John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 7hA day spent with the Afon Mawddach is never wasted... Here was the view towards Cadair Idris late this afternoon... 0101
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cors Caron, October 1st four years ago... Just as the autumn colours start to glow... 040
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There is scenic landscape, and then there is Yosemite Valley - which takes spectacle to a whole new level... The granite face of El Capitan sizzles in the afternoon sun in this image of mine from a few years ago... 181
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The joy of swing-lens cameras... This panorama was taken on a Horizon 202 35mm camera, with Kodak Elite Chrome 100. Aberystwyth Castle and Old College... 082
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One from the last week... Moonrise over the Cambrian Mountains near Aberystwyth, Wales. 0230
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Twilight in Aberystwyth. The full West Coast experience. West coast of Wales, that is... 0221
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Well, with Christmas coming up (sooner than you think...) how about buying books for your loved ones? How about my book, for example...? 50 of my columns from the @theguardian.com Country Diary with over 100 colour images. Easy to wrap, and available from the usual book sources! 020
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Harvest offerings surround the font in the clifftop church of Mwnt, Ceredigion. 0232
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026September harvest... This one is from 2023, but very similar produce to this season. 010
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026@marynmck.bsky.social Many thanks for the "Apple Detectives" article in SciAm... An excellent read. 110
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For the late crowd, or those further west, my Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today if you'd like to join me for a walk... @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCountry diary: An autumn bounty of fruits is well on its way | John GilbeyCardigan: Taking a walk beside the River Teifi, I encounter trees beginning to fade into new season colour, and the low blur of a weasel 072
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today if you'd like to join me in the Teifi Marshes... @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCountry diary: An autumn bounty of fruits is well on its way | John GilbeyCardigan: Taking a walk beside the River Teifi, I encounter trees beginning to fade into new season colour, and the low blur of a weasel 163
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today if you'd like to join me for a walk... @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCountry diary: An autumn bounty of fruits is well on its way | John GilbeyCardigan: Taking a walk beside the River Teifi, I encounter trees beginning to fade into new season colour, and the low blur of a weasel 050
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A boat moored on the Afon Teifi, as the tide starts to fall. 050
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Definitely a portal to another dimension... But which...? 1110
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Trying to find the right image to address a difficult day. Maybe it's this one... Vernal Falls, Yosemite. 051
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026August heather in flower above the estuary of the Afon Mawddach, Gwynedd, Wales... 0150
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A heron waits for his lunch to wander past. Teifi Marshes, Wales. 050
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It turns out that even ships have vanishing points... 030
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Patterns in the earth... This is Munich Airport as seen from 35,000 feet. 000
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Heading towards an autumn in Wales... Moss and moving water... 0173
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A detail of cruise ship marine architecture... Hmm... Might make a fun environment for a retro science fiction epic... 010
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It is 50 years - almost to the day - since I first walked through these doors as an undergraduate. I'm still learning, but the School of Environmental Sciences at UEA gave me a tremendous start! Good luck to all those starting this year... @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social 041
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well, that's nice... Someone has decided that licencing one of my images is worth a handsome three figure sum to them... 040
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Must get round to reading this sometime.... It may be important... (Just kidding, I was managing an IT service at the time...) 051
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The quieter end of Montgomery Street, San Francisco, on a bright summer day... 000
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A quick question, folks... If I set up a printing service for my images - like the example below, but at full resolution - would anyone be interested in buying them...? 110
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Slightly late to the eclipse party, but here is the peak of the event in Aberystwyth - filtered through a handy beech tree... 0201
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Building, reflected in a building... Denver, Colorado. 070
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This gull in Aberaeron has worked out that the chip shop is open... 2130
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026As a mark of respect, I call this image "The New West"... A summer street corner in Laramie, Wyoming... 040
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Waiting for the train to pass. Fraser, Colorado. Photographed from the westbound Amtrak California Zephyr service. 000
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is where I live. Yes, I'm incredibly lucky. My house is in the picture if you look closely... 162
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I have a book review in the current issue of Amateur Photographer, about the excellent new edition of Frank Hurley's "Endurance" photos - published by the Royal Geographical Society @rgs.org and Riverside Press. I highly recommend the book... 082
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Drought in the Cambrian Mountains of Wales, 30th July 2026, towards evening. 020
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I must go back to San Francisco and capture images of some more classic locations... 040
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If you'd like a short lunchtime read, my Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCountry diary: I always dreamed of a safe, scenic footpath. Finally, my wish has been granted | John GilbeyComins Coch, Ceredigion: It took more than 30 years, but now I am walking it for the first time – and no hi-vis clothing is necessary. It will benefit the community for generations to come 170
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026My Country Diary is in the @theguardian.com today if you'd like to join me for a walk @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCountry diary: I always dreamed of a safe, scenic footpath. Finally, my wish has been granted | John GilbeyComins Coch, Ceredigion: It took more than 30 years, but now I am walking it for the first time – and no hi-vis clothing is necessary. It will benefit the community for generations to come 071
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026There's nothing like a good whiteboard... This example was captured in the wilds of Silicon Valley... 020
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I could really use a soothing pint round about now... 010
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A very happy July 4th to all my friends in the USA. Hope I'll be able to visit again soon... 020
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It is a little warm in the UK and the rest of Europe at the moment, so here is a cooling image of some glaciers, fjords and ice floes on the east coast of Greenland... 041
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 19/06/2026As it's Friday, how about a bit of brutalist architecture to round off the week...? 070
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I'm finding it quite hard not to order this edition... "Remarkable" is too small a word for these images, in my view... 010
John Gilbey @johngilbey.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Sorting through images today to go with an article... I may include this one... 221122