Friday, May 23, 2008

Locked forever in his heart


If you can't be arsed to click through to see the large size, etched onto the padlock is "Principessa I will always love you" and it is signed "Schultz".
I hope this catches on - I was imagining tens of thousands of these attached to Charing Cross bridge, so many that the structure itself threatens to collapse into the Thames under the weight of all that LOVE...

Prince Albert Memorial, Hyde Park

Public seating once more (yay!) - Hyde Park this time


Sitting ist verboten.

Trees, benches, fog


This is version four or five and I don't think it is working yet. I'll leave it up for a while and see if it grows or weakens - I suspect the latter.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Heron, Thames, Richmond, London

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Lilies

Lily, b and w

Lily, colour

Get new Gmail! Now even worse!

OK hand that feeds and so on but why (oh why etc) is Gmail now slower than it used to be with a loading bar running before the page appears? This didn't used to happen (pardon the grammar). Some sort of upgrade? It has improved on my phone though, and maybe the two phenomena are connected in some way?
Anyway, I'm off out for a coffee and some freezing spring air.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

You can, I think, tell it was taken with a film camera


Taken using an old FM2 and some black and white film (sorry - can't remember brand of film). A number of points of note:
1. The prints, straight from the chemists are, without exception, awful - terrible lack of contrast and flat as pancakes.
2. It is nice to use a lens with depth of field again - this taken with an 85mm f2.8 - very old (second hand when I bought it about 17 years ago) but still, I think, producing nice results.
3. Perhaps a combination of digital for post-processing and film for the original exposure is the way to go?

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Canal at Llantysilio


Worth clicking on to see it large. Honest.

Pushing up wild garlic: In Memory of Edward Foulkes


There are less picturesque places to fertilize.

Dreadful photo, cute subject


I know, I know, awful picture. But look, ducklings! 14 of them! With one mother! Albeit that 9 and 11 look like they are fostered... Go on, click on it, you know you want to - those little fluffy features, their cute tiny wings...

Odd Terra Scratchings

What is going on at 53 degrees 00'14.05" Nth, 3 degrees 08'04,93" Wst? Weird ground markings is what. Anyone got any ideas (see Google Earth, satellite view for details).

Dee at Llantysilio nr Llangollen

Church Door, Llantysilio, Nr Llangollen, Denbighshire

Llangollen, Nrth Wales

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Aylmerqc's suggestion

Kew Gardens

Rape Fields, Oxon

Misty Morning south of Lower Heyford

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Golden Pheasant

Etched glass, Kew Gardens

What do you get if you cross Bojo with a pheasant and a judge?