Feeling Patriotic

So today was the Royal Wedding in London and I am surprised to say that i loved it! So as i was out preparing for leading a photography walk next week, i snapped this Union Jack flag which i thought captured a little bit of the spirit of the day!

Day 358 ‘Fast Forward’ – 19/11/10

Today’s is a little bit of an odd image, capturing a cyclist peddling into the bright morning sunshine on my way into work.

Day 336 ‘City Life’ – 28/10/10

I added Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro to the rest of the Nik Complete Collection i picked up for Aperture before i kicked of my 365. This has given me the interest to have a little bit of a play with HDR again after becoming a bit disenfranchised by my early attempts at HDR. So far i’m impressed in how this seems to pull the images together in a much more pleasing way (in my eyes). I’ve been meaning to take this shot for a number of months now, and think this works really well with the HDR processing, bringing out all the details in this little corner of my neighbourhood. In particular i wanted to capture the tower block, and liked the angle capturing it through the local football pitch on the edge of the local park. Was torn between black and white and colour, but thought colour was much more interesting.

Day 306 ‘Key Hole’ – 28/09/10

A little bit of a quick snap for today, this is an image that i tried before and was not particularly happy with. In the end i’m quite pleased with this, i like the strong colours and the shapes in the photo, so it will have to do for today!

Day 210 ‘We Will Fight them on the Beaches’ – 24/06/10

I’ll have to strike up yesterdays photo as another MISS for the project, although i quite liked it’s simple structure. Back down onto the beaches this morning, and i liked this little bit of broken glass, in which i see the word WAR. I am sure it is not really War, or even the letter W, but it looks like it to me. So here is a splash of something diferant, and for the first time in a few days some colour!

Day 185 ‘Framing Warwick’ – 30/05/10

This is a little bit of a throw away shot, but quite liked the framing around one if the turrest of Warwick Castle. Also a touch of Pre World Cup patriotism with the St Georges Cross on the tower

Day 172 ‘Parking for a Bit’ – 17/05/10

Todays shot is of the bicycle parking facilities near my office, it is a snatched shot, nothing deliberate in the framing and composition! I punked this into black and white to add a little bit of drama and interest!

Day 90 ‘Sandwich’ – 24/02/10

Perhaps not the most inspiring photo to mark the completion of 25% of my project 365, but i do like the stark lines and angles in this shot. This is a patch of wall for the pedestrian walkover the Limehouse Link tunnel, which i have been meaning to capture for quite some time now. Recently i have started to feel a little bit of photographers block on the challenge but a determined to keep the distance!

Day 45 ‘Brighton Pier’ – 10/01/10

I had a tough choice for photos for today. I had taken a number of shots of the pier and the beach, but i liked the way this shot worked. With the old Brighton Pier coming in on the right hand side, and the breakwater leading into the shot. I also like the little bit of drama created by the waves in the foreground.

Day 19 ‘Childhood’ – 15/12/09

What to take a photo of when your sick and at home for the day. I thought the old tatty spines of the Beano and Dandy comic libraries i used to love as a child might be interesting? Certainly something a little bit different to my other posts, and this takes me back over 20 years, to when i loved the adventures of “The Bash Street Kids” and “Dennis the Menace”.