The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Photography

  • #OWPC This post is part of the one word photo challenge When people talk about scale to me – I don’t think of weight, I think of size Four Bears, all different sizes Now comparing the two smallest bears – the last one is about as 50 times as small as the next size up,…

  • #CFFC #Wood A poem by Milligan, I might have used artistic licence A very high tree, ten foot tall was chopped down to make some chairs and I bought one Now me, five foot seven is 4 foot three when I sit down in it did they really cut down a ten foot tree to…

  • #C&BW #Benches I had to think about this particular challenge I mean…. what kind of bench? One on a path in a park ? Or Perhaps one by the water? Decisions decisions… eventually I took the decision to do both, both were taken in areas of my hometown, the first was taken with my Nikon…

  • #Art #Photography I’ve been pulling the images off my Nikon Camera and shoving them through the various programs on my laptop Took this pic of the local tram and put it through Painnt’s randomizer.  Like the ripple effect running through it. “Drawing” – Roses in a winebottle Pencil drawing from original photo : Roses Cove…

  • Off on another Bee Hunt

    Manchester 26th July 2018 #beeinthecity #Manchester #Bee #Travel #art “We’re going on a bee hunt”….Winnie-the-Pooh in Manchester,  July 2018 I took myself off on a Metrolink today, on the search for more Bees on the #Beesinthecity trail The tram took me into Manchesters centre…but i stopped at Manchester Central where i spotted the first of my…

  • The bees have landed

    #beeinthecity Salford and Manchester 23rd July There’s been a swarm of colour land on my home city Hard working and landing on the landmarks around the place Bringing a buzz to the neighbourhood! The bees will bee (deliberate typo) in the surrounding area till the end of august Check them all out at https://beeinthecitymcr.co.uk/art-trail #beeinthecity #beeinthecity…

  • The Mancunian Octopus

    #cffc #week2 #orange #octopus #manchester #CFFC #Octopus #Underwater #Sea He swam from tropical waters and landed in our seas rescued by a trawler from being a seagulls tea The boatmen stored him carefully as they made their way to the dock a wildlife officer would come on board at the entrance to the lock Far…

  • Swimming Lessons

    Salford Quays, 14th July 2018 a tale of the first time in the canal…from one of the goslings….Interpreted by Inky 🙂 It’s a bit hard stepping out from the little nursery pool to the great big vast waterway but at least my family are nearby mum and dad watching proudly on no water wings required…

  • #CFFC #Week1 #Components #Gates #Geometry Close up of a gate at Ordsall Park in Salford – I like the shapes! The Gates were installed as a “New” entrance to the park The embossed ident on one of the gates pillars Trees in a Line

  • Salford 19th June 2018 #life #travel #sunrise #breakfast #morning I woke up early this morning, the local wildlife were up with the sun. I’m unaware of what they were discussing….probably breakfast, or maybe football ⚽️ . If anybody knows what rooks , blackbirds, song thrushes, and pigeons talk about over breakfast…please let me know I…