Photography 101: Treasure
Posted on November 24, 2014
Today’s image is a close-up detail of one of the exhibits at the International Quilt Show in Dubai in 2012, showing a camel train laden with treasure.
Quilters’ work, often incredibly detailed and painstaking, is itself something to be treasured.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Angular
Posted on November 22, 2014
This is the very imposing (and very angular) exterior of St Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Photography 101: Landscape
Posted on November 21, 2014
The Arabian peninsula isn’t just endless sand dunes. This is a view of the Hajar Mountains in Oman, although the photograph was taken from Hatta, which is in the emirate of Dubai (so Dubai isn’t just skyscrapers and traffic jams either).
Photography 101: Swarm
Posted on November 20, 2014
Not exactly a swarm, or a particularly technically adept photograph, but an interesting story.
The two men in the microlight are researching the habits of these geese. For about two weeks, weather permitting, they would fly over our house early in the morning. As time went on, they attracted more and more birds to fly along with them.
Haven’t seen them for a while: they must have gone south for the winter.
Photography 101: Moment
Posted on November 19, 2014
My grandson laughs at his own reflection while his twin brother takes a peek.
Photography 101: Architecture
Posted on November 18, 2014
A view of – a small part of – the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
In ‘real’ life, of course, this would be shimmering white marble (topped with gold) against a clear blue sky.
Photography 101: Colo(u)r
Posted on November 17, 2014
This photograph was taken earlier this summer at an exhibition of old agricultural equipment in the nearby village of Lesterps. It shows the engine casing of a very well cared-for old tractor.
I haven’t post-processed the image in any way, apart from a crop for reasons of aesthetic balance. It really is this colo(u)r.
Photography 101: Mystery
Posted on November 14, 2014
Q: What lies in the blackness to which the eye is irresistibly drawn?
A: The basement. This was taken (with a Blackberry) leaning over the emergency stairwell on the 23rd floor of my old office building in Abu Dhabi.
The idea of depth – and therefore mystery – depends crucially on the sunlight shining in through the glass exterior from the right, producing the shadows on the stairs on that side and the highlights on the metalwork on the left.
Photography 101: Warmth
Posted on November 13, 2014
Although I’m as secular as they come, I do appreciate the architecture of churches and cathedrals.
Typically, though, the interiors of these buildings are largely of grey stone and emanate anything but warmth. However, this church, in the medieval town of Chauvigny, is an exception, especially when, as in this image, natural sunlight streams through the high windows above the altar.
Photography 101: Nature
Posted on November 12, 2014
This certainly comes under the category of nature. Despite appearances, it’s not a cartoon octopus but actually a chrysanthemum bud, which I took in early September this year in our garden.
Thinking about looking at common things from a different perspective, I rotated the image 90 degrees clockwise, which I think makes it a bit more interesting.
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