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Skate till you break

Dave Wares

Skate till you break

Got up early today to take a photo walk around Hastings. I decided to wander up to the local skate park as I’ve not really taken the time before to go shoot there. Took a bunch of shots before I found this piece of busted board, happy with my find I proceeded to take a number of compositions with it. This is one of my faves.

A word of warning though, Chuck Taylors’ are not best suited to slightly wet concrete, as yours truly went and slipped and bashing camera and knee. Luckily I seem to have gotten away with minimal damage to my camera but not so for my jeans which now have a lovely hole in.

Processed using Topaz B&W Effects 2 and Lightroom 5.

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Windows

Dave Wares

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As much as I love to shoot a colourful landscape, so too do I love to shoot a gritty mono.

A walk around the backstreets is well worth the effort as it can lead to some interesting shots, if mundane and dirty are your kind of thing.

Its amazing what you can find when you go off the beaten track.

All processed using Topaz B&W Effects 2 and Lightroom 5.

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Future echo?

Dave Wares

Things to come?

Taken during our time away in Northumberland.

We passed this service station on a drive towards the Scottish border. A closer view of the cafe can be seen here.

Will dwindling resources and changes in technology lead to more scenes like this? One day for sure I believe (hopefully not in a Mad Max sort of way though).

Processed using onOne perfect effects 8, Topaz B&W Effects 2 and Lightroom 5.

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Bones

Dave Wares

Bones

Taken while walking around a graveyard close to our holiday cottage during our visit to Northumberland.

Many of the graves were around 100 years old or more, an awful lot of them belonged to children and infants.  Such was the way of life back then but still sad to see and think about.

Processed in Topaz B&W Effects 2 and Lightroom 5.

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Last cafe

Dave Wares

Last Cafe

This used to be the last cafe between the English and Scottish border in Northumberland. Since it’s closure, the last cafe is now a couple of miles further back up the road. I bet their sign went up pretty darn quick following this place’s demise.

No filters, processed in Photomatix Pro, Topaz B&W Effect2 and Lightroom 5.

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