Ginza, Tokyo Japan

Notes like this are just priceless aren't they? It is a gift from a precious, little heart that bring clarity and perspective.

Quite by chance at lunchtime I looked at the rail tour timetables and noticed that there was one on its way. With only about an hour's notice I headed to my usual location of Crookston Road by Inveresk. Quite a few people turned up to see Class A3 4472/60103 Flying Scotsman hauling the 1Z48 The Flying Scotsman Centenary Weekender from York to Waverley.

I brought both the D40 and D7200 with me this time, so that I could use the Sigma 70-300mm and capture something of the long straight that stretches from Inveresk to beyond Wallyford station where the overbridge is located.

"It's coming, it's coming!" and I was just able to rattle off two or three long photos before hurridly swapping to the 35mm lens for some closer up shots.

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Perspective I - Nikon D50

Perspectives by Giles Miller.

Part of the 'Inspiring Views' project in the Surrey Hills.

This pod-like shelter is nestled in the woods at Winterfold in the Hurtwood. The visitor enjoys a secluded experience sitting and looking out across to the beautiful South Downs. The steel structure is entirely clad in cedar shingles that have slowly greyed over the years making the artwork feel truly part of its natural surroundings.

Many of the shingles have been engraved with words from visitors to the site. There are observations from infants at the local school, regular walkers expressing their love of the place or people who are making dedications. The cedar shingles also make up the long curved seating within the pod encouraging dialogue between visitors as they meet at this section on the Greensand Way.

Opposite Filmworks/Printworks. This building has been extensively renovated (and, of course, converted into yet more offices and flats). It looks lovely now.

The bottom and side of the building line up with the edges of the photo, but the lines of the windows seem to twist and radiate very strongly - I'm not sure if this is just perspective or an artifact of the camera. Or just me.

From a new project which will be looking at the urban environment in a sightly different way. The idea is to look at the Urban Landscape from different perspective, to abstract the detail, look at things completely out of context or in odd juxtapositions.

The perspective change all the time when you look at these barrels.

Forced perspective

CIFF43 Patron at Perspectives Virtual Reality Exhibition.

Perspectives, Patrons

Photo Credit: Lisa Evans

I'll be gone for a little while. Hope to get some pics when I return, the next week

View On Black

When I was looking at this photo I took of the side of Wildwood's Convention Hall on the boardwalk I was struck by how much photography has changed the way I look at the world. And then I realized that it wasn't the act of taking the photo that had changed my perspective, but all of you, my friends and contacts

. Every day, I look at all of the amazing pictures that you all take.....everything from the incredibly spectacular, to the common everyday things around you......and by looking through your lens, I see things in totally new ways.

I was up on the boardwalk looking at old cars.when I noticed this shot. In the days before the camera I would have been oblivious of the wonderful shadows.....all the vertical and horizontal lines...how your eye is drawn toward the vanishing point, but because of your inspiration, I was able to "see" it.

So thank you all my contacts.....and to all the rest of the wonderful photographers out there in Flickrland that inspire me each and every day!

Perspective

Lille, 2010.

This is a multiple perspective image that was inspired by the work of Braque, Picasso, and Hockney. I took multiple shots of an acoustic guitar outside with the fall leaves surrounding it. Each shot was a different angle, or the lighting was slightly different. This was so that, when I assembled the image, there would be an abstract and 3 dimensional experience for my viewers. I used Photoshop to assemble the picture, which allowed me to crop, spin and add curves layers to the shots I wanted to stand out more. I tried to keep the general shape of the guitar which was a challenge, but also fun to try. I wanted the picture to be complete with a rectangular shape because I felt it forced more attention to the center object.

Perspective drawing done in pencil.

Processed with MaxCurve

I came upon this drawing of my own doing in a box of old papers and photographs. I had titled it as an imaginary hotel in Baltimore. Upon reflection, it does bear some resemblance to the Belvedere on Charles Street which is still extant. Obviously, though, I had no sense of perspective at age 12 or 13.

My backyard fence gives a lesson on perspective.

Remember your old lessons on perspective, where things grow smaller as they move into the distance...? This photo was taken at Price Park in Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Obeying the well known law that there is no limit of time-consuming excess that designers will not stoop to, Phil has been fiddling with both his Hulk doll and the laws of perspective. (It's actually perfect from one angle - I didn't have time to get the snap because Phil, as you can see, is a very busy boy.)

Highway 87 approaches another steep grade as it descends from the Mazatzal Mountains of central Arizona.

Taken on Herreninsel, Bavaria, Germany 2011.

So much of life is really just about how we perceive it. If our perspective is skewed, so then will be our conclusions. While Chinatown, and the CN Tower may be close from a universe perspective, they are in actuality, a fair distance away. And, truth be told, the tower really is bigger than this welcome sign. ;-)

Perspective