Chlorophyll

fishing trip

On Sunday afternoon just to curb the midwinter 'Cabin fever' we drove up towards the mountains. The light was clear and the air was crisp, but this time I diverted, hung a left and drove to 'Lake Salagou'.Normally its a tourist nightmare, being the biggest and most...

ruined windmill story

Our Southern French countryside is dotted with these ancient stone windmill ruins. There must be hundreds but I've seen only a couple that have been restored. The backdrop being our black mountains, which help to protect our Mediterranean coastal plains from the worst...

Flypaper Iris

Sometimes when you're texturing it's a toss up between the subtle approach or a heavy treatment. With this iris I spent what seemed like hours trying to get the balance right, it looked nice subtle but in my eyes anyway, looks better with the texture more pronounced.I...

light at the end of the block

I'd been meaning to capture the sun set light on this building for ages, over looking our central market hall, this elegant shop/apartment building must have some very strange shaped rooms!I've not done much to it, the camera had its polarizor filter on, the textures...