There is a railway station in East Dereham, which is the site of a heritage organisation, called the Mid Norfolk Railway. They run trips in old steam trains and rolling stock, and a yard for repairs and reconstruction. Hence the cranes which run on the rails, and used to move the engines and carriages. Notice the green water tank and station building in the background. The beach is at Great Yarmouth. The two came together by pure luck. I did tilt the crane shot a bit, to have the hook dipping into the sea. I think the picture has balance and symmetry.
Swoon
I like this composition for its line continuity and movement. The staircase that is being looked down on, is in the Castle Mall. The zigzag barrier can be found on the footpath, by the river outside St. James Mill (the Jarrold building). The electrical cable was entwined with the barrier. Behind that is a decorative wooden block, part of a street installation, on the Quay Side near Fye Bridge. You san see the question mark shaped metal wedge, which has been driven into the block, to arrest the splitting. It also has some metal banding to keep the whole thing together. I don’t know, there’s some sort of flow …
On An Island In The Sun
The island is a collage of new groundworks that were taking place, on Moore Drive near Joondalup. The sun of course was in Australia. This collage is of a pedestrian island. The distressed metal chairs can be found outside the famous Grosvenor Fish Bar, overlooking the green in front of St. Gregorys church. The shadows can be found in the computer! Of course, I twisted the row of chairs to suit the composition.
Twist And Spring
What you can see here are the following objects: a connection and ratchet stay, to keep the metal wire of a fence taut. A gate to a public park, with a spring loaded bolt lock. Another gate to a park, and a twisted wire fence. Lastly a hanging stanchion with the white nylon wheel, to cast and retrieve the nets on a fishing boat. Is that clear? I had a great deal of satisfaction making this collage work.
Fixing The CCTV
In the middle of Eaton Park is a colonnaded pavilion with a domed bandstand at its centre. Surrounding the bandstand are circular rows of seating. I photographed one section, and as you can see, I repositioned a section of it. I was interested in swirling the seating to go off and beyond, creating a sympathetic composition. On a whim I put the engineer who was fixing a CCTV on Barn Rd., into the middle of the arena. Why?.. he just looked good being there, and gives the picture a focus. And a title. I think it’s beautiful!
I Hate Graffiti
There is a bike/pedestrian path which was a railway line. It runs from the Barker St, Barn Rd., St. Crispins roundabout to Costessey. Along it is a bridge that crosses the river Wensum, which is all heavy duty, thick metal girders and rivets. It had recently been painted black, to preserve a testament to our heritage. Then some mindless moron vandalised it with spray paint. I photographed the bridge, for the angles it exhibited, with a view to erase the offending marks in the computer. In the background is a big black, heavy-duty plastic sheet. It was being used by a farmer to cover a load of manure. In the process of creating the picture, I inadvertently twisted the image of the bridge to great effect. As for the graffiti, I thought “Hell!, leave the vandalism for all to see.”
Untitled No.28
Brisbane. What a wonderful city. There is a river taxi that zigzags up the Brisbane River, but I can’t remember how far it goes. Anyway, this is one of the many luxury apartments on the river front, I took the photograph at this angle from the boat, as you do… The blue water piping was laying in a field near East Dereham (ref. Abstract No.6). It took a very long time to isolate the pipe from its background, i.e. the muddy embankment. Once again the two items were married after a lot of experimenting. I filtered the buildings and sky, to blend in with the pipe.
Trying To Escape Into The Sky
There was some scaffolding on the roof of a block of flats, by the river, which attracted my attention. It included a frame to support a pulley mechanism, and a platform to receive the loads. I introduced the telephone engineer who was halfway up a telegraph pole on The Avenues street. I liked the string of lights that decorated a wall down near Trowse Newton. I also added couple more ladders, ‘borrowed’ from wherever, and changed the sky, which was originally overcast. I turned the lightbulbs ‘on’, in the computer, and had to extend the wires emanating from the pole, because of the limit created by the original photo.
It Gets A Little Congested At Lunchtime
This picture (and its title) is absolutey weird, totally left field, but I love it. The swimmers are readying themselves for the beginning of a triathlon. Believe me, the buckets and shovels of a digger were not there! I like the dynamic of the image; from the top left to the bottom right. The title reminds me of someone who went for a lunchtime swim, at the public swimming pool, and described it akin to a motorway.
Evening Stars
The composition started with the paper illuminated stars hanging in the Reindeer public house. I liked them, so photographed them. I liked the candles arranged on the mantlepiece of a blocked off fireplace, in the back bar of the Plough P.H. I rearranged and added to, the stars, but kept the candles as they were presented. I used the line candles as a base for the image. The wonderful sunset was witnessed by some members of my family when we were in Australia. We had just buried my brother Barrie who had passed away, September 2018. We had a little picnic and a drink to watch the sun going down. Of course my brother was a STAR…I miss you X