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@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 5:45 PM

Sweet Spot

Evening tennis through the fence at Hove Park.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #foundcomposition #colourphotography

A sharply focused chain-link fence and metal posts frame a blurred tennis player holding a racket on a sunlit pink-orange court at Hove Park.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 6:26 PM

Spiral in the Shadows, Works in the Landscape, Grid Geometry.

Sunlight inside St Botolph’s Church.
The former Shoreham Cement Works beneath its quarry.
A sunlit pylon.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #sussexphotography #photowalk

A tall twisted wooden candlestick catches a shaft of sunlight against the darkness of St Botolph’s Church in Botolphs, West Sussex.

The former Shoreham Cement Works and its tall chimney sit among trees beneath the exposed chalk quarry near Upper Beeding, West Sussex.

A low-angle view of an electricity pylon, radiating cables and white insulators against a deep blue sky in West Sussex.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 5:18 PM

From the Shadows.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #woodland #fungi

A fungus with a bright yellow, sponge-like underside and pink-red stem stands among fallen leaves and decaying wood in Three Cornered Copse, Hove. An old web with a suspended insect husk hangs to its left.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 4:59 PM

A Flame Waiting for a Spark

The pink caught my eye. Then the words made me smile.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #deadpan #graffiti

Two adjacent graffiti-covered garage doors, one black and one white. Bright pink writing on the white door reads “A flame waiting for a spark”, while warning signs and a black-and-yellow bollard punctuate the scene.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 6:12 PM

Rainbow Road

Christmas Eve in Polegate, 2013. Recovered from the archive and pushed somewhere rather psychedelic.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #abstractphotography #foundcomposition

Psychedelic bands of blue, green, yellow and purple oil surround scattered brown leaves on wet tarmac.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 6:58 PM

Ant Farm.

A black ant tends to its aphid flock on an ivy stem. A small parasitic wasp explores, unnoticed.

#thebrownstuff #photooftheday #year3 #ants #aphids

An ant stands on a layer of aphids on a hairy ivy stem. A small wasp is visible just below the ant.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 5:54 PM

Same View 5

Looking south from the top of Three Cornered Copse in Hove. A long-term project observing the atmosphere between the hilltop and the horizon.

#sameview #visibility #photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff

View south from Three Cornered Copse in Hove, with buildings and trees in the foreground, the sea and offshore wind turbines beyond, beneath scattered evening clouds.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 7:22 AM

September Sunrise

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #dawnsky #clouds

Orange-red clouds glowing at dawn above the dark silhouette of a tree.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 6:25 PM

View over Steyning

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #steyning #southdowns

A metal livestock water trough stands in an overgrown field above Steyning, with low grey cloud obscuring the distant South Downs.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 3:36 PM

Recursive.

A photo of a printer printing a photo.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #photography #printing

A colour photographic print emerging from a black Canon printer, with the printer controls and green power light visible above.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 7:36 PM

Danger of Death

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #foundcomposition #deadpan

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 7:16 PM

Into the Light

A little evening light finding its way through the copse.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #woodlandphotography #lightandshadow

A pale tree illuminated by evening sunlight stands among the deep shadows and dense foliage of a woodland.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 4:44 PM

Through the Frame.

Playing with a tiny LED, a pair of glasses and The Art of Street Photography.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #stilllifephotography #lightandshadow

Black reading glasses lying across a vivid red photography book, dramatically lit against a nearly black background.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 5:53 PM

Same View 4

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #sameview #landscapephotography

A distant view across Hove to the sea, with offshore wind turbines picked out by late afternoon light beneath a large bank of cloud. Several vessels are visible on and below the hazy horizon.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 6:39 PM

The Old Water Wheel

#photooftheday #thebrownstuff #year3 #WaterWheel #IndustrialHeritage

A decaying water wheel beside an old mill building, partially concealed by trees and vegetation in Steyning, West Sussex.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 6:39 PM

Entangled.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #monochrome #juxtaposition

A heavily pruned tree and telegraph pole intersect with overhead cables beneath a textured cloudy sky. Photographed in Steyning, West Sussex, and processed in monochrome.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 6, 2026, 4:10 PM

Quill

#thebrownstuff #photooftheday #year3 #feather #closeup

Close-up study of a Wood Pigeon feather, positioned against a soft green woodland background and illuminated from the side with a small LED light, revealing the fine repeating structure of the barbs.

@thebrownstuff.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 1:00 PM

Daytime Moon.

Handheld at 400mm, in the early afternoon.

#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #moon #minimalism