The protest

Gathering votes in South Shields

What are these people up to?

What are they smiling about?

Why is there a ballot box on the table?

Just normal political, activism, protesting, and campaigning that’s all. We are about to get a new hotel in South Shields and these people are motivating others to protest about it under the Metro Bridge in King Street. It is obvious from the look on their faces that we protest with a good humour in South Shields.

Is yours a politically active town?

Camera details: Pentax K100D, 28mm lens, 1/60 second, f6.7, iso 200

Originally colour but looks far better in monochrome.

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Mirror Image

The Driver’s view

This is the view that all Metro drivers have when they stop their train at the end of the platform. The Metro trains have only one operator (the driver) and these platform mirrors allow them to see when all of the passengers have alighted or boarded, before they press the button to close all of the doors. Quite handy, eh?

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Secret Shields (No. 1)

Tyne Dock Metro Station

This is really the only remaining remnant of the original LNER station at Tyne Dock, the passenger entrance/exit to Boldon Lane, South Shields. It’s just a short walk to the left for the shops on Boldon Lane, or St. Peter and Paul R.C. church.
The image has been bronzed in Photoshop, masked then the debris, leaves, etc. revealed.

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Hark the herald angels……

Carol Singing

A group of carol singers performing for the shoppers under the Metro bridge in King Street, South Shields.

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The Ghost Train

All aboard!

This is almost a repost of my picture of 27th. November, shall I explain how I came to make this? It’s a dreary wet day and commuters were waiting to board the train to Newcastle. I had set up my tripod in the corner of the station and took a few shots with longish exposures as the train arrived.

In Photoshop I copied and pasted four frames and duplicated them twice each and used them on separate layers, before playing around with the blend modes and transparency. That’s how I came to make “the Ghost Train.”

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