Posts from ‘October, 2006’

From now on, I'll be regurgitating info and announcements posted on the EnvTech WebCT.  
This one's from Workface, a Climate and Energy group:
"You are invited to take part in the largest demonstration of People Power that London has ever seen on Saturday 4th November 2006, by turning off all your lights, and switching off all [...]

In his book blink: the power of thinking without thinking, Malcom Gladwell (2005) has half a page explaining the power of the glance in birdwatching:
The ornithologist David Sibley says that in Cape May, New Jersey, he once spotted a bird in flight from two hundred yards away and knew, instantly, that it was a ruff, [...]

And thanks to a tip-off from PhotoSoc, an anti-Iraq war protest at Parliament Square:
Tents have been set up for the 24-hour peace camp  
Protesting against the occupation of Iraq
Police apprehending prominent protesters
Participants standing by their tents
Despite police warnings, a mother encourages the children to 'speak out' 
Names of the US/UK military dead
All other photos here.

Some photojournalistic coverage… one of my firsts… 
A student union demo against tuition fees at Trafalgar Square:
Students rallying to the call
"Education is a right, not a privilege"
 
More photos here.  

My family should be on the plane now, after going through all that hassle and queues at Heathrow.
In a rather unexpected triumphant move, I brought them to LWC this morning; to miss the good weather would have been too much to bear. I got lucky, having managed to nail my Shot of the Day within [...]

An Ankylosaurus (I think) at NHM's Dinojaws exhibition.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition has also just been launched.

Graduation has come and gone; been there, done that. Collection of robes in the morn, amusing ourselves chuckling at friends who for these three years we have never seen in a suit, or a tie, or a formal white shirt. It was a drizzly morning, the rain not heavy enough to dampen the excitment in [...]

Totally spent! We covered a lot of Paris in two days – most of the major attractions, some twice. The weather wasn't too kind on the first day, but I managed to get my shots. Paris is a beautiful (flat) city, and the French are… hmm… I'll reserve my judgement for the French people for [...]