Fisheye

Experimenting with a new fisheye lens around the side streets of Liverpool.

Helsby

Some more photos from Helsby. 

 Other people seem to walk past things that to me look striking and fascinating, hence my seemingly random collection of photos here.  I don't really go looking for things to photograph, it's more like shapes, form and contrast catch my eye and I'm drawn to it. These images might look mundane to you but I love 'em.

Also see previous post ROCKS

Rhuddlan Castle and the Rhylians of Rhyl

Some photos here I took in January on a visit to Rhuddlan Castle near Rhyl in North Wales.  After an hours drive we discovered that Rhuddlan Castle is "closed to visitors for the winter", never mind I said, lets hop over the wall and have a mooch about.  But Bec being a stickler for rules and regs insisted this was not an option and the world might end if I so much as breathed on the front entrance gate.  So off we went on a walk around the surrounding area which I was surprised to find was a nice bit of scenic countryside.  I was surprised because my childhood memory of the nearby seaside town of Rhyl was dirty, tacky, cheap, and various other less then glowing adjectives.

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After a nice wander around the castle perimeter we set off down the road to Rhyl.  It's not as bad as I remember actually and so I tried to take a few photographs of the shoreline and harbour carefully keeping the dirt, grime and grit out of frame, kinda imagining I was shooting for a Rhyl holiday brochure.  The Rhylian people of Rhyl typically seem to be what some people might describe as 'inbred', but this observation may be a little harsh as I can only really base it on the fact that most Rhylians dress themselves in shorts and tshirts despite it being very cold, very windy and very January.

 photography by John Brand

The Doors of Perception

My latest creation.
Whilst out and about accepting the bemused looks of passers by I've been snapping these photos to carefully create this image.
Soon to adorn a wall somewhere in my home.
Should any reader desire this as (what I hope you would consider to be) some interesting wall art then I would be delighted to provide it to you. However, if you really really don't like it then please leave appropriate abuse in the comments box.
Hopefully more similar works will evolve in the near future......

elephant

this is one of my favourite photos i've ever taken in all its grainy glory.  it was taken whilst on safari in kenya in 2008, we were at the lodge in the night which looked over to a watering hole.  it was pitch black but we could hear the faint shuffling of animals across the water.  with a telephoto lens and a 30 second exposure time i managed to get this eerie effect.  its off centre framing is due to it being pitch black and slight blurring due to movement and... well being pitch black, but all of that makes me love it even more.  its completely uneditted including the colour.