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          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
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    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
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  • 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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    Two flamingos feeding

    Gallery: reflecting on birds

    March 27, 2021
    Large building with green oriental roof

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 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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    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Large brick building with pools and low hedges in front

    Gallery: converging lines and the vanishing point

    October 15, 2021
    Row of impala drinking from a river

    Monochrome in colour: creating an impact

    November 1, 2020
  • Birds,  CFFC,  Costa Rica

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022 / 40 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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    Blue lake with flamingos feeding

    Around the world in ten photos: day two

    December 18, 2020
    Bird with yellow breast on a bare branch

    Gallery: Great Tit three ways

    April 5, 2022
    Hairy animal holding a tree trunk

    The oddities of sloths

    March 6, 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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    Sun rising above a tree

    Gallery: our fire returns

    April 7, 2022
    Large building with green oriental roof

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021
    Looking down on faded yellow-painted buildings

    Campo da Morte Lenta: Camp of the Slow Death

    March 31, 2021
  • CFFC,  Colour,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the colours of the season

    December 16, 2021 / 38 Comments
    Bright red berries

    Red and green should never be seen without a colour in between. Whoever coined that old phrase clearly didn’t have Christmas in mind. Surely there are no two more seasonal colours than red and green?

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    Close up of a green leaf

    Gallery: Seeking patterns in nature

    January 20, 2021
    Sign on boarded-up window

    Gallery: London, off the beaten track (urban erosion)

    January 17, 2021
    Row of impala drinking from a river

    Monochrome in colour: creating an impact

    November 1, 2020
  • Architecture,  CFFC,  Culture & tradition,  DPRK

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Large building with green oriental roof

    Nearly all the great buildings and monuments of Pyongyang were built to mark a significant event linked to the Great Leaders, usually a birthday; and Kim Il Sung was especially fortunate on his 70th to be honoured with three such gifts. This special event was marked with a grand library, a triumphal arch and a tower.

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    Yellow Victorian house

    Gallery: the Painted Ladies of Cape May

    October 10, 2020
    Sign on boarded-up window

    Gallery: London, off the beaten track (urban erosion)

    January 17, 2021
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022
  • CFFC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a tangled web

    October 22, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Skeins of silk in autumnal colours

    I am always on the look out for interesting details to capture with my camera. I find it fascinating when the everyday can be made to look beautiful or remarkable when only a small part is picked out by my lens.

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    Forest in the mist

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022
    Sculpture of a bronze wheel decorated with figures, buildings etc

    Gallery: turning wheels and circles from my past

    October 5, 2021
    Large building with green oriental roof

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021
  • CFFC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: converging lines and the vanishing point

    October 15, 2021 / 14 Comments
    Large brick building with pools and low hedges in front

    The number one rule of perspective is that lines that are parallel to each other appear to converge to the same point in the distance. This point is known as the vanishing point.

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    Sun rising above a tree

    Gallery: our fire returns

    April 7, 2022
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Looking down on faded yellow-painted buildings

    Campo da Morte Lenta: Camp of the Slow Death

    March 31, 2021
  • Architecture,  CFFC,  Lens-Artists,  London,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021 / 32 Comments
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Sometimes (often?) photography is more about serendipity than anything else. A purposeful photo outing is enjoyable of course, and often reaps great rewards; but arguably we derive the most pleasure from finding an unexpected subject for our lens just by chance? I visited a London gallery that I hadn’t been to before. The exhibition was not especially inspiring, but I fell in love with the gallery's spiral staircase. Or perhaps more accurately, I fell in love with the photographic possibilities it presented.

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    Ceramic tiles with blue border and brown lion and castle

    A visit to the Real Alcázar of Seville

    December 29, 2021
    Buddhist monk

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021
    Mountain road with car on verge

    Following the High Road to Taos

    February 14, 2021
  • CFFC,  Squares,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: turning wheels and circles from my past

    October 5, 2021 / 15 Comments
    Sculpture of a bronze wheel decorated with figures, buildings etc

    I’m coming late to Cee’s shapes challenge this week, Circles and Wheels, but I couldn’t resist joining in as I love to look for shapes in my photography. I’ve trawled through the archives of photos taken at home and abroad, and found what I hope is an interesting mix!

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    Looking down on faded yellow-painted buildings

    Campo da Morte Lenta: Camp of the Slow Death

    March 31, 2021
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Row of impala drinking from a river

    Monochrome in colour: creating an impact

    November 1, 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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