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  • Home
  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • 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
          • 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
    • Contact me
    • ‘Always Write’ interview
    • My love of travel
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  • 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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    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 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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    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022
    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022
    Black and white silhouetted figures in front of an ornate domed building

    Gallery: capturing photographers in black and white

    March 30, 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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    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
    Black and white photo of sea stacks

    Gallery: reflecting on black and white

    July 24, 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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    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022
    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
    Black and white photo of a sculpture of horses and a woman in classical robes

    Gallery: centred in monochrome

    July 10, 2022
  • CBWC,  Lens-Artists,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Thursday Doors

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022 / 55 Comments
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    When I started blogging almost eighteen months ago I had no idea that the blogosphere was full of challenges, and it took me some time to discover them. Once I did, I was hooked, and especially on photo challenges.

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    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022
  • CBWC,  Nature and wildlife,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021 / 44 Comments
    Black and white photo of two zebras

    You can’t get much more black and white than a zebra! But actually many animals look good in monochrome. I’ve had a go at editing some of my favourite wildlife shots – mammals, reptiles and birds – with my favourite software. Let me know which versions you prefer, colour or black and white?

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    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022
    Black and white photo of a sculpture of horses and a woman in classical robes

    Gallery: centred in monochrome

    July 10, 2022
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022
  • CBWC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Two baby baboons playing

    One possible twist to the usual alternatives of colour or black and white is the use of selective colour. This can look quite gimmicky, so I prefer to keep the colours muted to tone in better with the grey shades.

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    Black and white photo of sea stacks

    Gallery: reflecting on black and white

    July 24, 2021
    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 2022
  • CBWC,  India,  People,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    If you enjoy candid photography there is no better country to visit, perhaps, than India. I have never been anywhere else where people are so comfortable to be photographed and that is its one downside, as they can be too eager to pose as soon as they see your camera. However, a posed photo can be as effective as a candid shot if you are photographing people within the setting of their workplace.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Black and white photo of sea stacks

    Gallery: reflecting on black and white

    July 24, 2021
    Sepia photo of motorbike riders by a cliff

    Gallery: of vintage wheels and shiny steel

    April 22, 2022
    Black and white silhouetted figures in front of an ornate domed building

    Gallery: capturing photographers in black and white

    March 30, 2022
  • CBWC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: reflecting on black and white

    July 24, 2021 / 29 Comments
    Black and white photo of sea stacks

    In nature still water provides the best reflections. So most of the photos I have selected for this post are of reflections in water – but not all of them.

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    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021
    Black and white photo of two zebras

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021
    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022

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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

Some topics I’ve touched on

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