Tuesday 13th December 2011

"Eyes Wide Shut".

35mm, 1/50s, f/4.5, ISO 400

Tuesday 20th September 2011

Part of a memorial mural on a wall in Kidsgrove.

4.6mm, 1/1000s, f/7.1. (auto)

Thursday 15th September 2011

This would usually be an example of what-not-to-do in photoshop, but sometimes wrong can be right. It was created by massively inverting the curves curve so instead of creating a gentle s or gentle inverted-s, I created an intense inverted-s, where each peak reached the top of bottom. This means that a higher colour becomes darker than one that was originally darker. This should usually be avoided, but I flipped the mouse by accident while I was moving the marker and I thought the result was interesting so I left it like that. There are aspects of it that I don't like, but the sky I really love. So I'm throwing it out there. Is it marmite? Do you love it or hate it?

20mm, 1/400s, f/10, ISO 250

I've included a more normal photo too, for Ian that I met at the colliery who was telling me some of its interesting history.

Monday 29th August 2011

Some quite striking graffiti in Manchester.

10.8mm, 1/125s, f/4.5. (auto)

Friday 26th August 2011

I was rushing from Glasgow Buchanan bus station to Glasgow Queen Street train station when I took this, but I'd seen the feature when we pass it a few moments early on the bus and I thought it was cool. It was unexpectedly extravagant too, being on the side of a car park.

10.8mm, 1/60s, f/4.5. (auto)

Sunday 26th June 2011

A graffitied door in Manchester, that I quite like.

21mm, 1/60s (auto from aperture priority), f/8, ISO 400

Tuesday 31st May 2011

I arrived at my blood doning appointment a little early so took a short stroll to the adjacent canal. I was drawn by the graffiti spanning each wall of the bridge that carries the A53 flyover, never seen to the car drivers. Despite the artwork being quite colourful, I thought it was more striking in black and white.

25mm, 0.8s (auto from aperture priority), f/11, ISO 400

Wednesday 25th May 2011

"If you go down to the town today..."

42mm, 1/40s (auto from aperture priority), f/4.5, ISO 200

Sunday 8th May 2011

This is one of the sculptures found around Stoke-on-Trent. The gear wheel and pots represent the pottery and steelmaking industries, the tree and ladder represent growth and development, and the hanging flowers are for the National Garden Festival. It is by Dennis O'Connor and was unveiled in 2005, one of three installations commissioned at that time to improve accessible art around the city.

18mm, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 200

Friday 4th February 2011

Today was another rushed one but in the evening I was in Sheffield where there's always something of interest. I was going to walk up to a high rise building with interesting angular wall features but walked past this light feature on the way which suited me as it was blowing a gale. I didn't have my tripod but braced against a wall to keep the camera still enough.

27mm, 2.5s, f/5.0, ISO 400

Sunday 9th January 2011

This is actually an art installation by Antony Gormely on Crosby Beach just north of Liverpool. One of the figures is one of 100 cast iron larger than life figures installed on the beach, that watches the tide day in day out, becomming submerged at high water. Can you tell which it is?

109mm, 1/125s (auto from aperture priority), f/11.0, ISO 100