pfm Picture A Week (PAW) 2017 Part III

[Stunsworth]

One from the archives. Central France in 2008...



Middle ages by Steve, on Flickr

 

[Pete MB&D]

Anticline by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Curlicue by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

 

[Lefty]

One from The Peaks which I've only just got round to processing.



Higger Tor by Amar Sood, on Flickr

Nikon D800E / Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8

Lefty

 

[Pete MB&D]

In from the cold by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

 

[eternumviti]

Chateau Le Tertre Roteboeuf, St.Emilion, and it's proprietor, the inimitable Francois Mitjavile, taken about 20 years ago on a sultry Sunday afternoon.

Nikon F3, Nikon 24-120, Kodak TriX400

 

[John Barry]

Aldeburgh beach sculpture:

 

[Lefty]

Chateau Le Tertre Roteboeuf, St.Emilion, and it's proprietor, the inimitable Francois Mitjavile, taken about 20 years ago on a sultry Sunday afternoon.

Nikon F3, Nikon 24-120, Kodak TriX400

Fabulous set of images eternumviti. Love the grain pattern of Tri-X. Timeless...

 

[mentalp]

At the Water Rats last Sunday to see a friend supporting this lot, considerably younger than most of the bands I've shot at gigs (not sure you could say the same about the audience)
Touch My Secret

Touch My Secret by Pete, on Flickr

 

[mentalp]

and Daryl in action
Yes Men by Pete, on Flickr

He also drums for Morton Valence

 

[Pete MB&D]

Trembling leaf by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

 

[Gromit]

Broken bark at Bloxholm:

Broken bark by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Olympus Pen F/DG Nocticron

 

[Pete MB&D]

I like your wood Mr Trixter

Nottingham by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

The Controls by Pete Maddex, on Flickr

Pete

 

[eternumviti]

The German battery at Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy, taken on June 6th 1984.

Nikon F3, Nikon 24-120, Kodak TriX, scanned with Nikon Coolscan IV & Vuescan

 

[Mr Perceptive]

The German battery at Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy, taken on June 6th 1984.

Not changed much... taken last year

Longues Sur Mer Battery, Normandy 1 sm by
David Yeoman, on Flickr


Longues Sur Mer Battery, Normandy 2 sm by David Yeoman, on Flickr

 

[eternumviti]

Nice one David!

In 84 the site had become a bit neglected, and the authorities had had a rough 'tidy up' for the 40th commemorations. The result was to make it all look slightly as if the battle had just taken place! It's all rather tidier now, and I believe H&E has fenced off the smashed bunker.

I think that the Atlantic Wall bunkers are an extraordinary if accidental work of art. For years I intended to do a project on them, but sadly the graffiti vandals have got at many of them, and some of the most iconic were recently demolished at Wimereux, H&E again.

 

[Mr Perceptive]

Its a shame, as concrete is quite beautiful, in a brutal kind of way. Despite being really interested in the history of WW2, I have visited very little of the D-Day beaches/beachhead , something that needs to be rectified!!!

 

[eternumviti]

Its a shame, as concrete is quite beautiful, in a brutal kind of way. Despite being really interested in the history of WW2, I have visited very little of the D-Day beaches/beachhead , something that needs to be rectified!!!

I used to go to Normandy quite often, but not for years now. My first visit was when I took these photos, the 1984 commemorations. I went over in a Range Rover, and slept in the back! One night I camped just behind this battery. Spooky.

In 1984 there were many vets there, the youngest of them the same age as I am now. I wish I had photographed them.

I remember seeing a young fellow walking across Omaha beach in full US Infantry combat gear, thought it was rather inappropriate. Now it is all reenactors in Jeeps, very few vets left.

 

[Stunsworth]

Its a shame, as concrete is quite beautiful, in a brutal kind of way. Despite being really interested in the history of WW2, I have visited very little of the D-Day beaches/beachhead , something that needs to be rectified!!!

It's well worth doing. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by the American cemetery above Omaha beach.

 

[Stunsworth]

Dunham Massey in Cheshire. Playing around with portrait mode on my iPhone...



Sundial by Steve, on Flickr

 

[Gromit]

Thank you, Pete.