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FilterAndFrost
@filterandfrost.life
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Fine art photographer. ICM, street ghosts, coastal noir.
Filter & Frost. Chasing light, blur, and quiet stories.
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Line in Night

These images are built from speed and stray light. A street, a vehicle, a brief stop, then gone. I am not chasing sharp detail here. I am chasing the feeling of passing through, when the world turns into streaks and the night edits itself down to a few bright lines.
Black and white long exposure of a roadside building with bright horizontal light trails as a vehicle blurs past in the foreground. Black and white night long exposure with a glowing streetlamp in the top right and sweeping light streaks cutting across a blurred building and road. Black and white abstract night scene with a bright streetlamp above, a soft blurred building on the left, and thin light trails stretching across the road.
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Follow the light. Trust nothing else.

#NightPhotography #Fog #MoodyGrams #StreetPhotography #Atmosphere
Black and white night photo of a wet road in thick fog. A bright streetlight creates a large glowing halo above trees, with a 40 speed limit sign nearby. Another intense light source glows in the distance on the right, fading into mist.
January 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Cromer, old street light at the far end, everything in between slipping into blur.
The shadow of the past, and a few strangers walking through it.

#Cromer #Norfolk #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #ICM #Noir #AbstractPhotography
Black and white ICM street scene. A narrow street is framed by tall buildings on both sides, with heavy dark blur at the edges. In the distance, several small ghostlike silhouettes walk toward a bright, blown out opening at the end of the road. Black and white ICM street scene looking down a narrow street between buildings. The road surface is textured with a manhole cover in the foreground. Several blurred, ghostlike figures walk near the far end of the street toward a bright white sky, with motion blur softening the building edges.
January 19, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Southend Pier, seconds before the train pulls away.
The curve of the track drags you forward, the carriages smear into a ghost, and the whole pier feels like it is breathing out. Movement, salt air, and that last moment before you are gone.

#SouthendPier #ICM #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MotionBlur
Black and white motion blurred view along Southend Pier, with curved rails leading into the distance as the pier train on the right smears into streaks, suggesting it is just about to depart.
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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A ghost of a person drifts through a narrow passageway, swallowed by blur and shadow. The arch closes in, the walls smear into vertical lines, and the whole scene feels like a memory you almost had, then lost again.

#streetphotography #blackandwhite #ICM #longexposure #noir #motionblur #
Black and white long exposure street scene in a narrow arched passage. A blurred figure moves through the centre, with vertical streaks along the walls and a dark vignette around the edges.
January 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Watched a jazz player hold the corner while the town carried on.
People drifting past, footsteps and shopping bags catching the wind.
I love that clash of rhythm and routine, a little music stitched into an ordinary day.
#streetphotography. #blackandwhite. #icm
Black and white street photo shot low to the ground with motion blur. Ghost like figures pass in the foreground while a jazz musician sits near shopfronts in the background.
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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Popped out for milk, nothing more.
Back streets of Cromer, late light, people cutting through on their own missions.

I moved the camera on purpose, just enough to let the scene slip.
That blur is the point. It is how memory feels when you try to hold it.
Black and white abstract street scene with heavy motion blur, showing a ghost like figure walking through a narrow alley or back street, buildings and light streaking diagonally across the frame.
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Past meets present in one frame. The old Britannia sits still, all steel and history, while the crowd turns to ghosts. One figure lifts a phone for their own photo, and for a second you can feel the whole scene layer up: engine, sky, silhouettes, motion.
#streetphotography #steamtrain #motionblur
Black and white photo of a steam locomotive with a nameplate reading “BRITANNIA” on the left. On the right, several blurred, ghostlike silhouettes stand and move, including one person holding a phone up to take a picture. Bright sky with light clouds behind them and a distant spire near the center.
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Closing time on a busy street. People turn into smoke, the city keeps moving. I love how the light leaves scratches in the air.

#StreetPhotography #ICM #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Noir #FineArtPhotography #GhostStreet #MotionBlur #UrbanMood #Photography
Black and white street scene with intentional camera movement. A crowd of pedestrians becomes soft, ghost like shapes across a pavement. Bright streetlights and signs stretch into thin light trails. Heavy vignette darkens the edges, with a brighter haze toward the centre distance.
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Hotel de Paris.
Hard light, hard edges, and one figure that refuses to stay still.
Street noir, the quiet kind.

i#blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #noir
Black and white photo of a building corner in harsh sunlight. A sign reads “Hotel de Paris”. Deep shadows swallow most of the street. Black and white low angle street scene with a blurred ghost like person walking in the centre. The “Hotel de Paris” sign is visible on the left, with bright sunlight cutting across the curved building.
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Closing time. I walked past the shop on my way back to the car. The light just from the shop. #streetphotography #blackandwhite #photography
January 12, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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CHELMSFORD AFTER DARK
People blur.
Light scratches the air.
I keep walking.

#streetphotography #icmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #ukstreetphotography #chelmsford
Black and white night street scene with blurred ghost like figures walking through a lit town square and soft glowing streetlights.
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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Closing time
#streetphotography #blackandwhitenoir
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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When for walk. In woods.
Here a few different shots
#icm #backandwhite
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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A walk around Leigh on Sea in black and white, using ICM to let the scene breathe.
Shops, sea air, strangers drifting through the frame.
Not a record of the place, more the feeling of it.

#LeighOnSea #EssexCoast #ICMPhotography #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
January 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Cold Old Leigh walk back to the car. ICM at the old cafe, because it felt like the perfect spot to watch people pass through. Does this read as calm, restless, or haunted to you? #ICM #StreetPhotography
Black and white long exposure street scene. A blurred cafe frontage fills the frame, with strong horizontal motion streaks and a faint figure near the center. Black and white long exposure photo outside an old cafe in Old Leigh. A dark ghost like figure moves across the frame, with heavy motion blur and soft streaks that suggest people passing by.
January 7, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Old Leigh, half remembered.
The old path still there, the old buildings still breathing, while the new stuff rises around it.
Do not try to understand it. Just enjoy it.

#OldLeigh #ICM #BlackAndWhite #StreetPhotography #AbstractPhotography
Abstract black and white ICM photograph of an old town street in Old Leigh, where architecture dissolves into soft shadows and flowing lines.
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Desolation, caught in motion. A wrecked boat slumped in the shallows, the horizon smudged into a dark bruise. Black and white ICM turns the scene into memory, not reportage.

#ICMPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Shipwreck #SeascapeNoir #FineArtPhotography
Abstract black and white ICM photo of a small boat in the foreground, heavily blurred, with a dark horizon band and soft, misty water and sky.
January 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Watching the bird on the frozen lake. #BirdOfTheDay
January 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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A crowd, but it does not feel busy.
Just figures slipping through the light like memory.
I shot this slow on purpose, to let the movement draw the story.
Some days the world is loud. This is what it feels like underneath.
Black and white long exposure street scene. A crowd of people blurred into layered ghost like shapes, with one darker figure in the foreground and streaks of motion across the frame.
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Southend, New Year walk. It was loud and packed, so I shot it slow.
ICM turns the crowd into smoke, then the noise drops off and you are left with quiet shapes and space.

Busy to calm in three frames.

#ICMPhotography
#StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite
Black and white ICM photo of a crowded seaside walkway beside a long wall and metal barriers, with people blurred into ghostlike shapes. Black and white motion blur of a promenade scene with several overlapping figures and a dark sweep across the right side, suggesting a busy crowd moving past. Black and white abstract ICM image with a single tall blurred figure on the right and soft vertical streaks, creating a calmer, emptier mood.
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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ICM street work . Brick above, whitewash below, people smearing into memory. The city never holds still, it just leaves traces.

Happy new year everyone.

#ICMPhotography #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Noir #FilterAndFrost
Black and white ICM scene with a diagonal roofline, white wall, and several ghosted figures moving through the frame. Black and white ICM photo of a brick building above a long white wall, with a single blurred figure walking along the base. Abstract black and white motion blur of a pale wall with a faint human shaped smear, soft and ghostlike.
January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Happy New Year 2026.
Wishing you a calm start, good light, and the courage to make the work you actually want to make.
Neil, Filter and Frost
December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Cromer turns into a quiet film still when the shutter stays open. The promenade blurs, the sky leans heavy, and the gull keeps coming back, hunting chips like it is on a mission.
Black and white long exposure on Cromer promenade with railings leading into the distance and a blurred seagull in flight under a dark sky. Similar view of the promenade railings with a seagull blurred mid flap near the posts, heavy clouds above. Low angle along the promenade railings with a ghosted figure blur at the right edge, dark dramatic clouds overhead.
December 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Three frames from the same place in my head.
Streetlight, whiteout, and a stairwell full of ghosts.
If this was a film still, what is the next line of dialogue

#FilterAndFrost #NoirPhotography #ICM #BlackAndWhite #StreetPhotography
Black and white blurred scene with a glowing streetlamp and soft vertical shapes under a cloudy sky. High key black and white abstract scene with a tall dark pole on the left and faint ghostlike figures in the distance. Black and white motion blur of people on a ramp or stairway with railings, figures stretched into ghost shapes by movement.
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM