Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Night corner


I've finally gotten around to shooting some the-other-side-of-sunset pics. 
I have a really basic camera, and yet I've never used half the settings.

And last night I couldn't connect to anything Google related, so my best intentions were thwarted.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Sunday morning Surprise


Nothing like an incidental manhole cover to make an image.
One of the few in this part of town that remain I should add. 

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Broken toy implied


I shot this about a block away from the spring shot, interestingly enough.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Springtime in North End


Forgive my inexperience with photographing flowers and trees.
I do love them though, and walk the dogs every morning through these weeds  flowers!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Sepia Sunrise


Well you know, close to sunrise..

Monday, August 22, 2011

Non-Northend Monday


Just to prove I do get out of North End occasionally, here's one from the neighboring village of Seaview, snapped this very morning as an impulse of me wanting to hear the sound of crashing waves.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Welcome to North End

Yesterdays rugby game between the Springboks and the All Blacks brought some life to our street.




I'm always excited to see people being drawn to our city centre.
Come back soon guys.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Station on the mend


Out of destruction/good photos for urban bloggers :-)

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

yuppie graffiti


Damn yuppies are everywhere...

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

closing time


I'm posting 2 pics in a row that I took together, not something I like to do.
But I've got work up to my ears at the moment, so forgive me dear viewers.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Sunday Rain


My ritual walk to buy the Sunday paper was a cold one.
Luckily there was a cup of good coffee waiting for me at home :-)

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Imperfect panorama


Forgive my badly stitched pano, I meant to return to shoot better angles, but the train station is closed after a gas explosion. So this will have to do.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Sign of the times II


I must confess, this is at the beachfront and not in North End.
It does have that industrial aesthetic though.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

North End downtime


As much as I like the daily chaos of our main drag, quiet evenings are a good balance.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Street rainbow


The urban version of the rainbow :-)

Monday, August 8, 2011

talking to the sky


Blue skies, now that's more like it.
Forgive my preoccupation with the weather lately, but us Africans can't handle all this rain..

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Panorama Saturday


I haven't done a panorama for a while now.
This is one of my Hugin panorama stitches, If you are running Ubuntu download it, it's simple and very powerful.
And if anyone knows of a panorama viewer plug-in for blogger or wordpress please let me know.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Who blew the roof?


I like this shot for what it is, blown-out foreground included.
So we'll leave the reasons for its sad state for another day, shall we?

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Radioactive


Over-the-top colour can be quite gimmicky, but I hope not in this case.
Then again that's the great thing about a blog: spontaneity, the best medicine.

No more falls


Another memory from days gone by.
And as for my post of the train station, there was a serious gas explosion there a few days after I took that picture, you can read about it over at myPE
I shall have to return..

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Shipping


The view from the main drag, not too bad.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Colour in the details


I think I've taken more shots under this stretch of freeway than anywhere else.
Which fits nicely into my idea of not having to travel to take good pics.
Not that I wouldn't mind travelling you understand...

Monday, August 1, 2011

Down there by the train


When last were you in the Port Elizabeth train station?
Me, not this side of puberty!