After posting the last photo of rusting machinery, I remembered this one I took of the old steam crane in the Jumbles Quarry. I wish I’d tried some different compositions as I don’t think this is the best one, but it’s the only one I took like this, regrettably. Whether a photo should have a focal point is a…
Category: Abstract
#288 – Big Wheel
Ever since The London Eye brought Ferris Wheels back into vogue in the UK, they’ve been popping up all over the place in the UK. Manchester has had one semi-permanently in the Triangle for some years (although not this year), as have other large towns and cities, so I was quite surprised to see one…
#272 – Olympic Park Abstracts 2 – The Orbit
More Olympic fun. I found the Orbit fascinating to look at, just a pity that there were no tickets available to go in it. The red on blue here has worked well, especially as I have my Fuji X10 in ‘Velvia’ simulation mode, which really saturates the colours. I hop that the orbit will be…
#271 – Olympic Park Abstracts 1 – The Velodrome
OK so they’re not really abstracts as such as you can probably tell what they are, but I took these like this as it was hard to get an interesting picture of the whole thing in many instances. All with the Fuji X10, the prospect of hauling an SLR round all day, as well as…
#269 – Mechanical Funscape 2
These images are variations on the same theme as the image in the last post. As before, the black and white treatment has brought out the texture of the slightly corroded, painted surfaces of the steelwork. By removing the distraction of colour, the shapes are now far more prominent as are things like the repeating…
#268 – Mechanical Funscape 1
Engineers have turned their attention to all manner of things, developing machines to serve us in many ways – for example, to feed us, transport us, clean us, kill us, and in the photograph above, to frighten the living $&%! out of us. Camelot is Chorley’s own theme park, and about ten minutes from my…
#171 – Beamish Part 2 – Abstracts
I’ve recently been re-re-reading ‘How To Take Your Photography To The Next Level’ by George Barr. It’s an enjoyable book that I dip into every now and again, and while I’d describe the author as an accomplished rather than an inspirational photographer, I do enjoy his abstracts, particularly of mechanical stuff. With that in mind,…
#71 – Abstract 1
An interior view of one of the most famous buildings in the world – the Sydney Opera House. The above may make a bit more sense when put into a larger context (below) Recognise it? No? Perhaps not surprising, as most photographs you see are of the spectacular exterior, but the interior is just as interesting,…
Mechanical Landscapes 