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        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
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          • Rapa Nui
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
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        • USA
          • New Mexico
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        • DPRK
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          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
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        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
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    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
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  • Coast & seascapes,  Themed galleries,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    Gallery: I must go down to the seas again

    June 10, 2022 / 56 Comments
    Woman on grassy cliff looking out at passing ships

    I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; John Masefield, Sea-Fever

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    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Misty sea stacks and river

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Costa Rica,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 2022 / 36 Comments
    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Water is essential to life, of course, and to our planet. About 71 percent of the earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 97 percent of all earth's water. We can’t drink the salty sea water, as the Ancient Mariner well knew, but we couldn’t exist without it. It regulates our climate and is home to thousands of marine species.

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    Woman on grassy cliff looking out at passing ships

    Gallery: I must go down to the seas again

    June 10, 2022
    Misty sea stacks and river

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021
    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 2021
  • Gambia,  Lens-Artists,  Photographic techniques,  Rapa Nui,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: when the light is right

    August 23, 2021 / 29 Comments
    Low cliffs and palm trees silhouetted against the sun

    Studio photographers can spend a lot of time getting the light just right, changing the angles, adjusting the brightness and colour. Landscape photographers don’t have that luxury; we have to work with the light we have, or wait until it changes naturally.

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    Scruffy rusting ferry with trucks and people on board

    Barely afloat: the Banjul ferry

    September 1, 2021
    Man in white African dress walking past painted building

    Wide Open Walls in a Gambian forest

    March 19, 2021
    Busy African market

    Gallery: a morning at Serekunda Market

    January 27, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Friendly Friday,  Gambia,  People,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    The catch was brought in hours ago. But the fishing quay in Bakau, in northern Gambia, is nevertheless a hive of activity. Many of the colourful pirogues are pulled up on the beach. Others are floating offshore, as the fishermen check and mend their nets and other equipment. Those that have finished their work sit chatting or try to make a few extra delasi by showing tourists around.

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    Man in a red turban

    The fishermen of Chowara, Kerala

    February 6, 2021
    Misty sea stacks and river

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021
    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 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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