Posted on June 18, 2016
The dramatic curve of the entrance to the Manarat Al Saadiyat exhibition centre on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi seems like a suitable entry for this week’s Photo Challenge.

Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Abu Dhabi, Architecture, Curve, Doors, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Reflections, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on June 11, 2016
Earlier this week, a moment of pure tranquility on the banks of the Charente river at Chaniers:

Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Chaniers, Charente, Pure, Reflections, Rural, Water, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on June 5, 2016
Not so long ago, I posted this stark image of one of the outside-facing clocks on the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. For the latest WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, with the theme of Numbers, here is the ornate gilded clock – roman numerals and all – that hangs over the main exhibition hall inside:

Less conventionally, here’s another way of looking at numbers, from the old schoolroom in Montrol-Sénard:

Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers
Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: abacus, Clockface, Clocks, Montrol-Senard, Musee d'Orsay, Numbers, Ornate, Paris, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on May 28, 2016
This motley collection of rusty washers and other miscellaneous bits and pieces (presumably spares) was seen at a vide grenier (car boot sale) in the village of Lesterps. Who buys this stuff?

Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Junk, Lesterps, Metal, Rust, Spare, Washers, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on May 22, 2016
‘Jubilant’ derives from a Greek word which means (literally) ‘shouting for joy’. Not unlike this guest at one of our grandsons’ birthday parties:

Weekly Photo Challenge: Jubilant
Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Children, Joy, Jubilant, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on May 14, 2016
A smiley face cheers up a No Entry sign in the old part of Limoges.

Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Faces, Humor, Humour, Limoges, street scene, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on May 7, 2016
A new bud emerges from the earth as springtime arrives.

Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Bud, Earth, Flowers, New Life, Spring, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on April 30, 2016
A well-groomed barber steps back to admire his handiwork in this Dubai hairdressers.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Admiration
Posted on April 24, 2016
According to the Tate Gallery, “abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect”.
I think this qualifies. It was taken in front of the huge aquarium inside Dubai Mall, and illustrates what happens when you have to use a long exposure in a dimly-lit space and somebody barges into you just as you press the shutter.

The smaller image below shows what it would have looked like without the introduction of the third-party camera shake. Frankly, I prefer the abstract version (it’ll probably come as no surprise to learn that I like tie-dye too).

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract
Category: Abstract, Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Abstract, Aquarium, Camera Shake, Dubai, Dubai Mall, Tie-dye, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge
Posted on April 16, 2016
In the Vallée des Singes nature park, a Capucin monkey eyes up one of his five a day:

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime
Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: Capucin Monkeys, Dinnertime, Monkey, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge