Ben

@tarka79.bsky.social

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Pilot, photographer, astronomer, Britpop nostalgist, book reader, swimmer, walker, very amateur Egyptologist & professional number wrangler. Photos taken by me unless stated otherwise.

The low sun, illuminating the clouds with deep oranges. Silhouetted trees are at the bottom of the image.
A red fox standing on a leaf-strewn lawn facing right.
A red fox lying on the flat roof of a garden shed, looking to the left. Green foliage is behind.
The sun, seen through a solar telescope. Thin cloud drifts across the centre of the disc
A red fox poking its head into the back of an earthenware water feature
A view up to a clear blue sky, with green foliage to the left and right. A vapour train goes from top to bottom.
A red fox, standing in a flower bed next to a large pot and looking to the left.
A red fox in a garden
A fox seen through a rose bush.
A tall glass skyscraper with the sky and clouds reflected in it. Relatively smaller buildings are to its left and right. The sky is blue with wispy cirrus.
An early crescent moon through a telescope
A view up from the base of a tall glass covered building. The sky is blue with white fluffy cumulus clouds, clearly reflected in the glass.
The 19th century clipper sailing ship in dry dock, illuminated at night. Viewed from off the left bow.
A skyscraper in the Art Deco style, with blue skies behind and a single white cloud behind and to the right of the top.
A red fox curled up asleep on the grass.
A large pink garden gnome in the cab of an old van full of pink roses
The Shard building in London, taken from close to the base. Other buildings are in the foreground
A tree on a show garden with dense planting at the base
Red poppies with an open grass heath behind. A road and bus shelter are to the right in the background. The sky is blue with several white cumulus clouds.
A view down a large rockery, with small Japanese Maple trees in the foreground and a ticket area of large trees further away. Dark pink flowers are in the bottom right.
A squirrel looking out of a vertical hole in a tree
A light brown and white pigeon perched on the back of a seat in a railway carriage
A view of a large green ornamental fountain with Edinburgh Castle high in the background. The sky is white cloud with a few blue sky patches.
A soot-blacked church spire on the left, with red belfry slats. A double rainbow curves from right to left against a grey sky
A view from castle walls back towards the central (16th century) stone buildings. Gardens are in the foreground with a large tree on the left just coming into leaf. The sky is blue with wispy cirrus
A part of Edinburgh Castle at dusk, at the top of a steep cliff.
A view across Greenwich Park, with the Queen’s House and Maritime Museum. The buildings of Canary Wharf are in the centre distance, with the City of London further away on the right. The sky is blue with fair weather white cumulus clouds.
A large cedar with upper branches sticking out like unkempt hair. The sky is blue with white cloud, the ground grass with a flower bed in the foreground.
A blue sky with wispy cirrus clouds. Green fields and trees are along the bottom of the image.
A pink tulip with water droplets on its petals.
A stone church with a square tower. Two concrete residential towers are further behind, flanking the church tower. Trees in blossom are in front of the church.
An Elizabethan stately house, seen down a grassed path flanked by high ornamental hedges. The sky is blue with large white cumulus.
A crow perched on a wooden A-board sign, with a brick wall behind.
A shallow, fast flowing river in a forest. The trees are a mix of green and autumnal yellow. The sky is overcast white cloud.
A scarlet ibis with logs behind.
A view of cirrus clouds, lit pink by the setting sun (not in frame, a large bare tree is in the bottom right.
A clear sky, crossed with two vapour trails and the glow of sunset at the bottom. A silhouetted bare tree is at the bottom left, with the tops of a few houses visible.
A view of the Elizabeth Tower (aka Big Ben) on the right and the rest of the palace silhouetted against a blue sky with bands of thick clouds. Silhouetted Victorian lampposts are on the left edge of the image.
A long-dead tree stump, bleached white. The land has eroded underneath it and it is now standing on a white beach, roots exposed. The turquoise sea is to the left and live trees and foliage on the right. The sky is mainly clear blue, with some clouds on the horizon and a faint one top centre right.
A view diagonally across the Thames, with Tower Bridge on the left and The Shard to the ight. The sky is mostly overcast, with a few central blue patches with the sun shining through a thinner section of cloud.
The sun setting beyond a small harbour, reflecting on the sea. The sky is clear, other than for a small amount of cirrus.
The low sun on the right hand side of the image shining through high cloud onto the sea. Two small sailing boats are in the distance in the centre.
A life sized cast iron sculpture of a man, on a rock in the coast and revealed at low tide.
A sunset illuminating clouds on red and orange over the sea.
Low level clouds with the low sun shining behind.
A view large white bird sitting at the base of a tree (to the left) and looking towards the camera. There are black feathers on its wings and a long white tail. A brown/grey tern is standing at the rear of the image
A close up of a robin perched on a wooden wheelbarrow (of which only a small part is in the frame)
A slim steel and glass skyscraper, seen edge-on, with bare trees closer to the viewer flanking the image. The sky is clear blue.
A bird, perched on a small diagonally cut tree. It is facing left, has a lilac head and breast, brown pack and wings and tail in shades of blue.
A capybara, sitting facing left, with trunks of small trees on the foreground and foliage behind.
A rainbow arching from right to left against clouds with some blue patches. Victorian terraced buildings are at the bottom of the image.
The low winter sun above trees, with a large detached house on the silhouetted against a clear sky, frosted grass is in the foreground.
A multi-span stone bridge over a river illuminated in pink
The Shard building in London, with the top third lost in low cloud.
The waning gibbous moon seen against a blue sky, with bare tree branches on the top and left of the image.
A large bare tree silhouetted against snow- laden clouds.
A Mandarin Duck, swimming from left to right.