practice makes perfect

basingstoke

photos from in and around the place I live, see also www.basingstoke.me uk
practice makes perfect

practice makes perfect

04 Jul 2020 4 6 137
Having just got 2m down pat, I now have to start practicing 1m.
graveyard

graveyard

22 Oct 2020 11 12 187
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Make it more ghostly". See PiP for original. As a note of interest Thomas Burberry (founder of the Burberry clothing empire) is buried 20m or so to the right of this scene.
autumn

autumn

04 Nov 2020 11 12 146
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Taken with a mobile phone camera" Pretty much SOOC, but cropped and sized on the PC. The mirror like reflection was broken up just moments after taking this when a toddler ran up and threw a big branch in the pond.
sign

sign

13 Nov 2020 9 13 161
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Signs"
fanum

fanum

31 Oct 2020 2 1 148
Click image for 'better big on black' Basingstoke's Fanum House, home of the AA, Automobile Association, and, until recently, the tallest building between London and New York (the nearby IBM building was refurbished and became Skyline Plaza, and a few feet were added to its height in order to steal the crown)
grass

grass

15 Nov 2020 11 9 240
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Cracks with flowers or weeds"
bench

bench

14 Jan 2021 13 11 136
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "shoot from below the knee"
mud

mud

14 Jan 2021 8 5 148
Muddy footpath
drip

drip

04 Feb 2021 20 14 135
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Single focal point"
strange fruit

strange fruit

26 Nov 2020 2 4 122
Basingstoke's shoe trees. Sadly the council have become aware of these and are now planning to remove the shoes, which is a great shame, to quote Mark E. Smith "life should be full of strangeness, like a rich painting" Click image for big, and a better view of the shoes
cone

cone

23 Feb 2021 16 13 154
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Cones"
mother and child

mother and child

01 Mar 2021 14 13 183
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Unusual or odd shaped items" This is Basingstoke's "Mother and Child Sculpture" in Wote Street. When erected it caused a bit of a hoo-haa with members of the council wanting it moved away from public display to avoid upsetting passers by, but it remains, and is known locally as 'Wote Street Willie'
yellow

yellow

17 Mar 2021 17 15 184
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Yellow" Underside of the Vyne Road rail bridge.
reflection

reflection

23 Mar 2021 15 14 174
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "picture of a mirror showing your surroundings" This is the 'who's looking over my shoulder' mirror on the ATM at the bus station . . .
easter daffs

easter daffs

02 Apr 2021 14 11 147
Daffs in the park. Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Associated with Easter"
closed

closed

27 Apr 2021 12 11 130
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "darkness in photography" This is the "His & Kids" hair dresser that sadly went bust during the COVID lockdown, so the lights are out permanently.
shadow

shadow

11 May 2021 8 6 197
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "Modern Looking Negative Space".
chairs

chairs

19 May 2021 16 14 158
Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge': "complementary colour"
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