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Howard_S 
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 Topic: DM: Dyxum Birmingham UK meetup 20/3/2024Posted: 20 March 2024 at 11:52 |
 Here we are: Howard_S, AlanfromBangor, Saratoga, and Phil Wood |
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Phil Wood
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Posted: 20 March 2024 at 11:55 |
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Pre-DM. L to R Elwyn (Saratoga), Howard (Howard_S), Phil (Phil Wood).
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bonneville
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Posted: 20 March 2024 at 13:46 |
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And they’re off
 Looking forward to seeing the fruits of your labours throughout Birmingham city centre. So sorry I couldn’t make it, especially as my op has now been rescheduled for Saturday!Hoping it stays dry for you guys. |
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Harm vb
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Posted: 20 March 2024 at 20:37 |
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Great, photo's a year before date already published
 Enjoy your DM, guys! |
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Harm with 2 camera's and too many lenses.
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Howard_S
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Posted: 21 March 2024 at 00:20 |
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Ha ha, oh dear, with luck an Admin or Moderator can fix that date? And perhaps move the thread to the meetings forum while they're at it.
We had a grand time today - a glimpse of the future, clearly, as well as the past. I'm just back in Oxford, but in a few days you should see the fruits of our labours. In the meantime, a rewarding table of beers and cameras at lunchtime.  Perilously close! |
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alanfrombangor
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Posted: 21 March 2024 at 18:06 |
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AC01: We met at New Street station, the facade offering distorted mirror views of the action on the tracks. Here an Avanti Pendolino is arriving.
 AC02: Shortly followed by a local train.  AC03: The Selfridges building is just around the corner.  AC04: Providing infinite compositional possibilities. 
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Phil Wood
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Posted: 21 March 2024 at 23:34 |
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DM-1. On our way into Birmingham I took a short detour to visit this post box, one of only four of this model left in service.
PW02: Smith & Hakws fluted ca1858.  Having met up with Alan and Howard (Elwyn was running a little late) we decided a group shot was required. Not the most successful shot in terms of portraiture, but a good indication of the difficulty in getting three of us ready to take the shot and be looking in the right direction - all at the same time! PW03: Just the three of us.  The cladding on New Street station gives many opportunities for reflection shots. PW04: Taxi!  PW05: Restaurant.  A couple of shots from the short walk to Selfridges. PW06: Free Gaza!  PW07: Railings.  Selfridge's - love it or hate it, you can;'t miss it! PW08: Selfrige's walkway.  PW09: Selfridge's side entance.  Edited by Phil Wood - 23 March 2024 at 08:39 |
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Howard_S
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Posted: 22 March 2024 at 11:39 |
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I travelled up with Phil and Jane and posted my photo of the Solihull postbox in Photographers: the way we look.
Next day, outside New Street, we tried a group shot of the three of us, with Jane making sure she would not be in shot ... HS-01  A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS Of course I was the one with the useless wide-angle zoom. You can play spot the Dyxummer in this one, HS-02  A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS Not much of Birmingham centre is beautiful, and distorting mirrors don't help ... HS-03  A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS Even the public art is sharp and angular HS-04  A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS I'm kicking myself for not doing a bit of trainspotting, but so it goes. We went on to the Selfridges exterior. As Alan said, endless opportunities here: HS-05  NEX-7 + Sigma E 30mm F2.8 HS-06  A7 III + 85mm F2.8 SAM HS-07 or maybe TS-01  Taylor Swift bus | A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS HS-08  A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS HS-09  A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS HS-10  A7 III + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS |
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pegelli
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Posted: 22 March 2024 at 12:12 |
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Splendid guys, keep them coming. I'm enjoying this armchair tour of a city I have never visited.
By the way, I've added this thread to the Dyxum meeting index |
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You can see the April Foolishness 2023 exhibition here Another great show of the talent we have on Dyxum
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Howard_S
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Posted: 22 March 2024 at 12:13 |
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Posted: 22 March 2024 at 13:05 |
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Ah.... The city of my youth (except I wouldn't recognize much of it now).
Selfridges is a star subject but, so far, HS-05 is THE stand-out shot of the series! Looking forward to seeing more from here everyone. Best regards, Neil. |
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Phil Wood
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Posted: 23 March 2024 at 09:06 |
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Moving away from Selfridges Alan found some new friends.
PW10 Poser.  I was keen to see this post box - described as 'nondescript' by one of my companions. There are only fifteen known examples of the large Type A pillar box from the short reign of Edward VIII. There are two variants with very minor design differences - this is the rarer of the two, there are only four of this specific design still in use. PW11 Edward VIII Type A  It would be a while before we escaped the looming presence of Selfridges. It was here that Elwyn caught up with us. PW12  G Makepeace was a retailer of second-hand clothing. The business is long gone, but their buidling remains. Described by Pevesner as Nos. 135-136 of 1913 by James Patchett, of Ombersley is late and crude but enjoyable Free Style: first-floor lunette, little oriels, green tiled frieze with the owner's name G. Makepeace, second-hand clothes seller. PW13 G Makepeace  PW14 Selfridges  Birmingham is a city of contrasts, old and new, pristine and derelict the shiny Selfridges store contrasts with the fairly well preservered Makepeace building and the facade of another old building, preserved to front a new building soon to rise behind it. PW15  Edited by Phil Wood - 23 March 2024 at 09:10 |
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alanfrombangor
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Posted: 23 March 2024 at 09:26 |
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AC05: We walked down Digbeth to a rare post box that Phil had identified, Elwyn caught up with us, and we turned left down Allison Street. Digbeth is the street but lends its name to the network of streets in the vicinity. This handy map provides some context.
 AC06: A Grade II listed building, constructed in 1872 for Corder & Turley, manufacturers of umbrella ribs. Adapted 1923 as a clothing factory for Fawcett Brothers and in 1975 as a food processing factory for RTP crisps. It appears to be currently disused.  AC07: A little further along Allison Street we spotted some graffiti as we passed an indoor parking space and ventured in.  AC08: Tribute to Captain Tom Moore who raised money for our underfunded National Health Service durinf the covid pandemic as he approached his hundredth birthday.  AC09: A withering comment on the state of our health service.  AC10: Martin Luther King.  AC11: And a local hero, Trevor Francis (1954 to 2023) who starred for Birmingham City before becoming Britain's first million pound footballer when transferred to Nottingham Forest in 1979.  Edited by alanfrombangor - 23 March 2024 at 10:21 |
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