Photo Of The Year

The final Photo of the Month poll has closed, so it’s time for the final poll for my 365 photo project. The one to decide which was the best photo of the whole year. I started my 365 project on a Blogger blog, but with a few months to go, I put it all into a WordPress blog and basically ran the project in duplicate. My WordPress blog is the one I’ll keep and use as my general photography and photo project blog in the future. I’m undecided on the fate of the Blogger version. Delete or keep for posterity? Whatever I do, the www.3six5.co.uk address will in a month or so be transferred over onto the WordPress one.

I mention this because I’ve still always used the Blogger blog to host the PotM votes. But for this final poll I’m using the WordPress one, simply because it’s poll widget allows me to not only permit multiple votes, but also to place a limit on the number of votes a person can have. Because there are twelve photos this time, and only a limited number of people who vote, I’ve given each person three votes. So no need to ponder and agonize over which is your favouritist favourite….you can pick your preferred three. Click here to go to the poll.

Photo Of The Month October

I have taken my final photo of my 365 project. At last. No more to come. Which means one final Photo of the Month vote. A limited selection of just five to choose from this month, seeing as it was a short month.

Day 365 - Sitting Around And Around

Today we went to a famous monastery / museum - Museo de las Intervenciones. A war museum, basically. In a tranquil and beautiful setting. And so ends my Project 365. Thank you for watching :)

Day 364 - Torre Mayor

I've experimented with HDR software a couple of times now. My early results were very blah. My most recent effort was much better. But this time, in my opinion, it really worked. The building is Torre Mayor, as per the title of the post, the tallest building in Mexico, and the most earthquake proof building in the world. It can, or so they say, withstand an 8.5 quake without suffering any structural damage.

Day 363 - Beady Eyed

Coyote Park, where I go running has a reasonably large aviary with some cool looking birds. This one was sitting on and eating from a lump of meat.

Day 362 - Endangered Beetle

In the urban jungle lie the corpses of the most endangered species in Mexico. The Beetle. Of the VW variety. Not produced since 2003, now outlawed as taxis, these relics of pre war Germany are seen less and less on the streets of Mexico City. Some will tinker on for years yet, tootling past the shells of their fallen comrades like this one. But their days, surely, are numbered....

Day 361 - All Rise

Last week I posted a photo of the exterior of the huge Metropolitan Cathedral, one of the city's most famous landmarks. This week, a shot of the interior.

Day 360 - Soviet Style Sink

This photo took hard work. I walked for an hour and a half looking for the Leon Trotsky museum today. Chiefly because I was on the wrong side of the road, looking the wrong way. But here it is. A snapshot of Leon Trotsky's bathroom, left as he left it nearly 70 years ago, before his assassination.

Day 359 - Sitting Proud

I found out only after visiting the Obregon monument on Saturday, that in the basement is Obregon's arm and hand, preserved in spirits. So I went back today to have a look. Sadly, as I arrived, the guy who lets people in was on his way home. So I settled for another photo, this time from a different vantage point, behind the fountains. And then I ran the snap through an HDR program. I've used this software before and found the results to be only so-so. But this time, I really like the output.

Day 358 - Eye Of The Eight Legged Tiger

I thought I'd captured on digital film all of the best of the wonderful and bizarre painted creatures spread along Reforma. But I'd actually missed the most exotic one of them all.

Day 357 - Mystery Mask

I once read an opinion, on a blog I think, that Mexicans wear metaphorical masks. It's true, to an extent, but then I think that's true of most nationalities. But Mexicans like to wear literal masks too. Whether this one belongs on a Lucha Libre fan or an S&M participant, I'm not quite sure.

Day 356 - Hi Ho Silver

Around the Alameda Park, next to Belles Artes right in the heart of Tourist Mexico City, there are always at least a couple of these mounted policemen, helping to make visitors to country feel a little safer.

Day 355 - Blue Banks

We don't often get these sort of cloud formations in Mexico City. Either the sky is full of cloud or clear and blue. I used a new HDR program, Photomizer, to see what can be achieved from one photo HDR processing.

Day 354 - Lie Back And Relax

A humanoid, metallic form laid out on the floor of the Museo de San Ildefonso, as part of the Anthony Gormley exhibition.

Day 353 - Hell Overhead

Another scene from my everyday life. They built this overpass a couple of years back. It took about 18 months to build in all, and made our lives hellish. The dust covered our yard and windows (which we dared not open) and the traffic chaos was a daily nightmare. Then they built the footbridge behind it. It must be the longest footbridge in the world, although it is wheelchair friendly. Ten seconds to cross the road direct and risk the traffic, or ten minutes to cross in safety, the choice is yours.

Day 352 - Have A Heart

Contrary to popular belief, I do have a heart. Here it is. (Faked, I know...)

Day 351 - Names and Games

Today we went down to one of the lesser frequented embaraderos of Xochimilco. Except there was a fair on, and it was packed, sweaty and unpleasant. We made a quick escape. But not before I snapped this shot.

Day 350 - Angel With A Chequered Past

We went for a long walk up Alvaro Obregon today, and some of the surrounding streets. It's a cool place to be on a Saturday afternoon. There is an abundance of fountains, statues, art and antiques markets, cafes, restaurants, funky architecture that dates back quite a bit, and bohemian shops selling all sorts. And there was also this angel.

Day 349 - Slowly Sinking

The huge and awe inspiring Metropolitan Cathedral, at the heart of Mexico City. I can't believe it's taken me this long to get a shot for my 365 project. The building is under constant repair, because it's sinking into the soil at an incredible rate.

Day 348 - Yellow

This is a pretty famous bit of giant sculpture sitting on the pretty famous Reforma Avenue. I believe there is a set of them spread across the city.