Abandoned

Thanks guys - the population of the Outer Hebridean islands is stable, but ageing.....which means that vital community focal points such as primary schools etc are gradually closing down. Rennovation may be possible but would be expensive in order to comply with modern building regs and there is more chance of a holiday or retirement home being constructed. This also would add less to the local community financially and socially than were it used to provide affordable housing for those on the waiting lists in Stornoway.

By: Camairish

Lucky Find

What a wonderfully original image - thanks for posting this one!

By: maggie9

Sycamore Gap

Original, stunning, a wall-hanger.

By: wanny

Fruits of the season 2

La Boquieria?

By: minamahal

Teascape

Love originality. Prefer coffee.

By: Morpyre

rolling back the years

As the previous owner of a Lambretta SX 150 & S2 TV 175 I feel I must vote on this picture! Loved riding my Italian vintage scooters but was never into the UK scooter scene or attended a ride out. My loss perhaps!

By: forbsie

Lingerbay, Harris

Thanks Digby - sepia never crossed my mind but it works well here. Like the mono upload too - I definitely need some more exposure on the wood panelling.

Ian.

By: Camairish

Clock, Mirror and Lamp

Great reference Nathan - his images are superb, surreal & sometimes Dali-esque. I've not seen his work before so thanks for that.

Ian.

By: Camairish

Bidean nam Bian...

Marvellous shot of a truly majestic hill Dougie. It does look very 'north American' here, doesn't it? It could easily be the Sierra Nevada in California.

Ian.

By: Scottishlandscapes

Time in the City

Great concept very well executed. This would do well in stock I'm sure!

Ian.

By: CraigWalker

Yard

Wonderful image, captivating.

By: HPalin

Safe Passage

Beautiful light and detail on the FG rocks,

Ian.

By: edrhodes

A walk in the snow

Wonderful shot, lovely composition with straight tree trunks. Perfect.

Ian.

By: footloose

Waterloo

Wonderful perspective achieved here,

Ian.

By: JJ_A

Sunset over Snow Covered Grantham

Well worth the wait - great capture. With the tower straightened this one's a wall hanger.

Ian.

By: macsport2005

Spin 2.

Beautiful geometry within the perfect composition.

By: kuvailija

Big Brother

Dali lives on within the street artists in Spain - well spotted. Was in Catalonia out of interest?

Ian.

By: andybirdphoto

Welcome to Burnley

Great shot - might look good also as a gritty grainy black and white image.

Ian.

By: alifink

Street Life (new book cover)

Fantastic work - the link provided is well worth the look. Excellent collection of street photographs. I love the clean, graphic and grammatical approach to the book.

Ian.

By: handheldFilms

Ben A'an...

Beautiful tones throughout and the shifting light is wonderful. Enjoy the trip up north and hope you're blessed with weather and light like this.

Ian.

By: Scottishlandscapes

Excess Baggage

Thanks Frank - that mod is so much better. I don't use flash and wouldn't with this subject - distracting him might result in accident. I'll go back to the original and experiment with what you've suggested.

Thank you,

Ian.

By: Camairish

Searching

Thanks for the comments everyone - interesting to hear other views. I did in fact try to capture them earlier so they weren't so near the edge but this is just how it worked out in the end.
Willie - I'm guessing they were looking for a long lost relative, but that is just a guess. I'd seen them a few times while wandering through Chinatown - always with the picture on display.

I must admit that street photography is a completely new discipline for me and all comments are very welcome,

Ian.

By: Camairish

Brand New Puggies

I'm telling the nurses you said that Dougie!

By: Camairish

Flowers and Steps

Thanks all - the C mount are CCTV/cine camera lenses - an adaptor (cheap on eBay) allows them to fit the ep2 body. Manual focus only and a little bit fiddly but the effects/bokeh are something different. Points taken about the exceedingly shallow dof but I was experimenting to see what happened - the one downside to m43 with it's smaller sensor size is the reduced shallow dof achievable with the normal lenses.

There is mild vignetting with 25mm C mounts on the 43 sensor size, longer than 25mm focal length gives full coverage whereas the 12mm length gives an image within a black circle!

Ian.

By: Camairish

Stock

Great feedback there - many thanks. I'd never heard of James Ravilious so I googled him and check his website - beautiful B + W rural life images. Thanks for that pointer whipspeed.

www.jamesravilious.com

Ian.

By: Camairish

Show Time

Thanks Phil - yes, when I cover up that end cow the shot definitely gains something. It's frustrating but I can see exactly what you mean once you've said it - just hope I can learn to pick these things out myself. Too used to landscapes where composition and structure follow different rules.

Thank you, Ian.

By: Camairish

Boy in Alley

Thanks for the input (and the mod). The boy is indeed my son so I could and should have engineered it better to have him walking towards me. Excellent tips here.....must try harder!

Ian.

By: Camairish

We've Moved

Thanks Bren - I'd have liked a more interesting human element - kids playing or a woman pushing a pram but this was the only person around!

Ian.

By: Camairish

Ice Cream Lady

Thanks Stephen - I noticed this too but had got away with this clandestine shot and didn't want to risk firing off another with less exposure in case I got rumbled!

Ian.

By: Camairish

Hurrying Man

Thanks Paul - appreciate the input. This was scanned by myself straight from the neg with no alterations apart from a little cropping. I'm new to B + W so I probably need to spend a bit of time with one image and tinker with it to see the effects that can be achieved, I use Lightroom mostly and occcaisionally Elements 6. I'm used to scanning Velvia and then doing nothing so it's a bad habit I've got into!

Ian.

By: Camairish