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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
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    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Croatia
      • Estonia
      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
        • Sardinia
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Montenegro
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Madagascar
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Colombia
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • Mexico
        • USA
          • California
          • Chicago
          • Nevada
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Philippines
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
      • City streets
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
      • Coast & seascapes
      • Deserts
      • Mountains
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Lens-Artists
      • CFFC
      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
    • General challenges
      • Bird place of the month
      • Happy Place Happy Space
      • Monday walks
      • Weekend Coffee Share
      • Words of Wisdom
  • About me
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    • ‘Always Write’ interview
    • My love of travel
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  • Animals,  Madagascar,  Postcards from the road

    A postcard from Madagascar: a tenrec

    October 28, 2023 / 45 Comments

    This is a tenrec, specifically I believe a lowland streaked tenrec. We saw him on a night walk in the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park area. Tenrecs are endemic to Madagascar and this particular species lives in the eastern part of the country.

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  • Small clapboard house
    Architecture,  Chicago,  History,  Monday walks

    A stroll in Chicago’s Old Town

    October 23, 2023 / 50 Comments

    Old Town is not, somewhat to my surprise, the old heart of Chicago, but rather one of its neighbourhoods. It takes its name from art fairs held in this area in the 1940s, ‘Old Town Holidays’. However, it is certainly home to many buildings older than most in the city. There are Victorian era houses and even one of just seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

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  • Sign advertising drinks and breakfast
    Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: signs of the times

    October 22, 2023 / 62 Comments

    Our world is full of signs, both those we erect ourselves to convey a message, and the more subtle ones we can read in landscapes and nature. The latter include the signs that speak of changing seasons, like autumn leaves or buds on trees. There are signs in the rocks telling of seismic changes in the earth’s crust, or more subtly speaking of people that came before us.

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  • Orange leaves against a green backdrop
    Nature Photo Challenge,  Themed galleries,  Trees, forests and woodland

    Gallery: autumn scenes around the world

    October 20, 2023 / 75 Comments

    In his poem 'To Autumn' John Keats describes the autumn we all know and love, with lingering warm weather and bountiful harvests. But he also celebrates later autumn days, when winter seems just over the horizon. Both have their beauty.

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  • Large Gothic style building with towers and a flag pole
    London,  Monochrome Madness,  Photographic techniques,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: seeing Ealing in black and white

    October 18, 2023 / 31 Comments

    It was the advent of the Great Western Railway in the mid nineteenth century that led to the scattered villages of Ealing, Gunnersbury and Pitshanger merging into unbroken residential areas, centred around the new station in what is now Ealing Broadway.

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  • Cluster of skyscrapers both old and new
    Architecture,  Chicago,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the skyscrapers of Chicago

    October 16, 2023 / 39 Comments

    The mass production of inexpensive steel in the mid 19th century made it possible for urban planners to bring to life the idea of skyscrapers. And it all started in Chicago. The method had been tested in Liverpool, England, on the five storey Oriel Chambers building. But it was in Chicago that the capacity of steel to support taller buildings was first exploited.

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  • Looking up at leaves against the sky
    Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the tension of opposites

    October 15, 2023 / 57 Comments

    Contrast must be one of the most used words in photography. Usually we are talking about the lighting conditions for an image; the contrast between the light and dark areas. Sometimes it can be hard to balance these, if the contrast is great.

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  • Modern building with strong diagonal lines
    Architecture,  Gardens,  Paris,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: scenes from the Musée Albert Kahn

    October 13, 2023 / 33 Comments

    I suspect that, like me, you have never heard of Albert Khan. Yet in his time (1860-1940) he was very influential. A banker and philanthropist, he dedicated his fortune to the service of knowledge, harmony between people and progress. He amassed a huge collection of photos which he called the Archives de la Planète and used them to open up the world to people with the aim of promoting pacifism and understanding.

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  • Red 'To Chicago' sign in a black and white photo
    Architecture,  Chicago,  Monochrome Madness,  Photographic techniques,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: seeing Chicago in black and white

    October 11, 2023 / 35 Comments

    As one of my abiding memories of Chicago will be of the architecture, especially the variety in age and style of its skyscrapers, I can’t help but agree with Frank Gehry. He said of the city that, 'Chicago’s one of the rare places where architecture is more visible'.

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  • Small colourful woven baskets
    Africa,  Crafts,  Lens-Artists,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: Africa on display

    October 10, 2023 / 77 Comments

    Everywhere you walk, every place you go is full of art, explicit or hidden! If you can see them, you will be the richest art collector and your memory will be the richest art gallery! [Mehmet Murat Ildan, Turkish playwright]

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Some topics I’ve touched on

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