Places I've Been Things I've Seen

A place to show my photos and possibly share knowledge. I'm in no way a professional photographer but I like to snap the things I see. Some are local to where I live, some are from travels further afield. I've taken all of the photos myself except the ones which have been taken by my family members.

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Enjoying a fine beer with a view of Valkenburg Castle (at Valkenburg, Limburg, Netherlands)

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Enjoying a walk at sunset

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Every cloud...

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Sunset over Birmingham

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Dusseldorf, Germany

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Birmingham, England

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A photo of me taking a photo

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The Brownills Miner. Informally named as Jigger after Jack ‘Jigger’ Taylor, a miner who died in the local Walsall Wood pit.

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I've walked along the canals of Birmingham since I was a youth and I still use them today. Over the years some of the lesser used parts have become run down and generally more unpleasant. There are a lot of homeless people, empty cheap beer/cider cans and bottles along with discarded used syringes and other drug paraphernalia. I see these sights almost every day. I took these photos to show that there are still some nice sights and in the case of the wall art, that someone is trying to improve the view.

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All Saints Church Bloxwich. Just two quick snaps about an hour apart.

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Pelsall fingerpost at night

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Historic Route 66 Motel in Seligman, Arizona. On a family trip to Las Vegas we decided to take a break from the busy Las Vegas lifestyle and go on a road trip. we hired a car and headed for the famouse Route 66. Not far from Peach Springs is the small town of Seligman, the whole town is only about a mile long but the whole place clearly harks back to a much busier time when Route 66 was not bypassed by larger highways. We stayed st this motel and ate a great meal at the brilliantly named RoadKill Cafe next door. I loved this place and would really like to go back one day.

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Wyrley and Essington Canal again but this time at night and with a different camera. I'm not into astronomy but I seem to notice Orion every where I go. This was a good opportunity to experiment with long exposure and night photography. I'm please with this as a first attempt but I do think I could do better so there will no doubt be others to follow.

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Dusk on the Wyrley and Essington Canal.

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Another shot of Chesterton Windmill, I like this place and I want to photograph this in every season and at night if I can.

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Llandudno on a cold and wet March evening.