Kites
Posted on June 23, 2017
A pair of kites – which actually were black and white – flying together in a stiff breeze at the annual Esteval air show just outside the nearby village of Blond.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Transient
Posted on June 22, 2017
This blossom on a silk tree is lovely now, but will soon be reduced to the dried, shrivelled state of its neighbour.
Thursday Doors: Saint Martial-sur-Isop (2) – Fade To Grey
Posted on June 22, 2017
Last week’s selection of doors to be found in the nearby village of Saint-Martial-sur-Isop had in common the fact that they were all quite colourful. This week’s doors, however, are gradually having the colour bleached out of them.
To maintain some continuity with last week, though, here’s a still quite chirpy example:
But now it’s downhill all the way, starting with this fading green door that is accessible only by a crumbling wooden staircase that nobody in their right mind would use:
And now, in progressive stages of abandoned neglect:
Until finally we get to a building where even the vegetation’s given up:
‘Oh well, a touch of grey/Kinda suits you anyway”
Next week, proof that it’s not all doom and gloom in St-Martial.
Thursday Doors 22 June 2017
Tuesdays of Texture: Sheep-shearing
Posted on June 20, 2017
At last month’s Fête de la Laine, a local farmer gave a demonstration of the art of tonte – sheep-shearing. As the temeperature was over 30°C, I don’t suppose this ewe minded too much.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Music
Posted on June 20, 2017
For Frank’s theme of ‘Music’ this week, here is a detail of the mightily impressive pipe-organ in the main church of the French city of Thiers:
…and for perspective, here’s the whole thing:
Chandelier
Posted on June 16, 2017
Answering this week’s theme of ‘Lights’ for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge is this massive chandelier (note the scale of the human figures in the background) in Dubai Mall. I’m not sure it’s one of the fanciest I’ve ever seen, but it’s certainly one of the biggest.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
Posted on June 15, 2017
This slightly blown rose was standing all alone in the nearby village of Lesterps and for some reason which I cannot now remember I was unable to get very close to it for a conventional sharp flower image.
However, by cropping as I have and retaining some of the blurred, out-of-focus background (reinforced by a little vignetting and dehazing in Lightroom) I think it stands out at least as well as it would have done if it filled the whole frame.
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