Ewen Bell 📷

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I popped a little counter on mine from the start, seemingly aware of the chaos that would be unfolding over the following weeks!
I'm at 8 today and heading for 9 :)

2024-08-07 08:15:24

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/8
#20books20days #books
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2024-08-07 08:10:09

Facebook/IG going out of it's way to remind me how utterly irrelevant they've become.
3 months since posting an aurora clip I get this pointless "notification".
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2024-08-03 04:39:41

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/7
Jumping directly to the next one because I'll forget again tomorrow and start all over in two weeks time.
#20books20days #books
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2024-08-03 04:31:51

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/6
More like 20 books in 20 weeks but hey. Here's Number 6.
#20books20days #books
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2024-08-01 02:09:43

Toby and Lauren seem like really lovely people. Another great episode of Heavyweight.
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight/76h5z72v
Can listen on your regular podcast app, no need to Spotify.
#Heavyweight #Podcast
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2024-07-26 10:45:29

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/5
#20books20days #books
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2024-07-25 12:07:44

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Sunset tonight.
#TimeLapse #Melbourne #Docklands #Photography #Lumix #18mm
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2024-07-25 07:11:39

Little bit of sunshine this arvo.
#Melbourne
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2024-07-24 13:30:29

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/4
#20books20days #books
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2024-07-23 11:50:35

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/3
#20books20days #books
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2024-07-22 12:11:57

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/2
#20books20days #books
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2024-07-22 10:06:57

20 Books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers.
/1
#20books20days #books
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2024-06-14 08:59:25

Anybody had a good look at the Cara app? Is it hype, or is IG gonna tip over a cliff?
#CaraApp

2024-06-13 12:24:47

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Howdy Thom :)
I'm more of an Ultra 1 kinda fella myself but I hope you find what you're looking for out there. How far north are you by the way? Luleå north or closer to Kiruna?

2024-06-11 10:47:07

Quote of the day...
"Everything looks like a conspiracy if you don't understand how anything works."

2024-06-03 22:24:46

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Congress down to how many Tonehs you prefer. The Sigma 35mm F2 is very nice for me. But a regular F2.8 zoom is popular with lots of other people.

2024-05-24 00:40:25

Just a little note to say thanks for being here. It makes a difference.
Last few days have been aware that some folks are not here, or even aware of here. So thanks for being here.

2024-05-18 01:39:33

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Remarkable evening :)

2024-05-05 05:20:45

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Sometimes I wonder if there's something broken in my brain because I don't follow sport.
I did as a kid. But as an adult I can see through the corporate manipulation and pointlessness of it all. And I can't stand the commentators. The cheating by certain members of the Australian cricket team was the last straw for me. I used to enjoy cricket, but then it just seemed so hollow.
Blokes like Shane Warne were not heroes, they were selfish, abusive and dreadful role models.

2024-04-05 12:57:58

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Have appreciated your curation and thoughtfulness. Will miss having you around.

2024-04-03 06:47:56

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PPTX is now illegal in 23 states of the USA. Pretty sure that's true.

2024-04-03 06:28:03

Just discovered people are still sending "PowerPoint" files instead of PDFs and had to check if the year was 1994.

2024-03-18 11:06:50

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I had already enjoyed two careers already before I got serious about my photography. I think that helped me a lot. I'm not a great businessman, but I am very good at taking care of my clients and ultimately that's what had kept me in business all these years.
There's also a danger in losing the love of a creative process once it becomes your income too. Everything is compromise.
Would I be a better photographer perhaps if I wasn't so busy trying to pay rent? Dunno.

2024-03-17 12:06:09

Like many folks here, The Smiths were a huge part of my childhood and the songs evoke memories that are very important to me as an adult.
Morrisey turned out to be a dick. But, Johnny Marr was not. And it turns out you can listen to tonnes of your old favie Smiths tunes played and sung by Johnny instead.
https://www.youtube.com/@officialjohnnymarr/videos
#TheSmiths #JohnnyMarr #NotMorrisey

2024-03-10 20:45:34

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One more special capture from the night of March 3. In the early part of the evening we stood outside our cabin and shot the aurora as the clouds faded away.
This scene is taken shooting straight up overhead, with a 14mm lens. Even then, it wasn't wide enough to capture the full scene. Just a glimpse really!
#AuroraBorealis #Lumix #PolarNights #NothernLights #Nordlys #Senja #HappyPlaces
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2024-03-09 19:40:11

When was the last time you changed your mind about something?
Can you remember an example?
Have had a difficult day with a family member who is convinced that EV cars are a failure and he'll never buy one. So he's been saying things like, "You can't charge an EV in less than an hour!" Which is just factually incorrect. And I'm kinda shocked because I credited him with being more logical and rational.
I wish humans were wired differently.

2024-03-09 08:58:59

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Next month I'll release a special video that tries to explain clearly and simply exactly how auroras happen, and why it's such a marvellous phenomenon.
They are indeed very very complex, but I feel that at last, after a decade of photographing them, that I have a better grasp on the science of it all.
Capturing their beauty in full still remains elusive however. This timelapse is just a glimpse of what transpired on the evening of March 3.

2024-03-09 08:49:50

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This timelapse is from March 3rd, or technically March 4 because it was probably about 1am when it happened.
Was a big night in Tromso, and Senja, and most of the Arctic. Clear skies everywhere, and a KP5 aurora event. That's when the red shows up, far in the south. The camera sees it much more clearly than the human eye.
#Photography #Nordlys #Norway #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Tromso #Senja
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2024-03-08 21:02:18

Polar Nights Aurora Workshop.
https://ewenbell.com/itinerary-polar.php
#Photography #Workshop #Norway #NorthernLights
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2023-12-16 17:42:34

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Looking forward to their 2068 expose on Rudy and Donny.

2023-12-15 04:35:14

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In many ways the challenge of scalability in the Fediverse is symbolic of the entire challenge of sustainability on the planet.
I don't believe the solution is very large companies dominating our lives. I think this always ends badly. But I also think there may not be any pathways back to a more local-focused and sustainable existence. So I'm feeling very negative about all of it right now.

2023-08-14 03:59:15

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Sometimes just reframing the situation makes everything better.
I lived without a car for many years, and had to adjust my lifestyle a little for that. It was a huge bonus actually. PT is cheaper and abundant where I live. The downsides weren't actually negatives at all once I gave it a go.
Our current car might last another decade, with any luck, but when the time comes to upgrade we won't let the absence of an electrical outlet block our path.

2023-08-14 03:56:06

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We live in an apartment building that is lacking infrastructure to deliver charging to most residents. Plus significant hurdles from the lack of owner occupiers in the building.
But it turns out I was thinking about the issue the wrong way. I realized I don't need to charge at home at all. I don't refuel my current car at home either, instead we drive to the edge of the city and find a servo.
EV life would be the same for us. Plan a coffee date with friends, and recharge the car.

2023-07-01 14:02:40

Conflicted.
I often communicate by just posting an image. No words. That's the point, I don't want words and my brain isn't wording things anyway. But you gotta post captions on Mastodon. Writing that caption for this kind of post destroys that particular expression for me. Language corrupts the expression and vision. Hence I am conflicted.
So I end up pushing my trashy B+W phone snaps to Instagram instead of Mastodon and I feel dirty for it.
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