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Brighton West Pier in Sea Mist
Back in Brighton I took loads of photographs on my late afternoon visit, walking from one pier to the ruined West Pier. I remembered seeing it before I left England in the 1990's, It was being renovated into a huge restaurant come night club but had mysteriously...
Equilibrium
It was a grey damp day here yesterday so I decided to take some still-lifes indoors as the light was soft. I used my favourite 50mm lens at f1.8 which accounts for the fairly shallow depth of field. The backdrop is a piece of pale blue velvet that I rediscovered...
Belle Toute Lighthouse
On my recent visit to England I returned to an old haunt of mine, along the cliff edges of the Severn sisters. When I lived in London I'd often drive down to this place to get some fresh air and walk the dog. This 'Belle Toute' lighthouse was then on the top of the...
National Grid
This was taken when I visited the lovely hot pools resort village of Hanmer Springs NZ, last weekend. Just over the hill from town the countryside becomes much wilder and very picturesque with largely unspoiled tussock land and snowy mountains -that is apart from...
sunset through the pines
I've photographed this historic Roman ruin filled site many times, and I'm always captivated by its scenic treasures. Previously written about before in Pines in the Mist. Being a hill covered with these tall willowy umbrella pines, its often ravaged by the sudden...
Blue and White
You know that spring is well and truly here when the grape hyacinths or muscari are in flower. I photographed this bunch in my newly purchased "little white jug" bought especially (and cheaply too I must add) for photographic purposes, I was imagining a bunch of...
green pineapple
This week I started a new Photoshelter account and was searching for images to stock it with, when I came across this abandoned oldie from February. Coming from a batch of pears I'd shot, it had been rejected because it was a little over-textured. But by simply...
Foxy
After a great week of 50% sun & rain in autumnal England I was glad to get back to the late summer heat and sun of the south of France! However, the new lush green landscapes were like a breath of fresh air after our arid grass-free summer environment. I was going...
Harmony
Back to one of favourite subjects, dried climbing hydrangea flowers; this one was taken last autumn in my basement "studio". The reality of my studio is quite different to how it appears in my photos but I don't think I'll go into that or it will ruin the mystique, I...
Sunday Stroll
I've got lots of photos like this with distant people walking on the beach, at one stage I'd have wanted an completely deserted beach but now I seek out opportunities like this. Luckily our beaches down here are often all but deserted, especially at this time of the...