William Leece looks at the Flickr group’s latest images

JUDGING by the response on the Flickr group notice boards, the exhibition of photographs in the Atrium in Old Hall Street is one of the most popular shows put on by the Daily Post and the Liverpool Echo.

Flickites invited to the opening last week all came equipped with their cameras, the whole evening becoming a positive orgy of people taking pictures of people taking pictures of people taking pictures.

But as ever, the picture of the night was an example of how to think differently. Zaki Grant, who files to the Flickr group simply as Zak, was doing the dad thing with his daughter Afi when Greybeats – that’s Graham Morgan – was on hand.

The result was a picture that says everything about the delights and occasional frustrations of being father to little girls. Click here to see it.

The exhibition is open until after Easter, showcasing over 50 of the Flickr group’s photographs.

It covers the whole range of photographs, from carefully-composed architectural studies through candid portraits to others that simply tell a story and just make you smile inwardly.

We could easily have chosen a hundred rather that the 50 plus a few extras.

One that just failed to make the cut for time reasons rather than any artistic judgement was Dave Hepworth’s quiet study of a worshipper at Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral, taking a break from the world of shopping for some spiritual repose.

Derek Hyamson’s Doorways at Almond’s Green is a first class study in lighting and textures of a type that looks remarkably easy, but can often be quite difficult to pull off: exposure and focus have got to be absolutely bang on for a shot like this to work.

The spooky and moody graveyard shot against the light is another type that might seem easy because it is so familiar, but as with the doorways photograph it more difficult to do successfully that you might think.

Bob Blair has named his shot in St James’s Gardens below the Anglican Cathedral as Ghostly Walk, and there is certainly a real chill to it.

The Runcorn Bridge has become one of the most photographed landmarks in the North west since it was opened nearly 50 years ago, even more son since it was floodlit a while back.

DSLRLee has used an eight-point starburst filter for his night time study, composed and balanced to perfection.

THERE is a dedicated page on www.flickr.com/groups/liverpooldailypost08 where you can add your favourites.