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Picture shows Birmingham City Centre from the south, featuring the Sentinels (clydesdale and Cleveland Towers), Beetham Tower and Cetre City tower.
Taken from the now - demolished Haddon Tower, through a kitchen window on the 18th floor; access courtesy of The Haddon Tower Project
www.behindcloseddoors.org.uk/tower.html
Note (April 2012) - six years on, 600 views. A pity the camera i was uing then only shot 3.2 megapixels.
At least the seats shouldn’t need cleaning! Will the signs come off on 21/6 and bums return to them? Birmingham Snow Hill starkness! A large poster extols the virtues of visiting Dudley Castle. Nearest station Dudley Port!
Birmingham's church of St Philip was designed by Thomas Archer in 1709 and largely finished by 1715 (the tower being completed 1725). The original stone weathered badly so the exterior was entirely refaced in the 1860s (though the tower had to wait till 1958) and a new larger chancel replaced Archer's shallow apse at the east end in 1883-4 (by J.A, Chatwin).
The church was designated as the cathedral of the new Birmingham Diocese in 1905 and is one of the only 'parish church cathedrals' which hasn't undergone any structural alteration since its change in status. It does still possess the feel of a grand city church, rather than a cathedral in the true sense.
The real treasure of this church however is revealed within, as the interior is dominated by four superb stained glass windows by Edward Burne Jones dating from the 1880s (three in the apse, one at the west end). These are perhaps Burne Jones's finest achievements, and intentionally so, for it was in this very church the artist was baptised.
Birmingham New Street. He’s a regular busker there and I don’t know what the problem was. Maybe she doesn’t like saxophone music…
Birmingham Bull Ring market with St. Martin's church and Selfridge's department store in the background, 8th September 2012.
© David Rostance - All rights reserved.
Camera: Leica M9
Lens: Zeiss 50mm f2 Planar
A gentleman poses for a portrait in a busy Birmingham cafe I was shooting for a freelance job.
I had grand aspirations on Monday of taking some night time shots in Birmingham, as we were going out for dinner but the table was for 7.30 and Cat wouldn't be in town until after 6, but alas it didn't really work out and I didn't feel inspired.
However, before leaving the office I went to the roof top terrace to fire off a panoramic. Foolishly I shot in landscape format, missing out on a wealth of the view, but I'm reasonably pleased with the end result.
My picture was selected for the Photographic Prize of the RBSA (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists). Whilst I did not win, it was lovely to see my picture on the wall.