket on the front of a bicycle. Manchester, England. A photograph taken on Cross Street outside Bold Street Coffee. A man in a long black coat is walking by. Inside the cafe a young woman can be seen cradling a warm cup in her hands. Outside on a nearby streetlamp hangs a vinyl banner advertising the 2024 MTV European Music Awards. Manchester, England. A photograph of a mural painted on the stairwell structure of the Church Street multi-storey car park. The mural depicts the face of a young woman, her eyes closed, amongst different flowers. The woman and flowers are painted in white, appearing bright against the background of warm reds and purple.
December 22, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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November #photography in Manchester. 2 of 3
Manchester, England. A photograph taken on the Blackfriars Street bridge over the River Irwell. The Lowry Hotel, Trinity Bridge and a number of apartment buildings are shown. The river appears very still and reflections of the buildings are visible. Manchester, England. A photograph taken on High Street of the red brick facade of the former Smithfield Wholesale Fish Market. The facade was retained when new apartments were built on the site during regeneration. A number of gated entrances in the facade feature ornate arches with stone carvings depicting groups of market traders in the nineteenth century. Manchester, England. A photograph taken on Dantzic Street as office workers return at the end of their lunch breaks. Yellow autumn leaves are piled up against the pavement kerb stones.
December 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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November #photography in Manchester. 1 of 3
Manchester, England. A photograph of the exterior of the New Century music hall built in 1963 as part of New Century House, a modernist office building. On the roof of the hall is a temporary inflatable installation — a yellow monster with three eyes and two white fangs protruding from its mouth. It is one of a series of installations across Manchester as part of Halloween celebrations. Manchester, England. A photograph taken on Cross Street when the sun was low and most of the street was in the shade of buildings. A thin strip of direct sunlight illuminated the pavement and people on the opposite side of the street. Manchester, England. A photograph taken on Newton Street. It captured the moment a young woman crossed a side street and the morning sun highlighted her hair from behind. In the background a red brick building features a painted mural of a rainforest and exotic birds. Manchester, England. A photograph taken on Liverpool Road. Three work colleagues on their lunch break are walking together, talking and smiling.
December 22, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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October #photography 2 of 2
Manchester, England. Photograph of a red bricked commercial building (likely built in the nineteenth century) on the corner of Paton Street and Dale Street. A poster promoting an album release is pasted on a boarded up window. A woman talking on her mobile phone is walking by. Manchester, England. Photograph of a large inflatable one-eyed monster on top of a small single storey building in the middle of the Kampus development next to the Rochdale Canal. The monster is orange with yellow spots, has pointy white teeth, and pointy blue finger nails. This is one of a series of inflatables displayed on buildings around the city in the run-up to Halloween. Salford, England. Photograph of part of a sculptural art installation on Greengate titled 'Slow Revolution' by Liz West. The work features a number of stacks of brightly coloured boxes turned so that the edges overlap giving the appearance of twisting or of them being in motion. To the right of frame in the foreground a person is walking by. Manchester, England. Photograph of a large puddle in Foundry Lane with a bright reflection of a nearby modern apartment building.
November 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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October #photography 1 of 2
Manchester, England. Photograph of an autumnal scene outside Manchester Art Gallery. Framed in the centre of the photo is a tree with a mix of green and yellow leaves next to a bus stop. A person wearing a long brown coat walking past the tree is illuminated by a thin strip of sunlight. Manchester, England. Photograph of Greengate, Salford as seen from across the River Irwell. The sunny weather and tall residential buildings have created large contrasting areas of light and shadow. Manchester, England. Photograph of a redeveloped nineteenth century warehouse on Chorlton Street. A man is walking down the street with his dog on a lead. In the window of one of the first floor flats a vase of pale pink flowers is visible. Manchester, England. Photograph of a redeveloped nineteenth century warehouse on Chorlton Street. In the left half of the frame is a restaurant named Madre. In the centre of frame a woman wearing a bright orange hooded sweatshirt is walking by.
November 20, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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September
Blanefield, Scotland. Photograph taken at dusk looking across back gardens toward two ancient volcanic plugs in the distance. Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. Photograph taken on the grounds of Knaresborough Castle with a view of the railway viaduct over the River Nidd. Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. Photograph of a silhouetted figure framed by one of the arches of the viaduct over the River Nidd. Manchester, England. Photograph of Little David Street in between two former industrial buildings from the nineteenth century of red brick construction. One of the buildings has an exterior fire escape staircase painted red.
October 30, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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I've had a very similar reply from a different account. Not sure what they're up to.
September 27, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Manchester, England. Photograph taken in Exchange Square. An individual yellow rose has been placed in the cigarette tray atop a municipal litter bin. Manchester, England. Photograph taken on Mosley Street when the tram line was closed for maintenance work. The view along the tracks looking west features skyscrapers in the distance. In the foreground an approaching food delivery rider on a bicycle smiles when he spots my camera. Manchester, England. Photograph taken in Parsonage Gardens (a small city centre park) opposite an apartment building with ornate light-brown/orange coloured brickwork. Manchester, England. Photograph taken in Levenshulme depicting a disused petrol station on the edge of a small industrial estate. There is flaking paint on the structure and many weeds growing up from the ground.
September 27, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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August

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Manchester, England. Photograph taken in St Peter's Square. A man with face tattoos and a retro looking casual jacket sits on a bench while a tram passes close by. Salford, England. Photograph taken under a railway viaduct near Victoria Station. There is a high contrast between the daylight in the open and the shade under the viaduct. Manchester, England. Photograph taken on Victoria Street looking toward a gated entrance of Chetham's School of Music. A woman walking a labradoodle dog is passing through. Manchester, England. Photograph taken on Federation Street. A young woman wearing blue jeans with holes in the knees walks out of the shadow of a building. She is squinting at the brightness of the sunlight.
September 27, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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July
Manchester, England. Photograph of a large former goods entrance or loading bay in a red brick building with Cooperative Wholesale Society Limited carved out of sandstone above it. Manchester, England. Photograph of the Central Library and Town Hall Extension. Manchester, England. Photograph taken at the corner of Tariff Street and Hilton Street. There is bright sunlight and strong shadows. A single speed bike is locked to a metal stand. A young woman is walking past the studio of a creative business. Manchester, England. Photograph taken on Swan Street opposite a lane inbetween the Smithfield Market Tavern and the Mackie Mayor food hall. In the foreground an ambulance passes at speed with its blue lights on, responding to an emergency. In the background there is a low-rise apartment building with eye-catching yellow panels.
August 8, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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April
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March. Blossom on trees makes Spring more real to me. I spent a weekend in Cork with friends. It rained a lot but the city was very welcoming and an all-round good time. Most of these photos were taken in Manchester.
April 4, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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February
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January
January 31, 2024 at 10:25 PM