Lewes, 5 November 2005

Anarchy reigns once a year in the normally quiet Sussex town of Lewes. On November 5th all the rules go out of the window, and a spirit from another age arrives (this isn't it, by the way :-) ).

One of the finer traditions is burning a huge effigy of someone who has displeased the good people of Lewes. Last year, it was Charles Clarke, our Home Secretary, carrier of our, frankly, barmy ID cards scheme.

It was strangely satisfying seeing the old chap going up in smoke!

Tags: Lewes, East Sussex, Sussex, 5 November, bonfire, Bonfire Night, effigy, burning politicians, photo, photography

Path and cliff edge, The Lizard

The cod Victoriana still looks good. So here's another from the same film, given the same treatment, but looking a bit different, owning to the preponderance of dark tones.

I can almost feel the gale force wind and the stinging drops of spray or rain, or whatever it was. It brings back being - literally - on the edge. I'll let you believe I had the plate camera and enormous tripod, as well.

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Bushes at The Lizard, Cornwall

It was so windy, the branches on these bushes were already blurred. I've softened the image further, and toned it. At the moment, I love this piece of cod Victoriana. I've made a print, and will see how I feel about it in a week or two. If it still looks good, then I'll treat a series of images taken that day in this way.

Looking west from the Downs

A gently split-toned version of a colour original. It's very tempting to go with the colour version, as the sky was just getting the first tones of sunset, but I like this one. There's a lot of detail in the original, which doesn't come across in the JPEG here. I'd love to see this image as a large print.

Out of our front window

One evening, September 2005. No retouching, no playing with colours. It was really like this. They say we get one of these every year here in Worthing.

Up on the Downs #2

A little late for Valentine's

Worthing, November 2005