Camera Critters: Mother Cow

Close up of a mother cow in the field, taken this summer with my new telephoto lens.


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Wordless Wednesday: Ruins of West Pier, Brighton [2017]

My sister Sara and I, took a trip down to Brighton for 2 days. We used to live in East Sussex and hadn't seen the city of Brighton for 14 years! This is the ruins of the West Pier which was opened in 1866, and it closed to the public in 1975 ( which was the year I was born in the town itself) due to safety reasons. Sold to a trust in 1983, it was to be 10 years later in March of 2003 that the pier suffered an arson attack, and the picture above is all that's left of this iconic structure now marked by buoys. The Victorian entrance is still standing with a restaurant and a observatory suspended on a pole to view the seafront, which is owned by British Airways.


Link to the West Pier trust website: https://www.westpier.co.uk/

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Weekend In Black and White/Camera-Critters: Herd of Highland Cattle

Local Highland Cows, they have 3 babies too.


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The Weekend In Black and White: Side Street In D'alt Vila, Ibiza [2016]

Side street in Ibiza's old town, which is known as D'alt Vila last year.


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Weekend In Black and White: Rome Protest [2017]

When we arrived in Rome this summer, we stumbled across a demonstration whilst flitting between the museums in the city and trying to keep cool in the heatwave that the city was experiencing so early in the year. The protest was about the privatisation of public transport, they were complete with megaphones, loud Italian rap and balloons. This is a black and white rendition of two photographs I managed to capture of the people when they went by, whilst staying within the shade.


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The Weekend In Black and White: Piza Cathedral

The cathedral in Piza sadly with scaffolding around it, taken last summer.


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The Weekend In Black and White: Portrait of an Old Man, Istanbul

This old turkish man who must of been in his 80's ( at the very least)was sitting on the pavements outside the shops with his shoe shining materials on the streets near the Grand Bazaar. At one point one of the shop owners asked him to remove the many cigarette butts that littered the pavement outside their shops, whilst we were waiting for the coach and the rest of our tour group, I photographed him literally from the hip ( I own a Black Rapid strap now ).


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The Weekend in Black and White: Hippos, Singapore Zoo

Some Hippos bathing at the Singapore Zoo.


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The Weekend In Black and White: Another Shot Inside St Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow

Another shot taken last Autumn inside Glasgow Cathedral.




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The Weekend in Black and White: Winter Scene in Black and White

This was taken two weeks before Christmas, we are still getting snow showers every now and then since the cold snap returned but we are not quite as affected by it as some parts of the country, which makes a change from 2010.

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The Weekend In Black and White: Monochrome Cows

Some hybrid (appear to be cross bred with Highland Cattle)cows eating frosty grass, edited and turned black and white (with a slight tint)in Adobe Camera Raw.

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The Weekend in Black and White: Monochrome River

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Weekend in Black and White: Ceiling Rose, Glasgow Cathedral

Shot of the ceiling rose inside Glasgow Cathedral, monochrome conversion done in Topaz Black and White effects.

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Weekend In Black and White: Dandelion Clock

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