July–August 2008: 10 best photos

[peteryoung]

autonomy
River Island, Reading, England. ( 15 JULY )




glory
747 over London, England. See here for an explanation of how backscattered light produces this effect, and here if you want the technical stuff. ( 23 AUGUST )




diagon
Doha Sheraton, Qatar. ( 17 AUGUST )




diagon
Terminal 1, Hong Kong International Airport. ( 4 AUGUST )




saudades
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. The resting place for nearly 7,000 POWs who died building the Bridge over the River Kwai on the Burma–Siam railway. ( 31 JULY )




a life measured
Caffè Artigiano, Pender Street, Vancouver, BC. ( 22 AUGUST )




autonomy
M&S, Reading, England. I've not retouched the eyes in any way. ( 26 AUGUST )




night traffic
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE. My favourite photo of the last couple of months, I actually prefer to see it portrait. ( 4 JULY )




Khun Tung's shoes
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. ( 3 AUGUST )




border patrol
Kew Gardens, London. ( 2 JULY )

Comments

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Just lucky I happened to have my camera to hand when I saw it!

[zeit.livejournal.com]

"Glory" is pretty amazing.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Here's a third vote for "glory." An excellent photograph.

Any time I flew anywhere with my first wife, she wanted to sit on a window seat on the shadowed side of the plane, because she wanted to see this. So I've sent her a link to this picture.

[dyfferent.livejournal.com]

I took a picture of a glory 3 years ago...but I had spent so long gawping that I only got the bullseye, no shadow. Amazing, aren't they?

I think it looks like 'Saint Aeroplane the Blessed'.

Also, the M&S child mannequins look like Village of the Damned.