theonlyD800inthehameau
Photography by theonlydeadheadinthehameau
Bridgework
Posted on January 28, 2016
This photograph is a crop from a photograph I took from a bateau-mouche cruising down the River Seine in Paris and is of the underside of a bridge. It seems to fulfil the ‘lines and angles’ requirement of Cee’s challenge for this week.
It’s an interesting optical illusion that, although the image is a perfect rectangle the right vertical looks longer than the left.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Lines and Angles
Spiral steeple
Posted on January 21, 2016
Cee’s Black & White challenge this week is anything that begins with the letter ‘S’. So how about the spiral steeple of St Saviour’s church in the town of Rochechouart? Shown against the sky.
The Lantern
Posted on January 14, 2016
For this week’s subject of ‘Lights’, here is a traditional lantern that hangs over the terrace of the Royal Villa (boy, was that ever a free upgrade) at the Sir Baniyas Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The shadow is a bonus.
The two towers
Posted on January 8, 2016
The headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are in a building comprising two towers, about 35 storeys high, linked by a spectacular atrium. Here is a detail (sorry Cee, not the whole thing):
Saint-Emilion
Posted on January 1, 2016
This week’s Black & White Photo Challenge from Cee is for ‘Any kind of bricks or stone walls, roads or walkways’.
All present and correct in this image, taken in the village of Saint-Emilion, one of the centres of wine-making in France’s Bordeaux region.
One Photo Focus: January 2016
Posted on January 1, 2016
For the January One Photo Focus we were given this image by Laura Macky of Laura Macky Photography
It’s an excellent photograph as it stands: a well-composed image of an interesting subject. There seemed little to be gained from tweaking details like saturation; that would be more likely to detract than to enhance. So I decided to take just a part of the whole and turn it into something different.
The angle at which the boat is beached provided some interesting diagonals in the superstructure, so I cropped tightly into the subject itself. Although I like the colours in the original, I felt that it would also work well in black and white. A bit of work on the sliders brought out more detail in the peeling paintwork, giving it a more ‘weatherbeaten’ look.
Faraway
Posted on December 20, 2015
Where we live is quite close to the geographical centre of mainland France (l’hexagone), so not surprisingly the skies above us are quite busy with planes flying to or from faraway places – sometimes to quite dramatic effect:
Fortunately, they are at high altitude when they pass over, so we can’t hear them
Bricks and a bike in Bruges
Posted on December 11, 2015
Three for the price of one this week.
Cee’s latest Black & White challenge calls for something beginning with either B or W. Well, here is an image of a bicycle propped up against a brick wall in Bruges. Which, come to think of it, is in Belgium.
Oh, and what do bicycles have? Why, wheels of course. So make that four for the price of one.
Taking customer service to a whole new level
Posted on December 3, 2015
This sign could equally well have been posted for the Oddball challenge, but since it was in black and white anyway, I though I’d use it for this week’s Black & White Photo Challenge. It’s outside a carpet shop close to where my parents live in the UK.
I say ‘pavement’, you say ‘sidewalk’.
Sea Eagle
Posted on November 26, 2015
This is a sea eagle – whose feathers are black and white to begin with – taken at a display of birds of prey in the Dordogne.
Top Posts & Pages
theonlyD800inthehameau 