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I haven't found one yet - other than sitting on a bus across Westminster bridge and seeing the Houses of Parliament, which are pretty special to look at.

Mine is the South Bank in London - where old and new architecture merge along the backdrop of the River Thames. Winter or summer it still takes my breath away. Yesterday I also walked across Tower Bridge and forgot what a stunning view it offered.

Driving over Waterloo Bridge in London at night or sunset.

My favourite view was in Greets Green, West Bromwich. An unexpected colourful townscape sitting below which emerges when you least expect it. Great stuff.

The candlelight shining through the window of Kings' Sutton church in the dark - particularly the deep red lower down. You can stare at that one colour for hours. Almost Barnett Newman.

Seeing things you saw donkey's years ago, and not since - Hampton Ferry at Evesham, the small square of paint advertising Landor's house at Warwick, the churchyard at Coleshill, where I cut my hand on a gravestone at 18 months old, only to be able to identify the exact gravestone (distinguishing it from another very similar) on the next visit, aged 15.

Lastly things seen out of context: the Tower of London at 3 a.m., just a lump in the dark, with no history or form or meaning, just sad little booths outside which look like they have been abandoned because someone has died. The office buildings at 6 a.m., when the sun is up but there is nobody home, trying to pretend everything is the same. The old family home with no family in it anymore, and the garden altered. The Exe Bridge, over the dry old course of the Exe - old stones being broken off by youngsters to whom it means nothing, very sad but you can see why, it almost deserves to be seen being broken up as its last act of protest against the world around it.

Hello Chorth. Glad you found beauty in a housing estate. Coming from Birmingham, supposed to be ugly, you got used to finding beauty in odd places - for example, industrial firms called Plato and Dante, beautifully maintained parks appearing in weird places (and Birmingham has a greater percentage of parkland than ANY OTHER CITY in the UK!) and some of the industrial landscapes themselves. People do not appreciate them because they do not know what they are looking at. Here you have the dreams of man, actually being made real, taking a deceptively plain form to disguise their real worth. The effect is similar to that created by my brother-in-law, a former international wrestling champion, who dresses and behaves like everyone else but still has that power-packed physique straining against his ordinary clothes - you can see what you see, but when you know who he is, you know what is underneath, and it scares the hell out of you.

Another example of a place seen out of context - a shop called Studio Spares, in north London, at night. By day, it supplies music industry equipment, and is frequented by producers, executives, artists and wannabees. The staff are unremittingly trendy too. At night, it is a sign and a metal grille, making its very small plea to be seen amidst its surroundings. Puts the glamorous world of music in context really.

Bath is a great city (although slightly biased as its my home town). And the views are certainly something. The best one I think is from Prior Park looking down on the Paladian Bridge with the city of Bath beyond that. The other one, which is off the beaten trail is at Alexander Park which is at the top of Bear Flat.

Hi Escafeld. I love your first image the one taken within the cathedral. Architecturally it is beautiful. Its a shame we don't see such craftsmanship in new buildings.

Hi escafeld and NicoleCH. We have been experiencing some technical problems with the forum today and last night. Our IT team is looking into it now.
Sorry this happened on your first visit escafeld, please don't let it put you off. I am sure it will be rectified shortly.
Hope to hear from you again soon.

Thanks again Mod for the reply and no, it won't put me off.

RobRoy - I'm getting a response to login or register to that link.

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Thanks lola, but I've taken many a rubbish photo in my time.

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