The Office

[David Humphries]

Looks good. Congrats all round.

 

Pardon me asking, but what bird is this?

 

Ta Mick

 

 

Wee little stonechat

 

 

 

 

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[Mick Dempsey]

Whinchat perhaps?

[Mick Dempsey]

Ok right, thanks, must be a female.

 

(Me covering my embarrassment!)

Edited June 12, 2016 by Mick Dempsey

[aspenarb]

Is Harry still alive? I always think of him when passing by the Heath

 

Tramp given £2m Hampstead Heath plot after squatting on land for 20 years | Daily Mail Online

 

Bob

[David Humphries]

Sadly no, Harry passed away a few months ago.

 

 

 

 

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[sandspider]

Agent Arb and I attended the launch of Matt Marran's stunning new book yesterday which is jam packed with images taken over 4 years across the seasons on Hampstead Heath.

 

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An absolute pleasure to have played a small part in helping Matt acheive his goal, by getting him access to being at height for some of his images and for showing him some of our great trees and fungi.

 

Here's a small selection of some of the images across near 200 pages of what is a very fine book.

 

 

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Last image is Matt's shear relief at coming to the end of an epic photographic journey.

 

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I learnt loads about photography along the way and owe Matt a debt of gratitude.

 

Can't recommend this book highly enough.

 

Even if you don't know of Hampstead Heath, it portrays the natural cycles here in London's urban countryside brilliantly, and is a really nice book for anyone who appreciates the natural world

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Short promo video about Matt's book and a series of accompanying interviews about the site.......

 

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Edited July 1, 2016 by David Humphries

[David Humphries]

Three years and 23 million quid of restructuring 11 dams on 2 chains of reservoirs has come to an end.

Time for the tree protection to come down and the land to recover.

 

Pretty incredible what man can do to the landscape.

 

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[David Humphries]

Three years and 23 million quid of restructuring 11 dams on 2 chains of reservoirs has come to an end.

Time for the tree protection to come down and the land to recover.

 

Pretty incredible what man can do to the landscape.

 

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Time lapse of some of the re-build of the dams

 

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[David Humphries]

Is Harry still alive? I always think of him when passing by the Heath

 

Tramp given £2m Hampstead Heath plot after squatting on land for 20 years | Daily Mail Online

 

Bob

 

Sadly no, Harry passed away a few months ago.

 

Film of Harry's life is now coming out, here's the trailer.

 

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