I have created a new page to mark every hundredth image to be posted on Flickr. This was originally a recurring and updated post but it was becoming so large and repetitive, I felt that it was better simply to dedicate a page for the topic instead.
NINE CENTURIES FROM FLICKR 2005 -2009
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The following set of images taken on a recent trip to Salford Museum by my girlfriend’s children, who range from the ages of 5 to 13. To get the best out of what we both felt were wonderful images, I have made some minor adjustments, but mainly in contrast and brighness etc…
There were indeed many good if not excellent photos taken that day, but I decided to chose one for each of them. This is not to say that these were the only good ones, as these are but a sample, but that they represent the eye of each of them well in my opinion. They have certainly got a fantastic eye though and I hope that you would agree…
WAYNE (13)
Salford Museum
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AMY (11)
Salford Museum
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GEORGIA (8)
Salford Museum
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KYLE (5)
Salford Museum
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This is a bit random but these are the only two images that have ever been posted on the 28th July so I just thought I’d share them with you. These 4 images were all taken with my Kodak Z740 and to this day I still use it along with my Nikon and rate it very highly.
All these were taken in North Wales back in summer of 2007.
“Landing” 
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“Perch” 
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“Pose” 
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This is a photo set of Llandudno, North Wales. The images were captured over the past 3 years, spanning 2006 – 2008.
The first is view from the Great Orme, looking out over the Welsh bay…
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A high key image of the promenade.
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A weary traveller has scaled just one of the peaks looking over the coastal resort.
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Another view from the Orme, this time looking back towards the town from severaly miles away.
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Sunset on the prom.
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The railway on the left is one of mode of transport up the Great Orme. It is a cable railway system, which pulls the trains up and down, whist the road will serve as a more conventional method.
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A more deatled look at the railway lines.
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…and finaly, the engine that drives it. The wheel house is located half way up the Orme, and this cable systemn serves the railway.
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It’s been a few months since my last post but I would first like to thank everyone who has continued to follow my blog, and the hits have just kept coming.
These three images have been selected from my “Flickr Favourites” set on Flickr. These are some early attempts at photoshoping images and are a little different from my prefered, unaltered photography.
The first image, “City View” was taken from my attempt at an online comic, titled “The Seventh Idol”, back in 2006. The main image is of Manchester, and the foreground rendering was done using Daz 3D. The overall mastering of the shot was completed using Photoshop.
I must admit I do really like this image, but the comic was hampered by my lack of knowledge of the comic genre and the lack of computer power and rendering capabilities at the time. I’ve come on a way since then, but this was early days.
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The next image is of the Art Asylum’s Classic Enterprise from Star Trek. Taken with my Kodak Z740 against a red velvet curtain, I used the colour replace option to remove it. I then used a star brush for the stars and a couple of lens flares…
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This final image is of the Art Asylum’s Movie Enterprise from Star Trek III. Again taken with my Kodak Z740 against a red velvet curtain, I used the colour replace option to remove it. I then used a star brush for the stars and a couple of lens flares… This was the earlier of the two, hence the cruder nature of the image.
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Today, I’ve decided to showcase a more broader selection of my work, presenting every hundreth shot, starting here, with Number 1, taken back in June 11th 2005 with my IPAQ rx3000, hence the lower quality.
This was simply a shot of the sunlight beaming through my apple tree.
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#100 – This image of a University Of Manchester walkway was taken with my Vivitar 3765 on cold morning back in February 2006.
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#200 – I actually can’t remember exactly which stretch of motorway we were on at the time that I took this image, but it was clearly sunset on August 5th 2006, and I used my Kodak Z740 at a decidedly fast shutterspeed.
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#300 – This was one my early technical attempts at macros using my Kodak, back on May 26th 2007.
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Good old Waterloo Place at Manchester University. This is an old favoirite on this blog, but I couldn’t exclude it as it does happen to be Number 400 in our list!
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#500 – This is a shot of the road leading to Ambleside in the Lake District. Taken on August 3rd 2006 with my trusty Kodak Z740.
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#600 – This one of my personal favorites, takenon 26th July 2008, in Llandudno, North Wales. The first of this list to be taken with my Nikon D40 as well.
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#700 – This was taken on the 20th August 2008 in my back garden. Nikon D40, 55mm.
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#800 – And last but certainly not least, taken 25th October 2009 at the Museum Of Science & Industry (MOSI). Nikon D40, 42mm, thank you!
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This a series of images showing the big wheel in Manchester back in the Christmas of 2005.
All where taken with either my Vivicam 3765 or my Kodak Z740.
“Next To The Wheel” – Vivicam 3765
“Wheel Of Fortune” – Kodak Z740
“M/cr 1″ Showing the wheel in relation to the city – Vivitar 3765
“Reflections Of The Wheel” – Kodak Z740
“Big Wheel” – Vivitar 3765
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Todays theme: Birds in flight. These are a few of more recent and in many respects, favourite bird shots, most of which were taken with my Nikon D40.
“Glider”
“Blue Journey”
“Flight”
“Free Flight”
“Landing”
This was taken a few years ago with my Kodak Z740. It isn’t perfect but is still one my favourites.
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Good old nature photography: Simple, effective and bloody EASY to find the subject matter. This Apple was taken olver 3 years ago. The tree has long since gone.
These were Plums, after just transforming from flower to fruit.
If I remember correctly, this Mushroom ended up as part of my breakfast, but not before being captured.
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Since I first began to take up Photography seriously back in the summer of 2005, my home city of Manchester has often being my subject. It is not soley out of local pride of a strong technical interest is architecture which has driven this, but often because Iive and work here!
I would and still do, take my camera out at lunch time and on the way home and take a few shots. The challenge was to find new and interesting places to capture the city from, so particularly in 2006, height was definatly my thing.
This was taken on the 13th February 2006, by my Kodak Z740. This shot captures two of the landmark towers in Manchester. The foreground being the Arndale Centre’s tower, which stands over one of Britains largest shopping centres, and in the distance, on of my favoured subjects, Beetham Tower, duing in it’s construction.
This shot, taken a few months earlier, at Christmas 2005, shows one of the wheels which has graced the city over the years. This stood, as does one today, in what is known as Exchange Square, at centrepeice of the city centre used for events.
This was a lucky shot to be honest. Taken after a few drinks at about 11:00pm, again with the Kodak, the fact that is came out at all was great! This is still one of my favourites.
This was taken earlier one in the afternoon of the 13th February 2006. This to me, sums up modern Manchester. Is this reletively small area in the heart of the city, we can see various decades of architectural designs, such as the 50’s/60’s on the bottom left, and what I suspect is a late 1970’s tower in the top right.
Now back a little earlier, November 2005. This shot was taken with my Vivitar compact. This builing, which faces the historic Piccadilly Gardens in the city centre, had just been completed at the the time and almost every floor was empty.
I forget what it became, but besides offices, but the ground floor became shops; Rather expensive ones, too!
And to finish with a more recent shot. This was only taken this year, 15th April, with my camera to hand, which was my trusty IPAQ rx3000. The shot obviously suffers for the low resolution, but with a small amount of ‘photoshopping’, I tried to create a more artistic image.
In the foreground with have the ond Manchester Central train station, which for many years now has been known as the GMEX Exhibition Centre. It has just recently, changes it’s name back to Manchester Central, though to my knowledge, no rail services are planned!
In the background, the faded image of Beetham Tower is barly visable, in an attempt to highlight the changes this city has gone through over the pasted hundred years or so.
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