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Lens-Artists Challenge: Landmarks
Posted on October 26, 2026
This week’s challenge, set by the mighty Johnbo, is to post images of landmarks and/or monuments.
I suppose the real challenge here is to come up with something that doesn’t just looks like a record shot (‘been there, seen that’) or a tourist postcard.
Almost everyone will be familiar with the iconic Sydney Opera House, of course and naturally enough it was on our must-see list when we were on holiday in Australia a few years ago. Equally naturally, we went on a Harbour Cruise while we were there, and that was when I captured this image of the famous building framed by some of the boat’s rigging.
I think it adds some interest to an otherwise regulation photo.
Lens-Artists Challenge: Go-To Places
Posted on April 22, 2025
This week, John has set us the interesting challenge of showing our ‘go-to’ places. To be honest, I’m pretty happy to be here at home most of the time (not least because it doesn’t involve the hassle of actually getting to anywhere).
We have been very lucky to have traveled to some wonderful places, so I thought I’s just post images from three of my favourite destinations. I don’t think the first two need any further introduction…
This third one may not be quite so familiar. It’s the Corniche in Abu Dhabi as our evening cruise passed the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where I worked for the last ten years of my career. We have many happy memories of our time in the UAE.
Needing No Introduction…
Posted on July 24, 2021
Is there anyone who didn’t recognise the Sydney Opera House?
Viewed here in the frame created by part of the rigging of a tourist boat
Geometry
Posted on March 28, 2016
For the latest step in Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge we are asked to consider the geometrical shapes within our images. Unusually, I had no problem finding potential candidates for inclusion in this selection. Quite the reverse, in fact, which is why, as an extra challenge, I confined myself to photographs that I took in Australia – mostly in and around Sydney – a few years ago.
This first image – of an upturned boat on the beach at Watson’s Bay, across the harbour from the city – contains multiple geometric shapes, in terms of both subject and composition:
Below are pairs of images featuring the most common geometric shapes. Hover over any picture for a (slightly) fuller comment.
Circles
Triangles
Rectangles
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