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Mike
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I capture images sometimes.
NE of England in Teesside.
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A little trip out west. Castle Rigg stone circle
#thephotohour #mono #photography #blackandwhitephotography #castlerigg #stonecircle
Castle Rigg stone circle with a backdrop off the hills and fells shrouded in a rainy mist. A black and white image looking through the stones
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Old Middlesbrough, a lot has changed .
#photography #mono #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #teesside #thephotohour #myhometown #Middlesbrough #monophotography
A black and white picture of the Middlesbrough Transporter bridge, a new build and the ruined wall of the old salt works. A wide angle with the clouds moving towards the perspective point
October 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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White lines.
#thephotohour #photography #mono #blackandwhite #monophotography #roads #
Photograph from the middle of a road taken low down towards infinity where the sky is visible with wispy clouds and contrails.
October 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Chillies and twine.
#monochrome #monophotography #blackandwhitephotography #thephotohour #chilli #stilllife #photography
3 chillies in a pile with some twine curled in front of them all sat on a wooden table
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Derry/Londonderry
#monochrome #monophotography #blackandwhitephotography #northernireland #thephotohour
September 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Birmingham UK
#photography #thephotohour #colourphotography #cityscape
Fountain sculpture in the centre of Birmingham in the UK
September 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Football,
#mono #sport #teesside #photography #blackandwhitephotography
5 football players contesting a high ball
September 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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After a bit of doing nothing in particular , here is an old image of the Redcar blastfurnace just before they blew it up, or down !
Silhouette of the Redcar blastfurnace. Almost cleared away now, just the hearth remains. The furnace is reflected in a roadside puddle
September 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Leeds to Liverpool canal at night.
#photography #mono #blackandwhitephotography #thephotohour #nightphotography #Leeds
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Dinosaur Park , Middlesbrough

#photography #mono #blackandwhitephotography #thephotohour #teesside #Middlesbrough
July 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Steel Mill building with the sun streaming through the roof.
#photography #thephotohour #abandonedbuildings #mono #blackandwhite #industrialdecay #urban #
A mono image of rhe Sun coming through the roof of an old steelworks mill building making a rectangle of light on the floor.
July 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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A bankside of a harvested tree plantation. Bleached stumps stand amongst the contrasting vegetation.
#thephotohour #photography #monophotography #blackandwhitephotography #mono
A slope in the countryside where a tree plantation has been cut down, leaving just the stumps that have been bleached in the sun. The stumps are in stark contrast with the darker vegetation, the sky is a uniform grey with no definition.
June 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The sun's glow just before sunrise on the summer solstice. The moon is still in the sky above the ancients burial grounds on Great Ayton Moor.
#photography #thephotohour #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #monophotography
The glow in the sky as the sun is rising on the summer solstice. The moon is still present above the ancient burial mounds on the far Moor. A view from Roseberry Topping with no one around, no bird song just a dog barking in the farm below.
June 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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The Sun rising on the summer solstice, from the vantage point of Roseberry Topping in the County of Yorkshire, England.
#thephotohour #monophotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography #summersolstice #monochrome
The solstice sun rises, taken from the summit of Roseberry Topping in the County of Yorkshire, England. A man sits in silhouette, having recorded the sunrise for himself.
June 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Steeple Cross on the old Drovers Road along the Cleveland Way. An ancient Way and burial site, looking out across the Vale. #photography #thephotohour #mono #blackandwhitephotography #ancientways #boundarystones #ancientstones
June 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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South Gare, Teesside .The old slag processing a of the old Ironworks of Warrenby. The slag chemical content has enabled lime loving plants and their associated insects to thrive in this land that is now a SSSI.
#thephotohour #photography #colourphotography #industrialarcheology #teesside #southgare
A no fly tipping sign on land that is now an SSSI but used to be a slag processing area of the old Ironworks. The chemical content of the slag has brought lime loving plants and all the insects that live on them.
May 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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A slag casting on the old slag gantries of the old ironworks at Warrenby.

#thephotohour #mono #blackandwhite #photography #monophotography #Sunday #wandering #industrialarchaeology
A slag casting on the old slag gantries of the ironworks at Warrenby, set against a blue cloudy sky
May 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Capping off. Teesside Steelworks 2010. Part of my Teesside Steelworks archive. One day, I'll publish another book but this time, I won't give away my work to a publisher !
#photography #industrialphotography#thephotohour #workersandtheirwork #industrialworkers #teesside
A casting operator watching a strand being "capped off" with water to cool the end of the cast . This process makes sure there is no molten steel present that could get stuck in the strand segments. Continuous Casting Plant Lackenby Teesside 2010.
May 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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In a harsh evening sun, officials wait to present the cup. #photography #mono #monophotography ##blackandwhite #footballphotography #sportsphotography
Two officials are silhouetted in front of three small goals in the evening sun. They are waiting to present the Cup to the winners of the final. In mono
May 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Netball.
#photography #monphotography #blackandwhite #thephotohour #sportsphotography
May 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The loneliness of the Time Trialling Cyclist and the Photographer on the North York Moors.
#blackandwhite #monophotography
#cycling
#blackandwhitephotography
A Time Trial cyclist races past Ralph's Cross on Blakey Ridge North Yorkshire, taking part in the Cleveland Wheelers 25 mile TT.
April 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Some Time Trial cycling in mono.
#photography #mono #blackandwhitephotography #sportsphotography #cycling #cyclingphotography
Toby Tanfield powers round a bend in the country road riding his time trial bike, competing in the Cleveland Wheelers time trial. He is looking straight down the camera lens.
March 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Middlesbrough Russell Street, morning journey to work.
#photography #thephotohour #mono #teesside #Middlesbrough #urbanphotography #mistyphotography
A pedestrianised street in the centre of Middlesbrough on a misty morning. An avenue of trees with the Law court building on the right. Three black bollards bar the way for cars.
March 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Dejection.
Torrential rain and you go a goal down....

#photography #sportsphotography #blackandwhitephotography #mono #thephotohour
A black and white image of a footballer walking with his head down after his side has just conceded a goal. It is at night time under floodlights and in heavy rain. Main subject is just of centre frame with three other players running away from him towards the goalscorer.
March 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge and the wall of the old salt works, taken with a pinhole "lens" on a digital camera
#photography #pinhole #pinholephotography #thephotohour #mono #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monophotography
A pinhole camera image of the Transporter bridge and the old wall of the salt works in Middlesbrough
February 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM