Less-physical graffiti...

Today, I thought it would be nice to take all of the decision making out of photography, and wander about with my camera set to Program mode. This is the first time I have ever used this setting with any camera that had the capability, and it was mostly in experiment as anything. Of course, the camera coped admirably - as any modern camera will - but it was also a relaxing and therapeutic way to take photographs.

The graffiti - supported both by the local council and South West Trains - can be found on a local railway station, and lends some much needed colour to the somewhat depressing and run-down Victorian establishment. The top image is of a nearby shop front.



24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. ISO 320. Program mode.



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Clear(er) air...

The recent Saharan dust and pollution from the European continent - born upon the UK by southerly winds - was largely replaced by clean air from the West today. Unfortunately, with that came a change in the weather. Still, that didn't stop Nic, Dolly (the dog), and I from taking a lengthy walk along the beach at Rye, East Sussex, as the Atlantic front began to roll in.

Typical black and white photography weather, I felt at the time. There isn't much to photograph in the way of sweeping vistas with such light, but there are a number of features on the beach itself that make suitable subjects to poke a lens at; the remains of these wooden groynes, for instance.



24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/250 second at f/11. ISO 400



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Mojo...

                                                                        15th May 2001 - 2nd April 2014

                                            Sleep well, my friend. You will always be loved, and greatly missed.



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