Chimneys

Posted by John Leech (Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom) on 11 October 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

I'm sure most visitors to my pages will be familiar with Ian Bramham's photography Ian Bramham. I've followed his emerging talent since he first bought a DSLR - not that his talent took long to emerge. I'm sure any viewers who have not seen his work will appreciate this link.

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Comments (7)

Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom

I was just looking through the photographs in Community when I spotted this shot which shone out above the rest. I might have guessed you were behind it. An instant favourite John. It fascinates me the different styled houses from different areas of the country. My Aunty Elsie used to live in a terraced house in Leigh, Lancashire. The street was narrow and consisted of two long lines of dark red painted brick terraces with front doors that went straight onto the pavement. The houses were originally built for the miners. To me this road as gloomy as it was held an unexplainable beauty and a history of days gone by. You could almost turn the entire street into a museum. My Aunty has long since died but I've quite often thought about taking a drive up to photograph the street. I think the only thing that's held me back is knowing that there's likely to be the odd car parked up which I think would spoil the shot.

11 Oct 2009 8:09am

@Mike: Thanks Mike. The terraces do make good subjects. When I was at college in Newcastle I lived in a line of terraces where the upstairs was separate from downstairs, each having their own front door right onto the road. I wish I'd taken more photos round there, no idea why I didn't. Bill Brandt has some good shots in the northwest and Halifax which are worth tracking down. Very dark and moody. My shot above, I didn't realise how crude the pp was until I uploaded it here. I'm going to redo this one in 8-bit to see how the reduced info works.

Sockpuppet from Canberra, Australia

fantastic shot. i love the deep impenetrable blacks at the bottom of the frame from which the cottages emerge briefly before fading again into the morning mist which is almost blank white. it's always what's between those two extremes that is most interesting. well done.

12 Oct 2009 8:55pm