Jungle King

Leo in supine state

Statue of lion outside of South Shields Museum, Ocean Road.

I need to appeal to local readers to help me out with the history of this piece, he has stood guard outside the Museum for many years yet I know nothing of his history. Where was he before someone decided to rest him here?

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 28mm lens, 1/60 second, f5.6, iso 200

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Dynasty

Chess pieces

The king and queen complete with their court, and an army of foot soldiers, an entire Chinese dynasty nicely presented in a velvet lined wooden box. Probably not ivory, but a nice looking imitation! ( I do worry about the king’s arms though).

Just one of a myriad of interesting bargains that could be picked up at our regular Friday “Flea Market” in South Shields Market Place.

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 28mm lens, 1/125 second, f8, iso 200

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Flower Festival

Whitburn Methodist Church

The Whitburn Festival, on the edge of South Shields, has suffered with the weather this weekend - more rain.

I had hoped to catch lots of smiling faces at the Family Fun Day in Cornthwaite Park on Saturday but when I arrived the vans were packed and ready to go, so on Sunday I returned to have a look at the Flower Festival at Whitburn Methodist Church in North Guards. The ladies who made the floral displays had done a great job using their skills to depict life events such as sunshine, rain, harvest etc. and their hospitality was very welcome on a windy afternoon.

I have used a Photoshop template to make this triptych and really I would have liked to show a greater variety of shots, but they say “less is more”.

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Salmon

Art Installations

A new art installation has suddenly appeared at Littlehaven Beach, South Shields mingling with “the weebles”. These works of art are in the form of three large cubes and take their inspiration from the salmon trails marking out the life of the fish as it returns to the River Tyne and makes it’s way along the the River North Tyne towards Kielder Water. You can read more about the installations, which form part of the Mouth of the Tyne Festival, here.

This cube is inspired by the changing colours of the salmon and it is already causing thought provoking moments for visitors. There are ten cubes in all along the River Tyne.

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 28mm lens, 1/125 second, f13, iso 200

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Faceoff

Thoughtful art

An interesting face off between the human and the metal mesh in this thought provoking work of art at Bede’s World in Jarrow.

Converted to black and white and colour toned with Photoshop.

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 28mm lens, 1/90 second, f5.6 iso 200

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