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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
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    • Europe
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        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
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      • Latvia
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      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
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      • Africa
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        • 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
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      • Ten photos
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  • London,  Squares,  Street photography

    Gallery: odd (square) corners of London

    February 4, 2022 / 33 Comments
    Signpost with this way, that way and no way

    If you have lived in a city for a long while, maybe all your life, you find yourself photographing its sights less and less, however lovely there may be. Do I really need another photo of the Tower of London? Of St Paul’s Cathedral? Of the river Thames?

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    Three tiny multi-coloured paintings on ridged metal surface

    Gallery: the Chewing Gum Man

    August 13, 2021

    Gallery: Snow in Ealing 2021

    January 29, 2021
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
  • Architecture,  Guatemala,  Ruins,  Squares

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021 / 35 Comments
    White painted cathedral

    Antigua, or Antigua Guatemala to give it its full name, is a city shaped by the movement of the earth on which it stands. It was founded in 1543 and despite the ravages of several earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, it was for over 200 years the capital and economic centre of the whole Kingdom of Guatemala. This was a significant country, covering what today we know as southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

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    Statue of two soldiers shaking hands

    Gallery: favourite miscellaneous photos of 2021

    January 7, 2022
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022
    Red crumbling ruins

    ‘Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’

    August 12, 2021
  • DPRK,  History,  Squares

    A rare glimpse of history in North Korea

    October 14, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Grassy mounds with stone sheep

    Once upon a time a king consulted geomancers to find the best place to locate the tomb of his beloved wife. The first one he asked recommended a place that, when he went to inspect it, seemed to him very inappropriate. So when he went to look at the suggestion of the second geomancer he was wary. He told officers in his revenue that he would climb the mountain alone to check it out. If they saw him wave his white handkerchief it would mean that he was displeased with…

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    Huge statues of young women holding a stone map above an empty road

    The Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification

    September 18, 2021
    Large modern Oriental style building surrounded by trees

    International friendships in North Korea

    June 30, 2022
    Large group of dancers in traditional Korean green dress

    Gallery: dancing on the streets of Pyongyang

    November 28, 2020
  • Cambodia,  Ruins,  Squares,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Ta Prohm, Angkor’s Royal Monastery

    October 7, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Stone ruin surrounded by trees

    In a clearing in the jungles of Angkor the Buddhist king King Jayavarman VII built a monastery, Rajavihara, meaning ‘Royal Monastery’. We know it today as Ta Prohm. Here lived more than 12,500 people, including 18 high priests and 615 dancers. The temple was wealthy, amassing riches such as gold, pearls and silks.

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    Red lantern, blue wall, green shutters

    2020: my (pandemic) year in review

    January 3, 2021
    White window shutter and green leaves

    Eating out with a conscience in Indochina

    April 17, 2021
    People walking by wide river lined with palm trees

    A Sunday evening by the Tonle Sap, Phnom Penh

    April 8, 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 a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    River shaded by tall trees

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022
    Row of impala drinking from a river

    Monochrome in colour: creating an impact

    November 1, 2020
  • Africa,  England,  Landscape,  Squares,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: lone trees in the landscape

    July 22, 2021 / 34 Comments
    Tree with dramatic sky

    'Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.' (Kahil Gebran) And if every tree is a poem, a tree that stands alone is perhaps a performance poem - a poem that is shouted to the heavens?

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    Busy African market

    Gallery: a morning at Serekunda Market

    January 27, 2021
    Two bright green birds in a dead tree

    Bird weekly #52: birds with long tail feathers

    June 18, 2021
    Yellow and green birds on a branch, black and white background

    Gallery: playing with a selective colour technique

    June 1, 2021
  • Mountains,  Squares,  Sunday Stills,  Washington State

    A day in the mountains: driving the North Cascades

    July 19, 2021 / 37 Comments
    Pine tree branch with out of focus mountains behind

    Highway 20, the North Cascades Highway, is recognised as one of the most scenic drives in the North West, possibly in the entire US. It is the only real road through this vast wilderness of mountains, glaciers and lakes which constitute the North Cascades National Park.

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    Road through mountains with snow and pine trees

    Gallery: on the road to the future?

    January 10, 2022
    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • England,  Nature and wildlife,  Squares,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: barking up the wrong tree?

    July 9, 2021 / 42 Comments
    Close up of peeling white bark

    Photographing a tree, a complete tree, can be a challenge. Stand back to get it all in the frame and perhaps other trees may block your view, or the drama of the tree’s size be lost within the bigger picture. Sometimes you can capture its strength best by stepping closer and focusing on the details.

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    Typical Swaledale landscape

    Gallery: the barns of Swaledale

    September 5, 2020
    Lake set among pine forests

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021
    Yellow stone cottage with roses growing around it

    Yes, I remember Adlestrop

    June 17, 2021
  • Japan,  Squares,  Street photography,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: on Tokyo’s lively Takeshita Dori

    April 7, 2021 / 35 Comments
    Colourful decorated archway

    The Tokyo district of Harajuku is known as a focal point for some of Japan's most extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles. And at its heart is Takeshita Dori, the perfect place to see Tokyo’s youth at play. This narrow street, little more than a lane, is lined with uber-trendy clothes shops interspersed with the kind of refreshment stops likely to appeal to its mainly teenage market.

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    Little boy and two little girls in Japanese costume

    Celebrating childhood at the shrines of Japan

    April 25, 2021
    School children in the Hiroshima Peace Park

    Finding peace in Hiroshima

    September 7, 2020
    Line of seated stone statues wearing red caps and bibs

    The Bake-Jizō of Kanmangafuchi Abyss

    February 16, 2021
  • Bulgaria,  Squares,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: looking for street art in Sofia

    April 2, 2021 / 42 Comments
    Mural of a girl's face

    Before I came to Bulgaria’s capital I was warned that Sofia was not an especially attractive city and had little to see. I soon found out how wrong that is. In recent years the city has tidied itself up and done a lot to highlight its history, especially its Roman antiquities.

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    Small church on a wooded mountainside

    Asen’s Fortress and the Church of the Holy Mother of God

    August 18, 2021
    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
    Mural of Barack Obama shaking hands with another man

    Gallery: Staro Zhelezare, another street art village

    March 24, 2021

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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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