Detail of the Silk Road foot bridge
Spent quite a lot of time photographing this very attractive footbridge near Macclesfield. I have always admired its wooden structure.
Bridge over the Silk Road Macclesfield
Parrots Field – Prestbury, Cheshire
The autumn colour is starting to appear in the village, sycamores first with the best reserved till last as the beeches turn amber / yellow. I have spent most of the day pottering about on my bike with camera, a certain fixation with the wooden bridge over the Silk Road and a plan to ride the tow path to Congleton beckons. The Bosley area is highly photogenic.
Fallen sycamore leaf
Bakerstonedale Moore near Pott Shrigley, Cheshire
A place within relatively easy reach of my home and yet also a place that I have never photographed until now. Bakerstonedale is very atmospheric, bracing and moody!
Tried a bit of bleach bypass on this one, probably a bit overdone but I like it.
Photographing things around the house and experimenting with an LED torch for lighting. These very old bottles seemed to be a good subject for a bit light play.
Boat and float, out in the bay at low tide. An enchanted evening spent on the rocky beach watching odd stragglers and an impromptu beach party gather around a large fire.
Bails close to Ravenscar — seen on my cycle ride from Scarborough
to Robin Hoods Bay.
Tempest and Tree
Hillside Slumber
Line to Nowhere
A couple of weeks ago I cycled from Scarborough to Whitby along the dedicated trailway — the former Scarb to Whitby railway route. This is a location that is absolutely loaded with significant childhood memories for me and none of it has changed in the slightest. The ride was fun, a bit grim leaving Scarbourough but the section from Ravenscar to Whitby via Robin Hoods Bay is just glorious with some beautiful coastal views. I have many more photos which may eventually find their way to this blog and other places.
Evening Tide
Mr Livingstone I Presume?
Ravenscar from Robin Hoods Bay
I just love this shallow DOF effect!
Tulips by the Bollin river in springtime.
Minimal nature plus bokeh = result I think?
Down by the rivers edge — the very edge!
Prestbury Cricket Ground
Last weekend, some photos were taken in and around the village of Prestbury. For the first time I ventured up to the cricket club with camera, no one was there, this is unusual at the time of year?
Another first is experimentation with cross-process effects and looks, which I rather like (on certain subjects) not least this one. I am often intrigued by the curious trappings of sports grounds, strange objects whose purpose is not always obvious yet which have a well-established form, hints of a Peter Greenaway-like obsession with the ritualistic nature of English ‘games’.
This could be the next album cover for Toro y Moi : )
