It’s now two and a half years since I got my Canon EOS20D, and in that time the sensor had become disgusting.

So before we went to the Lake District, I invested in a tool to clean the sensor, the Visible Dust ‘Arctic Butterfly 724′ - stupid name, but decent product. It’s just a small(ish) brush that creates its own anti-static charge in order to pick up as much dust as possible, but it came highly recommended by a number of sources, so that’s what I went with.

And so far it seems to have done a good job on the sensor. A couple of swipes and it’s clean, with no more dust specks on any images. Plus, of course, now I’ve got the kit I’ll be able to clean it before it gets disgusting again.

As I have a fair number of photos on Flickr as well as here (although the Flickr account has been around for far longer) it’s interesting to see which gets the most interest. As things stand currently, I’m getting more recognition for the Flickr stuff.

My photos are now being used on a couple of travel sites, with the most recent one being a feature on Irish round towers on a Dutch travel site.

I’m just pleased to see my photos getting used, to be honest. It means I must be doing something right after all…