Category Archives: Urban scene

Jul 26 2016
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Street scene, Lisbon

Tuesday 26th July 2016, 5.05pm (day 1,797)

Lisbon street scene, 26/7/16

I said I was due a holiday, and so it began today: a 4.15am alarm call was the only downside. But here we are in Lisbon, Portugal — this blog’s 25th different country. Not a new one for me, I spent quite a lot of time here in 1990-91 when I had a Portuguese girlfriend for a little while (an experience I recommend if you get the chance…), but very little since. So it’s nice to revisit it. Today was just a settling in, but you’ll be seeing plenty more of it over the next few days, I guarantee it.

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Jul 19 2016
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Ice cream queue

Tuesday 19th July 2016, 2.50pm (day 1,790)

Ice cream queue, 19/7/16

I had a more artistic photo to potentially use today but if I wanted to epitomise the day then this was the one. The sun comes out, the thermometer rises, and a hundred members of Manchester staff and students queued up at the single ice cream van that had the nous to make an appearance on campus.

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Jul 15 2016
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Town Hall, Manchester

Friday 15th July 2016, 9.05am (day 1,786)

Town hall, 15/7/16

Not quite the week I had planned, but today was always going to be a day in Manchester. This colonnade — there’s one on each side of the building — is a scene I pass most times I walk from the station to work, been meaning to photograph it for some time, today it got its chance.

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Jul 14 2016
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Working outside (unlike me)

Thursday 14th July 2016, 10.45am (day 1,785)

On the roof, 14/7/16

I committed to spending the whole day in, working at home, and it turned out to be the nicest weather in some time. Ah well. This guy, at least, got to do some work outside today, up on the roof of the Nutclough Mill.

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Jul 12 2016
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna, Hebden Bridge

Bee on the allotment

Tuesday 12th July 2016, 4.25pm (day 1,783)

Bee on allotment, 12/7/16Some creatures, like birds, seem in my experience to not like having cameras shoved in their faces. But insects don’t generally mind. The problem with capturing them is that they don’t stay in one place for very long. My technique largely involves setting the shutter to continuous capture then hoping the auto-focus does the work. I like this shot, though — also because of the overdwellings captured in the background, very Hebden Bridge.

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Jul 11 2016
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Daily Post, Urban scene

King’s Cross Square

Monday 11th July 2016, 11.45am (day 1,782)

Kings Cross rain, 11/7/16

This was supposed to be a five-day trip down south but I have had to truncate it for reasons too annoying and stupid to bother discussing on here. The picture matches the mood today. Yet another umbrella — there have been too many of them in the last four weeks.

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Jul 08 2016
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Warning signs

Friday 8th July 2016, 6.20pm (day 1,779)

Warning signs, 8/7/16

And you thought our putative withdrawal from the EU was the major problem facing us at the moment.

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Jul 08 2016
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Colours and shapes

Thursday 7th July 2016, 8.35am (day 1,778)

Collage, 7/7/16

Saw this shot coming this morning, so played for it — I think it’s worked out. I like the almost random mix of colour and shape. These are about all we have to play with at the moment, ‘cos there’s no goddamn light.

The red plaque, by the way, commemorates the 1872 visit of a Japanese delegation to Manchester, a visit from which they returned inspired to kick start their own industrial revolution.

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Jul 06 2016
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Seat, Halifax town centre

Wednesday 6th July 2016, 3.25pm (day 1,777)

Halifax seat, 6/7/16

Let us at least try to bring some smiles into the world. Yes, I do know what these objects are…. do you?

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Jul 05 2016
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

In the park

Tuesday 5th July 2016, 5.30pm (day 1,776)

In the park, 5/7/16

Perhaps this shot would have been better with either one group or the other, but I like the split-screen nature of it with both. A nice evening in Hebden Bridge, much more amenable weather than in Manchester for most of the day, which is where I was.

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