Photography thread 2021

[cybershot]

Generally don’t consider my photos good enough for this thread but I do rather enjoy looking back on this pic of the Birmingham Odeon in the lockdown sun. The lone figure walking by just adds to it I think as sunny middle of the day. Should be rammed. Will probably never get this picture again!


And the without a person if you don’t like people in pictures.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Jesus they've cleaned that right the fuck up since I was last there

 

[cybershot]

Jesus they've cleaned that right the fuck up since I was last there

I posted a few others from that day out here:A Birmingham and Black Country thread for all things Brummie and Yam-Yam (over 3 posts click onto the next page too)

 

[blossie33]

Jesus they've cleaned that right the fuck up since I was last there

Yes, I was thinking that I see there's a Costa in the foyer now!

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[editor]

I took this series yesterday between thunderstorms:

South Bank abstract – reflections, rain, lights and the London Eye

Yesterday, we dodged the heavy rainstorms and took a walk along the South Bank, capturing this set of images from the rain-soaked pavements.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[Signal 11]

A UFO I saw last week. (I think it's a crow.)

 

[fishfinger]

A UFO I saw last week. (I think it's a crow.)

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Klingon Bird of Prey.

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[weltweit]

Nice set of photos neonwilderness you put some great landscapes in front of your lens!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Some from the 18th, all on the same dew heavy morning.

Black headed Cardinal beetle was just chilling away for a fair few minutes.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

A few images from a ramble around Wakehurst yesterday. The Rhododendrons were spectacular!

 

[weltweit]

The Wisteria in the first pic looks pretty good also

They haven't kept up painting the window frames !!

 

[editor]

View from my flat at 3.30 this morning

 

[Nikkormat]

Coypu on the Vltava, Prague, yesterday. Very tame, they can be hand fed.

 

[Nikkormat]

Prague on 35mm film, March-May.

 

[Infidel Castro]

Hot snail action, back garden.

 

[strung out]

I've been experimenting recently with filming and taking pictures of myself while running. Not sure if it counts as photography, as I'm using a 4k GoPro to film myself, then take grabs from the footage to create stills, but I'm quite proud of some of them, so sharing a few here.

 

[BristolEcho]

I find Barton Hill in Bristol really photogenic.

 

[Mumbles274]

I took this. I liked it. Called it "Tea and Floats"

Are you allowed to photoshop pics?

 

[editor]

Helicopter in Brixton

 

[editor]

Busker and sweeper.

 

[editor]

Street preacher

Street Preachers of Brixton – a Bank Holiday bumper line-up, in photos

There was a bumper crop of bellowing street preachers this Bank Holiday Monday, with no less that four different teams in action within 50 metres of each other on Brixton Road.

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[editor]

Design Museum

A look around the Design Museum in Kensington, London – twenty photos -

Winner of the European Museum of the Year Award in 2018, the Design Museum moved into its new home in Kensington in 2016, taking over the former Commonwealth Institute, a Grade II listed building from the 1960s. The museum is now part of Kensington's cultural quarter, joining the Royal College...

www.urban75.org

I'm so glad I switched back to Olympus. I just seem to get better pictures than with my Sony full frame camera.

 

[editor]

Reflections, Oxford St

Oxford Street Reflections – abstract human shapes on a mirrored awning -

Standing outside the John Lewis store in Oxford Street, central London, I became fascinated by the abstract human shapes that were being reflected in the store's awning as people walked by. Here's a series of 16 photos showing the sometimes bizarre images and patterns that were created by people...

www.urban75.org

 

[izz]

Not strictly 2021 as I took it ages ago. Bite me.

 

[izz]

apologies for size, I'll try to resize it. If it looks normal, it worked

 

[mhendo]

This thread has been pretty quiet this year. I admit that I haven't taken my camera out very much in the last six months, and it looks like quite a few Urbanites are in the same boat.

Anyway, that changed yesterday. My wife and I, on our regular walks through the state park near our place, noticed that the recent rain and warm weather had led to a bunch of fungus activity, with mushrooms visible from the trails. I decided to take the camera down and spend a few hours looking for mushrooms. When you really bend over and start searching, the variety is pretty incredible. It's a shame there's no scale in the photos that show size, because these mushrooms vary from a few millimeters across to the size of your hand.

I've posted a few here, and there are a bunch more to see in my SmugMug gallery, if you're interested.

 

[Nivag]

From sunny Brands Hatch today.

 

[Nikkormat]

I admit that I haven't taken my camera out very much in the last six months, and it looks like quite a few Urbanites are in the same boat.

I've really struggled to motivate myself this past year; I feel I've taken the kind of photography I do as far as I want, and I want a change, but I'm not sure what to do next.

The best from my two most recent films:

I was wandering around the neighbourhood, and this man asked me to watch him try this trick to give him the motivation to try hard. 35mm Kodak Tri-X.


The brewing room at the Pilsner Urquell brewery. 35mm Kodak Tri-X.


Beer stored in barrels in the cellars at Pilsner Urquell. The firm still employs eight coopers. 35mm Kodak Tri-X.


Prague's main train station. My first time trying Ilford HP5 in medium format.


Malá Strana, Prague. Medium format Ilford HP5.


Náplavka, Prague. Medium format Ilford HP5.


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