52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 1 – Black & White
Posted on August 12, 2016
The Girl That Dreams Awake is hosting a brand new weekly challenge which I thought I’d try and play along with.
I’m intrigued to see what topics lie ahead for future weeks, but for Week 1 it’s Black & White, so here is another image of Terry’s Triumph to add to the ones that I posted recently in response to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge:
Metropolitain
Posted on August 12, 2016
At a fête des fleurs in Magnac-Laval earlier this year, I couldn’t help noticing the shadow thrown by the back of this old chair, which presumably began life (quite a long time ago) somewhere on the Paris Metro. The weatherbeaten textures suit monochrome quite well.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Any Seating, Including Tables and Chairs
Thursday Doors: Le Dorat
Posted on August 11, 2016
With a name like that, this town about thirtty minutes drive from here is surely crying out to be included in Thursday Doors.
Le Dorat is probably best known for its medieval church: the Collegiale, whose stonework is mightily impressive:
…and not just on the outside:
There remain some other relics of earlier times, including a good section of fortified wall, as well as this impressive towered main gate:
Outside the old and very compact centre of the town, however, there are plenty of examples of more recent and typical rural architecture:
Thursday Doors 11 August 2016
Macro Moments: Week 8
Posted on August 10, 2016
Before I traded up to my D800, my first ‘proper’ DSLR was a Nikon D300, which I bought while living in Abu Dhabi. This was the second ever photograph I took with it.
NikonD300 with Nikon 18-55mm kit lens at 40mm. 1/80 at f5.3, ISO200. Edited in Lightroom.
Tuesdays Of Texture: Window
Posted on August 9, 2016
Alerted by the estimable Norm 2.0, I thought I’d make a contribution to the ‘Tuesdays of Texture’ stream hosted by Narami at De Monte Y Mar.
This old window is to be found high up on the wall of Paulette’s barn, here in the very hameau referred to in the name of this blog. I think the textures of the wood, the stone work and the metal are all worth a look.
And here’s the same window in context:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning
Posted on August 6, 2016
The morning sun shines through the east window of the church at Blond, in the Limousin region of France, casting this impressionistic image of the stained glass across the stone floor next to the altar.
Terry’s Triumph
Posted on August 5, 2016
Our friend and neighbour Terry is the proud owner of a beast of a 1740cc Triumph motorcycle, all chrome and black, that he utterly dotes on. It looks like it’s never been out of the showroom. And, since it most definitely has an engine, it seems like a very suitable subject for this week’s Black & White Challenge.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things With Engines Or Motors
Thursday Doors: Limoges (second encore)
Posted on August 4, 2016
Previously I’ve posted a couple of doors to be found in Limoges, both old and new. For the sake of completeness, here are a few more.
These two are to be found in the old part of the city: formerly a street of traders, it’s now given over largely to art shops and restaurants:
This next pair I’ve put together as opposites: one bricked up and one disappeared almost completely:
And finally, doors old and new right next to each other at the top of this flight of stairs:
Thursday Doors 4 August 2016
Macro Moments: Week 7
Posted on August 3, 2016
Another open topic this week for the macro challenge hosted by Musin’ with Susan. This is my third contribution and so far I’ve posted a flower and a dragonfly, so perhaps it’s time for something inanimate.
This is the very end of an extremely long soap bubble that my grandson blew last year.
It reminds me of a very early Pink Floyd lightshow (note to younger viewers: trust me on this one – you had to be there).
Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow
Posted on July 31, 2016
This is a view of the long, deep and narrow gorge , called the ‘Siq’, that is the main entrance to the historical site of Petra, in Jordan. The two figures on horseback give a good idea of scale.
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