Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Loch Sunart
Another one of my pictures where there appear to be several things competing for your attention. Again, I will be very interested in finding out what you all think. In this case, though, I thought I would talk about the picture first.
There is another version of this shot here:
Version 2
The alternate version is a different exposure rather than a different treatment. Apart from taming the highlights and the usual depth of field stuff I was playing with the time exposure for the water.
For me the picture is the bottom half of the frame. The submerged (man made) wall is the dividing line. Everything above it is context. Everything below it is light and movement.
Monday, June 26, 2006
That 'F' Word
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Castle of Dreams
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Just as it is
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Shore, unsure
I really can't decide about this picture. It has been sitting around on my desktop for the better part of a week since I processed it. It hasn't made it to my picture-a-day blog. But when I come to discard it, I can't.
Now, is this the most boring picture you've seen this month, or does it have something, even if a modest something, going for it?
city makeover
I visited Liverpool last in 1980 before my most recent trip in April. To be honest it is not a city I know well but we went this last time to see Anthony Gormley's 'Another Place' on the beach at Blundellsands a mile or two north of the docks. Superficially, it is still an area that has suffered from high unemployment (particularly evident if one accidentally loses one's way in the various housing estates) but, equally superficially, it is clear that the city is working hard towards being European City of Culture 2008. This is the first British city since Glasgow in 1990 to be selected. Glasgow got a huge boost from that enterprise, in addition to hosting a year of real buzz. This photo is of a sculpture/installation about 1/4 mile north of Albert Docks, right by a major roundabout. One wonders how many will walk by it as opposed to drive by but the whole ensemble does do what cultural events are supposed to do for cities: give them a sense of pride. This is a deliberately rather abstract showing.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Signs of Skye
Many, too many
I thought long and hard about showing this due to it being "a bit out there" and of a somewhat personal nature. However, when deciding what to post this week it kept insisting.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Spring
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Arran
Arran is, of course, famous for its wool.
Cheap Sunglasses (02620027)
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
canalside primrose
A far cry from my childhood memories of primroses in Devon lanes. This is the Leeds and Liverpool canal at Lydiate, Lancashire, undergoing its 'Islington' moment. Taken in the evening.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Goodbye Harris
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Viking camp
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
NPM
Hebridean
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Family Photo (Harris)
Sound of Taransay. 3.4 km from parking the car beside the beach to touching the sound.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
This was made up of a B/W Agfa slide of the shadow and a colour slide of the beach. I felt they went well togrther.
Brave New Tree
Yoyogi, Tokyo. From seed to sapling to plank.