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	<author>
		<name>Colin Hunter</name>
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	<updated>2009-10-26T01:00:01Z</updated>
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				Mike
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/259144.htm" />
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				What can I say - it's a portrait of a bloke. I know him reasonably well; on this occasion we were having dinner together in a hotel in Pickering, Yorkshire. It was the occasion of my mum and dad's diamond wedding anniversary earlier this month. He is my brother.
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		<updated>2009-10-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				The New Inn
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/258843.htm" />
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				It makes you wonder what the old one was like, doesn't it? This is a Salisbury city centre public house in July just after a rainstorm. Well, it was the middle of summer so what else should we expect? In season, Salisbury always has wonderful flowers on display, either by individual property owners (as here) or in public areas maintained by the city council.
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		<updated>2009-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Peach Rose
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/258842.htm" />
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				A fallback shot, I'm afraid, of an exquisite flower I saw earlier in the year. Yesterday's abstract of a waste-paper bin put me in mind of furled petals like these, so I expect it was invitable for me to choose something like this.
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		<updated>2009-10-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Blue and Green
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/258826.htm" />
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				What is it? It is a plain blue plastic waste paper bin on a green carpet in my study. I was bored and hadn't exercised my shutter finger for a while so I swivelled my chair and toyed with the camera, pressing the shutter and not really pointing at anything in particular. An undisciplined shot of the bin came out very blurred but I liked the colours, so I experimented with shutter speed and camera movement. I took several shots like this with slightly different settings and of course the pattern differs every time. I could possibly use these as a background for something else. So, all this fun without ever having to leave my desk.
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		<updated>2009-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Arrows in the Afternoon
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/258271.htm" />
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				The Red Arrows - as if you needed to be told - performing over Bournemouth earlier this year.
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		<updated>2009-10-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				LNER
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/258267.htm" />
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				The North Yorkshire Moors Railway station at Pickering. This looks and feels like railway stations used to be years ago, yet I took this picture a fortnight ago. The enthusiasts and volunteers have done a remarkable job with not only the steam locomotive and the rolling gear but also the station, giving it an authentic feel.
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		<updated>2009-10-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Chuffer
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/258266.htm" />
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				A black and white train in Pickering station. Actually it was green, but I thought it looked better this way. This is the the North Yorkshire Moors Railway that will take you from Pickering to Whitby if you like in old fashioned steam drawn carriages. The railway as it used to be!
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		<updated>2009-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Tea Rooms
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/257255.htm" />
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				The left part of this building is a tea room, and there's also a conference and banqueting centre here. It, like much of old York, is charming and beautiful. They don't build them like this any more! I thought it lent itself to a mono conversion, which I applied with a black and white adjustment layer with minor tweaks to the colour sliders.
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		<updated>2009-10-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				York Minster
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/257251.htm" />
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				Shutterchancers from Yorkshire should easily recognise this, one of the country's most famous and historic cathedrals. I visited the area for the first time last week and was impressed with the beautiful landscape of the north Yorkshire moors and with the charming city. This image was adjusted with the perspective transform tool in Photoshop for the converging verticals that you naturally get from capturing the image with a wide ange lens so close; you can't move back far enough to lessen the effect naturally because it is surrounded by other buildings.
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		<updated>2009-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Chocolate Box
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				This is in the pretty village of Thornton-le-Dale in north Yorkshire. It's the sort of picture you used to find on a chocolate boxes. Do they still do that?
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		<updated>2009-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Hocum Hole
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				This is, as the title suggests, Hocum Hole, or so says the road sign as you approach it. Wikipedia calls it the Hole of Horcum. Either way, it's in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and it looked like this (I waited for the sunny patch) on 11th October this year. It's a very picturesque part of our lovely country.
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		<updated>2009-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Jo Malone Bath Oils - Place Your Bids
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		<link href="http://chunter.shutterchance.com/photoblog/242964.htm" />
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				Well I'm posting here again rather erratically at the moment, testament to the other activities I'm undertaking to try and get the professional work coming in. It's a hard slog with no marketing skill! Here's a product shot, one of a series I did of these Jo Malone bath oils to sell this unwanted gift on e b a y . I have a small table-top light tent that operates on an umbrella-like mechanism, so it's quick and easy to put up/take down. I've fashioned a background from the material that used to be a projector screen to make an infinity curve inside the tent. For a couple of the other closer shots I used a 105mm macro lens with the camera on a tripod. The 550EX flash was diffused with a Gary Fong diffuser. I like the light you can get using that device. That's the technical stuff out of the way, so ... anyone want to buy some Jo Malone bath oils? They're on eBay now, so start bidding. Just search on Jo Malone and look for the only set of 12. That'll be me.
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		<updated>2009-08-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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