09/06/2017Taswegian1957

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Buildings


Buildings

Buildings are one of my favourite photographic subjects. I like the shapes, colours and styles of old buildings. I sometimes photograph new ones if I think they look striking but I love the old buildings most of all.

The old Lunatic Asylum, Sunbury , Victoria
The old Lunatic Asylum, Sunbury , Victoria
Conservatory in City Park , Launceston, Tasmania
Conservatory in City Park , Launceston, Tasmania
Belgrave Station, Puffing Billy Railway , Victoria
Railway Station, Puffing Billy Railway , Victoria

 

Here is a photograph that I have been playing with in Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. It is the old catholic church at Ranelagh in the Huon Valley which has now been removed as they have built a larger new one. I am glad I have a picture of the old weatherboard church. I don’t suppose it was very nice in winter but it has character. I liked the photo because it was taken on a very stormy day. Here are two different versions of the picture. You can see the original here.

Old Catholic Church at Ranelagh, Tasmania
Old Catholic Church at Ranelagh, Tasmania

Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband, David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. Currently we have five pets between us. Naomi's two dogs Toby and Teddy and cats, Tigerwoods and Panther and my cat Polly. My dog Cindy passed away aged 16 in April 2022.

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    • Yes Carol, well spotted I changed the colour scheme this afternoon and added a couple of new header pictures so they are supposed to display randomly. I wanted to include one of Naomi’s Oatlands pictures as well as my home town of Geeveston. We may play with the look a bit more over the next few months as I felt that with Naomi joining me it was time for a new look.

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