Blackpool seafront

Welcome to my first post of 2017! I took this one at Christmas - I love the light, lines and curves on the Blackpool seafront. The view here is beneath Central Pier, looking towards North Pier.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/4, 1/500s, 35mm, hand held.

Blackpool beach and central pier on a late winter afternoon.

Another one from late December last year. I love the colour palette created by the light in this series of photos - subtle peaches and blues.

Beyond the pier on the left you can just see the Big One - the huge rollercoaster on the edge of the Pleasure Beach.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/8, 1/100s, 40mm, hand held.

Spiral staircase at Elephant & Castle tube station.

Just back from a few days in London with another collection of photographic souvenirs. The weather was a bit grim this time (flat, grey skies and finger-numbing temperatures) so I think the best pictures will be the indoor ones. This was one of the last ones I took, on the way down the steps into Elephant & Castle tube station. I could take a lot more photos in the underground stations, but it's usually either too busy or too dangerous. This one was nice and quiet because everyone else was using the lift!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/2.2, 1/15s, 35mm, hand held.

Blackpool's north pier viewed from the promenade steps.

This was a late afternoon at the end of December last year. I love the mixture of soft pinks and blues, the curves of the steps and dark lines of the pier.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/8, 1/60s, 44mm, hand held.

Reflected sunlight on a building wall and pavement

I took this on Southwark Bridge Road, London, in March this year. The low morning sunlight was hitting the buildings on the opposite side of the road and was being reflected from their windows onto these walls, with the railings making shadows across the pavement.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/200s, 20mm, hand held.

Farm buildings near Portinscale, Lake District.

I took this one on a walk around the Newlands valley on our holiday to Keswick in August this year. I love how the sunlight hits the stone wall and the blue of the door mirrors the sky colour.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/11, 1/160s, 18mm, hand held.

Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London

Another one from my London trip in March this year. The old Naval College buildings are spectacular, but I found most of it very hard to compose well on camera. I like this one, though - the lines of the steps and the texture in the sky really help the composition.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/10, 1/125s, 18mm, hand held.