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Monochrome Madness: Flowing Water
Posted on June 4, 2026
Leanne has set the challenge of ‘flowing water’ for this iteration of Monochrome Madness.
This image might be more accurately classified as ‘barely flowing water’, although you have my word that the water was actually moving, if only sluggishly.
It was taken last summer at Pembroke Castle, in South Wales. It stands on the River Cleddau, which was diverted centuries ago in order to surround the castle on three sides for defensive purposes. There’s a roadway cum dam to ‘close the circle’ as it were, but comparatively very little water passes through, hence the build-up of silt and sediment, through which these few rivulets manage to wind their way.
It’s certainly a photographically interesting landscape in colour, but I think it looks even more dramatic when rendered in monochrome.
Lens-Artists Challenge: Landscape revisited
Posted on November 10, 2025
This aspect is about a two-minute walk from our house (our hamlet is pretty well surrounded by fields for a least a mile in every direction).
On a bright winter’s day, what made this particular view stand out for me were the strong leading lines provided by the tractor tyre tracks in the mud. With the sun relatively low in the cloudless sky, the reflections in the puddles in the furrows also increased the definition in the scene.
Cellpic Sunday: Canoes at Crozant
Posted on July 13, 2025
The photographer’s dream scenario: a leading line, reflections and red foreground objects. An idyllic summer’s day on the River Creuse at Crozant.
Misty morning
Posted on January 19, 2023
Ducks on a lake
Posted on October 28, 2021
A tranquil scene as ducks swim on the lake next to Linlithgow Palace in Scotland.
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 37 Seasons
Posted on September 12, 2020
Autumn colours at the important Roman site of Vindolanda, near Hadrian’s Wall in northern England.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 37 Seasons
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 21 Serenity
Posted on May 23, 2020
“What does serenity mean to you?’ is the question posed for the 21st instalment of the 52 Week Smartphone Challenge.
I always find this view very tranquil and calming (not that I often need to calm down). It’s what I see when I look over the wall of our back garden. The two fields were bought with the house, so for a few brief minutes I am master of all I survey.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 21 Serenity
Foggy winter morning
Posted on March 25, 2020
52-Week Smartphone Challenge: 5 – Symmetry
Posted on February 1, 2020
Week 5 of Khurt’s 52-Week Smartphone Challenge has the theme of ‘symmetry’. Reflections are always a good place to start when seeking symmetry, and bodies of water are always a good place to find reflections.
This pond is just across the road, about a hundred feet from our front door. It was completely dry back in the summer, but it’s done very little except rain here since late August, so it’s now an impressive little body of water.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 5 – Symmetry
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