Photograph taken looking up at a towering textural tree trunk towards the leaf canopy overhead. Taken on the lower slopes of the Pennine Hills in Lancashire, UK.
Standing Strong
for #ForestFriday
#EastCoastKin #photography #naturephotopgraphy #trees #forest #bark #nature #lookup #pennines #notgrimupnorth
(Android phone camera)
Photograph taken in Manchester looking up at the upper floor windows and fancy facade of a residential building. The dark-framed, tall windows have decorative balustrades above and are sandwiched between two ionic columns with patterned bases in cream stone. The windows reflect the blue sky above. Yes, I was back in the city and the sky was blue. It does happen in Manchester sometimes, and luckily on my last few visits too!
Ionic Flair
for #WindowsOnWednesday
#photography #windows #architecture #balustrade #reflections #surfacepattern #lookup #citylife #Manchester #notgrimupnorth
(iPhone camera)
View of the Grade II Listed Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester. No longer used by freight it has been transformed into a garden open to the public, run by The National Trust. Image shows an old brick wall at the bottom with green shrubs hanging over. In the mid section is an old viaduct with sturdy pillars and decorative sides of cross-crossed steel through which plants appear. In the background is a tall glass skyscraper. Cloudy sky with areas of blue overhead.
Where Botany and Steel Collide
for #SensoryArt theme of #Transportation
#EastCoastKin #photography #Castlefield #GradeIIListed #Manchester #railway #heritage #notgrimupnorth #viaduct
(iPhone camera)
Photograph taken on Manchester's Canal Street. Huge spray painted yellow and black bee in flight with gossamer wings against the whitewashed wall of a pub. Thin sliver of the pub's leaded glass windows on the right hand side.
Buzz on Canal Street
for #TagTuesday and #ContemporaryTuesday
#ArtYear #photography #bee #graffiti #streetart #Manchester #urban #notgrimupnorth
(iPhone camera)
Photograph looking up at the back of the Sackville Building in Manchester. Once UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) main building where many took exams in its stunning main hall trying not to be distracted by the architecture. Tall windows over four floors jn a red/orange brick facade with a blue sky and white clouds above. UMIST has now been absorbed into the University of Manchester, and this fancy building (from the other side) is no longer the jewel.
UMIST and Always Will Be
for #WindowsOnWednesay
#photography #University #windows #Manchester #city #notgrimupnorth #learning #bluesky #lookup #cityscape
(iPhone camera)
Photograph taken on New Brighton beach, Wallasey. Rusting iron railing is the focus with large boulders and flat golden sand behind. In the distance is a sliver of the Irish sea / mouth of the River Mersey and the cranes of Liverpool docks. Atmospheric cloudy sky overhead. Fascinating beach to visit and watch ships go by.
The Tide of Industry
for #TidesOutTuesday
#photography #beach #sea #industry #cranes #docks #railings #sand #NewBrighton #Wallasey #TheWirral #clouds #Merseyside #notgrimupnorth
(iPhone camera)
Looking along two weathered, long pieces of driftwood lying on the sand. Sea is barely visible (low tide). Sand is a deep gold and relatively flat. Blue sky overhead with a stripe of white cloud. Taken at Little Crosby beach, Merseyside.
On the Beach...
for #AbstractAug theme of #beach
#photography #driftwood #sand #shadows #bluesky #notgrimupnorth
(iPhone camera)
Photograph of an old, weathered, white lighthouse on an expanse of deep gold-coloured, ridged sand. To the left is a concrete sea wall. The sea in the distance is barely visible. Huge sky with white and grey clouds overhead and a dash of blue sky. Thankful that we have the opportunity to spontaneously decide to head to a part of the coast not visited before.
New Discoveries
for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Gratitude
#EastCoastKin #photography #notgrimupnorth #TheWirral #lighthouse #bluesky #explore
(iPhone camera)
Photograph taken up on the moors in Lancashire. Love the contrast of calm, understated, golden-beige moorland against the dramatic clouds full of movement with glimpses of blue sky. Hills in the distance are a selection of soft but deep hues - green, grey, brown.
Big sky focus for #Scape.
#Landscape #EastCoastKin #photography #Pennines #bluesky #clouds #hills #moorland #notgrimupnorth
(iPhone camera)
The Fallen Leaves at Billy Bootleggers Newcastle yesterday- were fantastic!
'Punk Rock For Gentlemen'
'The self proclaimed champions of the glorious underachievers'
#punkrock #notgrimupnorth
Peaceful requires some form of gentle noise these days now I have tinnitus. Bossa nova on quietly while I get comfy for a snooze under the fuscia leaves and rosemary. Sunny day, blue sky and some birds tweeting sporadically. Perfect!
Bossa nova snooze.
#Peaceful #BlueSkyArtShow #snooze #bluesky #plants #garden #photography #naturephotography #music #notgrimupnorth
(Android phone camera)
Photograph taken underneath some hellebores. The composition has two large, full flowers dominating with sections of others at the top of the frame and bottom left. They sweep across the photograph in almost semi-circle. The petals are bright pink and magenta, dark maroon in shadows with ruffly stamen centres that would stand out if not in shadows. Behind the flowers are angular olive and lime coloured leaves, and the bare twigs of a tree. The whole photograph has a background of pale blue sky. Lots of contrasts: colour, form, light and shadow.
Hellebore Happiness.
#Stunday #EastCoastKin
#photography #colour #garden #spring #contrast #flora #naturephotography #notgrimupnorth #lookup
Ever changing yet constant view, taken over 36 hours.
Individually each is breathtaking.
#photography #morning #evening #fog #nature #trees #naturephotography #inkyblue #sunrise #notgrimupnorth
Where will the road lead? Atmospheric photo up on the Pennines. Love the colour palette and the moody clouds.
#photography #landscape #roadtonowhere #clouds #bluesky #Scape #notgrimupnorth #pennines
Can’t see the wood for the trees with a splash of blue sky.
#photography #trees #woods #naturephotography #bluesky #nature #notgrimupnorth #pennines
Feeling tiny looking up at this towering textural tree trunk.
#photography #naturephotopgraphy #trees #thicktrunktuesday #bark #nature #pennines #notgrimupnorth #lookup
Great to see my local team, in a northern town more famous for being a target seat for the BNP and a beer originally for "Men if the North" (now loved all over) doing great work for inclusion, equity and awareness.
#NotGrimUpNorth
