Za pravdu — “For the truth”.
Letters revealed by sunlight and shadow on a wall in Prague. An iPhone photograph from August 2025, rediscovered today, and now a small print for my journal.

Za pravdu — “For the truth”.
Letters revealed by sunlight and shadow on a wall in Prague. An iPhone photograph from August 2025, rediscovered today, and now a small print for my journal.
Bright Eyes
A grey squirrel pauses on the fork of a tree, looking directly towards the camera, its bushy tail curled behind it against a background of deep green leaves.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #wildlifephotography #greysquirrel
Proving Ground
A close-up view across a flour-dusted sourdough loaf as it proves, the folds and ridges turning into a tiny landscape.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #photography #sourdough
A Sail at Evening
A tiny white sail catches the evening light off Brighton and Hove, beneath distant wind turbines. Autumn trees frame the sea from Three Cornered Copse—an unexpected photograph from this evening’s dog walk.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #photography #BrightonAndHove
Obelisk.
A lunchtime wander through Steyning churchyard. Sunlight on stone, a dark yew behind, and a photograph that found its shape in black and white.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #photography #blackandwhite
Autumn Reedmace
The seed head is beginning to break apart, catching the morning light against the soft shapes of the reeds behind it. Green Ridge, Brighton.
#thebrownstuff #photography #naturephotography #autumn #botanicalphotography
Hiding in the Clutter
Sometimes there simply isn’t a clean background. A magpie tucked into the lattice of branches at Three Cornered Copse this morning.
#thebrownstuff #photography #birdphotography #magpie #wildlifephotography
Autumn Landing
A hoverfly taking a brief pause among the changing leaves at Three Cornered Copse. The mix of green, yellow and blue caught my eye as much as the insect itself.
#thebrownstuff #photography #naturephotography #hoverfly #autumn
Towards the Windmill
I’ve been trying to make this photograph for years. This morning the long lens was finally on the camera, the light was good and the dog walkers were in exactly the right place.
Green Ridge, Brighton.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #photography #landscapephotography
A morning beside the River Adur: a grey heron watching the shallows, a black-headed gull crossing the mud, and two views of a little egret on the exposed banks.
Overcast light, low tide, and plenty to watch.
#thebrownstuff #photography #birdphotography #birdwatching #RiverAdur
Under the Railway.
Repeating beams and rusted cross-braces beneath the railway bridge over the River Adur. Two treatments of the same view: I slightly prefer the muted colours, but the monochrome brings out the geometry.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #photography #architecture
Face-to-face
Ten minutes at lunchtime and a grasshopper that tolerated me leaning awkwardly over a grave just long enough to get the photograph I wanted. A substantial crop, but the light, low viewpoint and expression made it worth it.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #photography #grasshopper
A lacewing in the hallway.
Both images are handheld focus stacks with the OM-1 II and 90mm Macro. The closer view was shot with flash, revealing remarkable detail in the compound eye.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #macrophotography #focusstacking
After the Flowers
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West from the Dyke
A two-frame panorama looking west from Devil’s Dyke across fields and woodland, with foreground scrub beneath a cloud-filled, hazy sky.
#photooftheday #year3 #thebrownstuff #devilsdyke #southdowns
Along the Adur
Three photographs from a lunchtime wander beside the River Adur today. High tide, September sky and rather more water than I’d have liked .
Sometimes a walk produces one photograph; sometimes the pictures work better together.
Triple Take
Waxing Gibbous
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Unfinished Conversation.
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