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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • 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
          • Chicago
          • 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
      • Lens-Artists
      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Happy Place Happy Space
      • Monday walks
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Just One Person
      • Life in Colour
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Trios
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  • CBWC,  Coast & seascapes,  England,  Monochrome Madness,  Photographic techniques,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: seeing the English coast in black and white

    August 24, 2023 / 52 Comments
    Child playing on an otherwise empty beach

    It’s August, so where better place to be than the English seaside? Although truth be told I like our coastal areas much more in the winter months and maybe even more so in spring and autumn.

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    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
    Looking down at a curved spiral staircase

    Gallery: staring up at the steps

    May 19, 2023
  • CMMC,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: searching for M and M

    July 29, 2023 / 39 Comments
    Small bird hovering by purple flowers

    Hummingbirds are among the hardest of birds to photograph, I find. So even though it’s not perfect I was happy to get this shot of one in Costa Rica last year.

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    White wall with a painting of the god Ganesh and a blue door

    Gallery: intriguingly incomparable India

    May 25, 2023
    Blue and turquoise mosaic

    Gallery: feeling the blues

    November 11, 2021
    Dark red flower

    Gallery: looking closely at Nepal

    January 6, 2023
  • CBWC,  Monochrome Madness,  Norway,  Photographic techniques,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: seeing Norway in black and white

    June 23, 2023 / 36 Comments
    Sculpture of a dachshund dog by the water's edge

    Welcome to the ‘strange’ world of northern Norway, where June feels more like January in London and where the photographic rewards are great if you’re happy to brave the chilly fingers needed to press the shutter!

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    Looking down at a curved spiral staircase

    Gallery: staring up at the steps

    May 19, 2023
    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 2022
    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021
  • CMMC,  Rajasthan,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: intriguingly incomparable India

    May 25, 2023 / 57 Comments
    White wall with a painting of the god Ganesh and a blue door

    Picture India, and you are quite likely picturing Rajasthan. A land of ruined fortresses and long-abandoned palaces whose stones speak evocatively of past maharajas. A desert land where rural life is tough and little-changed over the centuries, yet vibrant and full of colour. A land whose people know how to celebrate and how to welcome strangers.

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    Blue and turquoise mosaic

    Gallery: feeling the blues

    November 11, 2021
    Small bird hovering by purple flowers

    Gallery: searching for M and M

    July 29, 2023
    Dark red flower

    Gallery: looking closely at Nepal

    January 6, 2023
  • Architecture,  CBWC,  Monochrome Madness,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: staring up at the steps

    May 19, 2023 / 56 Comments
    Looking down at a curved spiral staircase

    There have been many times when travelling that I’ve stared up at some steps. I’m not the best at climbing stairs, but the incentives to do so are often great. A wonderful view, an interesting building, a slice of history … Any of these is likely to entice me to climb.

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    Street of traditional Japanese houses

    Gallery: the merchant houses of Takayama

    September 23, 2020
    Large adobe church with white doors and crosses on towers

    Around the world in ten photos: day six

    December 22, 2020
    Man having his shoes shined

    Exploring the sights of downtown Medellín

    April 4, 2023
  • 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
    White wall with a painting of the god Ganesh and a blue door

    Gallery: intriguingly incomparable India

    May 25, 2023
    Small bird hovering by purple flowers

    Gallery: searching for M and M

    July 29, 2023
  • 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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    Giraffe eating

    Giraffe Manor: getting up close and personal

    January 11, 2021
    Badger emerging from behind a tree

    Video: more cuteness overload

    September 15, 2023
    Two elephants in long grass

    Gallery: the animals went in two by two …           

    June 7, 2022
  • 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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    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
    Black and white silhouetted figures in front of an ornate domed building

    Gallery: capturing photographers in black and white

    March 30, 2022
    Black and white photo of sea stacks

    Gallery: reflecting on black and white

    July 24, 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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    Child playing on an otherwise empty beach

    Gallery: seeing the English coast in black and white

    August 24, 2023
    Black and white silhouetted figures in front of an ornate domed building

    Gallery: capturing photographers in black and white

    March 30, 2022
    Sculpture of a dachshund dog by the water's edge

    Gallery: seeing Norway in black and white

    June 23, 2023
  • 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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    Large brick building with pools and low hedges in front

    Gallery: converging lines and the vanishing point

    October 15, 2021
    Forest in the mist

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022
    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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