gloves in the rain
the top one is clearly a glove but the second two below ... well you'll just have to take my word for it
gloves archives
the top one is clearly a glove but the second two below ... well you'll just have to take my word for it
the day we went to play on the motorway
here's a bit of a story for you. i've haven't really posted much life stuff on this blog as i've been doing that elsewhere.
however, i thought you might find this interesting.
yesterday in between (and during) rain showers we walked on a new bit of motorway in central auckland
it was open for 4 hours only as a celebration of all that is great about motorways and engineering and being a kiwi.
this giant blue crane was the magic behind constructing the new motorway bridge
and next weekend it'll be shut to traffic so they can do the final switcheroo
so for one day only you could walk along and enjoy the view and inginuity
in the rain
beside the view over the sides there were plenty of bollards to admire
and you could look down at all the spare bits of bridge they had left over (that always used to happen with airfix kids didn't it)
there's the motorway going up the hill in the distance just to prove it is all connected.
and here's some detailed instructions about the big blue crane thing
to be honest, it didn't look particularly solid from underneath. but i did an electronics degree, so what do i know.
there were hundreds of peoples taking their sunday afternoon stroll on the road
and it really felt like a lovely community thing. they even put some diggers out for kids to climb in and pretend to drive (there were no keys in them)
and i was delighted to see some gloves near this roller
there they are look. i don't think they were workmen's ones. unless workmen wear blue woollen gloves.
great stuff.
nz gloves
the have gloves here but they aren't as good as the ones in blighty
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i know what you are thinking, there's not been too many gloves on the blog of late. there are a few about, but it's mostly shoes and jandals on the streets. london has its gloves. auckland has it jandals
hand transplant
nope, i've absolutely no idea either.
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i've spotted a few gloves in the last couple of days. that's good news isn't it
bollard with glove
it's a pile of funkypancake faves just outside my office
glove on the beach
note the bare feet rather than the work shoes of london-based glove spotting
brother edd's lost hands
these are mannequin hands on the floor next to the mannequin who owns them. fingerless gloves for the handless man.
great news for glove spotters
and the great news is ... there are lost gloves in new zealand too !
well worthit
a domestic glove from our domestic abode
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and so the chilliness continues increasing chances significantly of finding lost gloves on railings
or at their earlier point of lostness, on the floor
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here's a fantastic glove photo from my nephew thomas. he took the photo especially for us to see, so thanks thomas !
glove and anti-glove
here is a glove outside tesco and the location where the glove had been (which had soaked up the rain). yes. glove. antiglove.
cool hand
frosty glove
yellow glove
is it an omelette ? no, it's an orange glove
glove
it was great to find an abandoned glove on the beach. we're a bit out of season at the moment so any glove finds are good.
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we're leaving glove find season, which is a shame. but summer is still not quite here so there's still a few out there to be found.
guest glove
princess carmen sent me this glove from Missouri (near Kansas City). she also sent some lovelovelove which was very welcome !
i'd like a bit of snow, but we usually miss out in southern england which is a shame.
gloves
gloves on a soggy day
gloves
ah. the glove season is upon us.
various things on sticks
a chair with a telephone and glove and a dead mannequin. these are just some of things we saw on sticks in scotland
glove out the car window
thanks to tiddly tom tom our sat nav we ended up going down some country track. we soon turned round but spotted this glove at the point of no return.
yellow glove
i still consider myself a beginner in this photo lark. here are two different crops of the same photo. which one do you like best ?
glove photography how-to
i get a lot of emails asking how i manage to take such exquisite photos of gloves. so in the best spirit of photo sites such as strobist, here's a picture showing how i do it.
from the shadow you can see that i simply hold my camera and point it at the thing i'm trying to photo.
lots of gloves
yesterday was a good day for gloves
glaswegian glove
sometimes even the anti-shake can't help.
a new approach to lost gloves
on new year's day we went for a family walk and spotted a glove. nothing unusual there.
but then my mother in law picked it up and put it on. she'd forgotten one of her own gloves you see.
and so we continued on our walk (here's thomas, sil binky and kezia)
it was a there-and-back walk and when we got back to the point where found the glove, my mother in law looked for a place to put the glove so the owner would find it.
my father in law suggested the sign post and was the only one who could reach it.
here he is looking very unsuspicious
so if this is your glove, you know where to find it. and thanks for the loan.
strange object
i'm not sure if this is a glove or a very small umbrella cover. who knows.
gloves
we're back to proper chilly gloves weather in england, although i'm more imune to it in my heated car these days. still, when i do go out on maneouvres there's plenty of gloves to see.
glove on the wobbly bridge
my colleague robin spotted this as we walked between two meetings. i'm really pleased with the angle and lines of this wooly glove in summer.
holding the roof up
this isn't my usual found street glove, but it was worth a photo as it did stop us getting wet by holding up a giant orning. is that how you spell orning ?
glove
esther spotted this in the undergrowth. can you see it ?
a proper glove
i haven't seen any proper gloves for a while so i was delighted to see this in the rain.
chair in a bush
if you look carefully you can see a glove in the chair
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blue glove near a blue bin bag
hidden snow glove
yucky glove on a pile of yucky snow spotted as we slid by on a minibus
leather driving glove
gloves by ealing broadway
a separated pair
on a drain
blending in with the pavement
glove
i can't remember where i saw this glove. i really should write these things down.
glove sniping
spotted and captured through a coach window as we spead through the streets of turin.
red glove
in situ (where it was)
i like how this place is so anti-adultness. these signs were probably put up by kids.
green glove under a blue door
is someone wearing this ?
fluffy glove
this glove was balancing on a transport no-information sign
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green glove
white glove
black gloves
whatever happens to old gloves ?
do you ever wonder where the old gloves go that i see and photograph. i don't.
but here's one we saw last week, but a week later. it's managed to climb up the hedge.
we had an obligatory family point at this one. even jane joined in (from a suitable distance)
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some gloves from the last few days
by the slow sign (top left)
more detailed:
in a hedge:
more detailed:
lost ice skating glove
ice rink changing rooms must be full of lost gloves. a reach seem worth picking i think.
glove
(this one is for new reader ellen who wrote a short story of odd socks once and found me via the russel davies' always excellent blog)
glove and shoe (and soles)
here is a glove and some shoe parts on the banks of the thames. i assume this arrangement was (wo)man made. but you knever now.
dog gloves
it's dog gloves. a classic two-category photo.
two gloves
2 gloves
closeup here:
and here:
glove at the savoy and other glove stories
i hadn't spotted many gloves for ages until yesterday when i saw loads.
here is one on the road approaching the Savoy Hotel (note the cars driving on the wrong side of the road as is their tradition outside the savoy). i nearly got run over taking this photo (click it to see the glove and the Savoy hotel properly)
here's a close up of the glove
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and here are a load of gloves on the bank of the thames
and finally, here's one which might be a glove but might not be:
last week i got an email from Mange Tout saying he too had a glove photo website which you can view here. i notice he's found some other glove websites too !
glove
alone ?
or with a friend ?
glove
we're definitely moving in to summer gloves. rubber gloves are increasingly popular with people doing things with chemicals, like painting, staining and things with bunsen burners.
the sales potential of gloves
gloves, combs, nail brushes and pegs all used to lure us in to this shop.
why do they bother with such things ? if they'd just had a picture of a glove i'd have gone in.
not a lost glove
here is one of kezia's gardening gloves (every 3 year old should have some). it was on our living room floor being illuminated through the window.
update: Desktop Sized picture here
long lost alvin
i bumped in to a friend on the tube last week i hadn't seen for about 3 years. he's called al, but i call him alvin.
and then i saw him again randomly in paddington station a few days later.
on one of the times i saw him i also saw this glove
gloves
we're getting towards the end of the glove season in the UK right now, so here's a few i've been holding back.
gloves and stuff
i saw hundreds and hundreds of gloves whilst i was doing the london marathon, but i decided early on there was no point trying to get photos as i couldn't keep up with them without stopping (and causing trouble for those behind me).
but if you ever want a new jumper, gloves, hat or even a bum bag, then it's worth following a marathon course. it's full of discarded cardies.
here is a typical glove
the family glove outing
esther and kezia's grandfather reporting a glove sighting near our holiday cottage. so my brother in law and i took our children in search of it.
we found two. and a muddy old hat.
cousing thomas and esther
kezia and esther and glove 1
cousin thomas and kezia and esther and glove 2
esther and kezia and the very muddy hat
desktop picture of a glove
as part of my marathon training i've been really trying to take photos without stopping.
this is quite a challenge as it requires a quick reaction when i see an object worth photoing.
so, i was very pleased with this glove which came out sharp enough to make a nice desktop background.
click for desktop sized fun
glove and yellow line
a very dramatic glove picture. it just reached the line.
click to enjoy in its fullness
glove
well, i say !
click for big
long glove
it's a long glove with short finger places.
i really hope this isn't a sock in disguise
glove
click for big
more nottinghamshire gloves
nottingham is robin hood country. he robbed the rich to give to the poor. the same could be said for gloves.
perhaps.
thanks to brother in law kev for these pictures
glove design
these gloves were on display in a giant box outside london's design museum.
gloves
a very good day for gloves:
pair of gloves (near and far):
click for big
this one squashed under some railings:
and these squashed by a bag of sand:
industrial strength glove packet
this glove looks the business for shifting 'business'.
glove - not lost
my collection of glove sighting's aren't just lost gloves. here is a good example of some gloves which probably weren't lost, but are still worth photoing.
kezia spotted these when everyone else missed them. she's a true protege in the glove spotting department
gloves
here are a couple of glove in an absolutely classic place. they were next to a gate near a public footpath.
i think they are both doing cow impressions
click for big
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black and white
glove on a dog sign !
i love it when categories collide. how about this. it's a glove on a dog sign.
we approached it by walking up a slippery icey field and just as it came in to sight the clouds parted and it was illuminated by the sun. as soon as i'd finished taking the photos it went back to being dark and dismal again !
how can people believe there is no god ?
click on any of these to enjoy a desktop sized photo
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i got an email yesterday from annie of www.lostglove.co.uk asking if she could link to my glove collection.
of course she can, and to thank her, you can go visit her collection too. whilst i go for the non-interventionist approach (ie capture them in their natural environment and leave them be), annie takes them home and cares for them (rather like i do when i find a passport photo).
As a result i don't think she's got many of the rather clinical medical ones i seem to spot round the back of hospitals !
www.lostglove.co.uk also links to other glove sites and this rather interesting article.
it's great weather for glove finding at the moment. here are a few i've found in the last few days:
glove on a red bench
it's a glove on a red train station bench.
click on the pic for desktop size picture
contributed gloves
here are a couple of gloves from my old university house mate jeremy.
i think these pictures are great as the colour of the glove matches the surroundings. gloves are so versatile.
binky's dog signs
jane and the girls went to nottingham earlier this week. as we learnt over christmas, nottingham is the centre for lost gloves and fancy dog signs (like this one).
it was therefore no surprise when they returned with these great dog signs:
and these gloves:
and here is kezia in Ikea with a glove:
esther and the glove
is it right i get my children to point at gloves on the street ? they do seem to enjoy it.
take this find for example. esther spotted it and practically threw herself at it to be in the photo !
no gloves or children were harmed in the making of this photo (and esther didn't touch it!)
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a fluffy red glove:
two plastic red gloves:
a glove picking things out the bin:
landmark gloves
two gloves with views:
vinopolis:
and southward cathedral:
the three glove railings
there were three gloves on my favourite glove-railings this morning.
compare to what i saw last time and you'll notice there's been a slight change. someone's taken the pair and replaced it with a faux-leather singular glove.
what we have here is an actual, modern, working glove exchange
gloves
gloves are particular tricky to take whilst walking at speed. my first attempt (on the left) was pittiful, but as the walk progressed my accuracy improved.
toxic gloves
i took this photo of lots of red gloves through some railings and a security chap came up to me and said "what are you doing" ?
"taking pictures of these gloves" i said
"well, be careful" he said. "they are toxic"
as i began to walk away he said "that's why we thrown them in there".
so now we know. just don't stand too close to your screen, ok.
gloves on railings
i walked down a small section of street this morning which had a number of gloves stuck on the railings, rather like last week's coke drinks.
and here's the one from last week which is still there. but it's now got a spider's web attached (or maybe it's spiderman's glove and the web has shot out from the glove) ?
the art of glove photography
there's different ways of taking photos of gloves. generally i go for the reportage approach and simply take them as they lie.
occasionally i like to indulge myself in a little creative photography to liven what can, occasionally, be a slightly mundane photographic subject.
so, here is a negative image of a glove on some railings:
click to expand beyond your wildest dreams
and here is the same glove taken with a long exposure with the street panning out behind it:
dangerous glove photography
it's not always easy to get photos of gloves. these two were in the middle of quite a busy road junction outside Paddington Station.
i had to pre-focus my camera and dodge traffic to get the second of these photos !
unless you know what you are doing, i urge you not to follow my example.
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looks like a pair but they were seperated by a few metres down the street
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classic rubber glove:
black glove by a giant flower lorry:
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kezia pointing at a glove:
another glove close up:
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the one on the right turned out to be esther's so i had to go back out in to the street and retrieve it (luckily it wasn't too far from our house)
gloves and shoes from nottingham
here are the latest consignment on glove photos from brother (in law) kev.
here is a small shoe:
and here is his nephew with a glove:
and here are some other gloves taken with his camera phone:
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hat and two gloves
hat:
two gloves:
grooming mitten
just the box.
glove on a railing by a famous belgian statue
what a way to celebrate the 200th glove ! it's one resting on the railings with the mannequin pis in the background.
i was so excited to see it i went off and bought myself some fingerless gloves from the glove seller round the corner.
hoorah for glove collecting and significant milestones.
click to admire !
glove
had it not been for the eurostar disaster i wouldn't have seen this glove on the other side of Lille.
gloves
here are some gloves from brother-in-law kev:
and here is another glove:
submitted glove
here is a glove sent from brother kev. he's recently moved to Nottingham and can confirm that it's rich pickings up there.
i also got an email from Rebecca pointing me to these great sign photos:
submitted photos
here are two photos sent by me dear readers.
on the left are some humanoid state-side bollards sent from cheryl. she questioned whether these chaps were bollards since they were doing the same job.
my motto is "if it quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck" (unless it's a cunning cat trying to catch duck by impersonating them). so, yes. i think it's a bollard
on the right is a glove from nottingham sent by brother-in-law kev who has just moved up that way and likes sending me pictures of gloves
glove
glove in luscious green grass.
luscious is a word which used to be used a lot by teenage girls (when i was a teenage boy). as in "that's so lush".
maybe they still do.
i also saw this rubber glove and its suspicious looking bag (which was empty)
UPDATE: Having not seen the word Lush for nearly 20 years, i saw it an hour after posting this picture. see hear (look sea)
triple feature
look what i found in our local supermarket - it's a glove on a slippery-sign bollard
the glove plant folly
i thought i'd seen a nice purple glove in a plant pot this morning but it turned out to be these plants (with a spoon nestling in the background).
i was quite glad they were just plants as i was concerned that someone had stolen my new business plan, which is to create a line of knitted goods which have more than the usual set of parts.
i'm thinking of 6 (or more) fingered gloves. you'd still be able to wear them, you'd just have an extra finger hole available.
or what about a jumper with three arms ? Or trousers with three legs ?
is anyone willing to prototype any of the above for me ? i think we could be on to something with the 6 (or more) fingered gloves so perhaps we should start there.
i think this art-concept (for that is what it is my friends) needs a name. something along the lines of 'extra-digits' or 'more-of-the-same' but i'm sure you can help me here.
be great to get something in the shops before Christmas.
a feast of finds
look at all these things spilling out around this bin.
there's a genuine roman plastic pillar:
an ironing board:
and a glove:
gloves of the (yester)day
gloves seen on the way home last night
twin gloves
we're in for a cold winter in the UK apparently. it's global warming (hey?). bad news for the environment, but great news for glove spotting.
it's not even really cold yet and here's a red glove in a black glove. this means someone has already started wearing twin-gloves.
gloves and a high visibility vest
it's a sign about gloves.
zach and a glove
we spotted this glove on the way back from church but because we had visitors i couldn't walk down the street to photo it for you.
luckily zach was keen to track the glove down and provided the ideal excuse to go and photo it. so here is the glove. and here is zach.
hippo gloves
these gloves might have been shoes. difficult to tell.
they obviously belonged to a teeny weeny baby. when you are that age your hands and shoes are interchangable anyway.
hiding glove
they can hide, but i'll always find them.
many festival gloves
there were many gloves at Reading Festival and i couldn't hope to take pictures of them all because of the endless pushing crowds, so here are two blue ones that can represent the rest of the unphoto'd
