Michael Faint
@ansolasoir.com
Photos. Birds. Occasional words. . . . Latest work here👇 https://www.ansolasoir.com/journal
‘Good photography isn’t about Zone Printing or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It’s just about seeing. You either see or you don’t see. The rest is academic. Photography is simply a function of noticing things. Nothing more.’ Elliott Erwitt, New York, 1992. Photo Peter Adams.
1777: The missle-thrushes, that have got-out their young broods, appear in flocks.
A new study has evaluated the timing and extent of nocturnal migration among landbirds: https://f.mtr.cool/kkbcsssnpu
1777: Reared the roof of my new building. Several swifts.
In celebration of #YorkshireDay, please enjoy this Sean Bean bastard collection. Sound up, bastards.
1777: Great flood at Gracious street. Several mills are damaged. Hay drowned. Pond-heads are blown-up; & roads torn up by the torrents. Finished the walls of my new parlor.
1777: The bricklayers are much interrupted by the rains. Much hay quite rotten. This morning more than 50 swifts sailed slowly over the village towards the S: there were almost double the number that belong to this place; & were probably actuated by some tendencies towards their retreat, which...
Bruce Percy has a new video, well worth five minutes of your time... youtu.be/tF8VXWqOTT0?...
The pursuit of portfolio making
YouTube video by Bruce Percy
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1777: Notwithstanding the disadvantageous season for hatching, some considerable coveys of partridges have been seen.