Martyrdom and carnival puppets

Today, 22nd June, is the feast day of St Alban, the first British Christian martyr who was executed sometime during the 3rd century AD. It is probably to be expected that in the city that bears his name his death is commemorated annually on or around this date. The nature of the commemoration may however be a little surprising.

Swans-a-swimming

Sometimes it takes a while for photographs to mature.
Sometimes it takes a while for photographers to mature.
Sometimes it takes a while for technology to mature.

And sometimes, when all three have matured together it's worth revisiting old work.

Happy memories of Killer Whales

I happened to be flicking through the TV channels the other night and found that BBC2 was showing a documentary called "High Seas" as part of their Springwatch season. This programme spent an hour documenting the work of wildlife film-maker Gordon Buchanan as he set out from the Shetland Islands on a commercial fishing trawler on a quest to get some footage of Killer Whales (Orcinus Orca) hunting in the North Sea.