London / Field notes / 2026

Observations,
systems &
photographs.

Wildlife photography, technical projects, equipment and notes.

Enter the index
Little owl photographed by Mark Juresh
FIG. 001 Little owlAthene noctua06 AUG 2026

Recently added

Recent records.

01 / Field

Wildlife and place records.

Pigeon resting in a hollow tree, photographed by Mark Juresh
FLD-0003 / Photographic recordLocation withheld

AVES / COLUMBIFORMES / COLUMBIDAE

Pigeon

Columba livia

Photographed in August 2026. The exact location is withheld.

Photography on Instagram

02 / Systems

Systems in use.

Infrastructure, software and living systems I maintain.

SYS-0001 Active

Home infrastructure

Storage, media services, monitoring and networking.

Category
Linux / infrastructure
State
Continuously revised
SYS-0002 Living

Planted aquarium

A 112 L planted aquarium with injected CO₂, lighting, filtration and a mixed community.

Category
Aquatic / biological
State
Maintained
Broadcast tower against an amber evening sky
FIG. 004Signal / London

03 / Notes

Working notes and research.

NTE-0001Display / DraftUnpublished

Why does HDR make everything weird?

Notes on HDR screenshots, colour spaces, Windows display pipelines and the standards involved.

Draft

04 / Objects

Equipment index.

Equipment I use regularly for photography, computing and the aquarium.

OBJ-0001Sony α6400CameraActive
OBJ-0002Tamron 50-400 mmLensActive
OBJ-0003Home serverInfrastructureAlways doing something
OBJ-0004112 L planted aquariumLiving systemEstablished

Now / September 2026

September 2026.

Photographing
Birds, mostly
Studying
Computer science
Thinking about
Ecology + computation
Maintaining
Several small systems
Looking for
Kingfishers