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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
        • 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
        • 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
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      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
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  • Challenges
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      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Photography challenges
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      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Thursday Trios
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Just One Person
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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  • Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: finding interest in the everyday

    January 16, 2022 / 42 Comments
    Large Star Wars Storm Trooper figures wearing masks

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. Of course we all love to photograph a stunning landscape, an attractive old building, a beautiful flower or tree. But look carefully and you will find beauty in the most unexpected places. Or if not beauty, at the very least interest.

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    Looking up at a spiral staircase

    Gallery: monochrome curves

    March 20, 2022
    Cheetah head and shoulders

    With the beautiful Africat cheetahs in Namibia

    May 16, 2021
    Seagull on a pay for parking sign

    Gallery: shots to make you smile (I hope)

    April 25, 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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    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
    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: favourite miscellaneous photos of 2021

    January 7, 2022 / 17 Comments
    Statue of two soldiers shaking hands

    Maybe it’s the ex-librarian in me that drives me to put things into categories. But as a librarian I learned that some things fit into categories more easily than others! That was certainly true of my favourite photos from last year, and when I’d finished sorting them I was left with a set that didn’t neatly fit into a single theme.

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    View of New York City

    On the Top of the Rock – twice!

    November 13, 2020
    Church tower and old stone built gatehouse

    A city walk in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    May 31, 2022
    Closed sign on a shop door

    Gallery: when one door closes …

    June 20, 2022
  • Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: favourite detail photos of 2021

    January 6, 2022 / 29 Comments
    Close up of tan, green and white feathers

    Increasingly as a photographer I find myself drawn to the little things. Even the most ordinary of sights, the places we pass every day, can seem more interesting if we focus on the details. And when travelling somewhere new, picking out those details can add colour and texture to a record of our travels.

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    Statue of two soldiers shaking hands

    Gallery: favourite miscellaneous photos of 2021

    January 7, 2022
    Blue lake and distant mountains

    Gallery: I want to meet you in the big sky country

    February 27, 2022
    Seagull on a pay for parking sign

    Gallery: shots to make you smile (I hope)

    April 25, 2022
  • Lens-Artists,  Street photography,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: favourite people photos of 2021

    January 5, 2022 / 51 Comments
    Black and white photo of a man on a park bench eating

    Whether close to home or travelling further afield, one of my favourite subjects for photography is always the people I see. I recognise that some have concerns about candid street photography, and I understand those. But to me these photos of people living out their daily lives tell you so much about a place. On city streets or elsewhere, it’s the people that bring a place to life.

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    Large mural of orangutan with a baby

    Gallery: the colourful street art of Brighton

    October 17, 2021
    Old postcard of bombed town

    Postcards from a time of war

    August 2, 2021
    Ornate painted ceiling

    Gallery: ceilings and floors (and pavements and more)

    September 7, 2021
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: favourite city life photos of 2021

    January 2, 2022 / 46 Comments
    Modern buildings and cathedral dome in dull weather

    My travels may have been somewhat curtailed in 2021 but I did manage to visit two beautiful cities abroad. One, Paris, is well known to me (this was my seventh visit, I think), while the other, Seville, was new. They proved a rich source of photos, as did my home city of London.

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    Looking up at a white stone church with several domes

    Le Sacré Coeur de Paris

    April 10, 2022
    Empty airport seating area

    Gallery: Wonsan Kalma International Airport sits deserted

    May 7, 2021
    Sculpture of a cat on a roof

    Gallery: meet the many cats of Riga

    September 25, 2021
  • Landscape,  Lens-Artists,  Nature and wildlife,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: favourite nature and landscape photos of 2021

    January 1, 2022 / 57 Comments
    Yellow dahlia with raindrops on the petals

    One of the many things I find difficult about photography is self-appraisal. Choosing my BEST images is often a challenge; but ask me to choose my favourites and the task becomes a little easier … but only a little!

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    Rock face with small caves and bushes

    In the footsteps of the Anasazi: Tsankawi

    May 3, 2022
    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

    Learning to dance in the rain: Iceland’s Golden Circle

    October 23, 2021
    Savannah landscape under blue sky

    A walk on Palm Island: hippos, hogs and crocs

    May 4, 2021
  • Guatemala,  Landscape,  Lens-Artists,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the serenity of dawn on Lake Atitlàn

    December 19, 2021 / 38 Comments
    Man in small boat and a distant volcano

    Early morning by Lake Atitlàn. A lone fisherman drifts past, checking his lines. Volcanoes dot the horizon. In the distance a small motorboat speeds past; empty now but likely to be full of passengers when the lake’s ferry services start up soon. The jetties too are quiet, waiting for the lakeside villages to wake up.

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    White painted cathedral

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021
    Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake

    Around the world in ten photos: day five

    December 21, 2020
    Small town beneath a forested hillside

    Meeting Maximón, the idol of Santiago Atitlàn

    December 13, 2020
  • Culture & tradition,  DPRK,  Lens-Artists

    The Land of the People

    December 13, 2021 / 21 Comments
    Performers in a stadium with a backdrop image of Kim Jong Un

    Imagine an Olympic Games Opening Ceremony; full of spectacle and colour, involving tens of thousands of performers. Add a good dollop of political propaganda and unashamed messaging. Throw in hundreds of well-drilled cute children, all eager to please. Imagine too that this ceremony takes place every single night for several months. Now you have just a small idea of the scale of the North Korean phenomenon known colloquially as the Mass Games.

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    Lady in traditional Bedouin dress

    Lunch with a Bedouin family in Oman

    May 5, 2021
    Man frying insects at a food stall

    Exploring the street food of Phnom Penh

    April 3, 2021
    Golden temple reflected in a lake

    Exploring the temple gardens of Kyoto

    May 9, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Friendly Friday,  Lens-Artists,  London

    Celebrating Christmas in London and (a little way) beyond

    December 6, 2021 / 75 Comments
    Large illuminated reindeer model

    Although we love to travel, we have always spent Christmas at home in England. Not for us the snowy ski slopes of the Alps, or the tropical shores of the Caribbean or Far East. Tempting as the latter sound, we save trips to warmer climes for February, when the long chilly season is really dragging. Christmas is a time for the comforts of home, and for family.

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    Small tree with pueblo houses behind

    Taos Pueblo: home of the Red Willow People

    February 9, 2021
    Print with blue mountains

    Dust collectors? Or precious memories?

    January 23, 2021
    Looking over an Italian hill town

    The Palio della Balestra in Gubbio: a centuries-old tradition

    November 26, 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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