Critique required LC2's Shoe Horns for 2023 : Week 52 - Showcase

[LC2]

Week 42 - Forgotten

Tobacco Dock was originally part of the London docks in Wapping.
Following the closure of the docks, in the late 80s Tobacco Dock was given a new lease of life as a shopping centre, however due to it's relatively inaccessible location and lack of decent transport links and the early 90s recession it closed 2 years later.

Sea Lark and Three Sisters are a pair of replica Pirate Ships that were built as a children's play area as part of the shopping centre.
Now that Tobacco Dock has been re-purposed as an events space, they are largely forgotten relics of the docks past.

Considering that these two ships are in an empty dry dock, I'm not sure I would have wanted to allow my kids to use them as a play ground - but maybe the docks were full of water (I don't know) and the 80s was a different planet...


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 42 - Forgotten - Sea Lark - Tobacco Dock by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 36 - Urban (Art) - The Old Rose, Wapping

On my way to Tobacco Dock from Shadwell DLR I found this interesting piece of Urban Art on one of the doors of the abandoned Old Rose pub in Wapping.


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 36 - Urban (Art) - The Old Rose, Wapping by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 23 - Rubbish (Clearance)

CRT staff working on the GUC.
So much time is spent by the CRT clearing rubbish and other detritus from the canal infrastructure.


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 23 - Rubbish (Clearance) by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 26 - Watching

Big Brother is always watching you...


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 26 - Watching by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[nog]

Good set for catching up. Keep wondering why abandoned bricks were painted white, looks like a goal for football but not much room there for football, maybe used bricks.
Like the forgotten and rubbish pictures and backstory

 

[LC2]

eep wondering why abandoned bricks were painted white, looks like a goal for football but not much room there for football

My guess is to emphasis that it's the old entrance to the Asylum Dock.

 

[AlanDorset]

That Urban Art is really good and great patination.

 

[LC2]

Week 28 - Unsightly

More from my walk along the GUC. Rubbish does tend to collect at the bottom of locks, due to the movement of the water, hence the need for rubbish clearance (week 23 photo), and is very unsightly.


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 28 - Unsightly by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

That Urban Art is really good and great patination.

Thanks Alan. I do enjoy Urban Art, and I felt that was pretty effective.
Interestingly it's been there, fairly untouched for quite some time, as it features on google maps street view from July 2022.

 

[LC2]

Week 43 - Spooky

What's this. Something both shot and posted during the correct week for the theme... Don't think I've managed that since February!!!
Ghost Face from Scream shot at MCM London during the gloom outside on the Saturday evening.
Shot at f1.6, ISO 125 and 250th/sec with flash to lighten the mask. Processed using bleach bypass.


Ghost Face - Scream by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[HelenC]

The Scream has always spooked me, something about the shape. Great capture.

 

[LC2]

Week 30 - Windows

And back to the catch-up...
PABD


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 30 - Windows by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

The Scream has always spooked me, something about the shape. Great capture.

Thanks, I took a few of them, but this one had the best 'pose'.

 

[LC2]

Week 34 - Circles

Three different kinds.


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 34 - Circles by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 41 - Upright

Many upright things.


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 41 - Upright by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 45 - Snappers Choice

Resident Evil Cosplay. Shot with a single light, quite low to give the hint of horror lighting without being too OTT.
Shot in a cramped indoor area to give the feel of being in a corridor.
Edited using the Fuji bleach bypass profile and then the LR cross process preset. Tuned to taste.


Resident Evil by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[HelenC]

Works perfectly. A very creepy shot without being obvious... nice one.

 

[-Oy-]

Spooky! Blondie looks like Shin Hati from Ahsoka

 

[LC2]

Works perfectly. A very creepy shot without being obvious... nice one.

Thanks. I do like how this set came out (more on my flickr)

Spooky! Blondie looks like Shin Hati from Ahsoka

I see what you mean. I wonder if it's a re-pruposed wig (cosplayers do a lot of re-working, otherwise it costs an absolute fortune).

 

[seaodyssey]

Great shot Tim, works as intended.

 

[LC2]

Week 46 - Wall

Hard light portrait of She Hulk short along a wall.


She Hulk by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[seaodyssey]

There is a wall, with the mortar lines leading into the Shehulk. (that must be a recent thing, not a Marvel fan myself)

 

[LC2]

There is a wall, with the mortar lines leading into the Shehulk. (that must be a recent thing, not a Marvel fan myself)

She Hulk first appeared in the comics back in '79, but yes quite recent ('22 I think) for the Marvel TV shows.

 

[LC2]

Week 47 - Autumn

A slightly different perspective from most for this week's theme.


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 47 - Autumn by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 48 - Arrow

Kate Bishop (Hawkeye) - Young Avengers
I was a little surprised that so far no one else has gone with the obvious shot.

 

[SimonH]

Week 48 - Arrow

Kate Bishop (Hawkeye) - Young Avengers
I was a little surprised that so far no one else has gone with the obvious shot.

Archers are few and far between in these parts...

 

[nog]

Not much archery in North Wales either, especially in December Nearly went for some arrow slits in Castle walls or darts though, went with the common road sign.

 

[LC2]

Archers are few and far between in these parts...

Not much archery in North Wales either, especially in December Nearly went for some arrow slits in Castle walls or darts though, went with the common road sign.

It's funny, my immediate thought was "I know where I can get someone to point an arrow at me".
The facing shots were not so effective as you can't really make the arrow out.

 

[HelenC]

Autumn. Great pov... works well
Arrow. Not the easiest thing to find for some of us

 

[LC2]

Autumn. Great pov... works well
Arrow. Not the easiest thing to find for some of us

Cheers
I forget that for some, having weapons pointed at them for photos (even if they are mainly fake) is not an everyday occurence

 

[LC2]

Week 37 - Hollow

Another from my catch up.

This grenade is hollow (now!)


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 37 - Hollow by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 38 - Solid

A bit of a PABD, but these bollards outside the Farringdon Elizabeth Line entrance on Haynes St seemed pretty solid to me and create a nice leading line directly to the Old Red Cow pub


Week 38 - Solid by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[PhotoVanGogh]

Is it not a fireplace surround?

That would be one of the most ornate mantles ever

 

[LC2]

That would be one of the most ornate mantles ever

Considering Minimax made fire extinguishers, it does kind of work as a 'fire place'.

 

[LC2]

Week 40 - Memory

The shutters and general aptina of the woodwork evoke memories of holidays to mediterainian climes.
but this is actually just off Smithfields...


Week 40 - Memory by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 44 - Captive

I'm not actually sure which film/anime/game this comes from, but it absolutely hits the theme for Captive.
I also had "Chain Chomp & Bowsette", but felt this works better for the theme.

Shot at f/2.0 to give sufficient DoF with flash held off to camera left to give just enough light to separate them from the dark of the background.


DSCF9396 by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 50 - Old

Baker Street is the oldest underground station on the network, being the first station to open on the Metropolitan Railway between Baker Street and Farringdon on the 10th January 1863.
Baker Street is served by S8 stock on the Metropolitan Line and S7 stock on the Circle, District & Hammersmith and City lines, which are the newest rolling stock on the TFL underground network.

Shot handheld at 1/15th of a second to obtain the motion blur of the tube train leaving the station behind the sign.
Given that neither the X-T3 or 35mm f/2 have stabilisation, I'm happy with how sharp the photo is handheld.


Week 50 - Old by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[-Oy-]

Nicely timed

 

[SimonH]

That works well Tim. Nicely sharp for 1/15 hand held

 

[LC2]

Nicely timed

Cheers. I stood there waiting for it to leave

That works well Tim. Nicely sharp for 1/15 hand held

X-T5 would have been sharper, but I'd taken the 3 out to blow the cobwebs off