Jim Nicholsons Blog http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk My random thoughts Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:12:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 I was hacked http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2012/04/26/i-was-hacked/ http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2012/04/26/i-was-hacked/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:12:33 +0000 jim http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/?p=348 Harrumph,

Somebody hacked this website.  Fortunately they didn’t destroy any of my posts, but I had to re-install wordpress and restore the database.  Still here we are again with a new look.

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Spinnaker Tower at Night from Gosport 1

Originally uploaded by Jim Nicholson

Another milestone has been reached. It seemed just the other day that I was reporting my first photo to get 500 views, now I have a photo that has been viewed 1000 times!


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Papilio dardanus

Originally uploaded by Jim Nicholson

I’ve reached another milestone on Flickr today, this photo is my first one to reach 500 views. It seems not so long ago that I would go for days with no views of my photos.

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Loch Sunset HDR

Originally uploaded by Jim Nicholson

I was looking at my statistics on flickr and spotted a reference from an article on ninjacrunch.com to this picture that I took on my trip to Skye back in February.

Its rather flattering that the article is titled “Stunning And The Most Beautiful of Sunset Photography”

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Snow Leopard

Originally uploaded by Jim Nicholson

Sibylle of Snow Leopard Blog has used my picture of Yasmin to illustrate an article about the Flickr Snow Leopard group.

]]> http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2010/05/31/yasmin-on-snow-leopard-blog/feed/ 0 Over 25000 views of my photos on Flickr http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2010/05/23/over-25000-views-of-my-photos-on-flickr/ http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2010/05/23/over-25000-views-of-my-photos-on-flickr/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 20:23:36 +0000 jim http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/?p=308 Continue reading →]]> My stats on Flickr at 25000 photo viewsIt seems just the other day that that I was announcing 10000 views of my photos on Fickr, and here I am announcing passing the 25000 view mark.

I ought to thank all the people who take time to look at my photos and leave comments, and especially the people who add my photos as favourites.

Here’s looking forward to 50k.

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Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Originally uploaded by Jim Nicholson

I took my DSLR camera with me when I went for lunch yesterday in the hope of getting some nice shots of the new cygnets. I managed to get a couple of shots before I heard a flapping of wings behind me as Dad came and saw me off.

On my way back to the office I spotted this pair of Damselflies next to the lake behind the office. I had to get back a few feet to be able to focus on them as the Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR won’t focus less than about 1.6mm. I’ve packed my Sigma 105mm macro lens today so I will try to get some more shots of the insects at lunchtime.

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PhotoLegal asks Home Secretary to drop s44
Watch that space for further developments, I certainly will be.

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]]> http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2010/05/13/photolegal-asks-home-secretary-to-drop-s44/feed/ 1 Good Photo Locations http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2010/05/11/good-photo-locations/ http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/2010/05/11/good-photo-locations/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 19:12:19 +0000 jim http://www.jimnicholson.me.uk/?p=296 Continue reading →]]> I saw a tweet earlier today from @nikonowner about good photo locations on the photographer247.com blog, I must visit some of the more local ones – Hong Kong is a bit far :-)

Looks like lots of interesting stuff on that blog, I must keep an eye on it.

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