I recently booked on a photo walk from Hebden Bridge. It was billed to be of about an hour's duration... but ended up being three hours of fairly strenuous walking. I was done in by the time we'd finished! (15K steps, including the walk to and from where I'd parked my car.) Nevertheless, I enjoyed it and it was interesting to be guided on paths I didn't know. It was a very dark, dull, almost misty day, though on the plus side, not too cold and not actually raining.
Because of the weather, I set up my camera to take black and white images and because I wanted to be a bit more creative, I set up my camera with a square format. Oddly, having a limitation can, I find, provide a bit of creative freedom. Apologies to those who don't enjoy my mono pictures but you'll be seeing a few!
The mini-series in this post is all related to humans and housing. Although it was a relatively rural walk, in Calderdale you're never very far from people and the evidence of their histories.
Loved the various textures and designs your B&W created. I felt sorry for those people living with just a place for a trash receptacle outside their back doors, then laughed, I don't even have that! Not one bit of earth, terra ferma to my name. No wonder I have house plants.
ReplyDeleteA nice use of black and white. That single window is especially intriguing.
ReplyDeleteThe "gate to nowhere" is my favourite of this lot, but I like them all.
ReplyDeleteHow odd that the walk turned out nearly three times as long as expected. Well done, 15k is no mean feat! I hope everyone who came along managed the walk and nobody had to break off - if someone isn't fit/healthy enough to walk much more than an hour, that could be a real problem for them.
Wonderful shots. Love the last one.
ReplyDeleteI think some photos just ask to be black and white. They're not nearly as interesting in color.
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