Hugh Mitchell

Photographer living in Surrey. Occasional pics and opinions.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

I had a chat with Michael from @Petapixel about all the shenanigans I’m up to these days. The article features some of my portrait and landscape images. Thanks guys! 🙏

[PetaPixel @petapixel]

Colin Creevey is a real-life pro photographer now. #HarryPotter https://t.co/snCMJ4JcGi

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

‘It was just a tree!’, various online cretins are already proclaiming.

This short but moving video is a reminder of what a humble tree can mean to someone.

https://t.co/fbgApiN68n via @YouTube

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‘Pandering to this idiot swan’. Tom, I this is a wild guess but I think the swan might have just found itself there by accident. It’s not a member of Just Stop Oil.

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

How many morning meetings were missed thanks to pandering to this idiot swan?

They should have just killed it.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

Early outing along the river this morning chasing mist was not so fruitful, photograph-wise. However, I did watch a fox catch its breakfast mouse, spotted an otter, and watched the sun rise. Photography pays off even when you don’t get a photo.

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@Mazzzzz20547835 @waitrose @rbrignall That genuinely made me laugh, so thank you for that.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

@waitrose @rbrignall So label them accordingly then. Otherwise it’s pretty darn misleading no?

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

*Roots. Deary me

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Simply ‘banning’ any particular breed is not going to stop thugs from using dogs as a means to look tough: they will just use another breed. The problem lies upstream: we need to stop people misusing and mistreating.

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

'This dog is not a nice dog.'

'This dog is not bred or made to be an ultra-aggressive dog.'

Three people including an 11-year-old girl have been hurt in a dog attack in Birmingham.

So has the time come to ban XL Bully dogs?

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

The whole ‘This is what they’re bred for!’ argument doesn’t hold either. Dozens of dog breeds have routes in being used for protection.

The question is what should we be actively breeding (pugs anyone??), and how do we make policies to ensure we train and handle dogs properly.

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@JohnCleese This isn’t a ‘revelation’ to anyone with a basic understanding of tax. Tax is charged on income, not net wealth. And because we have a progressive tax system Sunak will be paying a higher rate of income tax than the ‘average’ person.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

I feel heard

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Apart from the hay fever, the constant sweat, the sunburn, the lack of sleep, the wasps, the bug bites, the baking hot car, the 3am sunrise, the non-stop disco from next door’s garden, the yellow lawn, the heat rash, the absence of air con and the complete lack of energy… I’m actually a big fan of Summer.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

@lensdistrict Of course this person may have been talking about photoshop etc, but the inevitable day is coming when a great photo will be dismissed as ‘probably just AI’

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

@lensdistrict Maybe this is where the harm in AI really lies: in robbing real photographs of the credibility they deserve. When stunning light+conditions just becomes associated with fakery, there’s less motivation to go and chase it.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

If dogs evolved ‘puppy eyes’ as a means to gain favour with humans then someone needs to explain seals

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

@ianmiles What an utterly stupid and selfish take. For people living under constant threat of shelling and invasion, life goes on. They will enjoy themselves once in a while and thank god they do. Perhaps you’d feel better watching scenes from Mariupol or Bakhmut.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

@john_ritzema The problem is the words ‘undermine’ and ‘disrupt’ suggest that any form of dissent, like holding up a banner, could be treated as an offence. Is it reasonable to suspend basic civil freedoms as long as there is some sort of state occasion going on?

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

Yep. Amazing how many people don’t see a problem with criminalising the expression of opinions - as long as those opinions are ones they don’t share. It all smells a bit totalitarian-regime-y

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

Do we now have a law banning the undermining of celebrations? Is their now a custodial sentence for making a scene? I wasn't planning to go and shout abuse at the procession, but threatened over-reach like this really does bring the expletives to the tip of my tongue.

[Hugh Mitchell @hughmitchell1]

@SoVeryBritish Any answer other than butter is just objectively incorrect

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@DobbyClub06 I love how the last line is the same as the first line

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@RichardFoxPhoto I reckon it beats ‘What camera did you take that with’?

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@hwilliamssomers @Psythor ‘Wouldn’t kill us’ isn’t much merit. Christians are already free not to shop, the question is why everyone else should be forced not to.