Signs

Recent Work

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  Conversion by Mark Coward

  Norris Green in Liverpool.

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  Halloween Celebration in Salem, MA by Monica Scanlan

  Halloween is a huge celebration in Salem, MA (known for the witch trials). The fair took place in the Salem Commons. Nikon D300 PSE 7 /

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  Bushland Sale - Wattle Flowers by Deborah McGrath

  The sign used to have an add for accomodation in it however, the advertising has been removed but the signposting still stands. It provides the perfect opportunity to create a ‘view within a view’. I placed my Wattle Flowers image over the corrugated iron in the frame and reduced the opacity. Then I added a noisy border to the wattle flowes and toned it to match the “coppers logs” frame of the signboard. Image taken on vacant land along the Castlereagh Highway at Ben Bullen, NSW Australia in the Blue Mountains. Wattle Flower Card Steel Flowers / The original image /

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  Adrian, Texas by Christine Elise McCarthy

  Route 66

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  No Smoking. How apt. by David Dutton

  Sulphurous volcano in St Lucia.

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  Criminal Sign. Grenada by David Dutton

  A fed-up spice farmer warns persistent thieves in Grenada, Caribbean.

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  Pressure Tactics Can Be Hard To Gauge by David McMahon

  This shot of a steam pressure gauge was taken in the engine room of the sternwheeler (paddle steamer) S.S. Klondike, which is now a static tourist attraction in Whitehorse, capital of Canada’s Yukon. I actually had two cameras with me, with both my lenses, but chose to use the longer of the two lenses for this shot, because depth of field was so important to the way I visualised the image. The light wasn’t great. It was murky and raining, and this shot was taken in the mid-section of the interior of the historic vessel. That’s precisely why I shot it from side-on, rather than standing directly in front of it and obscuring what little light there was. The Klondike played a crucial part in transportation and re-supply during the gold rush and was a symbol of the subsequent prosperity in the province. I can only imagine how many crew members in the course of the vessel’s operational life must have trained their eyes on this gauge, to make sure their wood-burning ship was operating within the correct parameters. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K200D, using a Sigma 70-300mm lens. F4.5, 1/90 sec, ISO 400, focal length 170mm. Featured by my co-host in PASSONATE ABOUT VINTAGE, November 2009. Canada08-S.S.Klondike-27Aug-7535

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  142 Steps of Caltagirone by diLuisa

  Shot in Caltagirone (Sicily) Italy. Caltagirone is a town (very close to my own home town) in Catania on the island of Sicily (Italy). The town is famous throughout Europe for its pottery and ceramics, particularly maiolica and terra-cotta. The whole town is protected by the UNESCO World Heritage Program. The main landmark in this town is the 142-step “Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte” built in 1608. The staircase is famous because each step is decorated with hand-painted ceramic tiles. Once a year, on the Feast of St. James in July, the staircase is illuminated with thousands of different coloured candles.