The shouty bit:

 

Charles is considering leaving Flickr because they removed the 'People' view. Removing People has taken one of the most important elements of Flickr (the social bit) away, making it more difficult to follow the great photographers. Why did Flickr do this?

 

About me:

 

Charles is a Chartered Civil Engineer with a government agency in the United Kingdom who is resolute in his objection to the Putinist invasion of Ukraine which started on the 24th February 2022.

 

I seek to minimise my carbon footprint, hence most of my images are taken locally. I avoid 'travelling to photograph' these days.

 

My first images were captured on holidays in the late 1970s after I was given a box 126 format compact..., none remain but it was love at first experience.

 

Photography really entered my life during my time at boarding school between 1985/8 when I had access to the darkroom and all it's associated facilities when I bought my first SLR, a Pentax P30 which I supplemented later with Penax's utterly reliable clockwork K1000. I shot film for 15 years in the UK and later while backpacking in SE Asia between 1992 and 1995.

 

I then had to take a break while at university due to lack of funds to buy and process film.

 

My second and onging involvement started in 2003 when my wife, bought me my first digital compact. I was hooked again. I bought my first DSLR 6 months later and there was no stopping me.

 

I only sold my film cameras (which was probably a mistake) in 2005 to fund the Nikon dSLR which remains in use today.

 

Back into photographic work in 2000 when I was taken on by my employer and I dropped back in with my Ethiopean photo work in 2001.

 

Flickr is now where I publish with occaisional posts to www.instagram.com/charlespuckle/

 

You can view my Flickr DNA here:

 

I use what3words addresses on some of my images.

 

P.S. If you like what you see here, please do let me know – it is good for the soul and I will come and comment on your stunning images. It is of course so much better to give feedback in words as opposed click likes.

 

Would you like to use any of my images? Please ask and we will find something that works, but I will not offer free commercial usage.

 

I make all efforts to respond personally to 'handwritten' comments .. but less so for copy/pasted banners that tell me about the groups that we share membership of.