Daffodils and Poppies
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Hull city centre is quite a colourful place just at the moment. In one part we have some Lego daffodils, and in another poppies.
Good Friday at Hornsea
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I think we made the best of the weather, managed to get a far as the seaside at Hornsea and back without getting rained on.
After we'd had coffee at Hornsea Mere of course. I kept saying that I wish they had a pinball machine there so I could play "Mere Bagatelle". Nobody laughed.
A Quick Trip to York
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Had a quick trip to York today. Took the bendy lens, so that I could get all of York Minster in one frame. I think it sort of worked...
Hornsea Morning
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This morning the weather looked promising, so it was off to Hornsea for a coffee and a cake. As you do.
This picture came out quite well, although I wish I'd seen that traffic cone before I took the shot....
Misty Morning at c4di
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Got up bright and early to go and work down at c4di today. I've got all my robots set up there now (they've got plenty of space, which is nice) and I wanted to work on remote configuration of robot settings.
I was up so bright and early that the car was actually frozen solid. And as I drove into town a clear bright morning turned into something a bit foggy. But this did make for some nice photographs when the mist cleared a bit.
Some seagulls
c4di looking shiny
Proper Blade Pictures
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We went up town today and I thought I'd get some pictures of the "blade" once it had been installed. And here it is. To me it looks like it has been Photoshopped into the image. It's such an unlikely thing to find in the middle of a city square that it's rather hard to take in the fact that it is actually real.
I'm quite pleased with this shot from right underneath the blade. Next time I'll have the nerve to lie down on the floor to get an even better viewpoint.
Moving Blades
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Big Wheels
While I was down in Hull yesterday I also took a look at the amazing machine that they used to actually deliver the blade. It had some lovely features. So I took some pictures...
Great gauges - liquid filled to dampen the needle movement
I'm not sure what you're not supposed to do. But you're really not supposed to do it.
Hull Pictures
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Went up town today. The weather and the lighting wasn't bad. I love the way that the c4di and Deep buildings complement each other.
High Fashion and Bainbridge Island
/As part compensation for a day spent looking at cars, today number one wife and I went to look at the Yves Saint Laurent exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum.
There is true genius in the way that a few pencil lines can evoke a figure and a style.
The finished product.
After as much haut couture as we (or at least I) could handle, we headed off to take a ferry ride to Bainbridge Island. We had no particular need to go there, but the weather was being very kind to us and, hey, life's in the journey....
Seattle waterfront from the ferry
View of Seattle going out...
View of Seattle coming back....
Seattle Street Furniture
/I've been taking pictures of the pavement. As you do.
Hull with a Fisheye
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I took the stupidly wide angle lens up town today. The light was wonderful and so I nipped into Hull Holy Trinity Church in the middle of town and discovered yet again why it is one of the best places in the universe and space.
Fun with Fisheyes
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I took this picture in Chicago and I've only just got around to fiddling with it. I think it would make a good album sleeve picture (if we still had albums and sleeves).
Art in Dalby Forest
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Went to Dalby Forest today. Wonderful place. I came over all artistic and took the above picture of the trees reflected in the lake.
York Minster
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I do like York Minster.
Fish Eye Sky
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Went out to take a picture of the sky tonight but I missed the actual sunset bit, and I'd forgotten I still had the fish-eye lens on the camera.
Oh well.
Spot the shoes
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This picture of the stairwell would be perfect if I'd managed to avoid including my feet....
University Sunshine
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The university was looking especially splendid this morning.
Owls at Castle Howard
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We went to Castle Howard today. Lovely place. They had some owls there.
Bendy Lenses at Folly Lake
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More programming today. But we took a break by heading to the Folly Lake Cafe for lunch. I think they do the best chips in Hull. But I'm biased. They taste like the ones my mum used to make.
Anyhoo, the food was lovely and the day was very pleasant. And I'd taken my Lensbaby, a simple lens which you can tilt to play with depth of field and whatnot. To adjust the lens aperture (the size of the hole that lets the light in) you drop in metal discs with different sized holes. And it has the ability to make very interesting images with selectively blurred bits. Great fun to play with.
Hull Looks Great
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Every now and then I take a picture that I'm really, really, pleased with. This is one of them. I took it today wandering round the waterfront in Hull. This is fast becoming one of my favourite places. The Fruit Market is coming along a treat and interesting cafes and shops are springing up. It's a pity you have to cross the A63 to get to this part of town, but it's well worth a few seconds waiting at a pedestrian crossing.
I took a few more pictures that I'm happy with. You can find them here.
