Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art
Posted on May 21, 2014
As I may have mentioned, Madame is a quilter and quilting is undoubtedly an art form.
This is a waistcoat that she made for me a couple of years ago that was exhibited at the International Quilt Show in Dubai. To my mind it is undoubtedly a work of art (and yes, I do wear it. In public, too).
Weekly Photo Challenge: On The Move
Posted on May 10, 2014
Two paragliders from a local airshow last August.
Sooner them than me…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring
Posted on May 4, 2014
One of my little ‘projects’ for this year is to record the passing seasons here at Tranquility Base by taking a photograph on the first day of each month of the same view – of our large field – from the same perspective. Here, I’ve run the last three together to illustrate how Spring has come to rural France this year.
Shame about the weather…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
Posted on April 30, 2014
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet which, put together in various combinations, is enough to make up millions of words.
Unfortunately, though, sometimes – as in this textile shop in the Dubai souq – what seems like a logical juxtaposition can convey quite the wrong message…
A Close Look At Quilts
Posted on April 25, 2014
Madame and I recently had the opportunity to attend the International Quilt Show in Dubai, organised by Classic Quilts Dubai.
You don’t have to be a quilter in order to appreciate the talent and effort that goes into producing these works of art. And for a photographer, there’s a whole world of colour and pattern to admire, enjoy and seek to capture.
There is also texture and that’s what I’ve focused (sic) on here. These photographs show some of the detailed work in a selection of the quilts that were on display. They stand alone as images, but they also give a further impression of the extent of the work involved in the quilting process.
Images of the quilts in their entirety can be found by following the link to Classic Quilts Dubai provided above, or on their Facebook page.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
Posted on April 17, 2014
It’s a moot point whether the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi has been around for long enough to qualify as a monument, but it’s certainly monumental…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections
Posted on March 23, 2014
Lots of glass-faced buildings in Abu Dhabi…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
Posted on March 16, 2014
There is a very romantic private resort in Oman called Zighy Bay. It has a tower, on the roof of which it is possible to dine by candlelight. To get to the roof, you need to go inside, and up this spiral staircase. It’s worth it.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective
Posted on March 12, 2014
This is the building in Abu Dhabi where I used to work…
…fortunately, not as a window cleaner.
(Happily, they now have proper cradles for the job)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned
Posted on March 5, 2014
Oradour-sur-Glane is a village not far from here. In 1944 it was the scene of a Nazi atrocity, which can be read about here.
A new village was built nearby after the war, but the original is now preserved as a permanent museum and memorial to the 642 named victims.
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