Coming in to dock
Posted on April 25, 2024
A catamaran – used mainly for sunset cruises – comes in to doCK at Sir Bani Yas island in Abu Dhabi.
Lens-Artists Challenge: Abstract
Posted on April 22, 2024
This week’s theme for the Lens-Artists Challenge, set by Ritva, is ‘Abstract’. It seems that there’s some division of opinion about the merits of abstract photography: some don’t like it, others love it.
As it happens, I find myself in the latter camp. Keeping an eye (and a mind) open for unusual and/or unconventional images keeps you on your metaphorical photographer’s toes.
But what, you may well ask, is this (expletive deleted)? It looks (to me at any rate) rather like some kind of surreal enchanted forest. However, the truth – as so often – is rather more prosaic. It is, in fact, a detail of the inside of the door of my dishwasher. Before I turned it on, I hasten to add.
Cellpic Sunday: Fuchsia from below
Posted on April 21, 2024
I am generally terrible at recognising flowers. I know a rose when I see one, and I can spot a daffodil a mile off. Apart from those common examples I am more often than not on rather shaky ground.
However, I do know what a fuchsia looks like. This specimen was, quite literally, bought off the back of a van last Sunday morning in our local village and almost immediately installed in a hanging basket by Madame.
The only way of getting a decent shot of it in situ was to use the front camera on my iPhone from underneath. I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this result. Bonus point if you spotted the snail.
Obviously there’s been some editing going on. Cropping, of course, plus lightening of the image, which was very dark due to having to have the phone pointing at the sky. I also tweaked the texture and clarity, all in Lightroom.
Lens-Artist Challenge: Rock Your World
Posted on April 16, 2024
“Rose-red city, half as old as time”
There is nowhere on earth quite like Petra. The sheer scale of the monuments themselves is mind-boggling, but the natural context of weathered sandstone in which they are set may be even more so (spot the human figure).
Coming back to life
Posted on April 14, 2024
The crown of this London Plane tree is showing the first signs of new growth.
Wasps need nectar too
Posted on April 5, 2024
Wasps generally get a bad press, certainly compared to bees. In my view it’s entirely deserved, but hey, even guêpes are only following their natural instincts.
I suppose…
Lens-Artists Challenge: Water In Motion
Posted on April 2, 2024
This is the weir on the River Isle, which flows through the picturesque city of Périgueux, in the Dordogne département of south-western France.
Reaching for the sun
Posted on April 2, 2024
This is the last photo I took in March. It’s a view from the back door of our house and I was struck by the way that the sunlight was striking the upper branches of these trees.
It could certainly benefit from some editing but the ‘Last Photo’ rules are clear: this is how it turned out.
Cellpic Sunday: The seat of power
Posted on March 31, 2024
This is the mairie (town hall) of our nearest town, Bellac. In France, even the smallest villages have their own mairie, but not many of them are as large or elegant as this. Our own local one is much more ‘functional’ – and smaller, unsurprisingly for a commune with a population of well under a thousand.
A Summer Morning At St Pancras
Posted on March 27, 2024
No, it’s not a church or cathedral. In fact, it’s St. Pancras railway station in London, the terminus for the Eurostar train service. Plenty of ‘A’s there for Cee’s latest Midweek Challenge.
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