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Bob Sanders

@grumpybob.bsky.social
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Retired techy. Amateur photographer. Early riser. See more at www.100asa.com/grumpyoldbob

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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Spring sunset, Brill, Buckinghamshire
Brill windmill silhouetted against a sunset sky with a patch of daffodils in the foreground.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Fabulous - good compositions and beautifully converted. 👍
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Thanks so much 👍
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#scape #friday #seascape just a sunset splash
A wave splashing on rocks, beyond a yacht is moored for the evening and the sun is settling directly behind it.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A question for photographers - do you have a way of getting critiques or feedback on your photos? Is it important to you? Can it help you develop your skills, choose what to share or enter into a competition? Or do you have enough confidence to assess your own work? And here's 1 of mine for you.
A monochrome high-contrast architecture photograph of the "cheese grater" in Sheffield city centre, UK.  A simulated long-exposure sky has been implemented in post-processing.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Ha ha 😂. That's about it.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I rest my case.
A picture
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Here in the UK we are at least grateful that there is now a new World Class laughing stock to take our place. Bumbling Boris is forgotten and Demented Donald is the one to snigger at now. USA - the land of opportunity. 🤣
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#minimal #monochrome #square of Penmon lighthouse at high tide on a very #grey day.
A minimalist long exposure of Penmon lighthouse in Wales.  The shot was taken at high tide on a very grey day and is presented as a square crop in black and white.  The scene is limited to the foreground sea, a couple of rocks and the lighthouse centrally placed.  The horizon has been blended with the sky to further simplify the scene.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Cats and politics. You can keep them both. Too much crap and not enough creativity. But like you say - it is what it is...
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
And here's a monochrome abstract.
An abstract photo in black and white using a metal and glass skylight as the subject.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Wowee👌👌
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Beautiful shot Sophie 👌
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Thanks Luis - I follow you there. You have some wonderful work there, and you're a very versatile photographer. 👌👍
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It's an area of hills and moorland with grit stone tors or outcrops of rock. The KitKat stones are naturally weathered grit stone blocks that just look like the chocolate strips of a KitKat candy bar. I was there for a sunrise photograph and enjoyed a great day although the wind was bitter🙂
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Hi there. I guess you are in the USA? The Peak District in northern England was the first approved National park in the UK and is also the region I grew up in. I go back whenever I can. .
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Continuing the abstract theme - this one is called 'The final frontier '.
An abstract photo of purple blue and orange with black ripples and a bright white central light source.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Abstract blues
An abstract architecture photo mostly in blue and black with little highlights.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Hi, I don't really shoot people very often and concentrate more on other genres so I don't think I'm qualified to comment. It's all so personal anyway. Best
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
What a wonderful bit of light. Well captured!
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Fabulous light Stuart. Tell me - why 17 frames? Seems a bit excessive to me but I'd like to know your reasoning. And yes I do know the location.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Wonderful shot Efren!
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Thanks Luis 🙏
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
In the 'Steel City' - Sheffield architecture. #monochrome #fineartarchitecture #lookingup
Looking up from the bottom of a tall office building.  Image converted to high contrast black and white and given a simulated long-exposure sky.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thank you so much. 🙏
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Peak District Dawn #BlueskyArtShow #Light #Landscape #Sunrise
A sunlit view over the KitKat stones on Higger Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Sunset skies beyond Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District. #landscapes #peak #NationalPark
Sunset skies beyond Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Over 50 years ago I used to climb the rocks at Stanage Edge in the Peak District. Today I returned for the first time, but with a bag of camera gear instead of climbing gear. Sunset was just about alright!
Sunset at Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Spending a couple of days with a friend in Sheffield. So with a promising forecast I headed to Higger Tor this morning. This is the KitKat stones just after sunrise. Taken with my Google Pixel 9.
Colour photo of the KitKat stones on Higger Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District with the sunrise beyond.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Such beautiful light and colours!
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Absolutely love this - so creative and quite captivating. I'm tempted to try some myself. I hope you won't mind but you've inspired me.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
What a wonderful place to live. I would swap the English Thames Valley anytime. It's just wet, grey and miserable here. How I miss the snow and frost.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Thanks Lena 🙏
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Ok, but a search for a hashtag is definitely not case sensitive, so I assume it's not important other than for readability.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
👏👌
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I don't know if the capital letters are important but if so it should be #BlueskyArtShow #Patterns. 😯
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
You succeeded! Great shot 👌
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Here's one for #blueskyartshow. #patterns
Architecture - a long lense shot of the side of a building showing a pattern of brickwork and windows with bright red and yellow panels.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Happy Friday all. Here's a calm, peaceful #seascape to see you into the weekend.
Mono photo of a small rowing boat at sunset.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
On my location list. Just gotta go!
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Fabulous 👌
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
So many people like my post 😀. Thank you so much.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Most of my creative architecture stuff is in black and white but I thought I'd try this one - another shot of the Gehry development in Battersea - in full colour. What do you think?
Prospect Place, a development of two blocks of apartments designed in an interesting style, rather like a hive, by Frank Gehry. This is presented in full colour with a sky edited to simulate a long exposure.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I've said before that I think we do Christmas all wrong these days. Here's the evidence - I've just opened an enormous bag of pretzels, in the shape of Xmas trees, which we bought at the end of November. I ask you...
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wonderful shot Konrad. What equipment do you use for this? I'd like to give it a go.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wow what is that awesome structure? Makes a fantastic photo!
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
And here's a closer look at those super stacked bays windows. It really is a fantastic building.
Close up photo of the apartment windows in the Prospect Place development, Battersea, London.
Photo in monochrome.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
1st, there's no such thing as a follow on Facebook, And 2nd I am not a 'friend' of any Presidents. I'm in UK. Does this help? I didn't think so.
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Bob Sanders @grumpybob.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Next up is the fabulous Prospect Place, directly behind Battersea Power Station this twin block was designed by Gehry. I want to call it the human hive. #architecture #monochrome #photography #london
A wide photo of Prospect Place with one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station in the centre left background. The picture was shot as three frames, stitched and cropped to a 9x16 format and converted to a high contrast black and white photo.
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