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How does that look?
Posted on October 9, 2015
We’ve just spent a few days in and around the – very picturesque – medieval town of Sarlat, in the Dordogne.
This photograph was taken from the ascenseur panoramique – a glass-walled lift (elevator, if you insist) that climbs 100 feet inside the bell-tower of a church. From the top you get excellent – nay, panoramique – views of the rooftops of old Sarlat and the surrounding countryside…
…as well as these happy snappers reviewing their images of the bronze geese in the Place du Marché aux Oies – the Goose Market.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Any Kind of Camera or Photos of Photographers
My (Grandfather’s) Watch
Posted on October 1, 2015
This is a photograph of the back of my watch. Except that it isn’t really my watch. It’s the one that was presented to my grandfather on the occasion of his retirement in 1961 – at the age of 74. Those are his initials: TC.
Rather like me, it’s a bit temperamental now, and sometimes stops for no obvious reason (also rather like me). But I’m proud to wear it.
Sweeping
Posted on September 25, 2015
The BurJuman Centre is one of the oldest shopping malls in Dubai, and features a couple of grand sweeping staircases, with elements of Art Deco. This is a view taken from the ground floor, looking up to the balcony and ceiling above. The image is almost abstract and works quite well in black & white, I think.
Bridge of Sighs
Posted on September 17, 2015
Quite possibly the world’s most expensive form of public transport(ation), gondolas pass beneath the Bridge of Sighs in Venice.
Abstract shadows
Posted on September 4, 2015
Palm trees cast long shadows across a path in Hili Oasis, near Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, producing the illusion of depth in an abstract image that makes me think of something a space probe might send back from the surface of a distant planet. (Although that’s probably just me.)
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Reflections and Shadows
Reach for the sky
Posted on August 29, 2015
Taken on a Boxing Day walk in 2013, this image shows the bare branches of an oak tree against the sky.
Crocuses
Posted on August 20, 2015
Presenting a monochrome image of a flower that’s at least as interesting as the original is quite challenging, since one of the main selling-points of flower photography is the colour. Hopefully, though, this picture of a couple of crocuses does the job – helped by the lead-in lines provided by the leaves.
Moving Parts
Posted on August 15, 2015
Not a refugee from a Transformers movie, but a close-up of one of the cylinders on a propeller engine from an old aeroplane.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things With Engines or Motors
Sabots
Posted on August 6, 2015
Until well into the last century, the ‘ default’ footwear in rural France was wooden clogs, made by the local ‘sabotier’ (the French word for clog is ‘sabot’ – from which the word ‘saboteur’ is also derived). Indeed, part of our house was once the local sabotier’s workshop, as shown in the second image at the bottom of this post.
Nowadays, clogs are mainly used for decorative purposes (we have a couple of old pairs ourselves), but they are still used by a local traditional dance troupe, as shown in this image.
(On this occasion I decided to use a sepia tone as it seems more in keeping with the ‘retro’ subject)
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Hands, Feet or Paws
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This room is now our entrance hall. It’s been done up a bit since this was taken.
Classic Citroen
Posted on July 17, 2015
A beautifully restored classic Citroën car, certainly more than 50 years old, displayed at the annual Lesterps exhibition of vintage cars and agricultural equipment. The clouds reflected in the glossy bodywork, give an extra dimension to the image, while the dappled sunshine on the ground behind adds depth.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Older Than Fifty Years
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