Warkworth Castle

Posted on March 7, 2014 by murphyz

Warkworth Castle

Warkworth Castle was a quick stop on our trip to Northumberland. It was in the wrong direction from where we needed to go, but close enough to make the detour, so after a hearty breakfast (which itself was after a sunrise outing) we headed off in the car and did a quick walk around here.

Well, as quick as a walk around can be when you have one person doing long exposures (hello me).

The clouds weren’t moving a great deal and a super long exposure blew out the sky a bit too much, so I settled on this one which was about a minute in length.

In other news, it’s Friday – and the end of my short work week. Hurrah. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Post to Twitter

Posted in Around and About, Black & White, Travel | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Sycamore Gap

Posted on March 6, 2014 by murphyz

Sycamore Gap

What an awesome scene this is.

Sure, it’s a tree standing beside a wall in the English countryside. However, it’s also a little bit of history, and a little bit of Hollywood.

To start with, the tree was used in the film Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, where Kevin Costner and co managed to find themselves a few hundred miles north of Nottingham during a particular chase scene.

Then we have the wall, which is Hadrian’s Wall built in Roman Britain around 1800 years ago and is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Large segments of the wall remain today and make up a great walking trail, which is obviously something I embarked on during my Northumberland trip – though I admit it was only to get to this picturesque scene.

It may not be as spectacular as the Great Wall of China, but it is an awesome thing and much closer to home. I’m glad to have finally visited it.

Post to Twitter

Posted in Around and About, nature, Travel | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Lindisfarne Castle at sunset

Posted on March 5, 2014 by murphyz

Lindisfarne Castle at sunset

I’m back from a trip to Northumbria, and I’m exhausted.

It was quite a lazy trip with very relaxed hikes and not too many pre-sunrise starts, but I have a cold and was carrying a very heavy camera bag and this seems to have hit me. I ache.

I’m looking forward to processing some of my images though, and am starting off with this quick edit from Lindisfarne Castle where we went on our first night. We were very lucky that the road leading up to Holy Island was just coming in to the ‘passable’ phase of the high/low tide cycle and we were able to get across it 45 minutes before the stated ‘safe’ times in order to watch a lovely sunset take place.

The night before there had been lovely Northen lights visible, alas it was not to be on this trip.

We stuck around for blue hour checking out a few different angles of the castle before heading back to the car and moving on to the poorly lit and therefore disappointing Bamburgh Castle which we walked around, attempted a few shots, grumbled a bit and then went off for food.

It’s good to be home.

Post to Twitter

Posted in Around and About, Europe, Travel | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Bike at Iveagh Gardens

Posted on March 4, 2014 by murphyz

Bike at Iveagh Gardens

Iveagh Gardens was a great little spot in Dublin that I walked to one day while pounding the streets looking for photos and, in this case, a geocache which was hidden here.

I was carrying the 70-200mm lens around with little enthusiasm to change it, so I was looking for something to use as a subject when I saw this bike resting against the railings. It happened to be a few steps from the geocache I was looking for, so that worked out quite well.

Today I’m returning from a trip to Northumbria where I’ve had a lovely time hiking and taking photos. I hope to start sharing some images from this trip tomorrow.

Post to Twitter

Posted in Around and About | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Trinity

Posted on March 3, 2014 by murphyz

Trinity

Here’s the lovely Trinity College in Dublin.

I posted another ‘trintiy’ image a while ago, Trinity Laban which is based in London. It’s only looking at the images now that I see that not only do they share a name, but they have remarkably similar architectural features.

It’s too late in the day as I’m writing this scheduled post for me to figure out what the connection is though…but perhaps one day I will find out.

Post to Twitter

Posted in Architecture, Dublin | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Concentric

Posted on February 28, 2014 by murphyz

Concentric

Prior to going to Dublin I was checking out potential locations for shooting and stumbled upon an image of an old gasometer which had been converted into what I thought were offices but which turned out to be apartments.

I headed down there on the Sunday to check them out and see if I could get inside the main central circle area – not knowing if it was blocked off, especially as I thought it was office space.

I was delighted when I found they were apartments and I could just walk right in and shoot away.

This shot is me standing externally and looking straight up one of the stairways.

Post to Twitter

Posted in Architecture, Dublin | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Arena

Posted on February 27, 2014 by murphyz

Arena

This image represents a birthday cake, which is handy as today is my birthday.

If you didn’t get me a gift, shame on you. I insist you share this post immediately to make up for this error.

To all of the new people reading this due to the apologetic shares from my forgetful friends, hello. You are all reasonably attractive. Well done you.

I’m not durnk.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Post to Twitter

Posted in Architecture, Black & White, London | Tagged , , | Leave a comment