Manchester 2012

[Tom Dinning]

In any city there is always so much going on. The architecture is the scaffolding for the society within its walls. Often we take little notice of the structures. We are far too involved in our own thoughts and actions. The photographer can take a step back and see it all.

 

[Brian Moore]

Nice one, Tom.

 

[Pete Askew]

And what a fine scene you saw. Love the turbulent sky and the red filter look to this, but it is the details within the overall structure that I like most. The 3 cabbies and the two pedestrians, one either side of the lamppost. And the person in mid-stride. I also really like the softness of the buildings etc. It reminds me of the effect you get when you print on watercolour paper.

 

[Beth Carter]

well done!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

I for one love and spend most of my time in a city looking at the architecture more than anything. A fine piece here on the left, it is a shame that the likes of Premier inn albeit my first choice in budget accommodation , find themselves choosing to represent their brand of design with as much interest and taste as a dusted white bap. Good juxtaposition Tom.

 

[Tom Dinning]

I for one love and spend most of my time in a city looking at the architecture more than anything. A fine piece here on the left, it is a shame that the likes of Premier inn albeit my first choice in budget accommodation , find themselves choosing to represent their brand of design with as much interest and taste as a dusted white bap. Good juxtaposition Tom.

Hi Julian @Julian de'Courcy
Do you have relatives in Darwin NT? The street behind me is de'Courcy Place. We name our streets after local identities; politicians, criminals and the like.
Don't you love that word 'juxtaposition'. What would critics say if the word didn't exist (or sound so good).
I like your analogy with the bap thingy. Best used for steadying a wobbly table in a cafe.
I don't mind the new look so much. Its a sign of the times, like laminate and Ikea. Efficiency has conquered flamboyance. Besides, you can stay in the Premier and look at the facade through the window. Best of both worlds.

 

[Tom Dinning]

And what a fine scene you saw. Love the turbulent sky and the red filter look to this, but it is the details within the overall structure that I like most. The 3 cabbies and the two pedestrians, one either side of the lamppost. And the person in mid-stride. I also really like the softness of the buildings etc. It reminds me of the effect you get when you print on watercolour paper.

What caught my eye, Pete @Pete Askew is the ordinariness of the scene. This probably happens like this every day in this place. Only the photographer takes the time to bring it all together and ponder on it or record it. Sharing the moment is as important as capturing it.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Hi Julian @Julian de'Courcy
Do you have relatives in Darwin NT? The street behind me is de'Courcy Place. We name our streets after local identities; politicians, criminals and the like.
Don't you love that word 'juxtaposition'. What would critics say if the word didn't exist (or sound so good).
I like your analogy with the bap thingy. Best used for steadying a wobbly table in a cafe.
I don't mind the new look so much. Its a sign of the times, like laminate and Ikea. Efficiency has conquered flamboyance. Besides, you can stay in the Premier and look at the facade through the window. Best of both worlds.

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I thought politicians were criminals . de Courcy? County Cork Southern Ireland. That is about the second or third time I have ever used the word Juxtaposition. What has always stopped me is studying fine art, thought it was pretentious, along with a friend who uses it all the time, that is allll the time. So avoid it but now thinking it is a word that defines something well. Maybe i thought the word was to intellectual for me, so if I use it I'll pretend I have become more intellectual, or the word is not. I could choose each time and make excuses. So I may start popping the word juxtaposition in as often as some use the word Beer . The last Inn I stayed in, I looked out onto a red brick wall six feet away, the positives where it was very quiet. I slept well.

 

[Tom Dinning]

I thought politicians were criminals . de Courcy? County Cork Southern Ireland. That is about the second or third time I have ever used the word Juxtaposition. What has always stopped me is studying fine art, thought it was pretentious, along with a friend who uses it all the time, that is allll the time. So avoid it but now thinking it is a word that defines something well. Maybe i thought the word was to intellectual for me, so if I use it I'll pretend I have become more intellectual, or the word is not. I could choose each time and make excuses. So I may start popping the word juxtaposition in as often as some use the word Beer . The last Inn I stayed in, I looked out onto a red brick wall six feet away, the positives where it was very quiet. I slept well.

In my younger days, Julian, I would pick out a word from the dictionary and use it as often as I could for a day or two. I thought it made me sound intelligent. You see, I have a disadvantage. I look as dumb as a sheep's dag. Juxtaposing was a later addition to my vocabulary.
The trick is to use the word effectively, like a punch line to a joke or an insult. Making some pretentious prat from a gallery look like a dork in a downpour is a skill one can develop by knowing exactly when to juxtapose or obfuscate.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

The trick is to use the word effectively, like a punch line to a joke or an insult. Making some pretentious prat from a gallery look like a dork in a downpour is a skill one can develop by knowing exactly when to juxtapose or obfuscate.

I have a trick which I have used since a child I guess. Unconsciously, I walked on by, now I know why, I simply never wished to entertain in anyway. My vocabulary although quite simple, comes from, fortunately being around meaningful talkative people most of my life, no television or electricity back then it was around the fire, story telling. As you touched upon, many , people so I have been told open a dictionary each day and learn a word, a new one. To be brutally honest I am to lazy even to do that, I've sadly also come to the point in life where I sometimes find it hard to remember friends names James, let alone new words..

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I like the picture no matter what word is being used as well as I am fortunate that my excuse for being dumb, is the fact that I am a Norseman and have very little clue about other languages, por favor

 

[Tom Dinning]

I'm getting to know quite a few people here and I like what I know.