#Socs #Near #Far
Near and Far
How Near to where i am would i want to go ?
The Local Park Perhaps ?
The Local Art Gallery ?
Off to the Lakes perhaps?
Or a remote sandy beach, someplace sunny and warm?
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Near and Far
Tag: Photography
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Magic eye
#Camera
its really clever you know
capturing birds in flight or
excited squirrels running about the garden
batched up and processed in a single click
exception – getting the image you captured
relayed to paper – but its quicker than negatives
great device, capturing life in a click
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Sepia
#CYW #Sepia
when old photographs fade
the memories never go away
the colours take on a more heritage tone
more suited to the past
reminiscences held captive in a photograph
now reflecting its time and age,
even though you remember it like it was yesterday.
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Oh my word!
#photography
Salford, 21st January
Regular readers know i set up this website to share my scribbles and the photos and events that go with them
well, whilst i’ve been setting up Son of Hex….i received an e-mail for my photography from those wonderful chaps at Viewbug.
you can take a look at my profile on there HERE
Might have been the scene i took the other day that inspired the award, it was snowing at the time
Not enough for a snowman though 🙂
#Seasons #Autumn #Poetry #Nature
A Sign that winters on the way
Up in the trees, the leaves colours are changing
There hangin’ on to their branches for dear life but
Unless you haven’t noticed – greens have been swapped for
Mostly Reds and Browns, with yellows inbetween
Note though – occasional splashes of crimson – Christmas coming early ?
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Click
#Octpowrimo #Photography #Digital
I remember when
photos were stored away
on rolls of brown film
and getting the picture
required alchemy
Magic paper
bringing scenes of colour
to life onto
white backgrounds
with square borders
Trips to the chemist
a necessity
for those precious memories
of a warm summers day
to be brought to life
computer succeeds the chemist
speeding up the process
chemical symbols changed to 0s and 1s
delivered in a day
Smile!
you’ve got more pics in your hand
more memories to store
more smiles to save
#SoCs #Old&New #OldandNew #Photography
When it comes to the Old and the new, i always go to the subject of photography for a comparison.
When i was little i used a Kodak Extachrome camera to take photos of Mum and Dad and my little sister it had a cartridge that looked like this
You knew what frame you were at at the film because the number in the cartridge changed each time you turned the dial. Later i’d get my hands on a Miranda 35mm camera , which had a counter on the camera.
You might get an extra frame of film from these, but you ran the risk of snapping the film – and losing your images.
Kodak brought in a new system called Advantix – and i got my hands on one of these through an offer on a cereal packet. This system gave me three formats of film to play with…”Classic”, “High Def”, and “Panoramic”. I liked the Panoramic – as i got more into my pictures
In addition the camera gave us an index shot. However despite all the whistles and bells, i had to wait for the processor to get the prints of the film. With the Advent of the Digital Camera – all this changed.
This little card could hold much more than an Advantix Cartridge could, and transferring the images was reletively easy. Holding 20 or 30 times more than my original roll of extachrome film.
#Photography #Poetry #Fruit
The picture of fruit
had changed somewhat
engaged by the air
Red strawberries, captured on film
elevated themselves up the spectrum
damsons, plums and pomegranates – were confused
For each of the fine fruit, picked from the bush
reacted on film quite differently to the eye
unless you were there – you would have called it a camera trick
instead – you put it down to the age of the film
then again – Blue Strawberry tarts ? what a sight!
Salford, 10th July 2020
#Airfix #Quickbuild #Model
To pass the time during lockdown – i’ve been building
A few planes and Jet Fighters to pass the time
Now, today i’ve made something a little different
Keep your eyes peeled and you may see what rolled up today
#writephoto #vista
View from the top of this very big hill
is breathtaking (literally)
some say its a bit barmy climbing up all that way
to take a picture or admire the view – but
at the end of the day – its worth it (even better with a picnic)
The Inkwell 