Lens-Artists Challenge: On the move

Posted on November 18, 2025

The Lens-Artists Challenge this week is all about means of transport. Well, here’s a rather unusual one.

This is a very large (look at the human figures) mechanical elephant, which gives rides to visitors in a theme park in the city of Nantes, in western France.

Lens-Artists Challenge: On The Move

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Monochrome Madness: Transport

Posted on June 25, 2025

I have no end of pictures of various forms of transport suitable for this week’s Monochrome Madness theme of ‘Transport’. I think I’m especially well-equipped for tractors – unsurprisingly, given our location in the depths of rural France.

However, I thought I’d go with this. No, it’s not a child’s drawing of a bicycle – this is Leonardo da Vinci’s design for a bicycle, on display in a museum in the city of Venice. Note the characteristic mirror writing.

It looks a bit of a bone-shaker, to be honest, but it can’t be denied that he was well ahead of his time.