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        • Paris
      • Germany
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      • Spain
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      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
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      • 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
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    • Art
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      • War
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      • Birds
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        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
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      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
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      • The Changing Seasons
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
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    • General challenges
      • Happy Place Happy Space
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      • Words of Wisdom
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  • Architecture,  History,  Lens-Artists,  Monday walks,  Paris,  Street photography

    A stroll through more of the Marais

    September 18, 2023 / 57 Comments
    Fountain in a small park with elegant houses around

    The Place des Vosges must be one of the most beautiful corners of this beautiful city. Like the Place Dauphine it owes its existence to the city planning ambitions of Henri IV. It was laid out as an elegant residential square where the upper echelons of Parisian society could live and socialise. Much has changed since then, not least due to the Revolution, but it remains as elegant as ever.

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    Statue of two soldiers shaking hands

    Gallery: favourite miscellaneous photos of 2021

    January 7, 2022
    Ornate marble pillars holding up carved ceilings

    Chaumukha Mandir, the four-faced temple of Ranakpur

    March 1, 2021
    Elegant stone buildings and a large church with a lawn

    A visit to King’s College Chapel, Cambridge

    July 21, 2022
  • Monday walks,  Paris,  Street photography

    Welcome back to Paris

    September 12, 2023 / 64 Comments
    Man reading a book on a stone wall by a river and bridge

    When you first arrive in a new city, you can’t wait to get out and explore. There are new sights to be seen, new experiences to be had. But if it’s somewhere you’ve visited many times before there isn’t that urgency. New sights can wait for tomorrow. Today, on arrival, your desire is rather to reconnect, to regain that sense of feeling at home. And for me, in Paris, that means a walk by the Seine.

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    Rocky foreshore and distant cliffs

    Gallery: not just any day!

    November 1, 2021
    Rocks and waves seen from a beach

    Corcovado: a walk in a rainforest

    February 21, 2022
    Balconies with Comuna 13 in large colourful letters

    Finding peace in Medellín

    March 6, 2023
  • Colombia,  Culture & tradition,  Street photography

    The palenqueras of Cartagena de Indias

    August 31, 2023 / 54 Comments
    Colourfully dressed women on a pavement

    You won’t have to walk far in Cartagena’s old town before spotting one or more of these colourfully dressed women. They stand on street corners, bowls of tropical fruit ready to balance on their heads for any tourist willing to tip them a dollar or two. And most visitors will feel it is worth that tip to get a photo of such an iconic sight.

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    Engraved gold band

    A postcard from Colombia: finding gold

    February 6, 2023
    Man having his shoes shined

    Exploring the sights of downtown Medellín

    April 4, 2023
    Face of a sloth among large leaves

    A postcard from Colombia: a three-toed sloth in a city park

    February 17, 2023
  • Colour,  Culture & tradition,  Laos,  One Word Sunday

    Tak Bat in Luang Prabang

    August 27, 2023 / 43 Comments
    Monks in orange robes seated on the floor

    The traditional ceremony of Tak Bat, or almsgiving, isn't unique to Laos, or even to Luang Prabang, but has become particularly associated with this town because of the sheer number of temples in a concentrated space. Every morning the monks leave the temples to walk the streets, carrying a pot in which local people place food, usually sticky rice. In this way the monks have food to eat, and the people receive good karma and blessings in return for their giving.

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    Pink flowers half-silhouetted against a pink sky

    Gallery: looking on the pink side

    October 18, 2021
    Colourful paper lanterns at night

    Gallery: let there be light

    September 21, 2021
    Cobbled street of colourful houses

    Gallery: Guatapé, town of the zócalos

    April 11, 2023
  • Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Street photography,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: faces in the crowd

    August 22, 2023 / 65 Comments
    Group of of people climbing steps, one looking back

    With 7.888 billion people in our world it shouldn’t be hard to find someone interesting to photograph. Yet, among so many, how do we find the ones that stand out from the crowd? Which are the faces that speak to us? Which seem to tell a story that can be captured in a single shot? Perhaps it’s their clothing, their expression or what they are doing?

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    Blue lake and distant mountains

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

    February 27, 2022
    Silhouette of a flower

    Gallery: textures of Nepal in monochrome

    November 21, 2022
    Scruffy looking shop in wood

    Our Land of Enchantment: the scenic byways of New Mexico

    July 25, 2021
  • DPRK,  People

    Songdowon International Schoolchildren’s Camp

    August 12, 2023 / 33 Comments
    Boys and girls in white shirts and red ties sitting on steps

    On the same day that we visited the Kosan Fruit Farm near Wonsan we were also taken to this children’s holiday camp on the outskirts of the town. And while, like the apple farm, that might not sound especially worth visiting, it was, like many places in North Korea, unexpectedly interesting.

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    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022
    Buddhist monk

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021
    Memorials separated with low green hedges and city view beyond

    Commemorating the fallen: the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery in Pyongyang

    February 10, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Landscape,  Norway

    A brief look at the Lofoten Islands

    August 4, 2023 / 42 Comments
    Inlet in the sea with snow and wooden hut

    I had heard a lot about the stunning landscapes of the Lofoten Islands. They promised dramatic mountains, pretty fishing villages and a beautiful coastline. So when an evening excursion to see a little of the islands was offered on the Hurtigruten ship, I was quick to sign up.

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    Exterior of brick mosque with dome and minaret

    The Square of Religious Tolerance in Sofia

    April 6, 2021
    Little girl in red skirt playing piano

    Spending time with the children of Chongjin

    March 25, 2021
    Blacksmith crouching

    A village blacksmith in the Lao highlands

    March 10, 2021
  • Lens-Artists,  People,  Travel in general

    Breaking boundaries while travelling

    July 25, 2023 / 68 Comments
    Man tossing insects in a frying pan

    Jane Austen is one of my very favourite authors and I couldn’t agree more with her remark that, 'If adventures do not befall a lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad'.

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    Manipulated photo of cornflowers and moon

    Gallery: playing around with effects from Enlight

    November 29, 2020
    Bee on a yellow flower

    Gallery: it’s all in the details

    May 2, 2021
    Road through a mountain pass

    Gallery: the roads I take

    March 12, 2023
  • One Word Sunday,  Street photography,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: two by two

    July 9, 2023 / 40 Comments
    Girl in traditional Chinese dress and another mixing traditional and modern

    When Ansel Adams said that, 'There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer' he was of course talking about shots of individuals, but the maxim applies too if there is more than one person in your image. How you choose to portray them defines how the viewer will see them.

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    Blue and green wooden doors

    Gallery: the doors of Nepal

    January 23, 2023
    Shiny blue motorbike

    Gallery: the wheel turns and turns

    March 19, 2023
    Conical piles of coloured powders in front of striped fabrics

    Gallery: using triangles in photography

    August 13, 2023
  • Culture & tradition,  History,  Lens-Artists,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: kitchens in time and place

    July 4, 2023 / 56 Comments
    Bright yellow gourds on a wooden bench

    A kitchen can tell you a lot about a home. Whether it’s a basic one in a simple home or a much more elaborate one in a grand mansion, the kitchen will reflect not only the physical nature of the house but also the lives of the people who live or lived there.

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    Lady in bright carnival costume

    Carnival parade in Praia, Cape Verde

    January 18, 2021
    Small town beneath a forested hillside

    Meeting Maximón, the idol of Santiago Atitlàn

    December 13, 2020
    Group of ladies in pink saris

    Gallery: La Vie en Rose in Rajasthan

    June 14, 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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