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Ladder
Posted on September 1, 2017
The theme for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is ‘Shadows’. This is the top of a ladder which allows sailors to step down into their boats from the jetty at Saint Andrews harbour, in Scotland. The low, bright sunlight casts strong shadows on and from the freshly painted metalwork – too red not to apply some selective colour to the image.
Elephants!
Posted on August 18, 2017
Cee’s topic this week is ‘small subjects’. So here are a pair of elephants.
I should explain that this carving – part of Madame’s extensive elephant collection – is in fact only about an inch long.
The Corridor
Posted on August 11, 2017
Last week I visited the grand old Franciscan Abbaye de la Réau, which is currently undergoing substantial restoration. On the first floor of the accommodation block is this long corridor with, it must be said, rather palaial ‘cells’ (more like ‘suites’) leading off it.
The combination of light and shadow is what makes this image particularly suitable for monochrome treatment. Further interest is added by the model of a monk sitting on a bench away in the distance on the left.
The Path To…..?
Posted on August 4, 2017
This little-used track runs off the ‘main’ road between here and the nearby village of Saint-Martial-sur-Isop. It probably leads to an isolated farmhouse, but who knows?
Dhow #179
Posted on July 28, 2017
The wooden dhow is the traditional sea-going vessel of the Arabian Gulf. This one had been taken out of the water for maintenance in the Bateen area of Abu Dhabi.
Phaetons
Posted on July 21, 2017
These two old buggies – phaetons – are in the vintage vehicle collection of Chateau de Meillant
Knot(hole)
Posted on July 14, 2017
This knothole can be found in an ancient wooden door up in the medieval citadel of the French town of Confolens.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Anything Made From Wood
Lawyers With A Heart?
Posted on July 7, 2017
Cee’s challenge this week is to post an image of a sign.
I spotted this outside the offices of a firm of advocates in Confolens, just at the right time of day to get the interesting shadow.
Seven Feet
Posted on June 30, 2017
There are seven feet in this image of a sheep being shorn. Can you spot them all?
Kites
Posted on June 23, 2017
A pair of kites – which actually were black and white – flying together in a stiff breeze at the annual Esteval air show just outside the nearby village of Blond.
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