The best-laid plans can go awry. It happens to all of us from time to time. You set off to go somewhere, maybe an hour’s drive away, may be further afield for a photo shoot. It may be a place you’ve been to before and you have some particular images in mind to re-shoot or […]
Do chances come your way? When was the last time you had a chance to take an unusual image and you missed it? Do you recognize chance, photographically speaking? Most of us like to exist in our comfort zones in many walks of life – we are risk averse. Risk is dangerous – things can […]
It is said that the camera never lies. In fact it can tell a cruel version of the truth all too clearly – think of all those images you will have seen of politicians, celebrities or other prominent people papped at their worst: asleep inappropriately, yawning, having a bad hair day, eating a bacon sandwich […]
I must start with an apology as it is now a few weeks since I last wrote an entry on this blog. The truth is that I have been acquiring new images at a frantic pace, and that makes the title of this post particularly relevant. Every time you go out and capture a few […]
I got left behind as my wife and son walked on ahead, while I stopped every minute or two for another shot. Images like this are hackneyed and taken by the million, but there’s nothing quite like having a version of one’s own.
Beautiful sunsets are a requirement for every photographer, like baskets of kittens.
I have the Sunsets but I am deficient as far as kittens are concerned!
Beautiful silhouette, Andy…and I’ve never seen the image here, so it’s all new to me!
It sounds strange to say that approaching 70 this is the first time I can recall seeing sunset over the Houses of Parliament!
So it wasn’t hackneyed and overdone for you then, Andy…it was a “once in a lifetime” (thus far) event. 🙂
No, not hackneyed for me, Scott. There is a well-established, and documented, love/hate relationship with images of sunset among many photographers (in the UK at least) that has given rise to the letters NABSS – standing for ‘Not another b***** sunset’! I understand the attitude but don’t subscribe to it personally. If I see a sunset I capture it, but generally hide it from public view!
Well, at least you capture them for yourself, ultimately, that’s probably why we make most of the photos that we do, for ourselves. At any rate, I’m glad you shared this one with us. 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it Scott – thank you
Thanks for that last, forgiving, sentence, Andy. (And I did enjoy your photo.)
I’m a sucker for sentimentality so I will keep on taking sunsets when I see a good one, but I won’t bore the public with them!
Superb shot Andy 🙂
Well, I’ve never seen such a shot. I think it’s beautiful, and you have quite a sky to go with the silhouettes. I’m not too fond of technicolor sunsets, anyway. This one suits me just fine.
Subtle can be strong.
Such a dramatic sky you have captured and of course set against a well know skyline. A very nice photo.
Thanks very much Otto. We must have spent fifteen minutes walking along the embankment watching the sun sink lower in the sky and I took a series of images. This was the one that had the most pleasing silhouette.
A smashing silhouette Andy. The sky is superb and as you say, nothing like having your own version of a scene that is often photographed. We all bring something new.
Thanks Adrian. You have to deal with what the occasion presents – and this was a special evening.
You ‘ve said it Andy *one’s own version … Lovely photo I’m not agin at all to sunset pictures … and I’d not heard of NABBS ..
just as I’m looking through some pics I’ve taken this week down In Sussex … 😀
Have a super weekend Andy , temperatures a little less tropical thank heavens .
Glad to hear you enjoy sunsets too, Poppy. The F1 Grand Prix comes our way this weekend – and the Red Arrows will fly straight over our house repeatedly on Sunday, so it won’t be quiet. We will be down in Sussex in the next week or two – househunting has shifted a bit south of the Surrey Hills.
It is hard to not recognize this famous landmark, even in silhouette. Lovely light.
Yes, anyone who knows London will recognize this even in silhouette