Jimmy Innes

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Close cropped photo of a black headed gull preparing to splash down on a lake (out of shot). Its wings are up for the last few landing beats, and its red legs hang down, ready for impact. It stands out against a greeny brown bokeh background of trees
Photo of a pigeon sitting on the left edge of a tv aerial, next to another tv aerial, set against a blueish, purplish pastel-like summer evening sky. The pigeon and aerials are in silhouette, standing out against the background sky. The pigeon is facing towards the camera, head cocked a bit to its right
Square close-up photo of a field of wheat, bronze and brown, in the July sunshine, ripe and ready for harvest. You can see some heads of corn, listing to either side, too heavy for their slender stems. The foreground plants are in focus, and those behind fade in a blur
Close up square photo of a green bottle fly sitting on a green leaf. The leaf is very green, and you can see its stalk in the top left of the photo. The fly is on the right side facing downwards towards the bottom left corner. The photo is taken looking down on the fly. It’s wonderful iridescent back shines and shimmers in different shades of green. Its wings are shiny and translucent, laid flat on its back. And ifs two big red bug eyes stick out the front
Vertical black and white close-cropped photo of a white dove in flight. The dove is flying from right to left, wings extended fully in their beat. Tail fully fanned out. You can see the full underside of its belly. One wing is extended vertically upwards, caught in sunlight. The other extends towards the bottom left of the photo in shadow
Vertical photo of a pigeon perched on a statue of a man. The photo is taken from behind, so you can see both their butts. The bronze statue is of a man standing upright on a globe, feet together, and left arm extended outwards fully. There is a short zig-zagged lightning bolt coming out of his finger. The pigeon is perched on the lightning bolt, head cocked to its left. The statue is in the right side of the photo and set against a brilliant blue summer’s sky. The setting sun catches the edges of the statue and pigeon. The statue is of Guglielmo Marconi, the pioneer of radio. It is in the English city of Chelmsford where Marconi made the world’s first scheduled radio broadcast in 1920. The globe and lightning bolt represent the groundbreaking, world-changing technological breakthrough that he made. The statue is by the British sculptor, Stephen Hicklin
Vertical close-cropped colour photo of a slide in a park. The photo is taken from the bottom of the slide, front on. You can see all of the slide, which is set against a mound of grassy earth. The slide is orange and made of curved plastic, so it snakes left and right on its way down. There is a dark green bush next to the top of the slide, some metal railings and a light blue sky beyond. It is a hot summer’s day, but there are no kids around. It is a quiet slide
Vertical photo taken on a summer’s eve. A yellow wagtail sits on the top of a brown and spiky teasel plant. There are about 10 heads of teasel visible in the scene. The wagtail is sitting on one of the uppermost ones. The bird is facing obliquely away from you, but is head is swivelled round 180 degrees, looking directly behind itself, probably sensing some danger or other. It is a quirky contorted shape for the bird to be in. The bird and teasel are set against a blurred focus background of yellow and green crops
Vertical black and white photo taken of the rear end of an old and abandoned Land Rover 110. The photo is side-on and close-cropped. The Land Rover’s back tyre is flat. It is abandoned on a side street in a town. Feels like it’s been there for some time. The head and camera of the photographer is reflected in the side window
Vertical photo of a patterned front door window. The photo is taken from inside, looking out. The glass is dappled with large shapes, distorting the scene outside. You can see an abstract scene of a garden path, a hedge, a blue-grey car parked across the street and a house beyond, with a streak of sky above. It looks a bit like a cubist painting
Horizontal photo of a waxing crescent moon in an evening summer sky. The sky is clear and crystal blue. The moon is on the right side of the photo. An aeroplane is flying through the scene just below the moon, from left to right. It is about fly out of shot in the bottom right hand corner. It has left a white puffy vapour trail which stretches throughout the scene
Vertical photo of a cormorant flying fast, just above the swirling sea waters below. The bird has its wings wide open, about to beat down again. It is flying obliquely away from you. The water is deep blue, catching highlights from the sky
Square black and white photo of a pair of shelducks flying left to right and banking slightly to their right, so you can see their backs. Their wings are outstretched as they make the turn. They are quite low to the ground, which can be seen as a thin strip of distant trees at the bottom of the photo. They are choosing their spot on the water below (out of view) for where they want splashdown. The sky is grey, with a large cumulus cloud through the middle and on the right side of the photo
Vertical photo of two pigeons sitting on a TV aerial set against an orangey blue undramatic sunset sky. The pigeons are facing away from you, as if they are gazing out and enjoying the sunset moment. Their heads are slightly cocked towards each other, as if in a moment of conversation. They are in silhouette. The TV aerial rises out of the top of a chimney which can just be seen at the bottom of the photo
Photo of a moorhen, with its distinctive red beak gliding right to left across a small lake. The bird is on the left hand side of the photo. Behind it is its wake, rippling the otherwise calm water. The water looks glassy and green, for it is reflecting reeds and foliage behind, but which is out of shot. The reflections on the water create a pleasing, abstract green and brown effect
Abstract photo of the top corner and top two floors of a 1960s style office block. There are four windows on view. The whole office block is distorted, as if you are looking through a heat haze, when in fact, you are looking at a reflection in a river. The top half of the image is deep blue sky, also reflected in the river. Specks of white appear across the sky reflection. These are feathers, down, and detritus, floating on the river surface
Macro photo of part of a long, green garden flower leaf, running from left to right. The leaf has lots of water droplets on it, like little spheres and smears. Behind the leaf are some garden flowers, blurred out of focus
Vertical black and white photo of an evening rooftop scene. Four pigeons and a white dove have just taken flight from their perch, wings all over the place, and cutting some striking action poses. They are flying above and beyond a rooftop, which you can see in the foreground, with a couple of chimneys sticking up among the tiled roof. A tall TV aerial rises high through the centre of the photo. The sky beyond is grey and ominous, but the birds themselves are lit up by a sunbeam which must be breaking through the clouds
Black and white night time photo of a fast food shack in downtown Brussels called the Tabora Friterie. The shack has the name in big bold neon lights on its roof, shining like beacons in the night sky. A couple of people are milling around waiting to order their fries and mayo. A couple more are seated at a table on the pavement in front of the shack, enjoying theirs
Colour photo of a juvenile (I think!) long-tailed tit sitting on a twiggy branch, with a dappled, speckled bokeh background. The bird is in profile, long tail sticking out to the right, head cocked a bit to its left, keeping an eye on the creature pointing a camera at it
Photo of a buzzard soaring in the evening spring sky. The bird is quite far away, wings outstretched, enjoying riding a thermal. A large fluffy white cumulonimbus cloud is behind the bird. And beyond and behind that is a deep blue sky
Monochrome vertical photo of a muddy roadside, curving away from you gently. There used to be a grass verge between the partially seen tarmac road and pavement. But it is all now just a muddy mush, with puddles and tyre tracks on it. A lamp post can be seen refelected vertically in the puddles
Square photo of a black headed gull caught in flight, just as it is making a sharp turn and about to swoop down. Its wings are fully outstretched and its little red legs hanging down. It is almost vertical, a bit like it is on a crucifix. It is looking down to its left, eyeing something to swoop on and scavenge. It is situated at the top of a photo, and set against a bluish spring sky
Noir style square black and white photo of a suburban rooftop scene in a long spring dusk. On the right of the picture is a silhouette of a starling perched on the edge of a gutter of a tiled roof. The bird is singing, arched forward, beak open. Directly behind the starling, in the blurry background, is a pigeon sitting on the edge of a tv aerial, rising into the washed out dusky sky
Square photo of a lapwing flying away from the camera, wings fully outstretched, beak and head just visible, set against a moody, cloudy sky
Photo of a street scene in Brussels. There is a utilities box standing tall in front of a whiteish wall. The box is around 1.5m high. It has blue graffiti art all over it. The photo is taken from the side, with the utilities box and pavement slanting away from you towards the top right. There is a black and white graffiti stencil on the wall near the box, of an old punk with a sharp Mohican hairstyle. Underneath the pink are the words ‘Punk is dead?’
Close up photo of vivid green leaves, speckled with droplets of water. It is just after a rain shower
Black and white photo of a man (me!) taking a photo on his phone of his reflection in a multi-sphered metal sculpture. The sculpture has lots of different-sized metal balls stacked on top of each other, and his reflection is distorted in each one, and giving a different angle and view of him. It is an urban setting. A tower block of flats is in the distance, in the top left of the photo
Square close-up portrait of a robin, who’s head is side-on looking towards the left of the photo. The photo only shows the bird from the chest up, but you can see all of its beautiful russet red coloured breast
Sunset photo at the Louvre. Its glass pyramid takes up most of the shot, slanting upwards to the left. The photo is cropped close. The old Louvre building can be seen behind it in the top left corner. The whole scene is bathed in beautiful yellow sunset light. The light is bouncing off the glass pyramid, casting crazy abstract reflections
Colourful photo of fit-looking old man, sitting on a chair on a terrace, with a faded yellowish wall behind him. He looks weathered; I think he’s a fisherman, for the photo is taken in a fishing village in Croatia. He is on his phone, staring intently at its screen through his glasses. He has another pair of glasses perched up on his head, among his thinning short grey hair. His feet are up, perched on another chair in front of him. One leg outstretched, the other crooked at the knee. He is very tanned, wearing shorts, and barefoot. His sandals lie on the floor in front of him
Square black and white photo of a smiling girl. You can only see her face, which is cast with shadows, and the background is black. She looks happy and full of energy
Vertical photo of a black headed gull flying right to left, low over a body of water. The gull’s wings are aloft, ready for the next downbeat. Peculiarly, it has a rasher of bacon in its mouth, scavenged off a passerby!
Photo of a sunlit green field of wheat, with a solitary yellow wagtail bird sitting amongst the budding heads of the wheat. The wheat takes up all of the photo, sharp and in focus at the front and blurred behind. The wagtail is in the bottom right corner of the photo
Square photo of a raven, in silhouette, wings aloft, tail fanned, as it is just about to perch on the very top of an old dead tree. You can only see the top branch of the tree, reaching upwards. Behind and beyond is a deep blue cloudless Spring sky
Close up black and white photo of a flowering hogweed head with its umbrella pattern stems growing out of the thicker main stem. Its white flowers are shimmering bright and catching the bright backlit sunlight. The plant is cropped tight and only shows the main stem and the left half of the whole head
Photo of a raven in flight, wings beating down, beak open, as it tries to grab a little passing insect, which is tantalisingly just out of reach above it. The raven is in silhouette and set against a dull, neutral, washed out sky. The raven is in the bottom right corner of the scene with the sky stretching out above through the rest of the photo
Black and white photo of an urban fox standing on a pavement in front of a brick wall. The fox is looking towards, but past, you. You can see its front legs, light furred chest and head only. It is standing attentively, alert to its surroundings and all the opportunities and danger they entail. The photo has an atmospheric light
Photo of 11 shelduck banking slightly to the left and flying kind of towards you. They are in a random formation, 7 of them stacked on the left of the photo. 4 on the right. Each of their wings cut a different shape as they fly. They are set against a hazy purplish clear sky
Photo of three mallards, one female, two male, flying from left to right, climbing higher, and set against a deep blue cloudless sky. The ducks are in the top half of the photo
Black and white photo taken from near ground level, looking out across a field of young growing wheat. A dandelion sits in the foreground, on the fringe of the field that lies beyond. Grey-white clouds skid across what must be a blue blue sky above
Black and white photo of three gulls fishing on a small lake. It is a dark and moody scene. Sunlight gleams off the birds and their reflections on the water. One gull (on the left) is preparing to splash down on the water, wings outstretched. Another gull (in the middle) is captured in the moment of splash down, wings aloft. The third gull (on the right) is rising up from its own splashdown just moments before, wings aloft and feet dangling. They are all failing on their attempt to fish
Photo of 7 gulls flying in an autumnal grey sky. The birds each cut a different wing shape as they meander their way generally from right to left in the scene. The sky behind them is grey, with bands of greyish-white cloud running across. Against the sky are the words of a 1923 poem called Grey Skies by British-Canadian-American poet, Elsa Gidlow - the full text of which is as follows: I like grey skies, 
At least they tell the truth; 
Grey skies, 
Reflective skies 
That do not laugh at all 
Nor weep vain tears. 
Unpromising, 
Unhoping, 
Cold. Grey skies, 
No fear in them 
Nor any joy, 
No tragedy, 
All grey. 
I like grey skies, 
Unweeping, smileless skies. 
They do not lie.
Photo of a moorhen floating on a lake. The bird is moving right to left through the photo. A solitary brown autumnal leaf floats nearby. The rest of the scene is dominated by the surrounding lake water, which glimmers green and golden, reflecting the autumn leaves from the surrounding trees and making a pleasing colour effect on the water
Vertical photo of a swan’s neck, taken from behind the bird. Just the neck is in the shot, you can’t see any of its body. The neck is tall and proud and yellowy-white. Its head is ever so slightly tilted to the right and you can just see the corner of an eye and the end of its reddish-orangey beak. The eye and beak are what lets you know that this is a swan. Beyond the swan, in the background, are swirling grayish-greeny waters, where it is swimming. There are ripples on the water moving left to right
Black and white photo of a Parisien street scene. A tall wall is facing you. High up at the top of the photo is some graffiti art by the anonymous artist, Invader, famous for his mosaic work and signature pieces from the arcade game, Space Invaders. The main art piece is of Chuck Berry, the Father of Rock n Roll, in his own signature pose of guitar hung low, bent over, playing his riffs while doing his hop-like strut. Above the Chuck Berry mosaic is Invader’s signature tag of an alien from Space Invaders. To the left of the photo and wall is a busy street, lined with tall grand buildings and with cars and bikes and passersby. One of the passersby is walking towards you, right leg extended in their stride, echoing the pose of Chuck Berry on the wall
Vertical photo of a Black-Headed Gull sitting on a thick branch of a dead tree. The gull is balancing on a precarious part of the branch and has thrown its wings upwards for balance. You can mostly see its right wing which is beautifully translucent with the sky showing through its feather tips. The sky itself is dull and grey behind. Beneath the bird and branch is the first verse from a Coleridge poem, the full text of which is: If I Had But Two Little Wings by Samuel Taylor Coleridge If I had but two little wings And were a little feathery bird, To you I'd fly, my dear! But thoughts like these are idle things, And I stay here. But in my sleep to you I fly: I'm always with you in my sleep! The world is all one's own. But then one wakes, and where am I? All, all alone. Sleep stays not, though a monarch bids: So I love to wake ere break of day: For though my sleep be gone, Yet while 'tis dark, one shuts one's lids, And still dreams on.
Vertical photo of an autumnal evening sky. At the top of the photo is a large waxing gibbous moon, three quarters full. At the bottom of the photo is a band of dark bluish cloud. Dotted across the scene are a dozen or so gulls in silhouette, flying hither and thither through the sky. The whole photo is a greyish, blueish, moody hue
Black and white photo of an old pile of junk sitting in the entrance of a dilapidated barn. The junk pile has rusty bits of metal, an exhaust, other car and machinery parts, an upturned wheelbarrow, a car battery, bits of pipes, buckets and the like. The afternoon autumn sun catches bits of the pile and casts the rest in shadow. The barn behind is black and shadowy
Black and white photo of a street scene. Directly in front of you is an old push bike leaning against a corner nook on a street pavement. The bike is leaning against a wall with an intricate artistic mural, which looks a bit like an Escher drawing. Above the mural is some defaced black graffiti in a circular pattern. To the left of the wall, a woman walks past on the pavement. She is gazing at her phone screen as she walks
Photo of a pigeon flying upwards at a 45 degree angle. The bird is in profile, flying up to the top left corner of the photo. You can see its left wing, partially extended as it makes one of its powerful wing beats. The sun gleams off its head. The entire background is a deep blue, cloudless sky
Photo of a wood pigeon flying above a river. The pigeon is captured wings aloft, and tail fanned out. It is clearly moving quite fast. The pigeon’s subtle greyish, pinkish hues stand out. Behind the bird, out of focus, is a tidal river, with its muddy edge (for it is low tide) forming a dark band across the bottom of the photo. The river itself makes for a nondescript and grey background. Against this background, the image has the opening two lines of a poem called, The Sound of Pigeons in Flight by B. Odgerel. Here is the full poem: The sound of pigeons in flight
is the everyday beauty of the sky.
Like something which the wind has received,
the birds’ bright shapes are alive upon the wind.
Wheeling round, they come to earth,
better than amazement at a silent death,
and a mind of love and prayer is born.
I have seen no doubt in birds’ bodies.
The eyes of humans, alive as the birds, are bright.
A word wound, like an arrow wound, in their breasts.
In them, there is no desire for an arrow wound.
These dear people, like the birds, are shining, separate.
So the death of humans is secret and sweet.
They have a hidden and an ordinary joy, as though traveling to Heaven.
It is not base, not sad, not regrettable.
Around us, the deserters farewell them in prayer,
and, while the behaviors of birds and humans are different,
still, at the time of death, an image and the mind
are seen as a single path.
To leave the sinful earth is but one act.
Photo of a book sitting on some carpeted stairs. The book is a novel called, ‘Butter’ by Asako Yuzuki
Close up photo of a single stem of bracken, which has turned a beautiful shade of golden brown now that autumn has come. The stem takes up most of the photo, arcing upwards and rightwards from the bottom left corner, and curving round the top of the photo. There is a dark and green unfocused bokeh background
Landscape photo of the Croatian coastline. High hills stretch across the top of the photo, with a band of orangey blue sky above. In front of the hills two points or headlands slope downwards left to right to meet the sea. So we see three bands of land at different distances, each with a different blueish hue. In the very foreground, a slim sliver of silvery sea runs across the scene. There is a small fishing boat on the water. The whole scene is cast in a lovely metallic blueish hue
Black and white street photo of a London scene. The photo is taken from under a covered walkway near Waterloo Station. It is quite dark under there. At the end of the walkway, ahead of you, and covering most of the scene in front of you, is a closed black double door. Across the top of it is a sign saying, ‘Occupational Health’. The sign is covered in graffiti tags. On the door itself is a plaque, titled, ‘Celebration of The Past, Present and Future of Waterloo’. There is some small text underneath talking about an art project. But the scene doesn’t look very celebratory. It all looks quite grim. On the right edge of the scene is the pavement running alongside the covered walkway. A man is walking while pushing a bike, heading towards you. Another man is crossing the street behind him, just after an open-top tourist bus has gone past. You can see the back end of it. Beyond all this is the glass frontage of a modern office building.
Black and white photo of a Herring Gull flying back up from the waters of a lake, straight after having plunged into it to try and catch a fish, unsuccessfully. The image is highly contrasted and the surroundings are very dark. But the gull is beautifully back-lit by sunlight and it gleams in the light, wings aloft and legs dangling down, as it climbs straight up from the water. There are water droplets all over the place, thrown up by the gull’s splashdown split-seconds before
Washed out, sepia style photo of two small birds - Reed Buntings - sitting on top of a wire fence. They are both in profile, facing to the left - one female and one male. The wire fence leans forwards and has multiple wire spokes going up the fence, with two lines of cross wires to help give the fence structure. It looks a bit wonky. The grey and washed out sky can be seen through the wires in the fence and up above the fence line and buntings
Photo of some rooftops in Paris. TV aerials stick up into the sky. There are chimneys galore. The sky behind is beautifully blue. An aeroplane snakes it way across in the distance, with a vapour trail stretching out behind
Black and white photo of an image and an extract of poetry verse. The image shows a blue tit clinging to a feeder full of peanuts. The feeder is in a cage, designed not keep out garden birds, but pesky squirrels. The feeder is framed on the right edge of the photo, cropped. On the left side of the image, set against the blurred bokeh background of foliage behind the feeder, is an extract from Maya Angelou’s glorious call to freedom poem, Caged Bird. Here is the full poem: Caged Bird by Maya Angelou A free bird leaps on the back of the wind    and floats downstream    till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and    his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings    with a fearful trill    of things unknown    but longed for still    and his tune is heard    on the distant hill    for the caged bird    sings of freedom. The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own. But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams    his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream    his wings are clipped and his feet are tied    so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings    with a fearful trill    of things unknown    but longed for still    and his tune is heard    on the distant hill    for the caged bird    sings of freedom.