H is for Hackney

Mare Street, Hackney, early evening, by Cybermyth13.

Hackney Central at dusk on a Monday in January 2010. The Hackney Empire is the building on the left. The decorative lights are described by Hackney Council as seasonal lights.

N is for Night

Traffic in Regent Street, London, at night with 2010 Xmas Lights, by Cybermyth13.

At night the lights come on. Traffic in a busy Regent Street under the Christmas lights in November 2010.

N in Conor's A-Z.

R is for Red

Red railings and grass at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion,  by Cybermyth13.

The combination of evening summer sun and a pavilion with red glass walls is enough to turn the black railings and green grass both red. Red was the theme of the 2010 summer pavilion by Jean Nouvel at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London. See this set on Flickr for pictures of the pavilion.

R in Conor's A-Z .

S is for Snow

Snow in Victoria Park , East London, Dec. 2010 - 9, by Cybermyth13.

Snow creates a special atmosphere, especially in a park. In December 2010, the snow settled not only in the ground but also in the trees. With the low light of late afternoon, it looked magical.

S in Conor's A-Z

X is for X

Contrails and blue sky forming the Scottish flag, by Cybermyth13.

Contrails in the sky form an X in the sky over Hackney on a Sunday afternoon in October 2010. It resembles the Scottish flag.

X in Conor's A-Z.

Z is for Zero

Look, No Planes (and no clouds) over London, by Cybermyth13.

A picture of zero planes and zero clouds over Leicester Square, London, in April 2010, as the planes were grounded over the UK by the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland. The suggestion was that there were fewer clouds because there were no planes and so no contrails.

Z in Conor's A-Z.

Photo of the Week - Giant Rabbit on Hackney Road by ROA

Giant Rabbit on Hackney Road by ROA, originally uploaded by Cybermyth13.

Sometimes a photo takes on a sudden significance that it did not have before. That happened to my picture of the Giant Rabbit on Hackney Road by ROA. It had already had 252 views since I had posted it on Flickr on 2 May 2010 but it then had 8 views last Monday and 79 the folowing day, mostly from searches on Google. My own search on google revealed the news that the painting was under threat from Hackney Council, with an article in the Guardian giving the details of the dispute with the owners of the building. Wednesday saw another 58 views, again mostly through Google. On Thursday evening there were some referrals from an American website metafilter. com. Following the link back I found a news item on the painting, with a link to the Guardian website and a link to my photo given as "a slightly clearer picture". This link alone led to about 1100 views in 24 hours. Overall the photo went from 252 views to 2,112. my first picture over 1500 views.

I then found a copy of the Guardian article on the website of the owners of the building. Strangely unlike the Guardian website it showed my picture at the top of the article. I checked the local library and its copy of the newspaper had the same photo as the website. I think that they had initially used my picture for the article but then realised that they did not have permission to use my photo so used a different photo. So my picture did appear in some copies without permission (or payment).

ROA's graffiti rabbit faces removal by Hackney council, Guardian website, 25 Oct 2010.
Protect the London rabbit, Metafilter article. 28 Oct 2010.
Save The Rabbit!. The Premises website