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pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

Pan left

City square with a stone building bearing the sign CORN EXCHANGE, a pedestrian pushing a pram, and rows of blue benches with black wheels in the foreground.

pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

And behind me under the bridge is where the 1996 bomb went off. If you zoom in on the middle right the red post box was the only thing intact.

Wet city street with tram tracks running down the middle, a pedestrian in a dark coat walking on the left pavement, a cyclist on the right, a glass canopy over the street and a yield sign ahead.

phinds · Jul 3, 2023

To me, it looks better if you improve the lighting a bit:

Black-and-white photo of a rainy town square with umbrellas over outdoor tables, a black-and-white timber-framed building, stone buildings on the left, and pedestrians walking on wet paving.

pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

phinds said:

To me, it looks better if you improve the lighting a bit:
View attachment 328705

Already done, this was the original!

Overcast street scene of a paved town square with a black-and-white timber-framed building with a tiled roof behind an outdoor seating area with grey umbrellas, and a pedestrian in a long coat walking past a low stone bench.

pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

I don't know why my images appear as thumbnails.

berkeman · Jul 3, 2023

pinball1970 said:

I don't know why my images appear as thumbnails.

When you attach an image file, you have the choice to insert it as a thumbnail or full image. After you attach the file, hover your mouse over the upper left of the thumbnail that is shown, and selece Full Image. I don't know how it works on a phone.

Alternatively, after you have posted and notice it's shown as a thumbnail, Edit your post and do the hover thing to change it to Full Image.

pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

berkeman said:

When you attach an image file, you have the choice to insert it as a thumbnail or full image. After you attach the file, hover your mouse over the upper left of the thumbnail that is shown, and selece Full Image. I don't know how it works on a phone.

Alternatively, after you have posted and notice it's shown as a thumbnail, Edit your post and do the hover thing to change it to Full Image.

Thanks, I'm on a pad no mouse but I'll try your suggestions looking at file type.

pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

Test

berkeman said:

When you attach an image file, you have the choice to insert it as a thumbnail or full image. After you attach the file, hover your mouse over the upper left of the thumbnail that is shown, and selece Full Image. I don't know how it works on a phone.

Alternatively, after you have posted and notice it's shown as a thumbnail, Edit your post and do the hover thing to change it to Full Image.

I need my pc, I'll try in work tomo. Cheers.

DennisN · Jul 3, 2023

pinball1970 said:

rain, mist

A vital ingredient of British weather

(it's basically the same here in Sweden).

Even though I very much prefer sunny weather when taking photos (because of the color opportunities), I've started to enjoy taking photos in rain. And mist can also be very cool; in e.g. the evening/at night you can for instance play with how various lights get affected by the mist.

And there are various opportunities with rainy weather. For instance, one can try to capture how it feels when it's raining, which can be an interesting challenge. Also, rainwater on flat ground and other surfaces can provide very interesting light reflection opportunities.

Here's one such photo I shot two years ago, a stitched ultrawide shot of an opera house:
(sadly, the resizing here of this wide shot makes it quite unsharp here for some reason, the original is much, much sharper, but you get the idea with light reflections on the flat ground)

Night photo of a lit opera house facade with glowing windows, reflected in wet ground under street lamps.

pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

DennisN said:

A vital ingredient of British weather (it's basically the same here in Sweden).

Even though I very much prefer sunny weather when taking photos (because of the color opportunities), I've started to enjoy taking photos in rain. And mist can also be very cool; in e.g. the evening/at night you can for instance play with how various lights get affected by the mist.

And there are various opportunities with rainy weather. For instance, one can try to capture how it feels when it's raining, which can be an interesting challenge. Also, rainwater on flat ground and other surfaces can provide very interesting light reflection opportunities.

Here's one such photo I shot two years ago, a stitched ultrawide shot of an opera house:
(sadly, the resizing here of this wide shot makes it quite unsharp here for some reason, the original is much, much sharper, but you get the idea with light reflections on the flat ground)

View attachment 328711

Nice mirror thing going on, at night, lights etc. Lovely

Rive · Jul 3, 2023

DennisN said:

Here's one such photo I shot two years ago, a stitched ultrawide shot of an opera house:
(sadly, the resizing here of this wide shot makes it quite unsharp here for some reason, the original is much, much sharper, but you get the idea with light reflections on the flat ground)

Still, you can smell the freshly washed air

pinball1970 · Jul 3, 2023

Rive said:

Still, you can smell the freshly washed air

Hi guys, thanks for fixing my images.

DennisN · Jul 4, 2023

@pinball1970 and @Astranut (and others who may be interested):

Yesterday I reproduced some old photos of historical sites on the British Isles (Scotland & Orkney).
Rather than doing two long posts in this thread, I decided to put them in a separate thread in the Art, Music, History, and Linguistics forum here: British Isles - a piece of visual history.

jtbell · Jul 5, 2023

Oink!

Carved wooden statue of a pink smiling pig in a white apron reading BIGBOYS COUNTRY COOKING, standing on a wood stump outside a building with an OPEN sign.

Rive · Jul 6, 2023

... torque ... bit of twist of bit o0)

Photo of a twist drill bit with a black oxide finish lying diagonally on a light grey surface, showing its spiral flutes and plain cylindrical shank.

Photo of a twist drill bit with a plain polished shank and a black, spiral-fluted cutting section lying diagonally on a light grey surface.

Point Conception · Jul 7, 2023

Large orange letters spelling PATTAYA on a hillside above a bay, with a partial white sign reading 'cit' to the right and white boats moored in the water in front.

Photo of a waterfront with wooden pilings in choppy water, white buildings on stilts over the sea, a hillside of trees behind, and a red and blue flag on a pole.

Busy street lined with shop signs, including Happa Grill Indian Cuisine and Pat Pharmacy, with tangled overhead power cables, parked motorbikes and cars, and multi-storey buildings.

Busy street lined with multi-storey shopfronts and hanging signs including Taj Tattoo, Kebab Pizza and Taj Place Room Rent, with parked scooters and pedestrians walking along the road under tangled overhead cables.

Rive · Jul 7, 2023

It's quite a contrast that how orderly the dock area looks like and ho disorderly the streets looks like :woot:

Point Conception · Jul 7, 2023

Indeed this is one of those streets at night from other direction . Postcard

Night street scene in Pattaya, Thailand, lined with glowing neon signs including Planet Rock and a Go-Go bar, with motorbikes and pedestrians along the road; the card reads Pattaya Night and Thailand.

Point Conception · Jul 7, 2023

Interesting sunset through mosquito netting

Blurred photo of an orange and pink sunset sky over calm water, seen through a fine mesh screen, with a long pier and dark boat silhouettes in the foreground.

Point Conception · Jul 8, 2023

Two date palm trunks with feathery fronds in the foreground, a pale sandy beach, green sea, and a large cargo ship on the horizon under a hazy blue sky.

pinball1970 · Jul 8, 2023

morrobay said:

Indeed this is one of those streets at night from other direction .View attachment 328932

I would like to capture the hussle bustle of Manchester like your post. In the centre again today so I will have another go.

Ivan Seeking · Jul 10, 2023

The area my family homesteaded - Main St. Deadwood, South Dakota, 1877

Black and white photo of a dirt main street lined with wooden false-front buildings in a mountain town, with horse-drawn wagons, a man in a hat standing in the road, and signs including Bank, Liquor Dealers and Irwin & Dellis Hardware.

Point Conception · Jul 10, 2023

Good, my gg came to Palo Alto from Ireland in 1800's and aquired 1/3 of Palo Alto in a Spanish land grant for a hay ranch. It's another story why I am not extremely wealthy today

Black and white historical photo of a dirt street called University Avenue, dated 1893, with a small building on the right and horse-drawn wagons and people on the road.

Point Conception · Jul 11, 2023

Row of yellow spherical swimming buoys on a rope running diagonally across choppy sea water toward a distant horizon with a small island and blue sky.

Ivan Seeking · Jul 11, 2023

morrobay said:

Good, my gg came to Palo Alto from Ireland in 1800's and aquired 1/3 of Palo Alto in a Spanish land grant for a hay ranch... It's another story why I am not extremely wealthy today

Part of my family did get rich on South Dakota Black Hills gold. Unfortunately, it wasn't my side of the family. My side owned mostly cattle ranches on the flatlands. However that made for great vacations - horses, guns, dirt bikes, tractors, and trucks...at age 12 and up.

nsaspook · Jul 11, 2023

Aerial view of a city waterfront at dusk, with high-rise office towers in the foreground, a ferry terminal and pier on the shoreline, ships on the water, and a large Ferris wheel on the right.

Aerial view of a city waterfront at sunset over a hazy bay, with dense high-rise buildings in the foreground, a small Ferris wheel, a ship on the water and a bright sun reflected on the sea.

Aerial view over a dense downtown skyline at sunset, with tall office towers in the foreground, a body of water on the left, and hazy hills in the distance.

Borg · Jul 11, 2023

Seattle Sky View Observatory?

nsaspook · Jul 11, 2023

Borg said:

Seattle Sky View Observatory?

Yes, we did the 4th party up there.

Street view of the Columbia Center building entrance in Seattle, with a large tree in the foreground, a green bike lane with white arrows, and a canopy sign reading COLUMBIA CENTER.

Interior of a high-rise restaurant at dusk with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a city and bay, people seated at tables and a crowd lining a counter on the right.

A woman in a red jacket looks through large black binoculars on a tripod at a window overlooking a city, with a wall display reading 'Salish Sea & Puget Sound' nearby.

Hazy view through a circular viewfinder or telescope eyepiece of the Space Needle tower in Seattle, with an American flag flying from its top and city buildings and trees below.

Night view from a high vantage point over a wide bay, with lit shorelines, several ships on dark water, a ferris wheel lit up at the lower right, and a dark blue sky.

Borg · Jul 11, 2023

My wife and I are doing an Alaskan cruise out of Seattle soon. We'll be in Seattle for a couple of days before.

Ivan Seeking · Jul 11, 2023

Black-and-white photo of four children sitting on steps in front of a brick building, beside a sign reading "4 CHILDREN FOR SALE INQUIRE WITHIN"; a woman in a long dress stands at the top of the stairs.

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