Tuesdays of Texture: Shaggy
Posted on February 14, 2017
This Shetland pony was one of a small group that used to live in a field just down the lane from where we live. This might have been a bad hair day.
Tuesdays of Texture
Mundane? Onion
Posted on February 13, 2017
Half a red onion left lying on the black worksurface in our kitchen.
Mundane Mondays
52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 27 – Architecture
Posted on February 13, 2017
A view of the helicopter pad near the top of the iconic Burj al Arab hotel (seven stars, no less) in Dubai.
To put it into context, here’s a wider shot of the building:
52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 27 – Architecture
Shining through
Posted on February 10, 2017
You know those glass bricks¹ you can get to go in your bathroom? Well this is what can happen when you shine a light through one of them:
¹ this is what I’m talking about:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadow
Posted on February 9, 2017
Shine a light through a glass of red wine onto a white tablecloth and this is what you get:
Thursday Doors: St Junien (2) – Colour
Posted on February 9, 2017
Last week’s initial instalment of the doors of St Junien were, with one exception, a pretty drab bunch (unless you happen to be a big fan of brown, of course), so this week I thought I’d feature some more colourful examples:
Even if the colour isn’t necessarily to your taste, someone is clearly making an effort…
…no matter how narrow the door you have to work with:
Next, a couple of more faded examples:
And just for a change, to finish this week a set of gates:
Thursday Doors 9 February 2017
Macro Moments Week 30: Quizzical Owl
Posted on February 8, 2017
This week, Sue has set us a specific theme for Macro Moments – ‘Birds’. It’s pretty difficult to get a true macro shot of a bird, I should imagine, so here is a (very) tightly-cropped image of an owl which I took at a display of birds of prey last summer.
Fortunately, I was using my best lens, so I think it has managed to retain enough detail, despite the crop.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 70-200mm ƒ2.8 lens at 200mm. 1/500 at ƒ4, ISO 100. Cropped and edited in Lightroom.
Macro Moments EWeek 30: Birds
Tuesdays of Texture: Rusty Railings
Posted on February 7, 2017
These railings, around one of the larger houses in the local village of Mézières-sur-Issoire, could do with a fresh coat of paint; but would they necessarily look any better for it?
Tuesdays of Texture
Mundane? Park Bench
Posted on February 7, 2017
Another mundane (?) image from St Junien: this park bench is also outside the local Tourist Information Office, not far from last week’s postbox. Properly framed, the symmetry is quite appealing.
Mundane Mondays
52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 26 – Stranger
Posted on February 7, 2017
This chap, spotted at the La Sagna Hippodrome (racecourse) was a keen racegoer, to judge from the many old admission tickets hanging around his neck and the racecard he’s holding in his hand.
52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 26 – Stranger
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