ARCHIVE 390 – TAKING FLIGHT

 

 

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Another early bus ride into the city, another second breakfast at first light in Hart’s Bakery (context is here) – and as I lurched out of that warm, friendly and bustling establishment, the tints of sunrise were above and, looking up, I saw this.

The bird is a gull (aka seagull), and just about to leap off into the air to scavenge the city’s no doubt enticing refuse.  I have Hart’s Bakery, (s)he has Bristol.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 305mm (equiv); 3200 ISO; beside Temple Meads railway station; 9 Dec 2016.

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ARCHIVE 389 – RIVER REFLECTION, BRISTOL BRIDGE

 

 

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Reflection in the river at Bristol Bridge.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 290mm (equiv); 1600 ISO; Lightroom; rotated; Bristol; 11 Nov 2016.

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ARCHIVE 387 – MORNING RUSH HOUR, BROAD QUAY (MONO)

 

 

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Morning rush hour, Broad Quay, Bristol; 9 Dec 2016.

This is an early image from the Going to Work series: a recent image in this series can be found here .

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 305mm (equiv); 1600 ISO;  Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at Full Dynamic Harsh preset.

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ARCHIVE 377 – CORN GROWING IN BLACK PEAT SOIL (MONO)

 

 

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Corn sprouting in the black peat soils of Westhay Moor, south of Wedmore, on the Somerset Levels; 3 June 2016.

There is another “pylon-scape” here.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 113mm (equiv); 3200 ISO; Silver Efex Pro 2.

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PEOPLE 360 – THE ARCHITECTURE OF YOUR WARDROBE (MONO + COLOUR)

 

 

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Walking, in central Bristol.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 106mm (equiv); 400 ISO; Lightroom;  Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Fine Art High Key preset and selectively restoring colour; central Bristol; 16 Sept 2016.
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PEOPLE 359 – MAN WITH A PHONE (MONO)

 

 

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Man with a phone.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 305mm (equiv); 400 ISO; Lightroom; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Pinhole preset; Deanery Road, central Bristol; 9 Sept 2016.
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STILL LIFE 248 – LOOKING AT CHAIRS 25: ARMCHAIR WITH CUSHION

 

 

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Armchair with cushion.

The first post in this series on chairs, which contains context and an image, can be found here.  Subsequent posts are here: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9  10  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 .  Each will open in a new window.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 305mm (equiv); 3200 ISO; Lightroom; flipped, rotated; Cosy Club, Corn Street, Bristol; 5 Aug 2016.
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PEOPLE 358 – TRUE STORY

 

 

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I was looking at adverts in the windows of Bristol’s Broadmead shopping centre, thinking of trying for images about capitalism, materialism, consumerism, greed and so on – getting a bit radical about it all.  There came a giggling and a jostling just behind me … well I can have that effect on people … but turning I found two young women, probably in their early 20s, clearly together, clearly amused, looking over my shoulder.

Turning back to further fathom my great anti-capitalist ideal, I heard a loud smirk, followed by “… £79 … do you think that includes his clothes? …” and then a storm of giggles.

“Ah … Bristol!” came into my mind, but maybe that should have been “Ah … Life!“.  After all, how boring Life would be if our senses were immune to things like wonder, humour and a sense of the absurd.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 202mm (equiv); 1600 ISO; Lightroom, using the Astia/Soft film simulation; Broadmead, central Bristol; 16 Aug 2016.
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PEOPLE 356 – GOING TO WORK 83 (MONO)

 

 

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Walking to work, early on a summer’s morning.

A silhouette, and an image about shape, form, shadow and texture.

Earlier images from this series can be found here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,  29, 30,  31,  32, 33  34  35  36 37  38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45  46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 .  Each will open in a separate window.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 305mm (equiv); 1000 ISO; Lightroom, using the Classic Chrome film simulation; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the High Contrast Harsh preset; near Bristol Bridge, Baldwin Street, central Bristol; 19 July 2016.
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STILL LIFE 247 – LOOKING AT CHAIRS 24: TWO CHAIRS AND A TABLE

 

 

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Table and chairs, for smokers and sun-worshippers, on the pavement outside a Bristol pub.

The backdrop, which considerably simplifies the picture, is some kind of hanging fabric, through which traces of words and patterns can faintly be seen.  In many instances, visual simplification is good – as enshrined in the KISS principle, which I think originated with press photographers, decades ago: KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid!

The first post in this series on chairs, which contains context and an image, can be found here.  Subsequent posts are here: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9  10  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 .  Each will open in a new window.

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Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujinon lens at 305mm (equiv); 400 ISO; Lightroom, using the Velvia/Vivid film simulation; Victoria Street, central Bristol; 16 Sept 2016.
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