The TP 52 - 2025 Cuthbert's 52 for 2025

A nice set, but I love your chosen shot - right up my street.
 
Good set and the chosen one is spot on. I like number 4 too, walking into the shadows
 
Nice set :)
 
Great set Mark, I really like your chosen shot and #3.
 
I really like the lighting of your chosen pic, although Mario would also have worked well - he looks very happy :ROFLMAO:
 
Thank you! I do have I think a more interesting wider shot of that statue, but it was taken before the challenge and I didn’t want to break my self imposed rule of using existing shots - but it wasn’t possible to take it again or even a similar shot because the drapes, curtains and other statue had been moved.

But here it is:

Ornaments by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Anglesey Abbey is well worth a visit if you are out that way, so many interesting rooms and trinkets. Gets a bit too busy in the summer and school holidays and sometimes it can feel like a tube train with everyone trying to cram into a small space rather than waiting for 2 minutes lol
 
Nice - looks like Hermes / Mercury.
 
Nice shot and think you picked the right one. I was bit confused as have been to Anglesey (Island off North Wales) dozens of times, but not Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge :)
 
Nice set Mark but the second shot really stands out for me. Love the softness, the grain and the play of light on the statue.
 
Thank you again everyone, I will make sure I ask about the statues the next time I go! Yep, Anglesey Abbey is a rather odd name... apparently derived from "Angevin" or "Anglesian" - it's one of the few national trust places around here where you can actually go in most of the rooms. Ickworth House, pictured below is a really impressive building but you can walk around it in 20 minutes really.

Built to Last by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

And a few that didn't make it this week

Ickworth House by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Descent Into the Light by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Run as fast as you can by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr
 
Paid inconvenience by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

This is outside a public toilet in Cambridge - no idea if it still works, it looked pretty abandoned. Ideally, this would have looked a bit better centred, but unfortunately how it was positioned on the wall I couldn't centre it without getting a bit of the door in, which was angled and the shadows didn't fall as nicely or was the same colour so it looked off - but I liked out it turned out - I was really drawn to the texture of it - a relic of an era long past.

A few alternatives

Windowlessness by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Dead Zone by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr

Cambridge Rooftops by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr



Kell said:
Lovely - what did you shoot these on?
Click to expand...

Thank you Kell - they were all shot on a Canon EOS R6ii with a 15-35 2.8. On some of them I've used a black mist filter and a star filter - nothing special, https://amzn.eu/d/eanKfvJ and https://amzn.eu/d/iBEQK2H just to add the halation and glow. IIRC, on shrubby pic I used both filters - star closest to lens, mist on last to that extra bit of glow.
 
Great set Mark. I really like your framing and composition.
 
I like your chosen shot, and personally I think the off centre framing suits it well.
 
All nice shots but not what I'd call Street Photography.

ONLY 20p though! Bargain :) Most of ours here are now 40p by card only!
 
Last edited:
-Oy- said:
All nice shots but not what I'd call Street Photography.
Click to expand...

I agree - I do feel a sense of moral conflict photographing people in private moments, making them the subject, even if they are in a public space. I’m not saying it’s wrong or that I’d never do it, but the photo would have to be exceptional for me to do so. I did go out to Cambridge on Saturday thinking I could capture something for the challenge but I didn’t see anything that wasn’t in that category so I went for something that was very much a manifestation of the human.
 
I like it the colour is really nice, I'm with you on street photography, also I find a lot of it to be very poor and quite lazy in a way.
 
Love your chosen shot, very loose in terms of 'street' photography but it ticks all the boxes for me with that lovely patina, light and colours.
 
Nice shot - and a great band :angelic:
 
Excellent light Mark, well seen and shot.
 
Very nice & well spotted, the DOF works really well for it too
 
Great use of light Mark, as always. I really like your work.
 
Darkslinger said:
Great use of light Mark, as always. I really like your work.
Click to expand...

Thank you Bill, it’s not for everyone but I love just making the everyday look a bit less mundane.

So for this it obviously would have been better if the sun was on the front of the building, but that would have meant getting up a 4am lol

Deserted by Sparkling Pictures, on Flickr
 
Great subject for your shot, and I really like the low viewpoint.
 
Great use of a low viewpoint, and having the one wall in shadow really works well
 
Spooky feel for sure! :runaway:
 
You've made this work really well, despite the uncooperative sun. Really like your POV.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top