This owl was part of “The Big Hoot”, a campaign in Birmingham in 2015 when 89 owls decorated by Birmingham artists were distributed throughout the city. This one stood in Victoria Square.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Diversity.
Tag: Birmingham
Is it five years already?!!
Five years ago I was on my first visit to the UK. My camera was brand new, I had no tripod and very little experience with taking photos. But I wasn’t going to be deterred. I ventured out in the middle of the night from our B&B to take pictures of the blood moon (breaking my glasses in the process).
The next day we visited Stratford-upon-Avon and I stood in front of the house of one of my heroes and found out that taking photos with lots of others milling about wasn’t that easy.
We went on to Birmingham where I looked at the canals.
But our main purpose in being there was the Rugby World Cup and of course, seeing the Springboks – playing Samoa (well, not really but we took the tickets we could get). It was my first life rugby game and it was grand! Later we saw the Bokke play Scotland in Newcastle and that was even better. I didn’t know whether I would be allowed to bring my camera so I only have a few shots from the actual game, taken with my cell phone.
Birmingham had some great sights on offere like the most amazing library building and of course, I met the Floozy in her jacuzzi:
Linked to Friendly Friday: Anniversaries.
Where there is work, there is a break
What would working together be without the occasional break? And if you can have it in the sun, all the better!
Linked to Friendly Friday Photography Challenge: Working together.
You never know
“The thing that’s important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.”
Diane Arbus
Linked to Travel with Intent‘s weekly quotation. For more photos inspired by the quote from Diane Arbus, go there.
Up, down and across
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: steps indoors and out. Mine happen to be all outdoors.
For more steps and stairs, click here.
They made it happen
This gilded tribute to the three men who made Birmingham great, – referred to alternatively as The Carpet Salesmen or The Three Wise Men – is the city’s thank you to James Watt, William Murdoch and Matthew Boulton. They certainly used a lot of gold.
A Photo a Week. For more gilded photos (literal or otherwise) click here.
So many books, so little time
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Books and Paper. More photos of these can be found here.
Growing large
A large living subject. A tree, photographed at night.
A man-made, woman-shaped large subject, made of stone. This is the “floozie in the jacuzzi” of Birmingham, officially known as “The River”.
Almost as large as rocks can get on earth, the Eiger in Switzerland.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge asking for large subjects. More of these can be found here.
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