Rather than trying to compete with a wolf moon photo, for #sharemondays2026 I turned around and shot away from the moon, catching this silhouette by the National Monument on Edinburgh's Calton Hill yesterday morning.

I'm incapable of walking past such scenes without snapping them. Bragging, not complaining. 😁.

Only just twigged that it's half frame Friday (thank you for liking a previous #hff post Maureen!) - here are a couple more from #wwhfpd25 in Edinburgh.

In my 2025 wrap up thread I alluded to following on with plans for the new year. So here we go.

Happy new year folks. Keep on snapping! 明けましておめでとうございます、今年も宜しくお願いします 📷

Did a first pass of favourite images of the year, which didn't include phone pictures, most film scans, or most of my recent Japan and Qatar shots. My key takeaway from this exercise is that I'm really happy with so many of my photos this year. And that in itself is a good reason to be cheerful. 😀

Probably time for the 2025 roundup. Should really write something and edit it to make sense, but can definitely see me just winging it in a rambling and mostly incoherent thread...🤔 Let's see if after dinner I even remember to get on with it! 🙃

No Parking! #Edinburgh

Any watch tinkerers amongst my followers? I have a Tag Heuer which I've not used for many years. A tiny tiny pin in the bracelet clasp had broken and when I asked the shop about replacement pin they insisted an entire new bracelet was the only option... I didn't have the cash then so it went back /

Lean week for photography again, but a few days before Christmas a mist was provided which helped. Here's a misty National Monument on Calton Hill in Edinburgh for #sharemondays2025.

Either today or tomorrow marks a year since my first YouTube upload. Here's what a year as a YouTuber had taught me: 🤷‍♂️

Edinburgh pre-work snaps.

🎞️ Kodak Gold 200 📷 Horseman VH-R, 90mm 5.6 Super Topcor #believeinfilm #filmphotography

For #sharemondays2025 this week, a calm phone photo of the Firth of Forth.

Couple of snaps from this morning's pre-work photo stroll.

Beat the January blues with a photo walk in North Berwick streetphoto.social/north-berwic... #streetphotography #photography #edinburgh #northberwick #photowalks

YouTubers be like "it's all about the decisive movement" and shoot a ten frame burst. 🥱

For #hff half frame Friday I'm finally posting photos actually made on #wwhfpd25. These were on the way to the meeting point for our Edinburgh photowalk.

Hardly made any pics this week. For #sharemondays2025 here's a snap of a someone making a snap by the fast-running Water of Leith in the Dean Village.

Has anyone got experience with K&F Concept tripods? Looking to get a cheap but full size tripod mostly for the scope and video stuff, doesn't need to be rock solid but need to know the joints/clips etc. are robust enough.

A black cat for #caturday - seen in Doha in a camel enclosure.

Open call. Closes in a week. Submit now! streetphoto.social/open-call-2026 #photography #streetphotography #edinburgh #art #exhibition

I missed a few half frame Fridays #hff whilst on hols but at least I was shooting half frame! Here's a giant upturned ice cream cone for you from the summer. 😉

Hallo Foto Freunden 🥰 As promised, I'm sharing with you my recent photo series of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. I plan for it to be a work in progress but this is the current state. I posted it on Medium as I wanted to be able to weave the images and words together. medium.com/@kym.l.mcdow...

Why I love autumn. 🍁🍂

A couple more shots for the #shittycamerachallenge - using one of the kaleidoscope filters on the 3Coins Mini Toy Camera. Photos are of water droplets on the window, believe it or not!

Back home after holidays so plenty of photos to go through and choose from for #sharemondays2025 this week. Probably not the 'right' choice but the geometry of this shot really appealed as I framed and shot it, so this is what I am going with. 😅 Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.

Yesterday's coffee and camera shot.

As a beta tester of the Click, I fully endorse this recommendation. 👍

Just realised that a) it's #caturday and b) I have an adorable picture of Sora-chan I can share.

duo 2 📷olympus xa 🎞️kodak double-x/d-76/push 2 waterloo bridge, london #filmphotography #streetphotography #b&w

The haze today was a bit disappointing, but the Museum of Islamic Art was fabulous. Don't think I've ever been as wowed by a museum anywhere. Going back tomorrow for more.

Our carriage has arrived. 🛫

Pondering the weight of choice; hand inspection of camera requires a wasted frame of E6, versus potential (but disputed) damage to the entire roll if scanned. I went with the wasted frame.

🖤🤍 It's the #shittycamerachallenge black and white tuxedo party, so here are some shots from the 3Coins Mini Toy Camera. 🤍🖤 If you're wondering what this party is about, check out @shittychallenge.bsky.social for more info.

For #sharemondays2025 I'm offering this scene from the garden of Ōya-ji in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

Obligatory coffee and camera shot.

By the way @givemeabiscuit.bsky.social I saw this today and thought of you.

Inokashira Kouen is a bit pretty at the moment.

View from the coffee shop. Not too shabby.

We're curating our own street photography exhibition in Edinburgh early next year for Edinburgh-based photographers. Submissions are now open! See website for full details. streetphoto.social/open-call-2026 #photography #streetphotography #edinburgh #art #exhibition

A lovely selection after dinner tonight. 🥃 What's your pick? Shindo Experimental (50%) Ontake Sherry Cask 2021 (59%) Kanousuke (48%) Ikawa Flora 2024 (53%)

A thread for my mont blanc adventures. 🌰👨‍🍳 It's possibly my favourite dessert and there's a lot of it in Japan, so on this trip I've planned to eat as many as possible, as a compare/contrast exercise, obviously, and not gluttony. 🤥

One for the car people, want to take a guess at what's under the covers? I don't have the answer, but am intrigued by the small sports car.

Scene from the beautiful garden at Ōya-ji today.

If you like gyoza you'll love Utsunomiya. 😀🥟 So far our favourite is Minmin's sui gyoza (to the rear in the photo below).

For #sharemondays2025 here's a shot of backlit grass in rural Japan. This tall pampas-style grass can be seen around rice fields or near water, at the moment. There's lots of it about.

Paging @donkeyislandpress.co.uk Handled a Fuji X-Half today, and the only things I liked were the film sim mini screen and the size. Otherwise felt like a toy camera (at a price) and overall felt very plasticity in a brittle kind of way. I'm sure if set up to one's liking it'd be fun to shoot tho.

Bought a new camera today! It's really compact, with a fixed wide angle f2.8 lens. Anyone care to guess what it is? 😄