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Unsurprisingly, I am not a professional photographer nor artist nor anything related, but nevertheless I have come into possession of an actual camera, and I'll be damned if I don't use it.

Note that image thumbnails have been compressed so that the page loads more quickly and to prevent severe lagging when scrolling. All images can be clicked to view their original/larger size, alongside some technical information about the associated camera settings.

Last Updated: 15/03/25

March 2025

14-03-25_0109.jpg

Camera: Motorola Razr V3
Location: Manchester, UK

13-03-25_0757.jpg

Camera: Motorola Razr V3
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0277.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/4,000
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0454.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/30
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0269.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/80
Location: Manchester, UK

14-03-25_1955.jpg

Camera: Motorola Razr V3
Location: Manchester, UK

13-03-25_1549.jpg

Camera: Motorola Razr V3
Location: Manchester, UK

12-03-25_1832.jpg

Camera: Motorola Razr V3
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0329.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 46mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/200
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0358.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 27mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/200
Location: Manchester, UK

13-03-25_2115.jpg

Camera: Motorola Razr V3
Location: Manchester, UK

12-03-25_1847.jpg

Camera: Motorola Razr V3
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0438.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 44mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/80
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0255.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 40mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure: 1/60
Location: Manchester, UK

February 2025

DSC_0258.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 20"
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0112.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 1/40
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0081.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 1/40
Location: Manchester, UK

Fun fact: this is a dinosaur lamp.

DSC_0933.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 38mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/25
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0051.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 36mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/25
Location: Manchester, UK

IMG_4776.jpg

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro
Focal Length: 6.86mm
F-stop: f/1.78
Exposure: 1/100
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0701.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/13
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0480.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/320
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0430.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 38mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/40
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0377.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 34mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/60
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0267.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/640
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0095.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/400
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0187.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/100
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0228.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/160
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0429.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 4"
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0570.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 36mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/250
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0087.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 1/125
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0965.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/10
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0866.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/40
Location: Manchester, UK

IMG_4781.jpg

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro
Focal Length: 6.86mm
F-stop: f/1.78
Exposure: 1/100
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0728.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/20
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0450.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 40mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/1,000
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0396.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 24mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/1,000
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0288.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/100
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0247.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/200
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0146.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 26mm
F-stop: f/22
Exposure: 1/2
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0190.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 29mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/400
Location: Manchester, UK

IMG_4538.jpg

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro (through a petrographic microscope lens)
Focal Length: 6.86mm
F-stop: f/1.78
Exposure: 1/50
Location: Manchester, UK

IMG_4551.jpg

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro (through a petrographic microscope lens)
Focal Length: 6.86mm
F-stop: f/1.78
Exposure: 1/50
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0259.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 20"
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0178.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 19mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 1/50
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0111.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 1/40
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0988.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 27mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/125
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0883.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 29mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 8"
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0045.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 32mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/25
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0691.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 24mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/8
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0688.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/8
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0512.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 27mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/640
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0426.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/60
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0356.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 24mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/250
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0263.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/640
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0173.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 26mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/160
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0210.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/50
Location: Manchester, UK

January 2025

DSC_0494.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/14
Exposure: 1/6
Location: Manchester, UK

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Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 105mm
F-stop: f/5
Exposure: 1/20
Location: Manchester, UK

You can easily see the actual "dots" of CMYK used when printing the mineral in this old book and how it actually blends together into colours. Intriguingly, this book was written prior to the acceptance of plate tectonic theory so has a snippet about the "Geosyncline" method of mountain formation.

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Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/3.2
Exposure: 1/320
Location: Manchester, UK

That thing somehow managed to persist without any signs of melting for almost a week and I had to stare at it every single day until someone had kicked it to death overnight.

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Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 13"
Location: Manchester, UK

You can only get so-so night sky photographs in the middle of a city, but at the bottom of this photo is the Pleiades, which is quite literally the easiest constellation to find so it isn't really impressive at all.

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Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/200
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0390.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 50mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/8
Location: Manchester, UK

DSC_0090.jpg

Camera: NIKON D5300
Focal Length: 17mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 15"
Location: Manchester, UK

Completely accidental picture where I knocked the shutter button while walking around looking for a decent spot to do a long exposure of the sky. All the streaks are various lamps.

November 2024

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Camera: iPhone 14 Pro
Focal Length: 9mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/60
Location: Manchester, UK

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IMG_3445.jpg

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro
Focal Length: 9mm
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/60
Location: Manchester, UK