Watersmeet on Exmoor in Black and White

I have scanned a few of my Ilford FP4 120 film negatives from our recent trip to Exmoor. We stayed in Lynmouth and were able to walk to and from Watersmeet. If you did it there and back it's probably less than 4 miles although it was closer to 8 miles taking our rather indirect route.

It was a dull day but good for waterfalls. It's much easier to print waterfalls that are not sunlit than those that are! Watersmeet house was also still closed up for the winter so no advertising signs and few people in my pictures. The last time I took photos here it was really busy and not as much water, the recent rain really helped the waterfalls.

The temporary link to these new images on my gallery website is:
www.davebutcher.co.uk/gallery/recent?key=Watersmeet

To see all of the Watersmeet photos that I have on my website follow this link:
www.davebutcher.co.uk/gallery/landscapes?key=Watersmeet

New Images of Glen Coe

I have added some new images of Glen Coe to my web gallery on davebutcher.co.uk. Here's a link to just the new ones. They were taken over several trips in summer and winter, with and without snow. Hope you like them!

Pap of Glencoe and Loch Leven

3 Sisters of Glen Coe and Aonach Eagach

3 Sisters of Glen Coe

 Aonach Eagach Ridge

 Aonach Eagach from Glen Coe

Glencoe Lochan Reflections

Lower Glen Coe Falls

Buxton Gallery in the Gardens New Display

I have changed my display of framed photographs in the Gallery in the Gardens in Buxton Pavilion Gardens. There is a strong bias to cities to tie in with my City Light book launch.
Locations now include Rome, London, Oxford and Paris as well as some local ones.

I forgot to photograph the display but here are a couple of the images, you'll just have to imagine what the narrow black frames and white mounts look like!

St Peter's Basilica and River Tiber at Night, Rome

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford

By the way, I will be doing a City Light book signing in the Buxton Tourist Information Centre on Easter Saturday.

The Cotswolds in Black and White

I have added some Cotswolds black and white photos to the web. Places include Castle Combe, Bibury, Tewkesbury, Lower Slaughter and Painswick. There's also a few of Gloucester.

Painswick Church and Pyramid

Tewkesbury Abbey Mill and Weir

Lower Slaughter and River Eye

Gloucester Cathedral

Rome in Black and White

Here are a few images from our trip to Rome in December 2012. There are lots more on the Dave Butcher Photography web site.
More to come when I find time.

Quite a few of these will be in my new book, City Light, due out in March.

Spanish Steps and Fountain at Night

Colosseum and Moon at Night

St Peter's Basilica from the Umberto Bridge at Dusk

Trevi Fountain at Night

Vatican Fountain and Fairground at Night

Statues and Rooftops

Roman Rooftops

New London Photos

I have also added several more London photos from our trip in April (coincided with the London Marathon). For the next month they will be in the Recently Added Gallery but here is the permanent link to photos of London.

Here are a few examples:

New Moon Pub in Leadenhall Market

London New City Hall and Tower Bridge at Night

Gherkin from Mitre Street

Bank of England and Bus

New London Images

I have managed to find some time to scan and edit some of my new images from our recent trip to London. Here are a few examples. I have another 18 scanned and part-edited but unsure when I will find time to have these added too.

I obtained a permit to take the photos around City Hall this time, filling in all 25 pages of the application form, but it was worth it for the shots. The buildings around there are spectacular plus that area has the best views to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

The Burlington Arcade shot was taken after being moved on by the security guard. After chatting with him for a few minutes he kindly told me where the limit of the property was (just a couple of feet further back). The shot shown here actually benefits from having the black wrought iron gates in the foreground.

I was disappointed that they have removed the Underground signs from outside Westminster station. I wanted to get an improved shot with the sign in the foreground and Big Ben behind. I'll just make do with what I took last year. The bus light trails shot worked quite well though.

What a relief to finally see the Albert Bridge (Victorian vintage) resplendent after a lengthy refurbishment. Last year (and the one before) it was covered in white plastic as they worked on it. Now, it looks spectacular; I can understand why it's known by many as the prettiest bridge across the Thames in London. The Prince Albert down the road on the Battersea side is a good one too!

The Shard from The Scoop theatre near City Hall

Albert Bridge at Night

Big Ben and Light Trails

Burlington Arcade

Battersea Power Station and Telephone Box

There are more on the Recent gallery on the web site:

www.davebutcher.co.uk/gallery/recent

To see all of the London shots on the web site click here:

www.davebutcher.co.uk/gallery/cities?place=London

London Sun and Rain

A good day in London with lots of sun and blue skies with lots of fluffy clouds. Just a few light rain showers. Good weather for black and white photography.

I now have shots of the Tower of London, Shard, St Katherine's Dock, Battersea Power Station and the Albert Bridge. I also have new shots of more familiar places like Tower Bridge and City Hall.

Some of the Battersea Power Station images were thanks to the generous offer of Pippa, whom we met at an art show last year. Her apartment is right on the banks of the Thames with an unobstructed view. Perfect.

The attached photo is of the Albert Bridge at night. This is thought by many to be the prettiest bridge in London.

Northumberland course day 2

Today we spent the day on Holy Island/Lindisfarne and had pretty good weather all day. No camera again for me.

We started around the huts made from upturned boats, then took pattern pictures amongst the lobster pots before moving to the jetty.

Then around the harbour for shots of the castle and old lime kilns.

From here we went to the Crown and Anchor pub for lunch. The priory and harbour followed before we finished with the classic shot of the castle with old jetty posts in the foreground with waves crashing in behind us. Had to go back for this at the end of the day as tide was too high earlier.

After a quick wash and brush-up it was down to the bar to review the results from the day; lots of good shots.

A quick nip round the corner found us at the Wetherspoons pub for dinner. This was chosen for its position next to the main bridge.

As we saw the light start to fade we made our way down to the bridges to take the lights and reflections between the 2 road bridges. In total we were out for over an hour doing night photography. Everyone had some good shots, probably the best being the early ones before it was completely dark so that we kept detail in the sky.

Tomorrow we do more castles.