Introduction

Apologies for not being very active today but I had some engagements including some routine medical review appointments in Newcastle .

I also used the opportunity whilst I was there to visit a nearby cemetery and I have managed to nab a lot of gravestone shots for people to use in their Halloween posts.

There were also a lot of war graves which I hope might be useful for Remembrance Sunday which is also coming up. I'll hope to get them done and posted up shortly.

About today's photographs

People really seemed to like my architectural shots of the Sage in Gateshead which I posted last week.

The first few exterior shots were pretty good but the sky had quite diffuse clouds which looked OK but I thought I could get some more dramatic clouds if I went back.

Luckily that opportunity arose last Friday and I have managed to do some quick edits on the shots which I got. I have made these monochrome but if people really want I can also post up the colour versions too. As always use these in your own posts if you like (Steemit4free). Here is the SteemIMG album link so you can download them yourself.

Help me pick the best shot

I really like these new shots and was considering entering them in some photography competitions. Some of these are quite similar because I couldn't decide myself which one to pick. I've tried to make them a bit more artistic too by focussing more on the curves of the building and the clouds.

What do you think and if I were to pick some competition entries which one or two photos would you pick?

Also do you prefer these to the original exterior shots from the post last week?

I don't want to enter more than a couple because these competitions tend to charge people per entry. Also if you enter lots of photos I think it makes you look like you don't have confidence in your work and can actually work against you.

The Photographs

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Return to the Sage (Concert Venue) in Gateshead - (feel free to use in your own posts)