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cookslikejamie

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Not sure what to do here after leaving twitter. Decided to share the better shots from my photo archive one shot at a time.

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cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 1h

Orange-ish #ColorADay #OrangeSun #skysunday #Scape #UrbanGaze #AOfoto #Cityscape #Blackpool #UrbanPhotography #StreetPhotography #Panorama #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon RF 15–30mm

Wide panoramic streetscape in Blackpool under a vivid blue sky with scattered white clouds. A row of seafront buildings, cafés and amusement frontage stretches across the frame, with construction fencing, parked cars and pedestrians adding layers of everyday urban detail.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 1h

Diva #BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Flamingo #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm + 1.4× extender

Flamingo standing upright in shallow water with its long neck stretched high and both wings partly spread, revealing vivid coral-orange, pink and black flight feathers. Its pale body and pink-and-black bill stand out against a softly blurred grey-green enclosure background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 2h

#WingsOpenNotFlying? How many do you want? #BirdOfTheDay #Flamingo #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm

A large group of flamingos at Chester Zoo standing and wading in shallow water, several with their wings spread to reveal vivid coral-red and black flight feathers. Pale pink birds are scattered across the frame against green grass and vegetation, with reflections rippling across the water.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 2h

The blue fleck got all my attention. #BirdOfTheDay #Blue #Mallard #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Cheshire #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R50 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 2h

"Charge!" #BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #MuteSwan #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R50 🔘 Canon RF-S 55–210mm

Five juvenile Mute Swans on a lake, with one at the right standing in shallow water with both wings spread wide while the others float nearby. Numerous geese are scattered across the water in the distance, backed by reeds and dense green woodland.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #3rdPlace Final Chester Zoo shot for the day. #GreaterOneHornedRhino #AnimalPhotography #ZooPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R50 🔘 Canon RF-S 55–210mm f/5–7.1 IS STM

A Greater One-horned Rhinoceros stands side-on in its enclosure at Chester Zoo, facing a wooden wall. Its heavy grey skin forms deep armour-like folds across the shoulders, flanks and legs, with a single horn above the nose and patches of mud on its body. Wooden fencing and scattered hay frame the enclosure.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow #3rdPlace more Chester Zoo #GreenSat #DianaMonkey #AnimalPhotography #ZooPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

Diana monkey sitting among dense green shrubs at Chester Zoo, looking directly toward the camera. It has a black face and crown, a distinctive white brow and throat, dark speckled limbs and body, and rich reddish-brown fur across the back, with pale rocks and greenery around it.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I became a member of Chester Zoo this year and have been there frequently, less so this specific spot... #BlueSkyArtShow #3rdPlace #AOfoto #ChesterZoo #Cheshire #ZooPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

A pale green sign at Chester Zoo reading “This is our sloth toilet,” partly obscured by a small fern at the base of a tree. The sign explains that the sloths come down to the ground about once a week to poo, surrounded by soil, roots and tropical planting.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New feeder, no action for 5 days and then it was a blue tit superhighway yesterday! #SmallBirdSaturday #LittleOnes #BlueTit #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BackyardBirding #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

Two Blue Tits perched on opposite sides of a hanging garden bird feeder filled with peanuts. Their blue, yellow, white and olive plumage stands out against a softly blurred green garden background, with one bird facing the feeder and the other turned slightly toward it.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay alt is #LongBeak, almost a twofer with #Black&Red but not quite. #NorthernBaldIbis #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red, don't get hypnotised! #AsianGlossyStarling #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

Asian Glossy Starling perched on the rim of a metal feeding bowl at Chester Zoo, with glossy green-black plumage and a vivid red eye. The softly blurred brown-and-green background shows parts of the enclosure and a second metal bowl nearby.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally put the big zoom away for a bit #AccidentalArtist #SensoryArt #Roads #AOfoto #UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #RailwayPhotography #Tramway #Blackpool #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon RF 15–30mm

Colourful Blackpool streetscape in 2026 with tram tracks crossing the foreground and an empty road beyond. A small blue “Tramway — Look Both Ways” sign stands near the centre, while blue, white, yellow and pale purple building fronts form a bright geometric backdrop in strong sunlight.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hong Kong 2004 #ColorADay #BWFri #FontsOnFriday #FingerpostFriday #ClassicMono #AOfoto #UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography #Photography #HongKong #EastCoastKin 📷 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1

Black-and-white photograph of a cluster of directional signs in Hong Kong in 2004, pointing toward Lan Kwai Fong, the Peak Tram, Star Ferry, visitor information and shopping. English and Chinese lettering, arrows and pictograms overlap against modern city buildings, creating a busy graphic composition.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bill me later. #BirdOfTheDay #BestBeaks #FeatheredFriday #FridayFaces #Pelican #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📱 iPhone 5

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #YellowElements. Shame it isn't #RockinTuesday! #FeatheredFriday #FridayFaces #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin

Bright yellow-and-black weaver bird standing on a pale textured rock at Chester Zoo. Its vivid yellow head, back and chest contrast with a black face and dark patterned wings, while a yellow identification ring is visible on one leg against the softly blurred background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks. Marabou Stork is definitely a contender! #FeatheredFriday #FridayFaces #MarabouStork #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #Cheshire #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

Close-up portrait of a marabou stork with a huge weathered bill held partly open, a mostly bare pinkish head and neck, sparse wispy feathers and a dark eye. White body feathers appear at the bottom of the frame against a smooth dark-green background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It IS a jungle out there. Ta Prohm, Cambodia, 2007 #PalacesAndGardens #ItsAJungleOutThere #ThrowBackThursday #TaProhm #Angkor #Cambodia #ArchitecturePhotography #TravelPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

Huge pale tree roots spill down and across the weathered stone walls of Ta Prohm at Angkor in Cambodia, wrapping around carved doorways and masonry. Moss and greenery soften the grey-green ruins, while dark openings recede into the temple beneath the tangled roots.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Flour-power. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery #ThrowBackThursday #AOfoto #Windmill #Netherlands #TravelPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📱 iPhone 5

Interior of a traditional Dutch windmill in the Netherlands in 2014, showing large wooden millstones, beams, gears and flour-covered machinery. Pale dust coats much of the mechanism, while a person is partly visible through the structure in the background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Shanghai 2008, I wonder what they built there #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery #MetalWorkThursday #ThrowBackThursday #AOfoto #UrbanGaze #Construction #Photography #Shanghai #China #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

Tall construction piling machinery rises vertically through a Shanghai building site, photographed from close range in 2008. Mud-coated steel drilling components dominate the frame, with workers in hard hats at the base, excavators and cranes behind, and overhead cables cutting across the pale sky.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yellowish. Bangkok 2008. #ColorADay #YellowThu #ThrowBackThursday #Sculpture #TravelPhotography #Photography #Bangkok #Thailand #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

Gilded seated monk statue in Bangkok, photographed in 2008, its surface covered with layers of gold leaf. Red, orange and white flower garlands rest across its lap, along with a while ornate temple decoration and white balustrades fill the background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay alt is #Vivid #JavanGreenMagpie #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

Close-up portrait of a vivid Javan green Magpie perched on a branch, with a bright red bill and feet, black eye mask and flashes of turquoise-blue on the crown and wings. The background is softly blurred, keeping attention on its saturated plumage and slightly tousled head feathers.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Alert Eagle today for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Black&White #ClassicMono #Eagle #BirdPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

Black-and-white portrait of a large eagle perched on a rail, facing slightly left. Its hooked beak and bright eye stand out against a softly blurred background of foliage, with detailed dark plumage across the wings and chest.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NZ Scenic route #SensoryArt #ROADS #Scape #LandscapePhotography #MountainPhotography #TravelPhotography #Photography #NewZealand #SouthIsland #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D Mark III 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

A red car climbs a steep unsealed mountain road on New Zealand’s South Island, throwing up a trail of dust. Beyond the road, a vast layered mountain landscape stretches into the distance beneath a bright blue sky, with a deep blue lake far below in the valley.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe a trip for some bird variety... #ColorADay #RedWed #AOfoto #MacroPhotography #ManualFocus #Shanghai #China #TravelPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 🔘 Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO Macro EX DG HSM

Close-up of a red and black Shanghai travel map tucked into a clear display holder, with “Shanghai China Regional Maps” visible on the cover. The shallow depth of field leaves the surrounding display softly blurred.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Coming in heavy. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #WildlifeWednesday #Vulture #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #ActionPhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

A large vulture descends toward the camera with wings spread wide and legs lowered for landing. Sunlight catches the pale body and underside of the wings while water droplets or debris scatter around it, against a softly blurred green and wooden background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. I quite like this Stork. #ColorADay #RedWed #WildlifeWednesday #WhiteStork #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Cheshire #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the 2⭐️⭐️ image. This is the better one.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you look closely enough you'll spot some machinery #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery #Scape #Panorama #JodrellBank #LovellTelescope #Cheshire #LandscapePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📱 iPhone 5

Wide panoramic view across green Cheshire fields toward the large white Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank. A narrow country road curves through hedgerows on the right, with scattered mature trees and a pale blue-grey sky stretching across the rural landscape.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chester 2004, hashtag bonanza! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery #ColorADay #BlueTue #TimepieceTuesday #TowerTuesday #EastgateClock #Chester #ArchitecturePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1

Close-up of the ornate Eastgate Clock in Chester, photographed in 2004 against a clear blue sky. The richly decorated black, red and gold clock structure rises above an arched walkway, with intricate ironwork, Roman numerals and the date 1897 visible on the face.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Santa Barbara 2013 for #TidesOutTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #Scape #Seascape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #SantaBarbara #California #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin 📱 iPhone 5

Wide coastal view of Santa Barbara, California, in 2013, with blue sea in the foreground, a sandy shoreline lined with palm trees, and dark mountains rising behind the city. Huge white cumulus clouds hang dramatically over the ridges beneath a vivid blue sky.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

E is for extremely unimpressed. #BirdOfTheDay #EFG #RaptorTuesday #EagleOwl #Owl #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

Close-up portrait of a large Verreaux's Eagle Owl facing the camera, with vivid orange eyes, prominent feathered ear tufts and heavily mottled brown, cream and black plumage. The softly blurred background keeps attention on the bird’s intense stare.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Keppel Harbour, Singapore 2008 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery #AllMetalMonday #MaritimeMonday #Scape #Cityscape #Panorama #UrbanGaze #Photography #Singapore #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

Wide panoramic view of Singapore in 2008, with a busy container port filling the foreground and middle distance. Rows of shipping containers, cargo ships and tall yellow and green gantry cranes line the harbour, with the dense city skyline rising behind under a pale hazy sky.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Heavy machinery. Light visibility. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery #AllMetalMonday #MaritimeMonday #ClassicMono #IndustrialPhotography #Photography #AOfoto #EastCoastKin

Black-and-white photograph from Hong Kong in 2002 showing a large floating crane barge crossing choppy harbour water. Its tall A-frame and boom stand out against a hazy skyline of high-rise buildings and distant hills.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Blackpool revisited! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery #AllMetalMonday #BlueMonday #BlueSkyMonday #RollerCoaster #Blackpool #BlackpoolPleasureBeach #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

A roller coaster train crests a steep orange track at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, high above a lattice of blue-grey steel supports. Riders are visible along the top of the hill against a deep blue sky with a small patch of cloud.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My fave band for Pink Monday, with 1992 prices. #ColorADay #PinkMon #DelAmitri #MusicMemorabilia #ConcertTicket #Photography #Liverpool #EastCoastKin

Pink concert ticket for Del Amitri at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, dated Sunday 5 July 1992. The ticket has pale blue geometric printing, black event text, red accents and an £8.50 advance price.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Business up front. Party at the back. #BirdOfTheDay #BokehBirds #MinimalMonday #SecretaryBird #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It really really really wanted that berry. #BirdOfTheDay #AwkwardAvian #Pigeon #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #ActionPhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R50 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

A grey pigeon launches awkwardly downward through leafy garden branches, wings and tail spread wide while its head points toward the ground and its beak tries to reach a nearby berry. Green foliage and thin branches frame the bird against patches of blue sky.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Smile for #OrangeSun or you get the sack. #ColorADay #Orangutan #AnimalPhotography #ZooPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

An orangutan lounges in a suspended net hammock at Chester Zoo, reddish-brown fur spilling over the edges. One arm reaches into a rough burlap sack above while the other stretches along the support, giving the scene a thoroughly relaxed Sunday feel.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Airborne #Stunday #Vulture #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #ActionPhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

A vulture flying directly toward the camera with broad wings fully spread, legs hanging beneath it and its pale pink head facing forward. The bird fills most of the frame against a softly blurred neutral background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

More Blackpool 2008, I should go back and update! #BirdOfTheDay #Seabirds #SundaySeashore #Photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Blackpool #BlackpoolPier #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

A juvenile gull perched on a weathered seafront railing in Blackpool, with the pier softly blurred behind it. The bird’s mottled brown plumage and pink legs stand out against the muted grey sky, sandy beach and distant pier structure.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Full moon and there was a gap in the clouds, 1 hour ago. #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #Moon #FullMoon #MoonPhotography #Astrophotography #ImageStacking #SaturdayMono #ClassicMono #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 DWARF 3

Detailed close-up of the full Moon against a completely black sky, showing bright cratered highlands, darker lunar maria and prominent ray patterns across the surface.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Blackpool 2008, excellently grim #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights #Scape #Seascape #Photography #Blackpool #BlackpoolPier #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D 🔘 Canon EF 24–105mm f/4L

View along a wooden pier in Blackpool beneath an overcast sky, with the sea on the left and a long green-framed shelter on the right. Ornate green lamp posts run down the pier toward pavilion buildings in the distance, with one person walking along the boards.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Both pretending not to look. #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs #SmallBirdSaturday #LittleOnes #Lovebirds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

Two small green lovebirds perched separately among a tangle of bare branches. Both have dark faces, pale eye-rings and bright red bills, with one higher and left of centre and the other lower right, partly framed by crossing branches.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“What’s that? It’s our turn for Bluesky, you say? Finally!” #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs #SaturdaySwans #Swans #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Cheshire #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R50 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

Two juvenile swans swimming close together on rippled grey water. One is nearer the camera with its head lowered slightly, while the second sits farther back with its long neck upright, as if reacting to something just said. Both have soft grey-brown juvenile plumage.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pair pressure. #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs #Green #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn #ColorADay #GreenSat #Jackdaw #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #shittycamerachallenge #pointandshoot #ChesterZoo #EastCoastKin 📷 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX7

Two jackdaws perched close together on a wet metal fence, one leaning toward the other. Green leafy shrubs fill the left side of the scene, with a rain-darkened path and colourful face-painting hut behind them.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#ColorADay is #BWFri, here's one from when I was testing my new extender. #FlowersOnFriday #BloomScroll #Photography #Flowers #ClassicMono #BlackAndWhitePhotography #CloseUpPhotography #10MinutesFromHome #Cheshire #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

Black-and-white close-up of a pale layered flower in bloom, photographed outdoors in Cheshire. The flower is sharply lit against a soft dark background of leaves and other blooms, with strong tonal contrast and shallow depth of field.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Somewhere between forest and flypast. #ForestFriday #FlyDay #FeatheredFriday #Scape #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #Scotland #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS 5D Mark III 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

A broad Scottish landscape of wooded hills and distant mountains above a lake, with a small sailing boat near the shore and a dark bird flying across the valley. Layers of green trees and misty ridges recede into the background.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Borb of prey. #BirdOfTheDay #Borbs #Brown #FeatheredFriday #Kestrel #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark II 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L

A very round-looking kestrel perched on a wooden branch, its feathers fluffed into a compact shape. It has a slate-grey crown, warm brown wings with dark markings, a pale speckled chest, bright yellow eye-ring and feet, and a sharply hooked bill.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've always has a thing for shooting signs, I have no idea why. Anyone else? #ColorADay #YellowThu #AOfoto #SignPhotography #EastCoastKin #MetalWorkThursday 📷 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1

Bright yellow overhead clearance sign reading “HEADROOM” and “1.9 M,” with Chinese characters beside the English text. Black lettering and diagonal hazard stripes stand out sharply against the illuminated yellow panel and surrounding darkness.

cookslikejamie @cookslikejamie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"It's my garden now" #BirdOfTheDay #BirdStare #Blackbird #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Cheshire #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin 📷 Canon EOS R50 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

A male blackbird stands on short grass and looks directly toward the camera. Its glossy black plumage and bright orange-yellow bill stand out against a softly blurred green and brown garden background.