I've missed the last two Goths Festivals but hope to get there again this year. Two of your new West Yorkshire neighbours, Fatspider and Hard Gravity are among the regulars at Whitby.
David

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Love these Gary. Great action. I assume these are Richmond, North Yorkshire?
David

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That's a quality mono picture Paul. Now you live in Yorkshire might we see you return to Whitby for the Goths Festival in a couple of months? Quite a few Pentax Users meet up for this event.
David

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I like all of these Alan, they are packed with atmosphere but my favourites are the first two because of the rich colour.
David

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Blame the New Year Sean. Can one of the mods correct this for me please. And also the title of the competition on the competitions page where I failed to make it clear this was the monthly comp.
David

The topic for January 2014 is Bits 'n Pieces. I'm looking for photos of bits of things rather than the whole item - sort of abstracts but not in a 'guess what it is sort of way.' This isn't a puzzle competition but one to see who can come up with the most artistic compositions with selective views of .... well anything that takes your fancy.
For instance if you are into cars or planes I don't want to see the whole car or plane but a very selective angle focussing on the shapes, curves lines and colour.
I'm hoping this will appeal to a wide range of photographic interests such as architecture, engineering structures, transport, landscapes etc.
Entries must be taken during the month of January 2014 on Pentax, Ricoh or the cameras made for Samsung by Pentax.
David

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Does anyone really know how long digital images will remain intact on memory cards, hard drives or DVDs? There are all sorts of scary rumours about how they will degrade after a few years.
Or is it all merely a case of the techno geeks theorising on what might possibly happen just to start a panic.
Remember the Great Millennium Computer Crash of 2000? Companies across the world spend billions on technological safeguards and staff overtime to avoid a global disaster.
And what happened on the big night? Sweet Fanny Adams.
David

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It seems odd to look at photos of Whitby with streets devoid of crowds. The weather obviously dried up in time for you to get those superbly coloured twilight pictures. I love the reflections of the harbour lights in the final two images.
Well seen and taken Gary.
David

PS: Is the first image the memorial seat to Sophie Lancashire who was murdered by thugs in Lancashire just because she was a Goth? Her seat is at West Cliff.

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The colour for me too because of the rich but not overdone tones.
David

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Now its my turn to join the search for favourite photos of the past year. I can't call them my best pictures because I never know what my best ones are but these are among my favourites.

Cameras used K30 + K5
Lenses used: DA* 16-50; DA*50-135; DA*200mm.

Fav train/architectural picture all in one: Steam charter train in York Station



Fav 'observed' street photo: Disapproval



Fav sport/architectural image - Pro racing



Fav impressionist pic - Heatwave



Fav architectural mono: Inspiration of The Sage




Fav mono portrait from the Edinburgh Fringe: International sisters




Fav street photo: Minding the bairn



Fav colour portrait from the Pickering Steam Fair




Fav urban abstract - Urban Parking



David

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