Try something different

Sometimes I try something different. Something that breaks all the rules, or something intended to stop you in your tracks. Quite often these bright ideas fail miserably, but I do keep some of them..


Here are some examples:

Through the windscreen. Sitting in the car during a windswept shopping trip I noticed how the rain was running down the windscreen. I set the focus on the screen, selected a suitable aperture for the right amount of depth of field and waited for pedestrians on the bridge...


Up on the downs. Ploughed field, Ordnance Survey trig point and winter sun. Minimal. Nothing else.




Finally. Egg and Rivet surprise: Why not? Smooth egg, sharp rivets and really hard lighting.


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