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fastchrisuk

@fastchrisuk

Lightpainting, afterdark, urbex and model photography not necessarily in that order!

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Jul 12, 2026, 11:27 AM UTC

Panoramic photography test on Hive

Being an avid social media user for more years than I care to admit, I often get frustrated by the lack of options when it comes to displaying panoramic images online. The wider than usual images on…

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Jun 28, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC

Shooting star trails over the Arcminute Array at Cambridge University

A few months ago I decided to venture down to Cambridge to shoot star trails over various radio telescopes in an area of land owned by Cambridge University. A fellow photographer had offered to take…

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Jun 21, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC

A misguided tour of a mannequin graveyard

I realised recently I haven't posted here in a while. And maybe it's about time I did. To kick things off again, this is a post dedicated to a recent trip around a mannequin graveyard in Lincolnshire…

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Oct 14, 2025, 7:21 AM UTC

Lighting up Bawsey Ruins in the night

Last night we visited Bawsey Ruins near King's Lynn over the border in Norfolk. This is a long abandoned derelict church also known as The Church of St.James. I first spotted this structure from the…

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Oct 13, 2025, 8:45 AM UTC

A walkabout around an ancient forest in the mist and getting slightly lost

I regularly scan the weather apps to see any hints of mist or fog. On Sunday morning, one weather app said clouds and no mist but another said fog. I don't trust these apps for the inconsistency but…

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Oct 11, 2025, 1:13 PM UTC

Photographing a forest of ancient oaks in the fall

For a few years, I've been slightly obsessed with Padley Gorge in the Derbyshire Peak District. It's quite a photogenic place with a brook running through the valley with weather worn secille oak tre…

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Oct 8, 2025, 7:46 PM UTC

Pillars of the Stellar Community, chasing landscapes in the night

I've been a bit quiet on Hive lately thinking I don't have much content to make a post. Turns out I may have been wrong; I have been visiting quite a few places near-ish to me and I seem to have a bo…

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fastchrisuk
@fastchrisuk Sep 30, 2025, 6:48 PM UTC

A summer of late night lightpainting photography on Hive

During the summer months here in the UK, it doesn't become fully dark till quite late. So on the rare occasions I managed to get out in the dark, I had to account for the zombie like sleep deprived h…

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@fastchrisuk Sep 27, 2025, 12:06 PM UTC

Photographing ancient churches in the dead of night

It's been a while since I posted anything to Hive. Life gets in the way and I found myself having ran out of suitable content to post here. Roll forward a few months and I've got more than a few imag…

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@fastchrisuk Jun 28, 2025, 6:37 PM UTC

A walkabout around an English Summer Steam Fair - My entry in to Monomad

Every year around the end of June, I like to attend a festival known as Sheffield Steam Fair and take along a camera. I can't quite work out how or why I'm interested in this sort of thing but I thin…

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