Detail of a rusted padlock on a cast iron gate, basking in the late evening sunlight.
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Decrepitude (1): PSI
Detail of an air-pressure gauge in a disused petrol-station.
Decrepitude (2): MPG
This pump in an old abandoned petrol-station was enjoying the last few rays of evening sunlight.
Decrepitude (3): Surreal
When life gives you bath-tubs… stick to the ceiling.
Then and Now, Night and Day
Some time around March 2007 I acquired an ancient camera, an Ensign Carbine No.3, and took a photo of Perth railway station by night, returning home to develop the film myself. It’s the only photo I remember taking with that camera, but I like it for the Ilford Pan-F tonality and glow from the lens-haze.
Today, on my lunchtime stroll around town, I took a quick photo on the mobile, looking back along the same railway tracks to the station from the other side.
Perth railway station taken from Glasgow Road using a mobile phone camera (2014)
Perth railway station at night, taken on the Ensign Carbine No.3 with Ilford PanF+-50 film (2007)
Around Dundee Law
A couple of photos from around Dundee Law:
looking south across the River Tay
The radio transmitter on top of the Law:
Looking west over Lochee, with the Menzieshill Water Tower and Camperdown Jute Mill across to Perthshire hills in the distance:
Sony NEX-7, 2-stop circular polarizer filter, HDR +/-1 EV.
Sundown on Portpatrick
A few photos from a walk around Portpatrick on a sunny evening, starting with the Royal Navy helicopter practising for Lifeboat Week, taking in some favoured old haunts and seascapes.
Video:
Squaring the Spheres
A few weeks ago I ordered a pair of extension tubes for the Sony NEX-7; today I got around to experimenting with them for the first time. It’s quite scary seeing so much dust on the live-view LCD panel and realising it’s actually on the front of the lens.
Two tangerines and an apple.
Three Balls – two tangerines and an apple
Change to Fair
Fisherman’s Barometer, St Andrews
The fisherman’s barometer, corner of North Castle and North Streets, St Andrews.
A little experimentation in The Gimp, to create a synthetic “scratches” texture layer – using plasma clouds, old-photo simulation, distortions and other trickery.
…and send it soaring…
Colourful kite against white clouds and a blue sky
I can think of much worse ways to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon than flying a kite with friends.