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        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
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          • Washington State
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        • DPRK
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          • 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
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
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  • Photo galleries
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  • Challenges
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        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
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  • Architecture,  Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: tiles, tiles and yet more tiles!

    April 30, 2022 / 42 Comments
    Blue tiles with religious painting

    I doubt you can walk more than ten metres through a traditional Portuguese town and not spot a ceramic tile or several! The unique craft of azulejos portugueses is an unmistakable feature of these lovely old houses. And just as you can’t walk far without seeing them, I find it impossible to walk any distance without photographing some!

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    Row of old shops and cafes

    A stroll around Las Vegas

    October 19, 2021
    Street of traditional Japanese houses

    Gallery: the merchant houses of Takayama

    September 23, 2020
    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020
  • Architecture,  Flowers,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022 / 37 Comments
    Two white bell towers

    I couldn’t go to the Faro area and not meet up with blogging friend Restless Jo, could I? Or perhaps I could! We planned to meet, naturally, but on the day fate intervened and our coffee date had to be … not cancelled, I hope, but certainly indefinitely postponed.

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    Mountain road with car on verge

    Following the High Road to Taos

    February 14, 2021
    Red sandstone palace buildings and pool

    ‘He keepeth a great court’: Fatehpur Sikri

    March 26, 2021
    Several bridges over a river

    Newcastle: a city and its river

    February 18, 2021
  • Friendly Friday

    Travelling through the pages of books

    April 27, 2022 / 40 Comments
    Shelf of travel guide books

    Perhaps the next best thing to travelling is reading about travelling. Whether travelling through the pages of books, browsing internet travel sites, or reading travel blog posts; armchair travelling is a pleasure in itself.

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    Banner with photo of a man in Arab dress

    Friendly Friday: meet some amazing guides

    November 19, 2021
    Blue glacier edge

    Travel dreams

    October 16, 2020
    Rock formation with arch and pinnacle

    Video: big skies and red rock country

    May 29, 2021
  • Flowers,  Photographic techniques,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022 / 41 Comments
    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Of course spring flowers are glorious in their own right. We love to see them both for their beauty and because they herald summer days to come. But I’ve shared so many in the past. So when Terri asked to see some fabulous seasonal florals I wanted to do something different.

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    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
    Pink blossom

    Gallery: April in Ealing

    April 11, 2021
    Black and white photo of a single magnolia flower

    Gallery: spring sunshine, but in monochrome?

    March 21, 2022
  • Lens-Artists,  Street photography,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: shots to make you smile (I hope)

    April 25, 2022 / 42 Comments
    Seagull on a pay for parking sign

    We could all use a laugh from time to time, and maybe more than ever over the last few years. It seems to be part of human nature to look for humour in the darkest times.

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    Black and white photo of a man on a park bench eating

    Gallery: favourite people photos of 2021

    January 5, 2022
    Colourful paper lanterns at night

    Gallery: let there be light

    September 21, 2021
    Black and white photo of a model village

    My photography journey: more than fifty years of images

    February 1, 2021
  • Art,  Photographing Public Art,  Portugal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a wartime farewell in Tavira

    April 23, 2022 / 40 Comments
    Sculpture of a soldier in uniform waving

    When we visited Tavira for the day from our weekend base in Faro, I couldn’t help noticing the life-size statue of a soldier outside the station. He holds his kit bag in his right hand while his left is raised in farewell.

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    Very large green snail sculpture

    Gallery: giant snails invading Riga!

    November 12, 2021

    Gallery: encountering elephants in London parks

    July 6, 2021
    Metal duck's mouth with water spouting

    Gallery: fountains from around the world

    January 29, 2022
  • 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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    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022
    Black and white photo of sea stacks

    Gallery: reflecting on black and white

    July 24, 2021
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022
  • Themed galleries,  Thursday Trios

    Gallery: three lamps lighting the way

    April 21, 2022 / 28 Comments
    Black wrought iron lamppost with three lights

    I always enjoy photographing beautiful street lamps, so for Thursday Trios this week I had a trawl through my archives to find some in groups of three. While I was about it I discovered some other lighting threesomes too. So here’s small gallery of lamp trios, indoors and out.

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    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

    Gallery: a Grey Heron at Osterley Park (and friends)

    July 4, 2021
    Sculpture of a man seated on a bench with a magnifying glass superimposed

    Gallery: getting closer and closer

    March 13, 2022
    Pink blossom

    Gallery: April in Ealing

    April 11, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022 / 56 Comments
    Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers

    One of the delights of a spring break somewhere a little warmer than home is of course to get out and enjoy the sunshine. And if you can do so by the sea, so much the better. I’m not one for lying baking on a tropical beach; I can’t take the heat and I get easily bored. But I love the sea: the sound of waves on the shore, the fresh sea air.

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    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022
    Large tree trunks on a beach and foggy offshore islets

    Around the world in ten photos: day one

    December 17, 2020
    Old boat and rail track on a shingle beach

    Gallery: at the edge of England

    November 11, 2020
  • Colour,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: expressions of a single colour

    April 17, 2022 / 38 Comments
    Turquoise sea with light and shaded areas

    Photography is of course all about colour. Even black and white photos are rarely just that but are all tones of grey. And good colour photography relies on the judicious combination of different shades, whether complementary or clashing or somewhere in between.

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    Detail of traditional Chinese roof with small ornamental figures

    Gallery: never jaded by jade

    March 14, 2022
    Bright red berries

    Gallery: the colours of the season

    December 16, 2021
    Very large green snail sculpture

    Gallery: giant snails invading Riga!

    November 12, 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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