Buildings – Dragon Photographs Bath

Sunlit Church

Dragon — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 17:49:00 +0000

There’s something about the way the sunlight was catching St Stephen’s Church today, with the stormy clouds behind it, that was just yelling at me to take a photo or two.

Happy Christmas!

Dragon — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 08:00:59 +0000

What better photo for Christmas Day than the December 25th store?

Unfortunately December 25th closed down on Saturday December 23rd – I wonder how long it’ll take before another shop moves in, but I don’t think they’d be able to outdo the eye catching look of December 25th’s windows!

Festive Scenes

Dragon — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:00:26 +0000

If only the ‘sound and shot’ setting on my phone would let me transfer the sound to the computer, you could hear the carol singers in fine voice outside the Abbey.

Moving up through Bath, the Corridor’s lights are really effective, illuminating the way towards Union Street.

Glowing Buildings

Dragon — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:00:00 +0000

There’s something about Bath stone which makes for some great photographs when the sun hits the buildings.

London Road on a rainy afternoon

Believe it or not, this is the same afternoon as the previous photo!

Views of Bath

Dragon — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:00:39 +0000

It’s always enjoyable to walk along the London Road at this time of year – ok, there’s a lot of traffic, but the sunset tends to make it worthwhile.

Everyone was stopping to take a photo of the Abbey, as the moon lined up perfectly to look like part of the structure.

And just to prove it doesn’t need to be daylight to get a photo of Bath, this is overlooking the city centre from Camden.

Skies over Bath

Dragon — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 21:00:45 +0000

It’s not always the Bath Stone buildings which make for scenic photos, although if you time it right, you get a fantastic golden glow on the stone – sometimes the clouds can make or break a photo, whether they’re above the buildings, or reflected in the windows.

A Walk through Bath

Dragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:00:55 +0000

Starting off by the Spring Wharf development – it seems to be all building work and roadworks around here at the moment

Stopping off to take the obligatory reflections photograph

Heading along to the Royal Crescent, where the sunlight was making the Bath stone glow beautifully

Not to be outdone by the Royal Crescent, Lansdown Crescent had a similar (if not better) glow

The sheep were pretty unimpressed by the sunlight though and were more eager to just keep eating

Earlier this year I had a spectacular sunset photo over the Hope House development, but the houses are taller now, so there’s not quite the same opportunity

Sunset from earlier in the year, over the Hope House development

Cold, but stunning light

Dragon — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 19:00:14 +0000

You can definitely feel the breeze is coming from the east today, but I will admit that the light made it worthwhile getting out for a walk.

There’s nothing particularly fancy about this wall, but I like the way the trees cast their shadows on it.

St Stephen’s Church has been photographed loads of times, but I’ve never seen it from this angle before (from Somerset Lane).

Moving on to Lansdown Crescent, and you can almost feel the glow on the Bath stone… if only it really felt as warm as it looked!

Stopping to look over the wall at the Hope House development, there was a truly stunning sunset – the sun looked red, although my camera insisted it really was yellow.

Moonlight and sunset

Dragon — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:00:44 +0000

After the cloudy and wet weather of the last couple of days, it made a pleasant change to see clear skies and the moon while I was walking along Westgate Street today.

The sunlight was at the perfect height to allow the Guildhall to glow….

….but the best light was in St. John’s Road, where the sunset looked suitably picturesque even if it was challenging to time the photos so the car headlights weren’t in the way!

After the true orangey red glow of the sunset, there was still a stripey glow to the sky across the city. Sometimes the best sunsets can be found slightly higher than the city centre.

Sunsets

Dragon — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:00:13 +0000

There were some fantastic views heading towards Bath this afternoon. Snow Hill provided the first one, with a perfectly timed crow flying from the tree as I took the photo.

The sunlight gave a beautiful silhouetted feel to the London Road, although the glare of the sun would make driving a little challenging!

Moving on to Northumberland Place, I think I confused a lot of tourists who wondered what I was taking a photo of. I don’t think they’d spotted the moon, perfectly placed above Pug & Puffin.