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Pals is a very attractive Catalan hill town that has preserved most of its architecture at the expense of giving itself over to the tourist trade – a sad but understandable bargain. There are lots os shops and boutiques vying for the visitors’ attention selling artisanal food (excellent, but pricey) and crafts through to more […]
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Tags: Aperture, Colour, Geometry, GF-1, Light, Texture, Travel
Dolmens
Deep in the cork oak forests of Catalonia we ran across a series of Neolithic grave stones. Dolmens are found across Europe and their characteristic ‘pi’ shape belie the fact that once they would have been covered with earth to form barrows. The chamber below would have been a grave. These stones are almost 5,000 […]
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Catch of the Day
After a long day (started at 2.30 a.m. when some clown set off the fire alarm in our hotel) we have travelled by plane, train and automobile (in that order) from London to the Catalan coast for a walking holiday. After a such a day there was little energy left to do more than find […]
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Tags: Aperture, Colour, Food, GF-1, Macro, Texture, Travel
Mission Church
Back to Blist’s Hill Victorian Town. This is the 19th century Mission Church in the township – a far cry from the traditional stone-built churches that are associated with the UK. This was more a large hut made from ‘wriggly tin’. Indeed to me it looks as though it could have come from somewhere on […]
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Tags: Aperture, Architecture, Colour, GF-1, History, Light
Ironbridge
The world’s first iron bridge was constructed in … Ironbridge! Although now a pleasantly rural area in a deep valley with the River Severn running through it, it was a hive of industry and the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century, thanks in part to the raw materials of the area. Since […]
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Tags: Aperture, Architecture, Colour, GF-1, HDR, History, Invention, Landscape, Photomatix
Forge Welding
Another from Blist’s Hill Victorian Town – a live demonstration of forge welding. I thought that flash might be distracting for the smith and with fire and hot metal around I didn’t want to chance it; so, this is an available light shot. The dynamic range of this shot was considerable and I needed to […]
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Tags: Aperture, Colour, Drama, GF-1, History, Light
Inside the Victorian Pharmacy
My wife went down to the quilting show in the NEC; so, I took the opportunity to visit Blists Hill Victorian Town, the site of the BBC’s ‘Victorian Pharmacy’. Fascinating, and the pharmacy looked just as it did on the television, although without the interesting experiments in manufacturing gunpowder and fireworks, or drilling teeth, that […]
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Tags: Aperture, B&W, Colour, GF-1, History, Raw Photo Processor
Pyramid
Modern architecture can produce some striking geometric shapes. This is a modern block of flats in Argyle Street, Glasgow (and yes the sun is shining!): Shot straight up the corner of the building, this shot had exposure reduced by about two-thirds of a stop and the black point moved significantly right to increase the contrast. […]
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Tags: Aperture, Architecture, Colour, Geometry, GF-1, Street
Bicycle Mayhem
Even though people take precautions, sadly it isn’t sometimes enough … This bicycle was securely fastened to a bicycle stand in Buchanan Street, but it didn’t stop it from being stripped .. I was rather lazy for this photograph. I applied a Holga preset in Aperture, because it gave the rather grainy, gritty look I […]
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Gypsy Busker
This old gypsy busker is a frequent sight on Buchanan Street playing tunes straight out of eastern and Central Europe. I finally took her picture today: Taken with a long lens, this has been heavily cropped for compositional reasons. Apart from that, the image needed to be boosted by just over two-thirds of a stop. […]
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One Picture, One Day 