Marks Wasted Time: Another World

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Another World

Visited the Steam museum in Swindon yesterday and thought it was excellent. Not quite as I imagined it, but lots of interesting glimpses into a fascinating period of time. Didn't really take any steam engine photos, but plenty of great details, textures and period curiosities.

Ticket machine.

Boiler rivets.

GWR (Great Western Railway) bridle, looking like it's straight out of the wild west.

The Magneta Time, battery-less clock.

Clocking in/out board.

1 comment:

Stitching with Schnauzer and Siamese said...: Great to meet you yesterday Mark. These photos are great, I can quite see why Angela took you along...... Best Wishes
Maggie; 10:01 pm

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Whos wasted time?

My name is Mark Coombes, I live in the South of England, near the City of Bath. I'm 42 and have a deep passion for all things photographic. I always had some artistic talent, but never had the patience for most art forms, so digital photography suits me down to the ground.

I was given a Canon 1000F for my 18th birthday with some old Sigma lenses, but really only got serious in 2006 when I bought a 350D. My equipment went from 17-85mm, 100-300mm IS and Sigma 105mm Macro, to a 16-35mm II L and 100-400mm L thanks to some serious saving and in 2010 I upgraded to a Canon 50D, before finally investing in a Canon 5D mark III in 2013. Since then I've added various flashes, flash modifiers, filters, polarisers, tripods and a Canon 135mm f/2 lens.

I tend to photograph anything and everything that I find photogenic, combined with my passion for adventure and exploration most of my photos are happy coincidences, rather than the odd planned or staged effort. If I was to pick one specific area to specialise in it would be wildlife photography, especially now I'm getting out for less sunrise landscapes. Only time will tell where it leads and if anything productive ever comes out of it, or if I am just wasting time..