Chris Routledge

I feel seen and I'm not your husband. See also dishwashers.

Ha ha yes we don't want that!

Not quite the pocket camera the 17 is though.

It's lovely, and after some exercise works much better than the seller thought it did ;-)

I've been thinking that. I've just been away with a Pen FT, so feeling vulnerable to half frame.

Listening to it right now! It's a great low key, calm chat. And I have Pentax 17 GAS again.

I'm excited!

‘It was surreal’: holidaymakers on first flight out of Abu Dhabi describe petrifying experience Hundreds of thousands of passengers have found themselves stranded in the middle of a conflict between Iran and its Gulf neighbours

Innocent holiday makers surprised to learn Abu Dhabi is in the Middle East: 'Nikki added: “It just makes you realise how volatile the area can be.”' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Ontwaken in blauw – Nederlands Fotomuseum Deze tentoonstelling is een ode aan de cyanotypie. Dit is een eeuwenoude fotografische techniek die diepe blauwtinten creëert. In een tijd waarin AI-beelden heel snel worden gemaakt, komt cyanotypie w...

Marvellous. As it happens I'm going to this exhibition later today: nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/nu-te-zien/o...

They certainly brighten up a square in late winter, but there's a lot about Utrecht I'd like in my city too.

A giant perch (fish) advertises the fish doorbell in the centre of Utrecht, Netherlands.

It's currently being advertised in the centre of Utrecht with a giant inflatable perch. Photo taken yesterday.

Thanks largely to work undertaken by MA graduate @suewilkinson.bsky.social, today an important collection of archive material by the early 20thC Cumbrian poet, Margaret Cropper was handed over to The Armitt Library & Museum by her executors, where it will be available for future scholars to study 📚

Black and white photo of two light bulbs.

Black and white photo of two bulbs of garlic.

Bulb.

#AlphabetChallenge #BonusHomonym

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll give that a go.

I haven't!

Your time will come, apocalypse permitting.

Currently drinking a lovely bottle of wine.

Signs of Spring: four lads in waterlogged urban sportswear stuck on the other side of the river (stepping stones submerged) in an epic rain shower.

Good advice.

Store Windows - Olympus Pen FT with FPP Wolfman 100 developed in FPP-110 1+31 for 6 minutes #smalltown #filmphotography

That's got a lovely stillness to it.

Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

Slow is good. I enjoyed reading this very much, and the photographs are terrific. You are obviously in amongst the horses, physically and mentally.

Deborah Parkin Photography Slowing Down. Photographing my Horse series. I have been seeing a new trend lately - 'Slow reading' - in which we are invited to read along ...

I have just written a blog about my approach to photographing my Horse series. If you have the time, I would really appreciate you stopping by.

I have had a few technical problems with sentences going for a walk but hopefully it will be ok.

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Neat!

Pushed HP5 is great. I think I'll end up only photographing on winter afternoons.

Thanks Deborah, it's a lot of fun seeing like this.

Black and white diptych of a country road in Cumbria. Photographed with an Olympus Pen FT half frame camera on Ilford HP5+ pushed one stop.

Have been channelling @analoguelass.bsky.social making Lake District diptychs. Here is some street photography. #BelieveinFilm #LakeDIstrict #ThePark

Tilberthwaite pt 2 lichen trip report 7 February 2026 Eleven months on, we returned to Tilberthwaite. Last time we visited the old mine workings, this time the woods were our destination. We made short work of the journey from the car park; the rivers...

Here's a thing about the recent Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte Group trip to Tilberthwaite. cumbrialichensbryophytes.org.uk/2026/02/12/t...

Advertising banner with black and white photo of wrestlers, for Wrestle, a free exhibition at the Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre, Cumbria. Paintings by Janet Moss and Photos by Chris Routledge. Supported by Forestry England and the Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association.

Have spent part of this week installing the Wrestle exhibition (formerly at The Florence, Egremont) at Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre. You can see it there until May. #Wrestle #LakeDistrict #BelieveinFilm