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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love this place, properly love it. Caernarfon castle at high tide.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I loved this evening. Spending time here at sunset with my daughter was a real treat. Do you know where I am?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

How many nights has this church seen? It dates from the 13th century, so my best guess is "lots" :)

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You can do all the planning you like, but if clouds arrive just as the eclipse gets going you might have to improvise. This isn't at all what I planned for, but you have to make do sometime. Anyway I can have another go in 2090. #eclipse

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

@evertonstadium.com Thought you might like to see this photo I took of the full moon rising over the stadium on Thursday.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The "buck moon" over the Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool. #everton @evertonfc.com

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I wonder where this Dunlin has spent the summer and will it back back here for winter?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Do you think pigeons get a bad time - look at the colours!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Handsome Robin from the garden hide. Loads of fledged birds in the garden today, busy time of the year and especially tough work in a heatwave.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A garden Greenfinch taken from my hide/shed! We get small flocks passing through most days, usually with a bunch of Goldfinches. I always wonder where they spend their days and nights.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I wonder how far this Dunlin has travelled in its life and how far north has it gone since I took this a few weeks ago.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A Greenfinch taken from my garden bird hide (aka shed). Just been in the garden watch a Goldcrest, but sadly no photos.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A lone tree - English Lake District. Fortunately the weather was calm for this one!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

There's a lot going on in this photo! Wales, the River Dee, the West Kirby marine lake wall, the marine lake, swirling high tide, the islands (Little Eye, Middle Eye, and Hilbre - just about), clouds...... And yet it is also very simple.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A different angle from my previous post, showing a bit more of the railings and how the tide sweeps across the wall. I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you have wellies and know what you are doing; a couple pushing a buggy tried to follow me along the wall, they didn't get very far.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

There's only a few times a year when the tide and weather combined to allow this image to be created at West Kirby marine lake. I spent a bit of time trying to move this driftwood, but then actually thought I'd leave it because it provides a natural contrast. Should I have moved it?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Has anyone got a bird seed feeder that has actually turned out to be squirrel proof??

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

High tide at #westkirby marine lake wall. It is usually a very sedate walk around the wall, but if the tide is over 9m (or less if the weather is right) the sea will cover the wall. People have to be rescued from the wall at least a couple of times a year. #tide #marinelake #wirral #fineart #rnli

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Hauptkirche St. Katharinen, Hamburg. St Catherine's church on a rather wet and grey day in Germany.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Have you visited Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Marco Polo Tower in Hamburg. It deserves a black and white treatment!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Two photos from the same spot in Madeira, one slow shutter and one normal. Which do you prefer?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A home with a view. Where would you guess this is?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I've posted a couple of photos from the opposite side of Penha d'Águia in Madeira, so thought for completeness you could have the view from this side too! This was taken from Miradouro do Boqueirão where there were so many lizards (Madeira wall lizard) it was impossible to count. #madeira

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This was a lovely find in Madeira, a cafe with a view like this! Imagine sitting having a beer and looking at the weather change. #madeira

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Same location as my last photo (Faial, Madeira) but quite different weather! If you ever visit you get this view from the side of the Fortress of Faial.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

People escape to Madeira for the sunshine, but the rain ands clouds are great for creating atmospheric photography opportunities! This is Faial just as a very heavy rain shower was passing through. I did go back a couple of days later in the sunshine - keep an eye out for that image coming soon!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Which do you thinks works better - with colour or without?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A rainy day in Madeira - provides for a bit of drama in the clouds at least!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Missed the alert on my phone so probably missed the peak activity, but the Northern Lights were still showing over the lifeboat station in Hoylake last night when I got there.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

A bit of patience (I ran back to the car a few times when the rain was really heavy) paid off in Madeira. A couple of shaft of sunlight illuminated the houses for me to capture.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Parque Natural do Ribeiro Frio, Madeira - conditions weren't great, but at the last minute the sun came out a little and gave me this opportunity I'm pretty pleased with the result - the transition from light to dark across the scene is matched by the car lights from white to red.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Believe it or not, when I first visited Madeira the road that you can just about see on the cliff was still open and we drove under this waterfall. The road is now closed and a much safer tunnel has replaced it.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I first went to Madeira in 1994 (it is where Una and I got engaged) with a Praktica film camera and a few rolls of film. I remember being blown away by the landscape - this was the first time I'd ever travelled abroad and the first time I'd flown in a plane! Here we are 31 years later. #madeira

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I took this photo of a Gannet a Bempton Cliffs a good few years ago, but seeing it I can recall in perfect clarity the exact spot where I was stood as I took this. I was doing some messing about with b&w and wondered what this would look like if I gave it an extreme makeover!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This is definitely a marmite style image. Do you love it or hate it? #stapauls #london

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Last one of Caernarfon Castle for a while. What do you think of the light trails?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I've had some odd interactions when I am out with my camera after dark, so am sometimes a bit on edge. When I was taking this of Caernarfon Castle a bunch of kids came up and I thought were going to be a problem, but hey wanted to pose for me! I pretended to take some shots of them and they left!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

What a cool place for dinner. Osteria's Italian restaurant in Caernarfon with a view of the castle from your table. Who are you taking?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

When I was taking this photo I was verbally abused by three girls (in Welsh), still not sure why they took a dislike to me! Caernarfon Castle, Wales.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Caernarfon Castle at night. I took this shortly before being shouted at in Welsh by three girls!

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I wonder how many people pass over Tower Bridge in London and don't know there's stuff going on under their feet?

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I am off to Hamburg for a couple of days tomorrow (my son lives there) so here's a shot from Chilehaus, which is a banger of a building in the city. #hamburg #chilehaus

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Need some calm? I wonder how many turns of the tide this rock has experienced.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I really do love Caernarfon - even though when I was taking this three teenagers came up and shouted abuse at me in Welsh! #caernarfon #cymru

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I love Caernarfon Castle. Been visiting since I was a very small child and try to get back at least once a year. #caernarfon #cymru #wales

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The Vault is situated under Tower Bridge in London. Thousands upon thousands of people every day passing overhead, but just one walking by on this occasion.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The Speicherstadt (City of warehouses) in Hamburg is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings are built on timber piles. It is a cool place to visit at night.

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I am not a city person. I can't think of any time I'd rather be in a city than at the coast or mountains. But other people like cities and there is always demand for city views. Here's a recent one from London. #london

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Damian Waters @damian-waters.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Little bit of a Friday quiz - can you name the building and the city?

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