Solitary in Birmingham

The saying, "You're never alone with a clone", needs to be updated to "You're never alone with a phone". Or perhaps not, because although a mobile phone offers 24/7 connectedness, very often there seems to be something other than a person on the other end: the phone occupies the owners attention with words and images rather than human to human contact. On a recent visit to the city of Birmingham this newly created space in the city centre seemed to be a place that most people were passing through. This man was an exception, engrossed in his phone among the concrete, blue glass and shadows.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon D5300

Autumn leaf

Recently, after a couple of days of almost non-stop rain, we visited our youngest son and found that he had erected a pop-up event shelter in his garden. It has arches rather than filled in sides and is ideal in these coronavirus times. The children can play under it, we can all meet under it and, as I found when I looked up, there are interesting photographs to be found under it. This leaf is on the outside surface of the shelter along with the water droplets. Unfortunately I didn't have a dedicated camera with me, only the one in my phone, but it did a reasonable job.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Phone

Ledbury streetscape

I recently bought a new mobile phone that features a rather better camera than my previous phone. I've taken a few shots with it, testing its capabilities under varying conditions, and have used it for a couple of images that I'd have been unable to get because I wasn't carrying any of my "real" cameras. This streetscape of Ledbury, Herefordshire, features the well-known seventeenth century Market House. However, it wasn't the building that caught my eye so much as the mottled sky and the bright splash of the red car amongst the generally more subdued colours.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Phone