In Camera ... Approaching Bad Weather

A lone iron man stands surrounded by the sea at high tide, weak sunlight glimmers off the rough waters as a band of dark cloud gathers on the horizon; a warning of a frontal system with heavy rain on the way.

Down at Crosby beach last night, it was high tide just before sunset; but the sun never made the horizon, dark clouds from an approaching frontal system were piling in from the west.

In Camera ... Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Out walking around Liverpool last week researching a new photo walk these stained glass panels around the Metropolitan Cathedral caught my eye. The saturated colours were backlit by a weak sun shining through a gap in the clouds and the rest of the image was visually almost monochrome.

Compliment from the Iron Men of Crosby

A tweet last night from @Iron MenCrosby:
Heard of the fifth Beatle? @RonDaviesPhoto is the 101st Iron Man. Great video & great photos. Thanks Ron.
This refers to my video collection of photographs on YouTube

Nice to know my work is appreciated!

In Camera ... Liverpool Waterfront illuminated

The Liverpool waterfront photographed from Birkenhead during the celebrations last weekend commemorating 100 years of the Royal Liver Buildings when all the buildings were illuminated.
The ship in the foreground is the "Mersey Seaways" Belfast-Birkenhead ferry.

In Camera ... New Museum of Liverpool

The new Museum of Liverpool which opened this week. This modern building seems perched over the Liverpool waterfront, reflecting here the Liver Buildings and the setting sun.

In Camera ... Clouds gather at Crosby beach

The sunlight still sparkles on the beach and highlights the iron men, even as the clouds are forming, filling the sky with their darkness, threatening an end to the lazy humid days of summer.

This picture was captured yesterday afternoon just after high tide, the air was hot and heavy, little wind and it just seemed as though the clouds were gathering.

In Camera ... Painted sky at Crosby Beach

After a brilliant sunset last night the sky looked as though an artist had painted brush strokes of vermillion, crimson and orange across the horizon.
Earlier the sun had set as a flaming orange ball into a very clear horizon.