Birmingham International

This is Birmingham International Railway Station

A gateway to Birmingham airport and the National Exhibition Centre

Not the most photogenic gateway in the West Midlands !! Nice, isn't it ?

WE went to the BBC Gardner's World Live and Good Food Show at the NEC yesterday.

We went on the train as you get free wine tasting in the Food Hall. This is a couple of visitors waiting for their train home (southbound)

Oh and it poured down with rain mist of the day , which was a a tad disappointing for the garden section of the show

[Pat Knowles]

She looks like she has been sampling the wine too! A very interesting day though, we had friends who went last year & said it was wonderful! I like this shot.......the flowers sticking out of the bag are the best touch. Glad you kept the colour Phil....bet you almost didn't?

[Allison Williams]

A former colleague at my school just landed in Birmingham on her way to The Asset Based Community Development Festival in Preston UK.

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat you are correct PAt, i was tempted to go mono, but the bright flowers look good against the bleakness of the station :)

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

Know this feeling. Hope you enjoyed the day despite the rain.

[Pat Knowles]

@allie912 Coincidental your comment under mine & I live near Preston!

[Phil Howcroft]

@allie912 i hope they packed a brolly allison :-

[Allison Williams]

@phil_howcroft My friend is both cheerful and adaptable!

[colinbarber013]

I hope the shows were enjoyable.

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Maggiemae]

Body language is so interesting! They did buy some plants. Perhaps some graffiti would make it more alive?

[Gena Pegg]

Nice candid shot of them. Looks as thought they bought some pretty blooms. She's looking a little distressed.

[Dione Giorgio]

I remember Birmingham for the 'Bullring Shopping Mall'. Lovely candid. At least the girl isn't playing with her mob.

[Hazel]

Bleak but interesting. A photo that makes you look again.

[Ivan]

Nicely seen and taken, modern life!

[Judith Greenwood]

I like this - fab composition!

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg thanks Judith, I have done a few minimalistic shots like this recently

[Phil Howcroft]

@quietpurplehaze thanks hazel it is a bleak railway station

[Phil Howcroft]

@ivan glad you like ivan

[Phil Howcroft]

@sangwann I do like my streetie life shots dione :-)

[Phil Howcroft]

@eyesmile thanks gena I do like this genre of photography

[Phil Howcroft]

@maggiemae no graffiti Maggie our stations are all cctv"d

[Phil Howcroft]

@colinbarber013 cheers Colin for your kind words

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens thanks Kerri awesome indeed :-)

[Annie D]

hahaha oh Phil this is so representative of today's society in so many ways

[Sylvia du Toit]

Well done. Like the lines of the building. The two just sit there doing their own thing.