Out in Oiã with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81 for the #ShittyCamaraChallenge #1990sCameraChallenge. Just some random images around the town of Christmas decorations and the ubiquitous abandoned structures.
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Ferias, dia 40. The holiday is over (and a little #urbanphotography), 2 September 2022
It was time to go home. We arrived in Lisbon with plenty of time before the train was due, driving over the famous ponte 25 de Abril. I even had an opportunity for a little #urbanphotography at the Estação Oriente to grab a quick smartphone photo of a view I have had in mind forContinue reading “Ferias, dia 40. The holiday is over (and a little #urbanphotography), 2 September 2022”
Hidden gates and doors, 16 March 2022
The dust from the Saharan storms are creating a strange yellow light in the skies over Portugal. On the way home I came across a gate I had never noticed before so it seemed like a nice theme for the morning: hidden and forgotten gates.
Another abandoned house in Oliveira do Bairro, 2 December 2021
Tucked away in the back streets of Oliveira do Bairro are these derelict buildings. Behind the building the taggers have been busy.
An abandoned house in Oliveira do Bairro, 2 December 2021
This house opposite the post office in Oliveira has been abandoned for decades. On the front someone has stencilled, ‘they have guns, but we have flowers,’ a reference to the 1974 carnation revolution in Portugal that overthrew the fascist government.
Street photography in Oiã, 21 November 2021
Sunday morning in Oiã, and the streets are deserted.
A Day out in Coimbra, 15 November 2021
Off to Coimbra by train. Always a great way to travel.
More playing with pano, from 12 November 2021
I took some of the raw photos from yesterday’s panoramas and put them through a stitching program called Image Composite Editor (ICE). They look much better, but of course you’ll need to turn you phone on its side to see them in their full glory.
Playing with pano, 12 November 2021
As versatile as the Pocket 2 is, I seem to be captivated with taking panoramas with it at the moment. Today we headed to the coastal town of Barra, near Aveiro.
Playing with pano, 27 October 2021
Took the Pocket 2 out for a spin in Aveiro, concentrating on panoramas of this beautiful city and its canals.
Abandoned in Águas Boas, 26 October 2021
There’s a house in Águas Boas that has been abandoned for nigh on twenty years. Derelict on the inside, outside it has a unique hand-made wooden door that just screams, ‘restore me!’
Abandoned in Meco, 24 August 2021
This house in Meco has been abandoned for decades and is beginning to collapse. However, the ivy-covered door with its beautiful cast knocker is a joy to behold. https://keithdevereux.blogspot.com/2021/08/abandoned-in-meco-24-august-2021.html
An undersea vista, 16 July 2021
Deeply embedded in Portugal’s history and culture, azulejos date as far back as the thirteenth century. The word azulejo stems from the Arabic, meaning ‘small polished stone’. Originally, they were fairly simple structures cut into geometric shapes in neutral tones, and the tiles were used to cover up the large areas of blank wall thatContinue reading “An undersea vista, 16 July 2021”
Urban photography, 27 April 2021
Urban photography, An intermittent series of water towers from towns and cities in Portugal. Here is the water tower from Oiã.
Derelict building in Oliveira do Bairro, 22 April 2021
Close-up’s of the door from an derelict house in Oliveira do Bairro.