12 of 12 (v5.0) - July

Another month, another 12... and this month's is on time! I went back to taking the day off, though I didn't end up doing anything wildly exciting. I left the flat around noon, and was back by about 5pm! In my defence, I'd intended to sit in Regents Park for a while and read, but it started lightly raining so that put the kibbosh on that plan...

Anyhoo - thanks as always to Chad for coming up with the idea, and see here for the master list of all participants! Here are my 12 (*coughishcough*)...

1) 12:01pm - Lewisham, London

A cat that lives on my road - most of the others are shy and skitter away, but not this handsome fellow. Who I've called Ginger. Yes, my creativity staggers even me sometimes.

2) 12:57pm - Southbank, London

The London Eye with a nice sky behind it. But look carefully at the middle pod... or lack of! They've obviously still not replaced it - I was walking over the bridge a few weeks ago when a lady behind me noticed it was missing and pointed it out to her friends.

3) 12:58pm - Southbank, London

And a cool shot of the London Eye that I liked. Elegant in its simplicity, says I.

4) 1:03pm - Southbank, London

Udderbelly, at Southbank. Run by one of the national TV channels (Channel 4), it has food and drink in there and things like comedy acts. And yes, it is a giant purple cow on its back.

It's London, what do you mean you're surprised?!

(Yes, I know the website says Underbelly, but read the text on the page and they call it Udderbelly).

5) 1:30pm - Southbank, London

A fountain further along, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall I think. People having fun running in and out of it. I had fun getting photos of the water against the sky.

6) 1:35pm - Southbank, London

There were 3 panels of comic-style painting on the wall of a nearby building, I think by a Brazilian artist who is featured at the Udderbelly. This amused me.

7) 1:55pm - National Theatre, Southbank, London

The reason I'd come to the Southbank - the Press Photographer's Year exhibition. I hadn't realised it only opened today. Reuters represents! I spotted 3 photographs from Reuters folk, I think!

8) 2:01pm - National Theatre, Southbank, London

Outside the National Theatre, and again, quirky London. Giant sofa, armchairs and tall lamp, all covered with fake grass (like that stuff you see at greengrocers'). Of course!

And because I tweaked the contrast on a b&w one, here's a second shot of the sofa:

9) 2:27pm - Waterloo station, London

Was feeling hot and humid by then, so got a lovely mango chiller from Krispy Kreme.

10) 2:42pm - Bakerloo line, London Underground, London

Getting the Tube to Regents Park.

11) 4:41pm - Lewisham, London

Walking up my road.

12) 5:02pm - My flat, Lewisham, London

Leftover chicken, broccoli and egg noodles in black bean sauce, while I watch some of the end episodes of Heroes s3.

BONUS - 3:58pm - Canary Wharf Tube station

Recreating this shot, one of my alltime favourite 12 of 12 photos I've done. I actually got this in b&w again, but it was so similar to the original (just less people) that I went for the colour option this time.


Thanks for reading, and comments always appreciated! See you next month, same date, same batchannel.