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Angel Of The North, Gateshead The Angel - part Wicker Man, part jumbo jet - faces the A1 Great North Road. More information here. There is a lot of veiling flare because it's taken into the light, but this was by far the best angle of the day. A more contrasty lens might have lost the steel rib detail, anyway. |
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Moors between Weardale and Tynedale, Northumberland I thought it needed a focal point, so I waited until the car (looks like an Audi A4 with an ill-advised rear spoiler) entered the frame. The IIIa's zero shutter lag helps here. I'd have preferred to set the shutter speed a stop slower for more blur, but I was already at the minimum aperture of f/12.5, giving 1/100 on Reala. |
| Weardale. This is my wife on the banks of the River Wear (pronounced "weir", not "were"). The bokeh is nice and it's pin-sharp. A coated Summar would be a phenomenal lens. |
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Wear, Co. Durham This was taken at about 7pm in April. Shutter speed was 1/30, handheld to give f/6.3. You can only get away with this sort of behaviour with a Leica. The water really is that colour - it's reflecting a very blue sky. |
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Flour Mills from the Millennium Bridge, Newcastle The old flour mills are now a modern art gallery. The "bowstring" bridge almost uniquely rotates on its main axis to allow ships to pass - only about once a week, though. |
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Wanborough,
Wiltshire I was crouching down to try and avoid the road signs and the vans here. I couldn't hide the telegraph pole without also losing the church spire. Incidentally, my village church is one of only three in Britain to have a tower AND a spire. |