Gold Leaf Galore
Posted on December 11, 2020
The opulent design of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi incorporates quantities of gold leaf.
The weir at Chabanais
Posted on December 9, 2020
A clear contrast between calm and turbulent waters at the weir on the River Vienne in Chabanais.
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 49 Storms
Posted on December 6, 2020
A good day to leave the car in the garage.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 49 Storms
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 48 Current Events
Posted on December 6, 2020
Current events? This is just about the only news story there is in 2020.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 48 Current Events
Wild Purple
Posted on November 25, 2020
These unusual purple flowers were in a seed mix we sowed in a raised bed a couple of years ago.
Monday Windows: Cahors
Posted on November 23, 2020
Somehow this little medieval window in Cahors has survived in a modern façade.
#MondayWindow 23 November 2020
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 47 Rule of Thirds
Posted on November 22, 2020
I’ve managed to stay with this Smartphone Challenge on a weekly basis all year so far. Some of the topics have been – well, let’s just say ‘esoteric’ shall we? However, Week 47 is an absolute lulu:
“The rules of thirds is so popular because it is so versatile. This week use the rule of thirds to show emotion”
Now, even a hack like me knows about the rule of thirds, but to use that to convey emotion just makes no sense to me. You can certainly portray emotion in a photographic image, but the rule of thirds is surely incidental to that.
Anyway, here’s a picture of a cat asleep on a sofa. The emotion is irritation at such a daft challenge this week. Hrrumph.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 47 Rule of Thirds
Take a Pew
Posted on November 20, 2020
Take a pew? Somebody’s taken all of them from this church in Confolens and replaced them with chairs.
On The Rails
Posted on November 19, 2020
Cee Neuner (what would we ever do without her?) has started a new weekly challenge: Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – hereinafter referred to as CMMC.
For the first topic she has challenged us to post an image that contains an item in one of her own photographs. The one she chose featured a fence, which gives me an opportunity to post this photograph of a spider’s web spun between two railings of a fence by the river Vienne in Chabanais.
White Orchids
Posted on November 18, 2020
There is something serene about these white orchids, especially when set against a black background.
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