Margaret from From Pyrenees to Pennines is our host this week, and for the theme, she wants us to do CLOCKS AND TIMEPIECES. This should be an interesting theme, I think, because what photographers don’t have photos of some sort of timepieces? Clocks are one of those things that we don’t go out of our way to photograph, but they are on many buildings or in them as well, so they just get photographed.
I stopped after finding the following images, except for the header photo. There is a set of clocks that are very famous in Melbourne, and they are the clocks at Flinders Street Station. I’m sure everyone in Melbourne has used the phrase “meet you under the clocks” at least once. I have met many friends there over the years. You catch the train into the city, and it is the perfect place to meet. It is also a very busy place, so you have to be careful.
Many years ago, when I was studying, my class was meant to meet our teacher under the clocks, but she didn’t show. We didn’t know what was happening, so we decided we would go for coffee. We wrote a note letting her know where we would be, put her name on the outside of it, and stuck it to the inside of the middle pole. We thought someone would take it and she wouldn’t get it, but there we were having our coffee and she walked in. She got the note.
Below I have a selection of clocks that I have photographed over the years. Some are accessible to anyone, but there are a few that you need special access to be able to photograph. The last two are from an exhibition, the grandfather clock with no face, and then the back of the clock in the 3rd photo. It isn’t real, as the exhibition was on the third floor and nowhere near the tower. I thought it looked good.
I hope you like my clocks and timepieces.
I’m sorry to say, but I think Margaret is going to hate the following ones. I decided to play around with some AI. None of them are particularly good, but I had fun doing them. The first four, I was trying to get AI to make a melted clock, like the Dali one in the painting. AI couldn’t do it, sadly.
The last few, I thought it would be fun to create a peak hour time of people going or leaving work with clocks and timepieces as their heads. Like they are all about time.
Sorry, Margaret, but I had to have a bit of fun with this, too.
Thank you, Margaret, for being our host this week, and I hope everyone will go and look at your post this week. The link for her post is at the start of this post.
Participating in Monochrome Madness
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Love the clock images ! The ai ones are interesting.
Hahaha, thank you Sharon, the AI ones were just for fun.
It’s amazing what you can do with ai now.
Yeah, it is, still has a long way to go, but it is interesting.
I see clocks too while I’m out and about but I don’t take pictures of them often..maybe a few. I’ll have to check my photos. I like your selection and your story about the teacher and the note.
The AI photos are interesting!
Tahnk you so much Esther, the AI images were just for fun.
Your regular clock photos are all very good and the melting clock experiment was interesting, but it’s those people with clock faces I most enjoyed here – an excellent idea and really well executed!
Thank you Sarah, the melting clock was a failure. Glad you liked the other AI images, they are funny.
https://dailymusing57.com/2025/11/13/monochrome-madness-clocks-timepieces/
Such a wonderful assortment you have!
https://dailymusing57.com/2025/11/13/monochrome-madness-clocks-timepieces/
Thank you.
The monochrome processing on the images, makes them feel even more timeless and artistic!
Oh my those AI images are different!
Thank you Pamela.
Great gallery Leanne, I also had one from Flinder Street Station 😀 . I can see you had fun with AI . Time is the essence.
I saw yours Ritva, great shot. Thank you.
Thanks Leanne
These are quite amazing Leanne, a fabulous gallery. I like the clock heads too. Sometimes AI can make me laugh not because it has no idea but your clever commands worked
Thank you Brian. That’s good to hear you liked those. I think AI is funny too. OMG some of the things it shows can be hysterical.
Great collection, Leanne. I love the idea of clock heads!
Thank you Elke, I thought they were fun.
A wonderful gallery, Leanne!
Thank you Sandy.
And here’s mine : https://suejudd.com/2025/11/11/monochrome-madness-47-clocks-and-timepieces/
Beautiful collection!
Thank you Dawn.
You’re wrong Leanne. I find the clock-head people quite fun! You’ve got a fabulous selection here – much broader than mine: and you got on the case quite early too! You Aussies never go to bed! Anyway, here’s mine: https://margaret21.com/2025/11/11/tick-tock/
Thank you Margaret. haha we do, it just looks like we don’t.
So I thought, you were right, I must have an image of a clock. But what and where… I live with no big clocks in nature. Scrolling I saw the last great photo of the rear view of a large clock…
Ha ! Buried in a drive I do have the upstairs of Musee d’Orsay.
I have that problem with some things I’ve photographed as well, no idea where they are. I believe you completely Ted, let me know if you ever find it.
Beautiful clock images Leanne. And what fun you had with AI.
I did Anne, thank you.
Like this post! Including the playful images!
Thank you Sue.
Ha! I hope Margart loves your last few photos, Leanne! I sure do!
I guess we will see Lois, lol. Thank you.