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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
        • Colombia
        • 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
        • Nepal
        • 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
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Trios
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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africa animals architecture art birds black_&_white bulgaria cambodia cffc chile churches cities colombia colour costa_rica dprk ealing england flowers france friendlyfriday Friendly_Friday history india just_one_person_from_around_the_world landscape lens-artists Lens_Artists_Challenge london Monday_Walks nepal new_mexico north_korea paris people photography photo_effects PPAC ruins Street_Art Street_Photography Sunday_Stills usa village wildlife
  • Animals,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the animals went in two by two …           

    June 7, 2022 / 52 Comments
    Two elephants in long grass

    The animals went in two by two. And three, and four, and five, and more.

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    Large yellow reptile looking at camera

    Spotting wildlife in the Galápagos Islands

    January 23, 2022
    Face of a sloth among large leaves

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

    February 17, 2023
    Landscape with trees and escarpments

    Tiger, Tiger, burning bright …

    November 8, 2021
  • Animals,  Galapagos Islands,  Lens-Artists,  Sunday Stills

    Spotting wildlife in the Galápagos Islands

    January 23, 2022 / 59 Comments
    Large yellow reptile looking at camera

    For many years I wanted to visit the Galápagos: to walk on these remote islands where unique species thrive, where Darwin first developed the ideas that would change our understanding of nature, and where animals have never learned to fear humankind. In 2012 I realised my dream; and fortunately, it more than lived up to my expectations!

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    Cheetah head and shoulders

    With the beautiful Africat cheetahs in Namibia

    May 16, 2021
    Elephant calf drinking

    Meet the orphaned elephants being rescued in Nairobi

    May 15, 2021
    Three lion cubs

    Gallery: emerging into life

    April 12, 2021
  • CBWC,  Nature and wildlife,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: seeing animals in black and white

    December 23, 2021 / 44 Comments
    Black and white photo of two zebras

    You can’t get much more black and white than a zebra! But actually many animals look good in monochrome. I’ve had a go at editing some of my favourite wildlife shots – mammals, reptiles and birds – with my favourite software. Let me know which versions you prefer, colour or black and white?

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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 man with rickshaw

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021
    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
  • Antarctica,  Galapagos Islands,  Germany,  Sunday Stills

    The thoughts of a very occasional cruiser

    August 31, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Bow of ship sailing towards snowy coastline

    I am very much inclined to agree with Ratty that there is half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. And whenever I spot an opportunity while travelling to take to the water, I am eager to set sail. A whale-watching trip; a cruise around a harbour; an afternoon on a city’s river. Count me in for any of those!

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  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  England,  Galapagos Islands,  Themed galleries,  Washington State

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

    July 4, 2021 / 10 Comments
    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

    The elegant Georgian house at Osterley Park was once home to the wealthy banking family, the Childs. Queen Elizabeth I visited the manor house that once stood on this site, and the present house, designed by Robert Adam, has seen many other wealthy and important visitors over the years. The view of the house from the far side of the large lake is particularly pretty, even on the November day when we last visited.

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    Young Herring Gull with roof tops in background

    Gallery: meet Steven the Seagull and some friends

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

    Bird weekly #52: birds with long tail feathers

    June 18, 2021
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: meet Steven the Seagull and some friends

    May 27, 2021 / 23 Comments
    Young Herring Gull with roof tops in background

    Not many gulls are as famous as Steven. Said to be Estonia’s most photographed seagull, he lives in Tallinn and is often seen on the viewing platform overlooking the Lower Town. He has featured in hundreds of tourist photos and became so famous that in 2016 he got his own Instagram account.

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    Yellow and green birds on a branch, black and white background

    Gallery: playing with a selective colour technique

    June 1, 2021
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
    Bald Eagle on a wooden jetty

    Gallery: Bald Eagles, American Robins and more

    May 12, 2021
  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  Galapagos Islands

    Blue feet, red feet, any coloured feet …

    May 18, 2021 / 24 Comments
    Two birds with turquoise feet

    There are several species indelibly linked in the mind with the Galápagos Islands, and one of these is certainly the blue-footed booby. The distinctive feet that give it its name, almost turquoise in colour, really are as bright and bizarre-looking as they seem in the photos!

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    Fierce-looking owl

    Gallery: owl portraits, striped and speckled

    June 12, 2021
    Yellow and green birds on a branch, black and white background

    Gallery: playing with a selective colour technique

    June 1, 2021
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
  • Belize,  Botswana,  Galapagos Islands,  Rajasthan,  USA

    Wherever I lay my hat … (continued)

    January 6, 2021 / 11 Comments
    Bed decorated with leaves and seeds

    What makes a place to stay special? Is it the location? The people? The building itself? Maybe in the best places it is all of these things, plus a small helping of ‘je ne sais quoi’.

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    Stone face

    Lamanai: submerged crocodile

    October 4, 2020
  • Animals,  Friendly Friday,  Galapagos Islands

    The ‘Christmas’ marine iguanas of Española Island

    December 6, 2020 / 14 Comments
    Red and black igiana

    For many of us the colours red and green trigger memories of Christmas. Glossy holly leaves and berries, a beautifully decorated tree, Santa in his red suit, a pile of wrapped presents. But a questionably ugly reptile? Probably not – and yet ...

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    Rhino eating

    A postcard from Nepal: rhinoceros

    October 30, 2022
    Rhino in long grass

    We’re going on a rhino hunt!

    December 8, 2022
    Giraffe eating

    Giraffe Manor: getting up close and personal

    January 11, 2021
  • Birds,  Galapagos Islands

    The waved albatross of Española Island

    December 3, 2020 / 20 Comments
    Large bird among rocks

    The trail across Española Island to the cliffs of Puerto Egas requires a little effort. In places it is almost like walking on stepping stones, moving from one lava boulder to the next along the route. But the reward at the end of the path is enormous – and I use that word advisedly.

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    Blue lake with flamingos feeding

    Around the world in ten photos: day two

    December 18, 2020
    Landscape with trees and escarpments

    Tiger, Tiger, burning bright …

    November 8, 2021
    Hairy animal holding a tree trunk

    The oddities of sloths

    March 6, 2022

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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

Some topics I’ve touched on

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