Underneath the Arches

If you go down to the river today, you are sure for a big surprise…

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Definitely had to meter for the shadows otherwise it would be a silhouette. The ‘corpse’ was being pushed about by the wind too hence its lack of sharpness (f/11 at 1/4 second). Works for me though.

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Embedded trolleys, wheelbarrows and other crap litter the mud, sinking slowly.

Further back at the breakers yard the beach changes all of the time

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I’ve often photographed this timeless gap and I’m never that happy with the results for some reason. This is getting there though.

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Clambering round here my sense of scale is often warped. The whole side of a boat is just tossed aside. Yes there are cranes, but a couple of days ago I don’t recall seeing this hulk (just the anchor). However, it looks like it has been here for ever.

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Closer…

Meanwhile Mr Incredible (aka Gizmo) spent a happy half hour ripping discarded tyres to pieces and relocating various pieces of junk and detritus over the beach. That dog has a lot of projects going on down here and as a by-product stops me being bothered when snapping.

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Wired

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Bread & Batteries & Harold

Nightmare processing day… fucked up spooling the film, dust magnet development, the works.

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High contrast, orange filter on the Rollei, kind of harsh. Looks like fish skin to the right of the bread tin. Biblical. When I was a kid we had one of these bread bins. Made of metal to keep the mice out. Ours had red writing on it. I’d forgotten all about it until I saw this one.

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I just liked what was left of this wooden fence in front of the concrete fence. Redundancy rules.

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SOS from Harold, so lonely… The Rolleinar renders monster bokeh.

Maybe Harold’s battery fell out. If it is a battery.

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Rolleiflex 3.5F Model 4 (plus Rolleinar III & orange filter), HP5+ EI 200, HC-110 1+63 (Dil H) 8 minutes

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Heart And Helicopter

Harold is lost in Ladywell, we found him landed on a chopped down tree

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I also shot Harold with the Rolleiflex, we’ll see how that turns out when the negs dry. Be interesting to compare the digi and the Rollei.

Further along M.W. had spent some time carving this tree – some time ago from the looks of it.

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The colours really appealed to me.


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Low Tide – Mud, Knives, Guns & Chains

Wow, most of the Thames disappeared today!

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This mooring buoy looks so wrong beached, usually it is floating. Out of context.

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I didn’t realise how massive they are

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Underfoot was a bit treacherous and I recall stories of people sinking in the mud, especially a couple of girls rescued when they were up to their necks. Gothic stuff. Imagine sinking down, relief as your feet touch something solid – only to find you are standing on the head of somebody else…. Easy to see how it happens, though I was more concerned about slipping and bashing the Rollei.

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Everything is relentlessly mud coloured, like watery eyes, lacking real definition. So many colours of mud.

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I really do expect to find a body part around here. Tis fanciful, but it is February, and grey too.

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Later on in the day we were walking Gizmo by the river in Deptford and the Thames was nearly lapping over the path it was so high. Extreme.


What I didn’t photograph was the spectacular double rainbow arching over the Old Royal Naval College and landing in Island Gardens. I whipped out the little digi only to find that I’d forgotten to replace the SD card FFS!

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Rolleiflex 3.5F Model 4 (plus Rolleinar II for some shots), HP5+ EI 200, HC-110 1+63 (Dil H) 8 minutes

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Nice Pipe Looks Like A Cock…

Kate laughed anyway ;)

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Barracking

Seen a few of these going up round our way

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Meant to snap one by the Creek yesterday but the street cleaner had just removed it. This one was lying on the pavement. Love the 3D ‘B’


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Rainy Deptford Colour

Miserable grey day cheered up by colour. Grey for Gizmo ‘cos he had his booster. Can’t believe it was a year ago since he arrived.

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And in the gutter…

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