Picture Request Thread

Smileyface · August 5th, 2005, 08:05 PM

I'm off into Bham for a major photo session either Saturday or Sunday. I'm gonna be capturing the usual suspects;HCT, Orion, Masshouse, Post and Mails demise etc. I'm also interested in having a look around the Gun Quarter after seeing Brum 2003's thread so I'll get a few shots from round there as well. Is there anywhere or anything else I should definitely be pointing my camera lens at.....let me know and I'll try my best.

Biosonic · August 5th, 2005, 08:10 PM

Nice one Smiley. If you can (and you fancy it), see if you can go up the red cage car park on Brunel St and take a pic from the angle that the old New St pic is on the Old Brum thread. It would be interesting to see how the new station develops from this angle!

It's next to Orion so it's not out of your way...

Good luck

Smileyface · August 5th, 2005, 08:12 PM

Yeah I know the one, I've poked my lens through that red mesh on many occasions to get pics of Orion in its early stages.

Soul_13 · August 5th, 2005, 10:51 PM

Some photos I took today around the Financial quarter.

birminghamculture · August 5th, 2005, 10:57 PM

The BST site Smiley? and a few of Holiday Wharf ... Oh and if its not to far out your way the land around the BT Tower, thats only if you can Thanks

Smileyface · August 5th, 2005, 11:00 PM

I should be able to get all those in no probs....seeing as we've gone render mad at the moment try and think of some new vantage points within the city centre that would have a lot of the recent proposals in them.

Smileyface · August 5th, 2005, 11:02 PM

Excellent pics btw Soul 13, you ought to post them on this thread below so they can be appreciated by a wider audience

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=237696

birminghamculture · August 5th, 2005, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Smileyface

I should be able to get all those in no probs....seeing as we've gone render mad at the moment try and think of some new vantage points within the city centre that would have a lot of the recent proposals in them.

Yes, Good idea ... do you think you could get to the top of the Matthew Boulton college

Or Park Central? how about ST Andrews aswell, we havent had one of those for a while. that gives us quite a large scope to play with

Smileyface · August 5th, 2005, 11:10 PM

If I drive I'll get a few distance shots (I'll class the view from St Andrews as distance) but if I go by public transport (fancy a few beers in town

) I'll only be taking shots from inside the centralish area

birminghamculture · August 7th, 2005, 12:04 AM

Go to the NIA and then take some pictures from there, theres some great shots. Especially at night when Quayside and BT are lit up

Smileyface · August 7th, 2005, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by birminghamculture

Go to the NIA and then take some pictures from there, theres some great shots. Especially at night when Quayside and BT are lit up

No, bugger off

birminghamculture · August 7th, 2005, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Smileyface

No, bugger off

Oi - its your duty

Smileyface · August 7th, 2005, 12:15 AM

OK boss

birminghamculture · August 7th, 2005, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smileyface

OK boss

Thanks chief

Martin G · August 7th, 2005, 12:24 AM

Don't forget the old wasteland near Duddeston Station where the old scuzzy hags hang about and drink meth and absinthe will you Smiley?

Smileyface · August 7th, 2005, 12:31 AM

They are my best friends so i normally hang out around there anyway.....they're all abit camera shy so i'll probably give that one a miss

Martin G · August 7th, 2005, 12:40 AM

Pah! Lightweight!

Smileyface · August 7th, 2005, 12:49 AM

If I go into Brum by train I stop at Duddeston....just for you Martin I'll get your special photo

Martin G · August 7th, 2005, 01:08 AM

Duddeston station used to be a hive of activity - carriage sheds, shunting yards, acres of tracks and electric powerline gantries - now it's overgrown, deserted, run down and as derelict as it's possible to imagine. Quite why railtrack closed that whole depot down is a mystery - it would have seen better servuce retained as a secondary goods yard or even a new EMU depot instead of the Soho site (on the line between Brum and Wolverhampton). Duddeston used to have four platforms too - and now it's a stunted island platform with the other one overgrown and completely abandoned.

What it used to look like:

What it now looks like:

depressing, huh?

Smileyface · August 7th, 2005, 01:38 AM

It's not exactly the highlight of the Walsall to Bham rail journey...

August 5th, 2005, 08:05 PM	#1
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	Picture Request Thread I'm off into Bham for a major photo session either Saturday or Sunday. I'm gonna be capturing the usual suspects;HCT, Orion, Masshouse, Post and Mails demise etc. I'm also interested in having a look around the Gun Quarter after seeing Brum 2003's thread so I'll get a few shots from round there as well. Is there anywhere or anything else I should definitely be pointing my camera lens at.....let me know and I'll try my best.

August 5th, 2005, 08:10 PM	#2
Biosonic Second Citizen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 14,320 Likes (Received): 2	Nice one Smiley. If you can (and you fancy it), see if you can go up the red cage car park on Brunel St and take a pic from the angle that the old New St pic is on the Old Brum thread. It would be interesting to see how the new station develops from this angle! It's next to Orion so it's not out of your way... Good luck __________________ Birmingham.Brilliance

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August 5th, 2005, 08:12 PM	#3
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	Yeah I know the one, I've poked my lens through that red mesh on many occasions to get pics of Orion in its early stages.

August 5th, 2005, 10:51 PM	#4
Soul_13 Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: May 2005 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 2,016 Likes (Received): 18	Some photos I took today around the Financial quarter.

August 5th, 2005, 10:57 PM	#5
birminghamculture BANNED Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,315 Likes (Received): 0	The BST site Smiley? and a few of Holiday Wharf ... Oh and if its not to far out your way the land around the BT Tower, thats only if you can Thanks

August 5th, 2005, 11:00 PM	#6
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	I should be able to get all those in no probs....seeing as we've gone render mad at the moment try and think of some new vantage points within the city centre that would have a lot of the recent proposals in them.

August 5th, 2005, 11:02 PM	#7
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	Excellent pics btw Soul 13, you ought to post them on this thread below so they can be appreciated by a wider audience http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=237696

August 5th, 2005, 11:10 PM	#9
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	If I drive I'll get a few distance shots (I'll class the view from St Andrews as distance) but if I go by public transport (fancy a few beers in town ) I'll only be taking shots from inside the centralish area

August 7th, 2005, 12:04 AM	#10
birminghamculture BANNED Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,315 Likes (Received): 0	Go to the NIA and then take some pictures from there, theres some great shots. Especially at night when Quayside and BT are lit up

August 7th, 2005, 12:15 AM	#13
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	OK boss

August 7th, 2005, 12:24 AM	#15
Martin G Compulsive : Obsessive Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: GET TO FUCK, WHY DON'T YOU? Posts: 7,325 Likes (Received): 40	Don't forget the old wasteland near Duddeston Station where the old scuzzy hags hang about and drink meth and absinthe will you Smiley?

August 7th, 2005, 12:31 AM	#16
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	They are my best friends so i normally hang out around there anyway.....they're all abit camera shy so i'll probably give that one a miss

August 7th, 2005, 12:40 AM	#17
Martin G Compulsive : Obsessive Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: GET TO FUCK, WHY DON'T YOU? Posts: 7,325 Likes (Received): 40	Pah! Lightweight!

August 7th, 2005, 12:49 AM	#18
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	If I go into Brum by train I stop at Duddeston....just for you Martin I'll get your special photo

August 7th, 2005, 01:08 AM	#19
Martin G Compulsive : Obsessive Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: GET TO FUCK, WHY DON'T YOU? Posts: 7,325 Likes (Received): 40	Duddeston station used to be a hive of activity - carriage sheds, shunting yards, acres of tracks and electric powerline gantries - now it's overgrown, deserted, run down and as derelict as it's possible to imagine. Quite why railtrack closed that whole depot down is a mystery - it would have seen better servuce retained as a secondary goods yard or even a new EMU depot instead of the Soho site (on the line between Brum and Wolverhampton). Duddeston used to have four platforms too - and now it's a stunted island platform with the other one overgrown and completely abandoned. What it used to look like: What it now looks like: depressing, huh?

August 7th, 2005, 01:38 AM	#20
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	It's not exactly the highlight of the Walsall to Bham rail journey...