30.3.08 - It is the first day of British Summer Time today, so we were expecting rain! But no, it has been a beautiful bright sunny day. The City itself ground to a standstill this morning as thousands took part in the annual 10km road race, so I thought I'd go for a walk along the river to the East of town and get away from the crowds. I took loads of nice pastoral landscapes, all very "me", plus a few interesting shots of industrial dereliction. It has been really difficult choosing a DP out of about 70 shots, but I've gone for this one as it a very different subject for me.
I found this graffitti under an old railway bridge, right out in the countryside, a very non-urban setting. Mischievously I originally thought I'd do a pastiche on "street art", giving it the high contrast grainy monochrome treatment, with maybe a quirky angle for good measure. But I thought that was a cheap shot, and decided to give it the "John treatment" instead. I hope it is effective, and yet again I've ended up with a very different DP to what I had envisaged when I left the house.
I'll post some of the pastoral images somewhere later, but I've already uploaded a couple of my more adventurous shots from today here; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4328734_9ZqLR#272304080
I found this graffitti under an old railway bridge, right out in the countryside, a very non-urban setting. Mischievously I originally thought I'd do a pastiche on "street art", giving it the high contrast grainy monochrome treatment, with maybe a quirky angle for good measure. But I thought that was a cheap shot, and decided to give it the "John treatment" instead. I hope it is effective, and yet again I've ended up with a very different DP to what I had envisaged when I left the house.
I'll post some of the pastoral images somewhere later, but I've already uploaded a couple of my more adventurous shots from today here; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4328734_9ZqLR#272304080
30.3.08 - It is the first day of British Summer Time today, so we were expecting rain! But no, it has been a beautiful bright sunny day. The City itself ground to a standstill this morning as thousands took part in the annual 10km road race, so I thought I'd go for a walk along the river to the East of town and get away from the crowds. I took loads of nice pastoral landscapes, all very "me", plus a few interesting shots of industrial dereliction. It has been really difficult choosing a DP out of about 70 shots, but I've gone for this one as it a very different subject for me.
I found this graffitti under an old railway bridge, right out in the countryside, a very non-urban setting. Mischievously I originally thought I'd do a pastiche on "street art", giving it the high contrast grainy monochrome treatment, with maybe a quirky angle for good measure. But I thought that was a cheap shot, and decided to give it the "John treatment" instead. I hope it is effective, and yet again I've ended up with a very different DP to what I had envisaged when I left the house.
I'll post some of the pastoral images somewhere later, but I've already uploaded a couple of my more adventurous shots from today here; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4328734_9ZqLR#272304080
I found this graffitti under an old railway bridge, right out in the countryside, a very non-urban setting. Mischievously I originally thought I'd do a pastiche on "street art", giving it the high contrast grainy monochrome treatment, with maybe a quirky angle for good measure. But I thought that was a cheap shot, and decided to give it the "John treatment" instead. I hope it is effective, and yet again I've ended up with a very different DP to what I had envisaged when I left the house.
I'll post some of the pastoral images somewhere later, but I've already uploaded a couple of my more adventurous shots from today here; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4328734_9ZqLR#272304080
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