Lens-Artists Challenge: Quiet Moment

Posted on September 8, 2025

I took this photo in Dubai, many years ago now. An immigrant worker seizes a – no doubt rare – opportunity to rest and relax, sitting on a bench and removing his sandals, enjoying a quiet moment.

Category: Uncategorized Tagged: close up, Dubai, Feet, Lens-Artists, Quiet Moment, Relax, Rest, sandals

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Sharing the nectar

Posted on September 7, 2023

I spotted these two bees taking their fill of nectar from one of the flowers in my son’s garden. Looks like there was plenty to go round.

CMMC 6 September 2023

Category: Flowers, Macro Tagged: bees, close up, CMMC, Flowers, Macro, nectar

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Dried Flowers

Posted on July 5, 2023

I’m no expert on gardening of any kind and I’m especially useless at remembering the names of flowers (unless they’re roses or daffodils), so I don’t know what this is called. It flowered in the spring and now the petals have dried into this interesting form.