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Lens-Artists Challenge: favourites of 2023
Posted on January 7, 2024
The first Lens-Artists challenge of 2024 is to select some favourite images from 2023.
Madame and I visited the city of Albi in October last year and I took rather a lot of photos, partly because it is a very photogenic place but also because I wanted to put the camera of my (relatively) new smartphone – an iPhone 14 Pro Max – through its paces.
I’ve already featured quite a few of the pictures I took on this blog, but not this one before. It was taken in one of the stunningly decorated rooms of the Henri Toulouse-Lautrec museum and features yours truly being unable to resist the slight ‘weirdness’ of the reflections in the large mirror over the fireplace.
You could call it ‘portrait of the artist completely out of his depth’.
Lens-Artists Challenge – Magical
Posted on December 12, 2023
This is a view of the pond that lies in the middle of our little hamlet. By the way, the reflection is at the top of the image. And that’s magic.
Cellpic Sunday: Seismic Shift
Posted on November 20, 2023
I took this photograph from one of the bridges over the River Tarn in Albi, as we were walking back to our hotel. There is a weir at this point in the river and I couldn’t help but notice the effect this had on what would otherwise have been a perfectly nice, but pretty ordinary,reflection.
Zen
Posted on December 9, 2022
A contemplative (indeed, reflective) scene in the Japanese Garden in Toulouse.
River Reflections
Posted on December 30, 2021
For Cee’s December midweek challenge – ‘must begin with R’. Take your pick.
Both Sides Now
Posted on November 24, 2021
A clever way of getting an all-round view of this elaborately decorative pendant, on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum (‘The V&A’) in London.
Diffraction
Posted on September 17, 2021
Patterns of reflections and diffraction from a half-full (or should that be half-empty?) glass of water sitting on our dining table.
Tranquil reflections
Posted on July 23, 2021
A scene from the bustling metropolis that we call home and refer to as Tranquility Base. Our house lies behind these two, which are reflected in the village pond (étang).
The ripple – probably caused by one of the myriad frogs that colonise the pond – adds interest and helps to balance the image.
The Inner Harbour, St Andrews
Posted on January 24, 2021
The weir at Chabanais
Posted on December 9, 2020
A clear contrast between calm and turbulent waters at the weir on the River Vienne in Chabanais.
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