Every scrap of land seems to be ‘under construction’ and each development has an achingly boring similar unimaginative concrete and grey-glass Galliard ‘house style’.

Before

The wasteland by Margaret McMillan Court has recently been fenced prior to construction work, but the optimistic hoardings have additions to the advertised attractions:

Puerile perhaps, but it made me laugh

During

Payne’s & Borthwick Wharf (not Convoys Wharf as I thought, thanks Sue!) seems to have been laid waste for ages. Presumably construction work is actually underway. Today it looked as suitably apocalyptic as the once-upon-a-time neighbour site of The Royal Dockyards should look. Not for much longer, so grab it while you can

After

This little corner of Deptford is the one that the developers tell prospective buyers is in Greenwich. Poor lambs…

I’ve wondered what the gaping spaces below the apartments were for and I’m guessing other people did too. Now we no longer need to be bereft of ideas because the developers have come up with some.

Wishful thinking perhaps?

These were in Blakemere Moss in the Delamere Forest.

Funnily enough, walking through Foots Cray Meadows with The Dog the other day I saw lots of bullrushes in the River Cray and they looked really ordinary. Maybe it is the snow



The Dog on the sand

Bricked

The ancient woodlands show every sign of living uneasily in the 21st century

Ancient and modern

A misty day begs a visit to Severndroog Castle, a curiosity at the best of times. The folly belies perspective and the mist (not flare) gives it an even more timeless quality. Or does it?

Severndroog

Seen from a distance, the delapidation is not so evident, but closer… the ‘timelessness’ is shattered

3 doors

I’m using the GRDIII with the 21mm adaptor, one of my favourite digi cameras despite the small(ish) sensor and fixed lens (because, rather than despite, I lurve the fixed lens…)

Gothic

I’ve just updated the GRDIII firmware and there is an interesting new option in the ‘scene’ setting – high contrast black & white. Yummy! So I thought I’d try it, having only used AP & RAW (with my own saved settings) on this little digi (the ‘scene’ setting doesn’t write to RAW, only jpg).

Remind me never to use the ‘scene’ settings again. I had no idea what was going on in the camera, or how to control it. The exif is mad (ISO 800 set by the camera & it was so sunny I had to use EV -2 just to get anything nearly exposed, it seemed to be the only control). And I wasn’t happy with the other photos. I’m guessing this ‘scene’ is for indoors or that I should at least RTFM before slagging it off.

With my workflow I’ll stick to RAW & post-processing, it makes more sense for me.

Back to this photo. I like the rectangles and triangles, plus the flattened plane of the photo. So not all bad.

The photo below is of the Thames Path. Literally. To be fair, it is part of the diverted path on Tunnel Approach.

See the little guy, centre left

Both of these were taken with the 21mm attachment lens.

Homecoming queen?

Gotta laugh…

Gizmo lays into the US of A

Not a nice place to be but the lure of the chair sirened me inside – and the gate was open… The place has become a pigeon roost big time and hundreds of them were shuffling, cooing and shitting around me. I loathe these filthy creatures.

I couldn’t go inside, despite a tempting sofa photo opp. I would have become a victim of the resident overlords. Shudder.

Greets from the Loa of the dead and sexuality. I’m Baron Lakwa and I’ll be dealing with cemeteries, graves and sex from now on so just enjoy.

Remember – we all die.

Look out for me