<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:59:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@richardslater/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)]]></title><description><![CDATA["A Blue Tit sits on a mossy branch": Photographer: @richardslater, F-Stop: f/10, Focal Length: 600mm, Exposure: 1/500 sec, ISO: 2000, Camera: Sony α7R V, Lens: Sony 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G OSS Lens,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/eurasian-blue-tit-cyanistes-caeruleus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/eurasian-blue-tit-cyanistes-caeruleus</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 17:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11pZSgnNznuU2pQL5TAd1FTH7jFhdcgwiTb4QBiVekEpkwsvLdXV3kHRNejdoyACrFKiizptHbi8oRQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ancestor Sculpture, Amesbury, Wiltshire, UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently I was traveling along the A303 which runs between Basingstoke and and somewhere in Devon in the UK; stopped off at the Holiday Inn Wiltshire near Stonehenge for the night and spotted this huge]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/the-ancestor-sculpture-amesbury-wiltshire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/the-ancestor-sculpture-amesbury-wiltshire</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:31:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf13NYtUo3yAMDprUQAfsYThxfPRSPsL7vZzV1MftQUVazwuojTi3eSebdC24s82upcjLJvs4wURPcSrr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Diary 2024-01-18 (Sparrows, Magpies and Crows)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took a shorter walk yesterday as I was tired from my previous day's excursions. I covered about 1km (0.6 mi) on foot around the Peacehaven Centenary Park and captured some birds who enjoy the park. As]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121296/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121296/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-18</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121296]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:03:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf13UfnuQyCZB3HrFFWRTHnFbsKTGp7rGqPDJ6EXP6qMSAA5t5Xr31VsfLDwuQHjwPd9FqnSKSxJxFaKp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Diary 2024-01-17 (Crows, Sparrows and Gulls)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I struggled with the light today; a persistent and broad cloud base obscured the sun for most of the day. It was also about -1°C (33°F) outside and felt much colder with wind-chill. Fortunately, I have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamuk/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamuk/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-17</guid><category><![CDATA[teamuk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11LrPu7Mwgr2zai52pV6wFKGH2q3NGVvrJQAXuWefMXixqZMpBqqK3cT3FnvpCEauj1nwncFng2veUW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Diary (2024-01-16)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, it was time for another gentle walk around my local area; I covered about 2km on foot and took about 300 photographs. Some of the ground I covered was reconnaissance-based, as I was looking for convenient]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-16</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:27:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf13FNrzz9DyMA41Afxxe8T6orisranSLtDGxoSYDnBSmb3swgzxBNyysQ2BXVgUtUr1EFzmskeYTbSHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Diary (2024-01-11)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I ran out of titles, so Photoblog will have to do here. It's mainly gray squirrels, but I hope you will agree they are good ones. "A Grey Squirrel digs around the roots of a tree": Photographer:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/photo-diary-2024-01-11</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11pZSfUhbLBLdHdHAmpbdCjktHy7V6wgEEHf3hD5Um4Ej7M9GWjgP32sE9o89Y8j6GHJkNnCHDTNKzE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Short, Cold, Walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's time again for a walk in the big wide outdoors with my Sony FE 200mm - 600mm lens. It was freezing today; there was a beautiful clear sky for most of the time, but with the wind, I needed my gloves]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/a-short-cold-walk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/a-short-cold-walk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:11:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11MKAc4XHmD8Lt2QHMXcAxBKimJR3s726BBW3zVcDriNU2s7aDRwKayxYJszoVg9qavKndv7XAuP7yG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigeons on the Roof: Sony A7rV, FE 200-600mm @ 600mm, 1/800s, f/13, ISO 800. ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[... #nature #photography #urban #rooftop #teamuk]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/fog8zade1r3kzs243oy8yx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/fog8zade1r3kzs243oy8yx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:16:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EC459KiubMRtR7KJbA1bs4JSU8FBEazoA5aqp5dMF6C1LZtp9t7frk9Qzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rampion Wind Farm, Sussex, UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yet again, I am taking walks around my hometown with my camera, trying to get the steps in as I rebuild my energy levels after contracting CFS/ME/Long-COVID two years ago. This time, I wanted to try to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121296/@richardslater/rampion-wind-farm-sussex-uk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121296/@richardslater/rampion-wind-farm-sussex-uk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121296]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11qKQrNZnZ62rvdqCfhpRpXsgfhW9p1ifewNxxkyAT77DigfR1vSz31hC4dXL94ZeB45cgwfwHzTW1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carrion Crows on the Cliff-top]]></title><description><![CDATA[To paint a picture, it was a cold and overcast day; my wife and I could see the band of rain approaching the coast over the English Channel, and the morning seemed to get darker after the sun disappeared]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/carrion-crows-on-the-cliff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/carrion-crows-on-the-cliff</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:23:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11beN3bS6fTHH46fnGXQsKoTbCyquL5LbrKtpsEbSLpCKPCkwVUFWnYBE2yFzQfGcXZeBGk9rk9qNFg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Grey Squirrels at Centre Parcs, Elveden Forrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Fellows, nice once more to have something to post. Despite my CFS/ME, I made it to Center Parcs with the help of my family. I had little energy, so we spent much time in the lodge watching the wildlife]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/more-grey-squirrels-at-centre</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/more-grey-squirrels-at-centre</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 20:25:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf11MUsBdHPpxM543KDc7Z9jhJdVyRL5Bi3CTkBHrTN6AdJKTYJ88oEsRSEybfkke2vTweQDo4qPZGHCJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female Zebra Spiders]]></title><description><![CDATA[There I was minding my own business when I found a spider minding her own business. I don't mind spiders in the slightest. However, it was in the bedroom, so it is somewhat unlikely to find any food and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/female-zebra-spiders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@richardslater/female-zebra-spiders</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:33:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf12ATtLy2SX2WTkwBczJypSBRLCULBcto83dvvmS56cn1KerGJF4GdWmu5jRKzuCp6ebt9PFaYJ7P7Sv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cryptocurrency and Coffee - Free Stock Images]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by the prolific author @cryptoandcoffee, I wanted to create a series of Creative Commons Images for those who appreciate two finer things: #Crypto and #Coffee. After raiding my cupboards for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-118554/@richardslater/free-cryptocurrency-and-stock-images</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-118554/@richardslater/free-cryptocurrency-and-stock-images</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-118554]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5trsGLxi44TrGuNZJMEdibB2nk3tPiS447KkFUmWMamAavcAbwW45azFCX5UbgkCpvDxPJzzVN3d1nrNeknK41EryNA5kbm1c9QjpAtLNJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud is not a good reason to block crypto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photograph: Richard Slater, Taken 7th November 2022; the Revolut brandmark remains the property of Revolut Ltd For British crypto enthusiasts, it's been a week of opposites so far. On the one hand, Santander]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@richardslater/fraud-is-not-a-good-reason-to-block-crypto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@richardslater/fraud-is-not-a-good-reason-to-block-crypto</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:56:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFvUFyDFQ9RdZfJtuSafeTw1QZPDVCVAVmfKT7BHonaDGdxMRTrsz2gbkE97fnRigWo11Sx4FuL3bjPt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[3D $HIVE/$HBD Coin Renders - Free Stock Images]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was disappointed by the lack of physical metal versions of #HIVE and #HBD physical #cryptocurrency coins to use as props in my stock photography. To partially close the gap, I have been working on a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-118554/@richardslater/3d-usdhive-usdhbd-coin-renders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-118554/@richardslater/3d-usdhive-usdhbd-coin-renders</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-118554]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:14:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVVrXkzCd9HNSAM9TwKNjpGfpMyRgCwdmTinJW6qj2Bku9VeZ1NA6wxtFiQvoiiSo2we9HPMRwZPFti2YNCcqxCvDVz42WhbQoG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Designing, Painting and  Modeling a HIVE Coin in 3D]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source: Background Adobe Stock, screenshots from applications and icons. Illustrator, Painter and Stager icons are Copyright Adobe. Blender icon is a registered trademark of the Blender Foundation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174301/@richardslater/designing-painting-and-modeling-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174301/@richardslater/designing-painting-and-modeling-a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174301]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:04:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVYdzzsWcWEVMkkC8AJtfg6T7ME7v4RFT5V6SbhZX8dzku1Nvt165W6yrT4scyhCCuWVjywvVBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BitCoin Trading - Creative Commons Stock Images]]></title><description><![CDATA[Virtually all of us will have had our first exposure to #cryptocurrency through #Bitcoin; I, for one, switched from #trading foreign exchange markets to cryptocurrency a few years back. I wanted to create]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-118554/@richardslater/bitcoin-trading</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-118554/@richardslater/bitcoin-trading</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-118554]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:07:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLpAwZJmRDxRYovPXrjmHp4iUVwpGpWPGEm3tMqxuYowh8vJxvb8P3r36F1JtVCzSQZ2ssv1BFVYrCLUaS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[## Hive price jumps 20% against BUSD 
Well, that was fun; HIVE gained  ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hive price jumps 20% against BUSD Well, that was fun; HIVE gained ~20% value against BUSD in 15 minutes, and I've taken a profit - the market is moving sideways but still trading at 0.6 - 0.61, up from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/5928iwrcsriymqsv5efief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/5928iwrcsriymqsv5efief</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5x5edYbSK27kqYVwKavGaxQq1JW2G1wjg7e2XDVLB978HWckTv45bsUkJEHZo9dcQwgT6DppQLstDdgGfE6SVEdeRYnDEVv4txy8YDyQPghv48j7Ryg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to upload these last night, but failed miserably because the i ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I tried to upload these last night, but failed miserably because the images failed to upload. #nature #naturephotography #zoo #giraffe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/jji3jrlumfmqxuqhky0642</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/jji3jrlumfmqxuqhky0642</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 12:22:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3ir7X6JSziXvpVG2im2i7nsaAtLF6ZHAbMeJRiN83dkn39sinqoAbJuoU73e7kh6bJgM8A3c4E2jb4ktL7io1VdAkBMGYzadEAmkUvfBRi78Qpz4oMqqg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[## Sheep at Sunset 
We stayed in a lovely AirBnB in Hampshire, looking ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sheep at Sunset We stayed in a lovely AirBnB in Hampshire, looking out over the hosts field of sheep. I got out there a couple of times to get some sunset sheep shots (say that ten times fast) #nature]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/13kceui8im23u07jritrsu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@richardslater/13kceui8im23u07jritrsu</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richardslater]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3ir7X6JSziXvpVG2im2i7nsaAtLF6ZHAbMeJRiN83dkn39sinqoAbJuoU73e7kh6bJgM8A3c4E2jb4ktL7io1VdAkBMGYzadEAkevod2kV9tJX9m3dtut?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>