Formidable Photography | Mark McGowan » Liverpool Suburbs http://blog.formidablephotography.com urban landscapes | architecture | graffiti | religion | art | photoblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:57:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Goodbye 2011! http://blog.formidablephotography.com/goodbye-2011/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/goodbye-2011/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:45:59 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3850 A little late (just for a change) but it’s a nice way to see the old year off, posting one from this year. This is Mayville Street off Allerton Road with the setting winter sun behind it, taken on a walk on Monday 2nd.

2011 was a bit quiet photographically speaking, although I definitely still had some highlights – my trip to Hungary in the summer gave me my favourite shot of the year, The View From The Citadel as a thunderstorm made it’s way across Budapest and also a series of photos from a Russian Army graveyard. A little closer to home, my shot of the UKD Orca operating off the Mersey shoreline lead to the shipbuilders getting into touch to buy a licence for the photo. The new buildings at Mann Island finally opened up enough to allow photos to be taken and my favourite spot for graffiti had some brilliant new additions.

Quite a varied year then all in all but as always, a lot of fun.  I can’t believe how fast it flew past!  I’ve got lots of big plans but 2012, now (as always) I just need to find time to implement some of them!

Happy New Year everyone! :D

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/goodbye-2011/feed/ 0 Greenbank Graffiti http://blog.formidablephotography.com/greenbank-graffiti/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/greenbank-graffiti/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:51:47 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3808 Graffiti in Greenbank Park, Liverpool.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/greenbank-graffiti/feed/ 0 Wave! http://blog.formidablephotography.com/wave/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/wave/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:53:24 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3800 Or as an alternative title, ‘The Only Man In New Brighton Dafter Than Me’ but that’s hard to get in the title bar.  This was taken during the high winds that battered the coast last week – this fella was a fisherman and so was at least kitted out with the right gear.  About two minutes after this was taken I got woompfed! by a massive wave and totally soaked – turns out jeans aren’t the best attire for shooting waves.  Good fun though.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/wave/feed/ 0 Last Days Of Autumn http://blog.formidablephotography.com/last-days-of-autumn/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/last-days-of-autumn/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:25:43 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3740 The last days of autumn fade away in Calderstones Park.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/last-days-of-autumn/feed/ 0 The Elephant http://blog.formidablephotography.com/the-elephant/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/the-elephant/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:54:15 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3559 The Elephant, Woolton.  This isn’t the original Elephant – the pub was taken over by a chain that ‘refurbished’ it and the original disappeared off the wall into a skip, never to be seen again.  Thankfully, the Conservation Centre were on hand to create a new one.

It’s a good place to get trunk, apparently.

 

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/the-elephant/feed/ 2 Overtaken http://blog.formidablephotography.com/overtaken/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/overtaken/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:32:31 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2687 I keep waiting for Liverpool to get some snow so this post is a little more topical but it seems like we’re the only bit of the country destined not to get any, which is a shame!

This photo was taken earlier in the year when we had a fair bit – I decided to go for a walk from where I live to Woolton and back again, about 5 or 6 miles, in heavy snow and ice.  Due to the treachorous nature of the streets, it took me about 5 hours, only falling over the once.

The lady in the shot must have been 80 at the very least and completely put me to shame, bombing past me shopping bag in hand as I was carefully shuffling down the street…it’s one of the reasons I love getting out and taking photos, the people you get to see and chat to along the way always make it worthwhile.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/overtaken/feed/ 0 Littlewoods Building, Edge Lane http://blog.formidablephotography.com/littlewoods-building-edge-lane/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/littlewoods-building-edge-lane/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:21:33 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2416 The Littlewoods building, off Edge Lane.  Awesome building, shame it’s still empty.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/littlewoods-building-edge-lane/feed/ 1 Sprung! http://blog.formidablephotography.com/sprung/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/sprung/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:41:58 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2303 I noticed this tree encircled by daffodils on a walk around in Sefton Park today – there are loads of them in the park, I seem to have missed them in full bloom as they mostly seem to be on the wane but was still a nice thing to see.  Looked like a lovely day outside but it was actually freezing!

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/sprung/feed/ 2 Nautica, Hoylake http://blog.formidablephotography.com/nautica-hoylake/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/nautica-hoylake/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:19:14 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2274 Nautica, on the front at Hoylake, Wirral.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/nautica-hoylake/feed/ 0 Gap Stroke Step http://blog.formidablephotography.com/gap-stroke-step/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/gap-stroke-step/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:20:25 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2231 Taken at Mossley Hill train station, bored waiting for a train to Warrington.

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