{"id":25338,"date":"2016-12-31T13:59:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T13:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=25338"},"modified":"2016-12-31T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T13:59:27","slug":"366-what-have-i-learnt-from-doing-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/31\/366-what-have-i-learnt-from-doing-this\/","title":{"rendered":"366: What have I learnt from doing this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To be honest, not a lot.<\/p>\n

I’ve considered how to sum up each day as a question, and that absolutely nobody reads it. But I don’t mind. Part of the reason for that is that I purposely decided not to publicise each post on Facebook – when I did my 365 a few years ago, each post was placed on there and that generated more post views than I ever expected. The difference is stark and shows the power of a post on there.<\/p>\n

Still, if I were to take anything from this year, it would be the number of photos that I am really happy with. I’ve chosen my favourite from each month below.<\/p>\n

January<\/strong>: Day 17: What is Cleckheaton like in the snow?<\/a><\/p>\n

I chose this because it seems such a long time ago – but also I love the geometry the telephone wires provide in this image.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

February<\/strong>: Day 45: What is it like at Brimham Rocks in February?<\/a><\/p>\n

This photo of Mrs Pitts is dramatic and joyful at the same time. I chose it because I had totally forgotten it existed!<\/p>\n

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March<\/strong>: Day 90: What is it like in Whitby?<\/a><\/p>\n

March was a tough choice because of a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Spring, which generated some lovely snowdrop photos. But in the end, I couldn’t resist these seagulls.<\/p>\n

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April<\/strong>: Day 113: How do you know you’ve nailed a printing technique?<\/a><\/p>\n

April was also a difficult choice but because there were so few photos to choose from. This one came from quite an ironically titled post as I really don’t have 3D printing nailed at all. I do love the Heath Robinson style printer we have at work, inherited from another school, and this encapsulates that well.<\/p>\n

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3D Printing: in process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May<\/strong>: Day 149: What are the animals like at Greenland Farm Village?<\/a><\/p>\n

Cuteness!<\/p>\n

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May also saw our first visit to RHS Harlow Carr, causing me a problem as there were so many photos to choose from there. Like this from Day 128: What is it like at RHS Harlow Carr in May?<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There there was this photo of Kit too (Day 152: Why would a cat stick its tongue out at you?<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Kit sticking her tongue out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June<\/strong>: Day 176: What is it like in Knaresborough?<\/a><\/p>\n

This photo just feels very well framed for me. I love the way the train is crossing the bridge and is nicely centred.<\/p>\n

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July<\/strong>: Day 204: What is it like at Bradford Industrial Museum?<\/a><\/p>\n

Machinery and cogs have always been fascinating for me. I adore the detail in this photo, but marvel at the whole machine.<\/p>\n

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July was another month with a lot going on. I couldn’t resist this one either from our second visit to RHS Harlow Carr (Day 197<\/a>):\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But there’s also this one from Ilkley Moor (Day 213<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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August<\/strong>: Lyveden – Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n

There were plenty from August, given that we went on holiday and it contained a trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, but I couldn’t resist this dragonfly image. One of the photos I’m most proud of.<\/p>\n

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September<\/strong>: Day 247: What is it like at RHS Harlow Carr in early September?<\/a><\/p>\n

As well as having many wonderful flower photos, I manage to capture this flapping mallard too at RHS Harlow Carr.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>October<\/strong>: Day 283: What is it like at Sheffield’s Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife and Falconry Centre?<\/a><\/p>\n

This hard working ant was the product of a decent wait until I captured it at just the right time. Awesome.<\/p>\n

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There was also this wonderfully autumnal photo from Day 299: What is it like at Hardcastle Crags?<\/a><\/p>\n

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November<\/strong>: Day 308: How would you describe this person?<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

From another little project, Things Kids Write, this is an extra old adult.<\/p>\n

December<\/strong>: Day 338: What is it like at RHS Harlow Carr in December?<\/a><\/p>\n

An easy choice. I simply adore this inquisitive robin.<\/p>\n

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But then, I also love the lit up Fountains Abbey from\u00a0Day 362<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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To be honest, not a lot. I’ve considered how to sum up each day as a question, and that absolutely nobody reads it. But I don’t mind. Part of the reason for that is that I purposely decided not to publicise each post on Facebook – when I did my 365 a few years ago, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3355,3,43,25],"tags":[3578,4035,255,3991,3844,3476,709,4118,1176,3725,4007,1496,1694,3793,3916,4119,2361,2363,3674,4120,4116,4117,2713,2773,3984,3241],"class_list":["post-25338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3355","category-awesomeness","category-kit-the-cat","category-photographs","tag-3d-printing","tag-a-cat-called-kit","tag-ant","tag-autumn","tag-bradford-industrial-museum","tag-brimham-rocks","tag-cleckheaton","tag-dragonfly","tag-fountains-abbey","tag-greenland-farm-village","tag-hardcastle-crags","tag-ilkley-moor","tag-kit-the-cat-2","tag-knaresborough","tag-lyveden","tag-mallard","tag-photographs-2","tag-photos","tag-rhs-harlow-carr","tag-robin","tag-seagulls","tag-sheep","tag-sheffield","tag-snow","tag-tropical-butterfly-house-wildlife-and-falconry-centre","tag-whitby","post_format-post-format-image","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1410871.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OeSW-6AG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25338"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25345,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25338\/revisions\/25345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}