I really like this photo...Shooting from inside, with the raindrops on the glass (I'm guessing?), in B&W, really adds to the atmosphere of this shot. I think it's fab, and possibly my favourite one on this thread so far. I think would look great as a large print.
That's a little wooded area close to where we live, shot on high ISO, grainy b&w film. An overcast and slightly foggy evening walk.
Just looked at the cave pool vid and they always look impressive/spectacular, always seem to have that wow factor. I've been in large caves and it's a great experience, but those people who do the extreme pot holing/caving, you know, squeezing through ridiculously tight gaps and tunnels, err, no! Man, I couldn't do that.
A shot recently taken on top of my work desk at home, of a small Panasonic point and shoot. I originally bought this camera in 2008, for my first Nelsonica, with small and discreet being high on my list.
Only 9MP res., very simple to use and truly pocketable. You can have this with you at anytime and most of all, it's great fun to use when you can't have your main camera with you, or just on a casual trip on the town etc. Around £80 on todays second hand market.
Yes, cheers mate.....They're not award winning photos, or anything, I just liked how the colours worked together and balanced. Mother nature has a habit of producing beauty in the simplest of things and in the most mundane of places. I think there is a message in that..😉😊
It was my late mum & dad's 75th wedding anniversary recently, so we took flowers to the grave, had a general tidy etc and enjoyed a peaceful stroll around the churchyard. Whilst in the oldest section of the cemetery, I took a few shots of various headstones and monuments. One that really caught my eye, in the quite harsh sunlight/hard shadows, was a really impressive, classically influenced piece of Victorian funerary architecture, a 6 foot stone monument and it's layered, receding cornices/mouldings. I would guess early to mid - 1800s, and what struck me was the visual similarity with this, to Japanese temple roofs, Japanese pagodas, which often feature a stacked, receding tier structure = heavy overhangs with shadow-play. While the intent is different, the visual similarity is quite striking. The converging aesthetics speak to the universality of tiered, shadow-rich forms in architecture across cultures. A connection quite often overlooked, I would imagine.
that $#it almost makes me want to do drugs again, but "we" been down that road already and it didn't end well 😆 must leave body organically ....trying a few things....no separation yet...
Photo taken: Dec. 14, 2024, at Cape Disappointment State Park, near Ilwaco, Wash.
Photographer’s description: “A prediction of king tides and 20-foot waves on the coast enticed me and a friend to make the four-hour drive to Cape Disappointment. In addition to the high tide and big waves, we were also rewarded with sunbeams through the clouds. Taken with a Nikon Z6II, ISO 800, f/16, 1/2000-second exposure.”
Critique: “This is a stunning moment. The first thing I notice is how well you played the rule of thirds. The king-tide waves hitting the rocks and the sunbeam through the clouds navigate my eyes throughout your image. The blue sky and water frame this moment very well. Thank you for sharing this landscape with us. I can hear the roar of the waves just looking at this scene!”
I submitted this for a couple of reasons. To share a corner of my part of the world. As well as to give a tutorial on photo composition as well as technical guidance.
I grew up in an instamatic world. Point, shoot, worry about it later after the FILM gets developed. Taking photos was fun. Especially on family outings. A chance to relive the adventure. Photographs capture time.
Now it is art. I swear I threw away wonderful shots as I could view the digital image immediately, delete and retry - only to never capture the subject matter as I wanted it.
I started a self-imposed challenge to travel to all the stations at the limit of my 60+ Travelcard around London yesterday. First stop, Beckton in East London on the Docklands Light Railway. Of course, I sat at the front. Also saw a Terrapin and some tufted ducks in Beckton Park.
Yeah, spin-off from Brinsley Schwarz (where Nick Lowe started out) that gradually absorbed people from other pub rock bands until it even absorbed Brinsley Schwarz himself, and that band and all other pub rock bands ceased to exist. When they split, it resulted in Graham Parker and The Rumour and The Motors (of “Airport” fame).
Named after a fruit machine (in the sense of one-armed bandit rather than orange juice squeezer) apparently.
I know, replying to myself, but after posting a link to this site, I was looking at his blog today, which can be found at https://lileks.com/bleats/archive/25/0425/13.html - scroll down a page or two, and there’s not just an item on Drastic Plastic but also a link to a YouTube clip and a musing on “Why isn’t this guy famous and wealthy beyond compare?”
I looked down and saw what appeared to be at first glance a map. Then a moment later it was a painting of hill, tree and sky. A third of a second later it was simply a pleasant display of colours and textures.
Yeah, it's like looking at cloud formations. Initially I saw a wreath in the shape of a cross, then I saw a naked Homer Simpson, from behind, with outstretched arms, wearing a diaper😲...
Then, same as your good self, instantly back to reality and just a nice image of flowers, leaves and greenery.
Staying with raindrops, a Magpie feather/leaf I took a photo of yesterday.
It's actually evening dew.
Todays bus ride home.
...Last nights evening stroll.
A shot recently taken on top of my work desk at home, of a small Panasonic point and shoot. I originally bought this camera in 2008, for my first Nelsonica, with small and discreet being high on my list.
Only 9MP res., very simple to use and truly pocketable. You can have this with you at anytime and most of all, it's great fun to use when you can't have your main camera with you, or just on a casual trip on the town etc. Around £80 on todays second hand market.
From Steve Jansen’s X account….
18 July 1938 Ian ‘Stu’ Stewart born to Annie & John Stewart in Sutton, Surrey, England
Even though just regarded as weeds I guess, the contrast and balance of the complimentary colours is really nice...Beauty in the (often) overlooked.
It was my late mum & dad's 75th wedding anniversary recently, so we took flowers to the grave, had a general tidy etc and enjoyed a peaceful stroll around the churchyard. Whilst in the oldest section of the cemetery, I took a few shots of various headstones and monuments. One that really caught my eye, in the quite harsh sunlight/hard shadows, was a really impressive, classically influenced piece of Victorian funerary architecture, a 6 foot stone monument and it's layered, receding cornices/mouldings. I would guess early to mid - 1800s, and what struck me was the visual similarity with this, to Japanese temple roofs, Japanese pagodas, which often feature a stacked, receding tier structure = heavy overhangs with shadow-play. While the intent is different, the visual similarity is quite striking. The converging aesthetics speak to the universality of tiered, shadow-rich forms in architecture across cultures. A connection quite often overlooked, I would imagine.
Can you hear me now! Or do I need to be LOUDER?
All my grey matter seems to be coming out of my head as hair. 😱
Always a favourite in his comedy roles, always a great laugh.
ICE protest in Los Angeles as seen on TV from NBC LA on YouTube, 7 June…
let's dig out something old... I'll call it 'Fog in the Rainless Forest'
Lone bird watching sunset.
...Try again
https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/05222025_glass_135738.jpg?d=2040x1431
Beauty in the mundane and overlooked?...certainly.
Back garden, B&W film, high grain, low light, mundane subjects
...I wanted to upload as a batch lot, but it wouldn't work, so had to upload as separate files...
Back garden, B&W film, high grain, low light, mundane subjects
Back garden, B&W film, high grain, low light, mundane subjects
Photographer: Blaine F. Amidon
Photo taken: Dec. 14, 2024, at Cape Disappointment State Park, near Ilwaco, Wash.
Photographer’s description: “A prediction of king tides and 20-foot waves on the coast enticed me and a friend to make the four-hour drive to Cape Disappointment. In addition to the high tide and big waves, we were also rewarded with sunbeams through the clouds. Taken with a Nikon Z6II, ISO 800, f/16, 1/2000-second exposure.”
Critique: “This is a stunning moment. The first thing I notice is how well you played the rule of thirds. The king-tide waves hitting the rocks and the sunbeam through the clouds navigate my eyes throughout your image. The blue sky and water frame this moment very well. Thank you for sharing this landscape with us. I can hear the roar of the waves just looking at this scene!”
I started a self-imposed challenge to travel to all the stations at the limit of my 60+ Travelcard around London yesterday. First stop, Beckton in East London on the Docklands Light Railway. Of course, I sat at the front. Also saw a Terrapin and some tufted ducks in Beckton Park.
Not a photo but, despite all of the terrible things people say about AI, it can be a lot of fun…
I can’t copy an entire website, so here’s a link to a site packed with the best of real-world retro-futurism, as well as some truly terrifying food.
https://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html
Photographer: Nona Limmen
D’Wayne Wiggins
A walk on the town
Some 2025 winter walk shots.
Streatham/Norbury:
Partially tame Grey Heron fed by lady in Beddington:
On Farthing Downs, Coulsdon, Surrey.
City of London, twenty-odd miles away:
Moon in the afternoon:
Red Kite: