This week we feature a view from Liverpool, focusing on Anfield stadium, home of Liverpool FC.
This week we’re jumping back to a more modern view than in last week’s Wednesday Window, while staying on the same island. Last week we were in Scotland, and this week we’re just a wee bit south in the wonderful city of Liverpool.
Here’s the view that I captured in 2019…
Anfield View
This is a view across Alroy Road from somewhat higher up in Anfield stadium, the hallowed ground of Liverpool FC. This was my first visit to the stadium, so I took one of the tours (highly recommended). For those of you who are Everton fans, Goodison Park stadium can be seen in the distance across Stanley Park.
This is my mid-week contribution to the Monday Window thread, a creation of Ludwig Keck. To read more about Ludwig, check this page.
Join the celebration on Championship Sunday as Liverpool F.C. fans rejoice with the Premier League trophy presentation.
This is the day that we, Liverpool F.C. fans, have been waiting for over the past month! Yes, we’ve known for a while that we could not be caught in the standings, but it’s all about the presentation of the Premier League trophy to start the full celebration. This one will be even sweeter, as the last celebration was muted due to the Covid pandemic in 2020.
As I’ve had the pleasure of both visiting the city of Liverpool and attend games at Anfield, I wanted to share a couple of those moments with you.
This is where it all takes place…
The Sign
Taking the tour of Anfield is a great experience and a must for all fans! Where else are you able to touch the same sign that many players do, as they walk toward the pitch?
My first visit to Anfield was in 2019, during the first half of the season that saw Liverpool win their first Premier League title in a long time! The game that night was a tense affair…
Liverpool – Tottenham
Early in the first half, the Spurs took the lead 0-1 from a Harry Kane goal. In the second half, Jordan Henderson scored the equalizer and Mohamed Salah put us ahead in the 75th minute from the penalty spot. A great result and a fantastic atmosphere in the stadium.
And of course, there is the iconic moment before each match at Anfield…
Gerry and the Pacemakers with their tune from the musical Carousel…You’ll Never Walk Alone, sang by a stadium full of fans! I recorded this before the game of my second visit to Anfield in 2021. That night, we took care of Arsenal in heavy metal fashion with a solid 4-0 win!
John Lennon said it well in 1971, and his message rings true throughout all these days and beyond.
This week’s window comes from a trip to the wonderful city of Liverpool a couple of years ago. In 2019, I made my first pilgrimage to Anfield Road, the hallowed ground of Liverpool FC. As the weather was rather lovely for October, I explored the city and really enjoyed it. This is where I came across the Museum of Liverpool with a message that is great for all times.
Let’s take a look at that message in this rather large window…
You may say I’m a dreamer
I think we can all imagine, as the rock poet John Lennon shared with us. I will certainly keep dreaming of the day that we can all live in peace.
Oh, and, yes, there was a football match between the Reds and Hotspurs. Our side won 2-1 in a thrilling display of skill and perseverance, which made it a perfect long weekend!
Wednesday’s contribution to this week’s Monday Window; go check out the other posts!
When we want to travel light, a smartphone might just be the answer. We can see the result in this image of the Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool
Sometimes, I really like to travel light; when photography is not one of the top priorities for a trip, I’m perfectly happy to just bring a smartphone. Of course, as we all know, these devices are getting better and better with every release, which keeps us in this addictive upgrade cycle. Nowadays, I’m usually perfectly happy to skip a year, unless there’s something really compelling that makes me itch for that latest feature!
The image captured here is one from just over 5 years ago, when I was proudly carrying my iPhone 11 Pro Max with me…
Liverpool – Royal Albert Dock
This trip was all about football, the kind with the round ball, as I was in Liverpool to attend my first game in person at Anfield, the hallowed ground of Liverpool FC. I was sauntering around after having some delicious Thai cuisine, and loved the way the buildings around the Royal Albert Dock were lighted, so much so that even some light reflected off the clouds. I positioned my iPhone on one of the posts near the water to have a steady hand for a longer exposure, and took a number of exposures.
The end result is still pleasing, as the warmth of the light, the reflections and the sense of serenity make for an appealing scene. As I know have some new tools, I did do a bit of sharpening with Topaz Photo AI and made some minor tweaks in Photoshop to balance things, as well as cropping the image with a 16×9 aspect ratio. This may just become a nice print some day!
Oh, and if you wondered, Liverpool played the Tottenham Hot Spurs; we gave up an early goal, but came back in the 2nd half to win 2-1. An exciting match with a great result!
Welcome to the 212th round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Love flowed throughout all of your entries for this week’s theme and I have to say that I loved it!! It was impossible to not feel the love that exists all around the world and in each of your hearts! Thank you for sharing generously.
Once we let love rule, we can…
Imagine Peace
During my visit to Liverpool I saw this view of the Museum of Liverpool and was struck by the deep and resounding importance of these 2 words from the great poet John Lennon. If we unleash the power of love, we can imagine, and achieve, peace.
Please enjoy the following blog posts:
Teressa started off this week’s responses with a capture in Another LQQk that is absolutely perfect for the theme; and it’s iconic!
Diane strikes at the heart of love for many of us in her post in pensivity101; I’m confident that I’m not the only one who relates to the love that we feel for our furry family members!
The contributions in Don’t Hold Your Breath are always amazing, and I really enjoyed the trip to Strawberry Fields; in this case, all was real!
Kammie’s captures in her post in Nut House Central are fantastic, but it’s the last photo in this post that really caught my eye!
Indira shares some of what she loves in her post in Sharing Thoughts, each of which thoughts has great meaning; lovely!
I really love the entry in Geriatri’X’ Fotogallery, as the Beatles are even asking for some Help!
Xenia shares the love of her whippets in a lovely post in Whippetwisdom, which is not at a loss for words! In a second post in Whippetwisdom, Eivor and Pearl are enjoying the snow as part of their playground!
Another wonderful post comes to us from A Day in the Life, where some of the things she loves are shared; although I don’t think we get the iced latte!
Sandy does share a feast for our eyes in her post in Out of my Write Mind, as we get to enjoy the love that unfolds in Nature.
Teresa shares her love for the wonderful city of Prague in her post in My Camera & I, with a lovely look at love!
Ken shares his love for serendipity in Pictures without Film, as timing and love find a way to the top in a fantastic photo!
Nicole brings us the romance of young, star-crossed lovers in an amazing post in Une Photo, Un Poéme; the great photo and the story are all about love!
Susan unleashed her creativity in bringing us love that’s in the air in her post in Musin’ with Susan; love the technique used for this great image! Also, go check out Susan’s week in review in Musin’ with Susan for more great photos and beware of the belly of the beast!
Amy shares her process in creating really cool images transferred onto wood in her post in Photography Journal Blog; this kind of experimentation is what leads to great art and wonderful results, as we can see here.
Debbie takes us toward a dreary day in St. Albans in her post in Travel with Intent; the treatment of the photo is simply stunning!
There is much wisdom in the wonderful post in Sgeoil, as the lowly dandelions deserve our love!
Cee brings us the song that gave us this week’s theme in her magnificent post in Cee’s Photo Challenges! And that Yellow Submarine is amazing!
David takes us on a Beatles tour with his Blackbird-themed post in David M’s Photoblog, which shows us the great variety of these birds in beautiful photographs!
Welcome to week 212 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Your twists on last week’s theme were simply awesome!! Thank you for sharing your creative thoughts with all of us! As I really felt the love, it was a natural lead in to the theme for this week: All You Need is Love!
Your challenge for the week is to share what you love, love doing, love sharing, just love, love, love! I used the Beatles as my inspiration for this theme…
All You Need is Love!
The Beatles Museum in Liverpool was a truly fun place to visit and capture some of the memories that have been inspired by the Fab Four. This Yellow Submarine, with all of its garish colors, simply screams LOVE!!
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
Time for another submission to the 52 Week Smartphone Challenge by Khürt Williams. The theme for week 9 is ‘Mood’: “Your Artistic Inspiration this week is the mood you are feeling today. Take that mood and use it to create art.”
Liverpool – Albert Docks
This shot is from my sauntering through Liverpool after attending a fantastic match at Anfield between Liverpool and Tottenham. For this challenge, I did a B&W conversion using Luminar 4 (Blair Witch Look – Magical Forests by Albert Dros) and cleaning up in Photoshop.
Location: Albert Docks, Liverpool, UK. Shot with iPhone 11 ProMax using the NeuralCam app.
Welcome to week 200 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
As this is a pretty momentous number of times to have this challenge… why not make Number the theme for this week? There are many options for using Number in your photography from a simple count to deep numerology… It’s entirely up to you and your creative brain to decide on the approach!
I look forward to the innumerable ways you can approach this theme!
Here are some numbers…
Strong Numbers
As you might expect, I took this shot at the Liverpool FC fan store in a shopping mall in the great city of Liverpool; some of my favorite numbers are on display here, so I found myself drawn to one of them and made a purchase. Do you want to guess, which number it is?
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
Don’t be just a number, as you come up with your number one and two, etc. shots!
Welcome to the 193rd round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge! My apologies for the delay in getting this round up posted.
Your retrospectives were fantastic with lots of great memories in your posts and looks back across the years. There were some rather wonderful approaches to the theme, with a retro among them and a very creative look at the view from a window over the years!! Thank you for the all of your creative outpouring.
I’m looking forward to continuing this trend throughout all of 2020!
Here’s a retrospective of my visit to Liverpool….
This slideshow is from my visit to Liverpool last year and has another piece of retrospective going back into the re-creation of the Cavern Club stage, which gives us the feeling that the lads from way back could step into the light to rock & roll! Looking back on this trip brings memories of great places to visit and a match well played!
Please enjoy the following blog posts:
Sarah’s retrospective in her post in By Sarah really grabs my attention, both in its composition and subject matter; great shot!
Sandy looks back across the year in a fantastic post in Out of my Write Mind; the combination of photography and poetry are stellar!
Lee brings it in her retrospective in ladyleemanila! There’s a lot to look back on in this post!
Ken brings a wonderful treatment of looking back in an awesome image in Pictures without Film! Father Time will tell!!
In a great post in Geriatri’X’ Fotogallery, we get to experience the preferred way of spending quality time…I very much agree!
Another fantastic photo in theOnlyD800intheHameau, we look back to one of those wonderful moments! The look and capture are magical!
Maria looks back to vacation time in Iceland and the Faroe Islands in her post in Kamerapromenader. The photos are just stunning!
Eric captured a great leap in his photo in From the Lens; the mighty leap is enough to jump into a new year!
Diane is telling some fish stories in a wonderful post in pensivity101; it would appear that she has a touch for catching the lone fish!
Teressa takes us back a ways in her post in Another LQQk, as she captures a stunning image of a rather forlorn automobile!
Sheetal definitely gives us a sense of the lovely city of Stockholm in her post in sheetalbravon; she definitely makes me want to visit the city!
David takes a rather retro approach in another great post in David M’s Photoblog; the photo of the caterpillar is especially stunning!
Deb looks back on perfect weather experienced during holidays in her post in Twenty Four; the sea looks amazing!
Viveka takes us back to a wonderful visit to Tbilisi in myguiltypleasures; from her photos, the city looks stunning!
Definitely go check out the post in Don’t Hold Your Breath, as we get a great view of Perihelion Day with stunning photos!
It’s fantastic to see Debbie again with a lovely post in ForgivingConnects; Debbie’s blog is one that you will want to follow!
This week’s post for the theme in Thief Images Blog definitely captured my eye, and my heart as Australia suffers…
Elizabatz shares some of her amazing travels with great photos in Albatz Travel Adventures; the photos are gorgeous!
Hammad looks back somewhat wistfully in his post in the Blog of Hammad Rais; may 2020 be the absolute best!
Susan’s look back in her post in Musin’ with Susan treats us of a gorgeous view of Budapest and the memories that come with it. Also, take a look at Susan’s week in review in Musin’ with Susan for what clearly was an excellent week!
Skye brings back memories for me as well and the photo in Land of Images is absolutely fantastic!
Tatiana takes us into Ontario in January in a great post in TravelWays; her travels there look amazing!
I have to admit that I am impressed with the amazing travels that are chronicled in Looking for Enchantment; Wanderlust is real!
Debbie has an amazing retrospective of the London skyline in her post in Travel with Intent; seeing the changes across the years is truly special!
Xenia, Eivor and Pearl provide a wonderful look back across the seasons in a lovely post in whippetwisdom; the captures are magical! In her post in the awesome blog Tranature, Xenia looks back to Zeeland and wonderful Zierikzee!
I’m struck by the fantastic post in One Letter Up – Diary 2.0, which has a great chronicle of a window…you need to check this out!
Irene captures a great look that screams retrospective in her post in Heaven’s Sunshine; the expression is precious!
Robert retrospects with some stunning black&white photos in his post in Photo Robert’s Blog!
Please let all of these great bloggers know your thoughts about their posts!
Welcome to week 189 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Thank you all for the incredible amount of Peace that flowed throughout last week’s posts! This week, I’ve selected another theme that has been inspired by one of the images I captured in Liverpool just over a month ago. While doing some additional editing, I played around with one of the night-time shots to get it to speak a bit more. This led to an image with a rather warm Glow, which is pushed very much by the wonderful street lighting they have around the Albert Docks.
I think that the interesting part of this challenge will be your choice of direction with the theme of Glow…will you opt for the glow of an ember, a firefly, or the glowing praise that is heaped on a great performance? There are many choices, so feel free to push the boundaries and shoot for that glowing review!
This is definitely one theme that has me curious to see what you might create!! Have fun and go wild!
Here’s the image that inspired the theme…
Olden Times Glow…
The Albert Docks are a lovely area to explore during the evening hours with great restaurants and entertainment. A couple of notes about the creation of this image, as it’s a bit non-standard for me; the shot was captured on an iPhone 11 Pro Max using the NeuralCam app. This app is great for night photography, such as this. I then processed the image using Aurora HDR and used a toned down Misty Landscape preset (at 59%), which also added a bit of grain to the clouds. I cleaned that image up in PhotoShop with a bit of sharpening, a little soft light overlay and popped the contrast somewhat. I cropped it to adjust the aspect ratio to get this result.
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
May your creative energy glow and light the path to a wonderful image!
