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The irascible ostrich
Posted on May 6, 2016
Some animals are really cute. And then there are ostriches…
Thursday Doors: Close To Home
Posted on December 17, 2015
Last week’s door wasn’t very far from here, but today I’m even closer to home: about 30 feet from my back door.
Our house is actually two cottages knocked together (if you want to know a little more, you can read this) and forms one end of a larger bâtiment which includes two barns, one of which belongs to us and one to our neighbour, Albert (whose own house is just in front of ours). Needless to say, this being rural France, our barn is at the far end of the bâtiment, and it’s Albert’s that adjoins our house.
You get used to it.
Anyway, this picture is a detail of the very ancient side door to Albert’s barn. You can get some idea of its age from the grooves that have been worn in the wood from the swinging latch. I’m glad I took this when I did, because he’s only gone and painted it, hasn’t he?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Eye Spy
Posted on December 5, 2015
It seemed a bit too obvious to submit a photograph of actual eyes for this week’s challenge, so here’s a picture of my grandson – on his first visit to Abu Dhabi, at a very young age – wearing a very quizzical look and his shades (man).
Pine cone: detail
Posted on October 15, 2015
Something small….this is one of my efforts at getting proper use out of my macro lens (Nikon 105mm, if you’re interested) and it’s a detail from a photograph of a pine cone.
Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle
Posted on August 30, 2015
You’d never classify them among nature’s greatest beauties, but snails can be fascinating creatures.
– whichever way you look at them:
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
Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up
Posted on July 25, 2015
The heart of a poppy in Monet’s Garden at Giverney. I hadn’t spotted the flying creatures until I zoomed in on the image
Silverback
Posted on April 10, 2015
A silverback gorilla at Vallée des Singes, Vienne (not a selfie).
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge.
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