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Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise
Posted on April 13, 2017
I was very surprised to turn around while at the annual medieval fair in the town of Rancon to see that I was being stalked by a witch. Although from her reaction I think she was rather surprised too.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Security
Posted on April 6, 2017
‘Security’ is generally a serious subject, so all the more reason to allow a little levity sometimes when dealing with it.
This sign can be found outside a chandlery (and key-cutting) shop in the town of St-Junien, in the Haute-Vienne département of France.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dense
Posted on March 30, 2017
A densely-packed crowd of tourists shuffle past the Doge’s Palace in Venice. Claustrophobes need not apply.
Weekly Photo Challenge: It IS Easy Being Green
Posted on March 22, 2017
A sunny autumn day in Inverleith Park, Edinburgh. The leaves are beginning to turn, but green still predominates.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Atop
Posted on March 15, 2017
Take a ride in the glass lift that’s now inside the bell-tower of the church and you will find yourself atop the medieval town of Sarlat, in the Dordogne, with matchless views over the tops of the old buildings:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Wish
Posted on March 9, 2017
“And you: what’s your dream?”
This graffito was spotted on a wall in the city of Limoges.
Weekly Photo Challenge: The Road Taken
Posted on March 2, 2017
It doesn’t matter that you know it’s there. The first sight of the Nabatean treasury at Petra, as the long, narrow path of the Siq opens up to reveal the ‘rose red’ ruined city is almost guaranteed to take your breath away.
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge asks for something that conveys “the excitement, surprise, wonder, or amazement of your ‘road taken’.”
I reckon tthis qualifies:
Weekly Photo Challenge: A Good Match
Posted on February 23, 2017
“A harmonious, pleasing combination” – the old stonework of the Pont Vieux that crosses the Vienne river as it flows through the town of Confolens on a calm, sunny day.
And what could be a better match than a reflection – especially when even the tall trees in the background echo the reflection in the water of the lamp post in the middle of the bridge?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Against The Odds
Posted on February 17, 2017
“Maybe it’s a photo of something you’re not sure you’ll be able to do.”
At France’s elite equestrian academy, the Cadre Noir, these acrobats are undoubtedly doing something I know I wouldn’t be able to do:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadow
Posted on February 9, 2017
Shine a light through a glass of red wine onto a white tablecloth and this is what you get:
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