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Day 11 from 37 – 24th July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

It can be said that weeds in the garden are plants in the wrong place. Dust and dirt around the house is simply material in the wrong place. What about art then….

Art?  Not all of it gets me excited, a lot of it I don’t understand, much of it I don’t particularly like, but more often than not I can at least appreciate that it’s well done. Perfectly drawn, brilliantly put together, with much skill and patience beautifully made.

But what is this?

Day 11 – Art?: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/3.6; 1/100s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 11 – Art from a distance: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4; 1/160s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera

I’m convinced that the artist who did this knows lots and lots about his or her subject. The people who commissioned the work are no doubt very… arty.

Day 11 – From behind… or perhaps not: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/3.2; 1/125s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 11 – From the side…almost certainly: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4; 1/160s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera

I don’t want to criticise too much because I’m sure everyone concerned meant well, and there are surely excellent reasons for displaying this object next to a beautifully modern building with clean lines and oodles of style.

Day 11 – Scrap iron perhaps?: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4; 1/125s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera

But somehow I can’t help but think that it looks like something the builders forgot.

Day 11 – Left behind?: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4.9; 1/80s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera

Perhaps that’s the whole point…. It’s a conversation piece?

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Day 10 from 37 – 23rd July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

Some like them, some don’t. I think the round thingies, resembling something between a climbing wall and a Lego brick, quite fascinating. The building, a shopping centre with flats, is about 12 months old and the weather has not yet taken its toll on the facade.

Day 10 – Round thingies: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/5.6; 1/500s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
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Day 9 from 37 – 22nd July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project

Visiting the airport is always quite interesting, but today, in the middle of the holiday’s high season, there was more than plenty going on. Despite the happy holiday makers, I did manage to shoot one photograph almost void of fellow man.

Day 9 – Empty Check-In: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/2.8; 1/10s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 9 – Full Check.In: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f3.6; 1s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
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Day 8 from 37 – 21st July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

After the usual shopping spree and the all important coffee, it was time for my traditional Saturday morning stroll through the local countryside with the dog. Although looking decidedly black over Bill’s mother’s I managed to get back home in the dry. It did actually rain during the afternoon. but that didn’t bother me at all… I was busy fondling cameras in a large camera shop 🙂

Day 8 – Black over Bill’s…..: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/8; 1/800s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 8 – Before the harvest: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/7.1; 1/1000s;
ISO 200 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 8 – Bench: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/8; 1/500s;
ISO 200 – Straight Out Of The Camera

 

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Day 7 from 37 – 20th July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

After over eighty years of trading, Zurich’s Duty Free Warehouse closed its gates for the last time on 26th June 2012. The heavy goods locomotive with a handful of trucks was a regular sight as it heaved its way along the roadside track and across the road to the warehouse compound. Now only the rubble remains.

Day 7 – Roadside Track: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4.9; 1/200s;
ISO 200 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 7 – Roadside Track: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4.5; 1/200s;
ISO 200 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 7 – Only Rubble Remains: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/5.6; 1/500s;
ISO 200 – Straight Out Of The Camera

Apparently about a thousand new flats will rise out of the rubble… possibly similar to yesterday’s photo? All will be revealed in a few years time no doubt. Talking of yesterday’s picture… I thought it seemed a bit ‘cut off’ somehow, so I snapped this image early this morning.

Day 7 – Trendy Frames 2: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4.5; 1/200s;
ISO 200 – Straight Out Of The Camera
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Day 6 from 37 – 19th July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

Another bit of modern architecture, this rather interesting new building rose up where an old, somewhat tired block of flats used to stand. I have no idea who designed it, but the window frames fascinate me daily as I ride past on the bus.

Day 6 – Trendy Frames: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/8; 1/400s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
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Day 5 from 37 – 18th July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

Today I thought it would be nice to present a bit of modern architecture. Zurich’s Prime Tower is 126 metres high and sits loudly in an up and coming, trendy part of town.

But… oh dear it’s a pain to photograph. For those with wide angle lenses and fancy bits of gadgetry it’s fine, but for someone of humble means like me it was not easy. The thing is simply too large!

Day 5 – Prime Tower: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/7.1; 1/400s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 5 – Prime Tower: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/8; 1/500s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
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Day 4 from 37 – 17th July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

I don’t intend to underline the fact that age is creeping up on me, but I remember when ‘wireless’ was another word for radio. Families would huddle together to hear the news on The Wireless:  A beautifully polished wooden box that had to be switched on five minutes before your favourite programme started, otherwise you would miss the beginning whilst the valves warmed up.

Today not just the radio, but many other fascinating gadgets seem to work wonderfully without wires, so I’m particularly proud to have an original, working, telegraph pole at the bottom of the garden with lots of old fashioned wires on it. A monument to antiquated technology and the perfect perch for the local blackbird.

Day 4 – Wires: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/5.6; 1/500s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera

 

 

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Day 3 from 37 – 16th July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

On the way to the station this afternoon I came across some shadows and of course a train or two.

Day 3 – Shadow Patterns: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4.9; 1/200s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 3 – Fast Train to Vienna: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4.9; 1/10s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 3 – Departure Boards: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4.5; 1/160s;
ISO 200 – Straight Out Of The Camera
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Day 2 from 37 – 15th July 2012

37 Days – Holiday project.

Day two already and I haven’t given up yet!

Day 2 – A spot of rain on the way: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/5.6; 1/400s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera
Day 2 – After the shower: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/7.1; 1/400s;
ISO 100 – Straight Out Of The Camera