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Chateau du Haut-Barr

ByGarf created2001-08-05 23:592025-02-06 17:22 updated2025-02-06 17:22 Digital pictures, Journal, Photography, Road Trip, Travelogue

Today we visited Chateau du Haut-Barr in Saverne, France.

Camera: Canon Digital Ixus.

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MGF at Ferrybridge power station
ByGarf 2001-07-142025-02-06

MGF by the Angel of the North and by the cooling towers at Ferrybridge power station. Camera: Olympus C2500L.

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Checking out my new lens tilt mechanism
ByGarf 2015-03-312025-02-06

I treated myself to a lens tilt mechanism and a vintage Helios 4m-44 58mm f/2 lens. So I figured I needed to go out and test them. These were taken from Portsdown Hill, facing south, over Portchester and Cosham. Being able to tilt the lens means one can shift the focus onto a particular part…

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Rescuing a starling trapped in our bird feeder
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This morning I heard a strange commotion outside the studio window, From the corner of my eye, I could see that the transparent bird feeder appeared to be moving on its own. On close inspection I discovered that the incredibly boisterous and greedy young starlings we have round here had smashed the lid off the…

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Using my redundant TV aerial for DAB and FM radio
ByGarf 2025-10-262025-11-19

I don’t have a TV licence – I don’t intend to buy one either. We have a nice big roof mounted TV aerial which I have repurposed for much better things. For a start, it receives FM and DAB radio perfectly adequately. We’re only a 35 km crow’s flight from the hefty Rowridge VHF transmitter….

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Sandbanks, Dorset
ByGarf 2005-10-022025-02-06

Today we took a road trip n the MX5 to the Studland Peninsula and Sandbanks, in Dorset.

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Old college friend Duncan Avery came down to stay for the weekend
ByGarf 2002-12-082025-02-06

Old college friend and musician Duncan Avery came down to stay with me in Southampton for the weekend. While he was here, he asked me to take a few snaps in the attic studio. I gladly obliged.

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