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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
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      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Colombia
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • 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
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Trios
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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  • CMMC,  Flowers,  Nature and wildlife,  Nepal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: looking closely at Nepal

    January 6, 2023 / 51 Comments
    Dark red flower

    I would never claim to be the only person to have noticed the things I photograph. But I do believe I often photograph things that not EVERYONE has noticed, or thought to photograph. When I travel I of course photograph the famous sights, the landscapes, the architecture. But I also like to capture small details that, while perhaps not unique to the country, are part of my personal memories of it.

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    Blue and turquoise mosaic

    Gallery: feeling the blues

    November 11, 2021
  • Animals,  CFFC,  Nepal,  Rivers,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: on the Narayani River

    November 16, 2022 / 39 Comments
    River and wooded shore with reflections

    In the early morning mist we drifted slowly with the current, our boat man using his single oar simply to steer us. Here on the Narayani River, which skirts the northern boundary of Chitwan National Park in Nepal, the setting was beautiful, the atmosphere tranquil.

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    Two elephants among trees

    Elephant encounters on elephant terms

    September 13, 2020
    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021
    Face of a sloth among large leaves

    A postcard from Colombia: a three-toed sloth in a city park

    February 17, 2023
  • CBWC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: centred in monochrome

    July 10, 2022 / 31 Comments
    Black and white photo of a sculpture of horses and a woman in classical robes

    When composing photos I find I usually do one of two things. I either follow the ‘rule of thirds’ (roughly) or I look for symmetry. The latter works best for architecture, for portraits (human or animal) and for some close-up and macro shots.

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    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 2022
    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021
  • CBWC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 2022 / 34 Comments
    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    While I have little interest in cars or motorbikes for themselves, I do find them interesting photographically speaking. And especially so old cars and shiny bikes!

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    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021
    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
    Black and white photo of a sculpture of horses and a woman in classical robes

    Gallery: centred in monochrome

    July 10, 2022
  • CFFC,  Landscape,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: our fire returns

    April 7, 2022 / 45 Comments
    Sun rising above a tree

    Every ancient mythology placed significant focus on our sun, recognising it as our essential source of light, heat, and life. Without it we would not exist, nor would anything on this planet. Today we understand the science behind the phenomenon, but to the ancients the reappearance of the sun each morning after the hours of darkness must have seemed like a daily miracle.

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    Sculpture of a bronze wheel decorated with figures, buildings etc

    Gallery: turning wheels and circles from my past

    October 5, 2021
    Man in a ticket office booth

    Gallery: on New York City’s streets

    December 28, 2020
    Forest in the mist

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022
  • CBWC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022 / 33 Comments
    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    It’s all too easy perhaps to spot something photo-worthy, grab a couple of shots and move on. But I’ve found that the first shot you take, or even the third, is rarely the best. In the ‘old days’ of film photography, most of us could only afford to take two or three shots at most. If you wanted to come away with a memorable image it was important to take your time, walk around the subject and choose the best perspective.

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    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021
    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
  • CBWC,  Street photography,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: capturing photographers in black and white

    March 30, 2022 / 19 Comments
    Black and white silhouetted figures in front of an ornate domed building

    It seems to me that holding a camera gives a lot of people a sense of freedom. They appear more relaxed, less constrained by their surroundings. So what a great opportunity that is for the rest of us who are also carrying a camera with an eye to some street photography!

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    Black and white photo of a sculpture of horses and a woman in classical robes

    Gallery: centred in monochrome

    July 10, 2022
    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 2022
    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
  • CFFC,  Culture & tradition,  Uzbekistan

    A blacksmith at work in Bukhara

    March 24, 2022 / 26 Comments
    Man sitting on a rug using a hammer and anvil

    In the ancient streets of Bukhara history weaves itself effortlessly around the present-day lives of its people. Here you get a real sense of continuity. The world of the Silk Road caravans isn’t preserved in the aspic of Khiva; nor tucked into islands among the modern-day bustle of Samarkand; it is an ever-present backdrop to daily life. To walk these streets, duck through the low arches of the caravanserai and trading domes, sit for a while over green tea by the pool of Lyab-i-Huaz; this is what people of this…

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    Large brick building with pools and low hedges in front

    Gallery: converging lines and the vanishing point

    October 15, 2021
    River shaded by tall trees

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
  • Birds,  CFFC,  Costa Rica,  Rivers

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022 / 41 Comments
    River shaded by tall trees

    The electric boat moved almost noiselessly along the Rio Nosara. The birds on the banks seemed largely unaware of our presence. The sounds of the forest were all around us. But suddenly there was a thud somewhere beneath our feet and the boat slowed, then stopped.

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    Hazy view of bamboo clump

    Periyar’s monkeys, elephants, bison and more

    October 4, 2021
    Landscape with flamingos, water, salt flats and mountains

    Gallery: the flamingos of the Salar de Atacama

    April 24, 2021
    Black and white photo of three gulls on a groyne

    Gallery: feathered friends in threes

    May 27, 2022
  • CFFC,  Costa Rica,  Flowers,  Friendly Friday

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022 / 64 Comments
    Forest in the mist

    In the cloud forest low-hanging clouds hover around the upper canopy before condensing onto the leaves of trees and dripping onto the plants below. Looking up you can barely see the sky; such is the denseness of the vegetation and the constant dripping of water. With less sunlight comes a slower rate of evaporation; the plants below thrive in the abundance of life-giving moisture.

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    River shaded by tall trees

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022
    Sculpture of a bronze wheel decorated with figures, buildings etc

    Gallery: turning wheels and circles from my past

    October 5, 2021
    Man in a ticket office booth

    Gallery: on New York City’s streets

    December 28, 2020
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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