Dinosaur skeleton automaton (video 00:17)
In the window of the Victorian Model Workshop, Ferrers Centre, Staunton Harold.
Chewing through a building (video 0:44)
Walking down Old Street on my way to work one morning, I happened to catch a glimpse of this impressive machine taking down a building.
Diorama (video 01:09)
diorama
/ˌdʌɪəˈrɑːmə/
noun
a model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures, either in miniature or as a large-scale museum exhibit.
HISTORICAL
a scenic painting, viewed through a peephole, in which changes in colour and direction of illumination simulate changes in the weather, time of day, etc.
a miniature film set used for special effects or animation.
Beaching the inshore lifeboat at Cromer, Norfolk
Wednesday 24 April. At about 7.50pm, I was watching the sun setting at Cromer in Norfolk when I saw the inshore lifeboat east of the pier. As I went down to the beach to get a closer look, the boat turned towards the shore.
In rural Hungary in winter (video 01:13)
At the beginning of February 2012 I went to a family gathering in Ösi, a small village in Western Hungary
On the Dalyan River (video 4:03)
In late September 2018, on a warm, still afternoon in Turkey, I took the last boat from beautiful Iztuzu Beach, at the mouth of the Dalyan River delta, back to Dalyan, a few kilometres upriver.
Nile turtle in the Dalyan River (video 1:29)
This Nile Turtle arrived for breakfast every morning at the Longhouse Inn Hotel by the riverside in Dalyan. It was fed on any leftover eggs (scrambled and boiled). Some establishments on the riverside lure the species with chicken skin in order to attract more customers, a practice which is in fact harmful to this secretive turtle which is unable to digest this food alien to its natural diet. I would imagine eggs aren't great for it to be eating every day either.
Button (video 1:18)
A video I made ten years ago; Button. I took the shots in Smithfield Market, London’s ancient and famous wholesale meat market, which was incredibly noisy.
Tree-felling in Istanbul (video 4:26)
One morning while on holiday in Istanbul, I heard a chainsaw in the street. I tried to ignore it but it was a really intrusive noise and I wondered what was taking such a hammering. I looked out of the window and was peturbed to see a man cutting down the large Acacia tree (I think) in the yard of the house opposite...
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: train arriving at Dungeness (video 1:01)
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a 15in (381 mm) gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives.
2 trains, 1 platform (video 00:12)
Something I’ve never seen before - and that shouldn’t ever happen; two trains on one platform, at Victoria Underground Station, on the southbound Victoria Line platform, September 11, 2018.
Video: Meteor Crater V2 (00:52)
This is a re-edit of a video I made in 2010, which I never felt was right, and the music really annoys me. It's a bit tighter than the original, but to get a real feel for this amazing place, check out this Smithsonian video.
The crystal-clear Azmak River in south west Turkey (video 03:40)
This is a film of a short boat trip on the beautiful Azmak River in Akyaka in the Gulf of Gököva in Turkey.
Exquisite drain (video 00:14)
This channel for guiding rainwater into a little drain is in the Imperial Harem complex in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.
Dervish (video 03:20)
The Mesale café in the Arasta Bazaar in Istanbul. The band assembled first, tuned up and then started playing some sublime music. Then the Dervish came up and performed his whirling dance.