First off Happy New Year to you, I hope 2012 brings lots of happiness and good times!
I was sat in the passenger seat of my car as we drove home from Sandbanks yesterday evening, wistfully daydreaming of Christmas and New Year while enjoying the view of the sun setting over Poole Harbour. All of a sudden I had the urge to grab my camera from my bag and snap a couple of shots while the car was in motion. I didn’t have much time to think, so I just grabbed a couple of quick shots while passing between parked cars. Looking at the photos in the evening I have to say I kind of like the lens flare (I realise some people absolutely deplore lens flare, but that’s not the case for me).
This is the first bit of sunshine I have seen in 2012.. fingers crossed there will be plenty more to come.
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There is a road in Poole, Dorset where lots of the houses kind of compete with each other using Christmas decorations. It’s got to a point now where the local media usually cover the event each year. There are at least ten or so houses together in a cul-de-sac that are all absolutely plastered in lights and decorations of all descriptions.
This was a quick psychedelic shot taken with a Lensbaby, (I’m not particularly keen on Lensbabies to be honest with you!). 
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Here is a black and white night time shot taken in Poole, Dorset a few evenings ago. Truth be told I am simply unable to resist bicycles! They are always screaming out to be photographed.
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Here are a couple of night time shot taken recently in Poole, Dorset to mark the 11th November 2011. I had originally hoped to venture outside during the daytime to capture some shots but in the end had to find my inspiration after dark.
It was pretty much impossible to avoid the fact that the date could be expressed as 11/11/11 recently, with numerologists crawling out of the woodwork everywhere you looked, while getting incredibly excited at the prospect of this once in a century event (these events seem to happen far more regularly than the excitement they generate would suggest).
There was even a Flickr group created especially for the occasion, as well as numerous other sites set-up to encourage people to document the day and I decided that I wasn’t going to miss a good opportunity to create some photographs. I was quietly considering the options available to me when I suddenly remembered seeing these lights embedded into the pavement back during the summer but was unsure at the time how to make an interesting shot with them. Fortunately 11/11/11 gave me the perfect opportunity to return for another attempt.
I don’t really need much of an excuse to take a photograph, even if I am a little dubious at times about the significance of the event in question!
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The moon was high in the sky as the sun went down and the only boat on the horizon appeared to slowly sail towards it. Viewed from Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, UK.
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A black and white shot of a starfish on the beach at Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, UK.
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A evening shot of a buoy attached to a boat on Poole Quay, Poole, Dorset, UK.
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Kite surfers in Poole Harbour, Sandbanks, Dorset, UK.
