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Canberra

Nathan Dimmock — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:28:59 +0000

A few photos of Canberra, a city with ample green space and grand architecture. It is difficult to get around without a car though. Despite its master plan being devised in 1912, much of the implementation came much later and exemplifies urban planning of the 1940s and 1950s with large curving roads and roundabouts which make it seem like a grander version of Milton Keynes. Either the original 1912 architect was incredibly prescient to foresee the rise of the motor car, or perhaps he envisioned self-sufficient communities linked by a rail network, it is really not clear how his plan could work otherwise.

Canberra is a very bicycle friendly city, relatively flat with light traffic and ample space for bicycle lanes. Nearby hills such as Mt Ainslie also make for excellent mountain biking apparently, and the coast is only two and a half hours away if you hanker for a weekend on the beach.

Lake Windermere Photos

Nathan Dimmock — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:04:47 +0000

We did not have the most photographic weather for our trip to the Lake District in May but the boats on Lake Windermere provided some diversion from the rain and clouds.

Camber Sands

Nathan Dimmock — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:41:14 +0000

Photo of Loughborough Rail Station

Nathan Dimmock — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:17:46 +0000

Sometimes you find photographs in the most unexpected places.

Alaskan Retrospective: Whales and Glaciers

Nathan Dimmock — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:56:09 +0000

The Alaskan coast is a fantastic place to observe whales due to the abundant food supply, it apparently has more bald eagles than the lower 48 states and has some awe-inspiring scenery, including Glacier Bay National Park. The Pacific North-West is known for its unpredictable and rapidly changing climates so to have such superb weather in September was very lucky.

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Enjoying the outdoors in San Francisco

Nathan Dimmock — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:43:43 +0000

San Francisco’s climate is ideal for outdoor-activities, warm and pleasant, not baking and burning. While the city itself is too busy and hilly to explore lazily by bike, the 17 mile ride from The Presidio to Tiburon is mostly flat, away from motor traffic and provides plenty of opportunities to enjoy the beautiful bay and bridge.

Bermondsey Street

Nathan Dimmock — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:40:44 +0000

Bermondsey Street runs south from the always busy¹ “More London” riverside but (fortunately!) few tourists seem keen to venture under the imposing railway bridge to visit. Consequently it normally has a quiet village-like atmosphere, there’s even a little park half way down which might be the Village Green.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon it was bustling (for a village!) with friends and families heading to the gastro pubs and other brunch places (including a genuine greasy spoon!).

even on Christmas Day!

Poor image quality with Picasa Uploader for Mac

Nathan Dimmock — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:23:00 +0000

The sheer convenience of being able to upload directly from iPhoto means that many of my photographs from 2009 have gone to Picasa web albums instead of this website. However during a recent upload I noticed that during the process the photographs were being overly sharpened which had the effect of creating ugly artefacts on buildings with intricate decoration (e.g. churches). The odd thing is that if you upload jpgs one at a time via the web interface, this did not happen.

Looking back to some photographs from earlier in the year you can see this else where. For example compare this photo of Rosie at the top of a cold and windy church tower to the Picasa version below.

Rosie at the top of the Rye Church tower.

Rye from the church tower (Picasa version)

Picasa was convenient but perhaps it is time to return to hosting my own photographs?

Random Photos: Lilies in Bloom

Nathan Dimmock — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:25:01 +0000

It was a lovely sunny day and there were some nice lilies in the flat: