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  • 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
        • 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
        • 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
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      • Birds
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      • Pick a Word
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      • The Changing Seasons
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        • CBWC
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        • CMMC
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Just One Person
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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  • Landscape,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: photographing the four elements

    January 31, 2022 / 41 Comments
    Black lava beach, crashing waves and offshore rock formations

    Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water (Heraclitus). Some of these four elements are easier to photograph than others, as a quick trawl of my archives shows. Of water and earth I have many images. But air is much harder to capture, and fire too.

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    Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun

    The sun will come out tomorrow (and I will photograph it)

    November 9, 2020
    Green Aurora

    On not seeing, and seeing, the Northern Lights

    October 7, 2020
    Wetlands in low sun

    Gallery: mokoro rides in the Okavango Delta

    February 3, 2021
  • Friendly Friday,  Iceland,  Landscape

    Learning to dance in the rain: Iceland’s Golden Circle

    October 23, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

    What does a Golden Circle sound like to you? Something shiny for sure, and probably bright. And on a sunny day I am sure Iceland’s most popular tourist route is exactly that. But when I was there a few years ago with Virtual Tourist friends, it was anything but. If ever we needed to learn to dance in the rain, it was today!

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    Rock formation with arch and pinnacle

    Video: big skies and red rock country

    May 29, 2021
    Edited image of Ankor Wat, with reflection added

    Smoke and mirrors

    October 25, 2020
    Sun setting over the sea

    Gallery: enjoying serene views in Costa Rica

    February 19, 2022
  • Gardens,  Paris,  Street photography,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the Jardins des Tuileries in the rain

    May 17, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Statue of winged horse and horseman

    ‘We'll always have Paris’ – true not only for Rick and Ilsa (in Casablanca) but also for me and my husband. We spent our honeymoon there; I’ve celebrated several significant birthdays there; and with a short journey by train on the Eurostar, it is the easiest European city for us to visit.

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    Purple flower on a long stem

    Gallery: roses are red, violets are blue …

    April 19, 2021
    Close-up of pink blossom

    Gallery: beautiful blooms and bees in close-up

    March 9, 2021
    Landscape with church and autumn trees

    Signs of autumn at Emmetts Garden

    September 27, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: misty weather on the Olympic Peninsula coast

    May 10, 2021 / 31 Comments
    Misty sea stacks and river

    As one of the rainiest places in the US, the Olympic Peninsula coast is notorious for bad weather. So we counted ourselves fortunate to experience slightly damp but by no means unpleasant conditions.

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    Man in a brown hat with a feather

    Shanti Arts: inspired by world travel

    June 9, 2021
    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 2022
    Entrance to a white building on a pier

    Gallery: a walk along Brighton’s prom and pier

    October 26, 2021
  • Japan,  Landscape,  Monday walks,  Rivers,  Sunday Stills

    Where the gods descended: Kamikochi

    March 8, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Man with green umbrella by a river in autumn

    Nestled among the dramatic peaks of the Japanese Alps lies the high plateau of Kamikochi; the name means ‘Where the gods descended’. The Azusa River flows through a valley formed by great elemental upheavals, including glaciers and volcanic eruptions, over many thousands of years.

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    Golden temple reflected in a lake

    Exploring the temple gardens of Kyoto

    May 9, 2021
    Dark table with lots of small dishes

    Gallery: Dining in (Japanese) style ~ kaiseki

    March 6, 2021
    Little boy and two little girls in Japanese costume

    Celebrating childhood at the shrines of Japan

    April 25, 2021
  • Landscape,  Lens-Artists,  Washington State

    What a difference a day makes

    February 28, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Rough wooden fence

    It is well known that mountain climates can be unpredictable, and Mount Rainier in the US North West is no different. After a perfect day in Paradise we had fallen asleep under clear skies; but we woke to thick fog obscuring all the surrounding mountains and indeed everything apart from the trees closest to the lodge. A perfect demonstration for us of the way that the mountain creates its own micro climate, although not an especially welcome one.

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    Mountain scene with caption

    My love of travel: some special moments

    March 14, 2021
    Rock face with small caves and bushes

    In the footsteps of the Anasazi: Tsankawi

    May 3, 2022
    Rock arch with rock stack

    Gallery: earth’s story told in its rocks

    March 27, 2022
  • Coast & seascapes,  Ten photos,  Washington State

    Around the world in ten photos: day one

    December 17, 2020 / 27 Comments
    Large tree trunks on a beach and foggy offshore islets

    Fog hangs low over the outlying islets, and huge tree trunks almost block our path to the beach, but it is worth the scramble for the wonderful photo opportunities that we find there.

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    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021
    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 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

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