This week’s Lens-Artists Challenge is a bit of a tricky one – not that we’re being asked to find an unusual subject, or one which we tend not to photograph very often (e.g. last week’s ‘Portraits’).

No, rather we’re invited by Tina at Travels And Trifles to post five of our personal favourite images. I mean, where do you even begin? I -and I’m certainly not the only one – have literally thousands of photographs in my library from which to try and make a choice. It’s almost invidious.

So, in order to make the process of choice more manageable, I hit on the idea of confining my selection to a particular type of image. I’m quite fond of photographing things from a low viewpoint, as a different perspective can prove to be more interesting.

This flower was growing in one of our raised beds and, backlit by the sun, it looked quite striking.

This chandelier hangs in the reception area of the hotel on Sir Baniyas Island in Abu Dhabi.

By happy chance, this helicopter was about to touch down on the helipad at the top of the Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai.

This is the mightily impressive vaulted ceiling of Beverley Minster.

No, it’s not something from a Transformers movie: it’s an electricity pylon at a shopping centre on the outskirts of Limoges.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Personal Favourites