On The Tracks

On The Tracks, a photo by [Nocturne] on Flickr.

This is the most dangerous picture i have ever taken, I risked my life to get it. I climbed down the side of a bridge in the middle of the countryside, I set up my camera about 2/3 ft away from the track and started doing my light painting and star trail. I did not know a train would be along soon let alone 4. after I had risked my life light painting the inside and outside of the tunnel I sat back on the hill clutching my tripod as trains roared past extremely fast, was quite scary and I do not fancy doing it again. So its a good job it came out good. Enjoy

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The Green Mile

The Green Mile, a photo by [Nocturne] on Flickr.

Me and Phil took a trip up Solomon's Temple along with other places, Just a bit of fun with lighting on the stairs while Phil got a nice star trail.

Unedited

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The Story Corner

The Story Corner, a photo by [Nocturne] on Flickr.

All of these place I shoot all have a story to go with them, the story of this place sees some what as a suicide house, but obviously it would not have always been such a negative place.

Everyone who has every shot at this house always comes to this corner, low angle with a wide angle lens, we now call it the universal angle. This house has so much more to offer but this is such a pleasing angle, which after shooting here for 5 years I have seen the decay happen before my very eyes, when I first shot here this wall was right up at the roof, now it is near the floor, this place won't last another 10 years, which means I'll have to find another house to shoot at locally.

I didn't even light this as I much preferred it this way, there was a full moon with a nice amount of clouds, so I went for a short exposure with no lighting, it has worked out well, some may say it could have done with some lighting inside, but I feel the darkness we can see in the hole still holds that mysterious what lies beyond sort of feeling, which in today's society doesn't happen to much any more, everyone is so de-sensitized to everything now things are almost predictable if not boring.

The title is simple, It is not a story corner, I've never told or heard stories here, apart from the fact when me and my buddies are shooting we just stand exchanging stories. As a child I never was in to books at all, to be honest I've never actually read a whole book in my life, but my son is now at that age where stories are very interesting and imagination is the key to life, I often read him stories of many contexts which I guess has ignited something in my life that I have never really done before. In these stories everything is quite rhyming and has some form of moral at the end of it. I don't really remember any specific stories from when I was a child so I found a nice poem online about an abandoned house and I feel it quite fitting so I have included it below.

Who built it, who owned it, who grew up inside?
Who painted and fixed it, and lived there with pride?

The place now deserted just left to fall down.
Except for the wind chime there’s nary a sound.

A great many stories this old house might tell,
With its squeaking wood stairs and musty old smell.

If the walls could converse somehow with the ceiling,
And we might interrupt with words what they’re feeling,

Whose secrets are buried and gossip lay hidden.
With thoughts left unsaid and others forbidden.

What joy and deep sorrow has transpired within?
Where a life was completed before it begin.

Where children grew up leaving only their dreams,
To this house they abandoned with its wide-open beams.

Now tattered and aged with its rooms left undressed,
As they stripped all the carpet that it once possessed.

The bricks have collapsed from a chimney so high,
They’ve toppled to rubble barely reaching the thigh.

This house will be gone in its place you may find,
A big shopping mall with its stores all combined.

Remember with time if your memory should fail,
The "home" that once stood here, was never for sale.

A really nice poem.

I will be doing a very interesting photo here quite soon which I hope will not be seen as distasteful.

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R.I.P - Mike Trevor (1938 - 2008)

R.I.P - Mike Trevor (1938 - 2008), a photo by [Nocturne] on Flickr.

Quite a sad story really, but also very touching and respectable. Mike has always owned the Cricket Club for as far back as I can remember, my Nan and Grandpa used to come here, My Grandpa used to play cricket on this field. Me and my Wife even had our wedding reception here. I did much prefer the old style score board rather than this digital one but it has progressed with technology I guess. When Mike died, they made a lovely picket fence, and cut out little cricket bats and wickets for the fence, you may be able to see this if you look closely. The nicest thing though, although a bit weird, Mike is actually buried here for all time to watch over the pub he owned and loved, watching cricket matches for all eternity, at the bottom of the frame, under those stones and where the flowers lie. A beautiful memorial to a good man, my Nan actually went to his funeral here. There is also a lovely picture and a poem on the wall, which will not be visible from here. How many people can be buried somewhere they love and spent their life rather than at a cemetery where over time they will be forgotten. This way you can be apart of your life as it was and be near all those who loved you.

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Lockup = Facedown!

Lockup = Facedown!, a photo by [Nocturne] on Flickr.

I've seen a few of these knocking around and I personally find them absolutly hilarious. So I would like to thank my inspirations for this. Trevor Williams, and Andrew Whyte, you have both made my day several times with your hilarious face downs and inspired me to do one myself with my own spin.

I have now been skateboarding for well over 10 years and have spent many happy occasion on this ramp, and a few unhappy ones where injuries have forced me to hobble back to my car and drove home some what battered and bruised.

Locking up is where you do a trick on a ramp and you board catches on the copin (the top bit) your board then stays there and you fall literally flat on your face!

When you fall over so hard you have 2 choices, get up as quickly as possible and walk it off, or lay there for an indefinate period of time until you feel good enough to join the rest of the world vertically again. This is to show the second choice of laying there face down in the ramp, the stars show the amount of time passing while this is occouring.

Hope everyone likes it!

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El Wire Tutorial

El Wire Tutorial, a photo by [Nocturne] on Flickr.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIJHVj3vto

I've been busy again, making video tutorials and trying some what to impart some wizdom on to others.

Theres a link at the top to my youtube video tutorial on how to use El Wire. I stacked the image due to the mass amount of street lights right next to the tree.

Anyone who views this large, don't tell me it's out of focus because it's not, the tree is so unstable because it's been dead and rotton for the past 2 years it actually shakes and wobbles in the wind, making it quite hard to get any exposure on.

Other than that. Enjoy

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Loo With A View

Loo With A View, a photo by [Nocturne] on Flickr.

Me, My Wife and Son often come for picnics in this field, after the last one we went for a walk around the field and I found this on the edge. So a day or two later me and Fran came down and trailed it.

Lit with my Maglite, 30 min Trail.