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        • Guatemala
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          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • 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
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      • Culture & tradition
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        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
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  • Architecture,  Themed galleries,  Thursday Trios

    Gallery: building in threes

    May 13, 2022 / 21 Comments
    Three large highly decorated buildings around a central square

    According to Sherlock Holmes, 'There must be something comforting about three. People always give up after three.' Hopefully this isn’t true of architects and builders; we would all be very short of homes, schools, offices, etc. etc. if they were to give up after three!

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    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
    Modern buildings and cathedral dome in dull weather

    Gallery: favourite city life photos of 2021

    January 2, 2022
    Colourful paper lanterns at night

    Gallery: let there be light

    September 21, 2021
  • 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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    View of a city with river and modern architecture

    The astounding architecture of Pyongyang

    November 7, 2021
    Stone church and blue sky

    The wonders of Bulgaria’s Bachkovo Monastery

    February 10, 2022
    View of New York City

    On the Top of the Rock – twice!

    November 13, 2020
  • 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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    Detail of ornate tiled frieze

    Finding geometry in the buildings of Marrakesh

    July 27, 2021
    View of New York City

    On the Top of the Rock – twice!

    November 13, 2020
    Stone church and blue sky

    The wonders of Bulgaria’s Bachkovo Monastery

    February 10, 2022
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: ceilings and floors (and pavements and more)

    September 7, 2021 / 43 Comments
    Ornate painted ceiling

    I wonder which way you usually point your camera? I’m guessing that most of the time, like me, you point it forwards. Maybe you tilt up for a tall building or tree, or downwards to capture a plant or small animal. But what if we were to point it directly upwards or downwards? What would we see?

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    Row of elegant buildings in cream, blue and white

    Gallery: the Art Nouveau gems of Riga

    August 20, 2021
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022
    Ornate marble pillars holding up carved ceilings

    Chaumukha Mandir, the four-faced temple of Ranakpur

    March 1, 2021
  • Lens-Artists,  London,  Street photography,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: welcome to my wonderful world

    June 20, 2021 / 35 Comments
    People sitting on a bench looking at a city view

    I love to travel and see other lands; I love to spend time in the country, time by the sea, time among mountains or deserts. But I am a city girl. I was born in London and this is where I belong.

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    Large Star Wars Storm Trooper figures wearing masks

    Gallery: finding interest in the everyday

    January 16, 2022
    Bridge and rainbow from the air

    Gallery: Victoria Falls – what a treat

    October 27, 2020
    Black and white photo of a man on a park bench eating

    Gallery: favourite people photos of 2021

    January 5, 2022
  • Cape Verde,  CFFC,  Dark tourism,  Ruins

    Campo da Morte Lenta: Camp of the Slow Death

    March 31, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Looking down on faded yellow-painted buildings

    On the southern outskirts of the small fishing town of Tarrafel on Santiago, one of the Cape Verde Islands, is a haunting sight. Now a museum, this former concentration camp, also known as Campo da Morte Lenta, commemorates a darker time for the islands, under Portuguese rule.

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    Lady in bright carnival costume

    Carnival parade in Praia, Cape Verde

    January 18, 2021
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: seeking geometry in architecture

    March 28, 2021 / 32 Comments
    Black and white photo of white building

    Architecture could be said to have begun with geometry. Since earliest times, builders have imitated natural forms, such as circles. Pattern can be found everywhere in nature, and nature knows what it is doing; geometrical shapes are not only pleasing to the eye, they provide strength.

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    Large building with green oriental roof

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021
    Three large highly decorated buildings around a central square

    Gallery: building in threes

    May 13, 2022
    Part of a cathedral with blue skies

    Catedral de Santa María de la Sede: Seville’s cathedral

    January 15, 2022
  • Street photography,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries,  Vietnam

    Gallery: a walk on the streets of old Hanoi

    December 10, 2020 / 19 Comments
    Two women washing dishes outside their house

    In the Old Quarter of Hanoi life is lived on the street. Meals are cooked and eaten, food and other goods sold, games played by young and old alike. Shops spill out on to pavements, while rickshaws, cyclo-rickshaws, bicycles, scooters and motorbikes all weave amongst the shoppers and strolling tourists.

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    Man walking past wall with mural

    Focus on the subject: Street photography

    November 2, 2020
    Entrance to a white building on a pier

    Gallery: a walk along Brighton’s prom and pier

    October 26, 2021
    Washing drying outside a simple home on a dirt street

    Gallery: a stroll through a Kerala village

    January 18, 2022
  • Architecture,  Estonia,  Thursday Doors,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the doors of Tallinn

    October 24, 2020 / 25 Comments
    Ornate door and building

    What is it that makes so many doors and windows beg to be photographed? Is it that they intrigue us by hinting at what might lie beyond, if we were to open them? Or more simply, that they provide decoration and interest to what would otherwise be blank walls?

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    White painted cathedral

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021
    River view with modern city buildings

    Gallery: city living in London

    February 15, 2021
    Red crumbling ruins

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

    August 12, 2021
  • Architecture,  History,  Japan,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the merchant houses of Takayama

    September 23, 2020 / 9 Comments
    Street of traditional Japanese houses

    There was something special about Takayama. I could feel it in the air as soon as I stepped off the train – crisp, fresh mountain air, so refreshing after the heat of Kyoto.

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    Half-timbered building seen above a hedge

    A misty morning visit to Stokesay Castle

    July 14, 2021
    View of New York City

    On the Top of the Rock – twice!

    November 13, 2020
    Ornate door and building

    Gallery: the doors of Tallinn

    October 24, 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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