A friend of mine was expecting a new lens today, and as any photographer will tell you once you have a new toy to play with you have to go out and give it a test run.  We decided to wait until midnight so the streets were starting to clear for that desolate and empty look, and then headed out to do a few photographs around the town.  I was keen to get back down and take a few shots down the river also, after capturing this shot at sunrise a few days ago:

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Sunrise On The Tyne

Sunrise On The Tyne

Here are a couple from that trip tonight:

Looking up the Tyne

Looking up the Tyne

Tilting Bridge

Tilting Bridge

End of the line

End of the line

Monumental Crossroads

Monumental Crossroads

If that hasnt satisfied your thirst for photographs, take a look over to Paul’s site and check out some of his excellent work, especially the holocaust projects.

As ever, comments and suggestions always welcome.

~Shepy