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...
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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...
Curious Cows
This is part of the large herd of cows from the dairy farm across the road from our country hut. In that area there are almost more cows than sheep now, something that makes me sad as I much prefer the traditional sheep farm than intensive dairy herds. Cows however...
dune daisies
Its nice when we can show an image that has really been brought to life with textures! Taken on our local beach sand dunes with a hazy late afternoon sun. I wanted to bring the fresh tones out. The fact that the sun was weak helped stop blow-outs and of course the...
the waves
We already spoke about three objects being better than two in an image, so I'm pleased to be able to put this maxim to use once again. Here two buoys wouldn't work quite as well as the three buoys! Overall we counted nine buoys. This stormy sea picture was great fun...
Butterflies
Last week when the sun finally came out after several days of rain I paid a visit to my favourite plant at the local botanic gardens, as I've mentioned before the plant has been pruned more heavily this year so I have to stretch to find any of these dried beauties to...
beach theater
Here for a change, I'm showing an image that has already been desaturated and then textured. Its also been treated to give a slight painterly effect and tower blocks have been removed from the horizon. Taken in the very early morning, with a telephoto, these early...
windowsill jug
This small, high situated window is at the side of my fireplace in my little old french corner house. I'm lucky having these side windows, as its a great source of fresh cross air in the hot summers. The view is a dud though, as it just points towards next doors green...
Watching
Paul is having connection problems at the moment so yet another photo from me here and one with a human subject for a change 🙂 This is the lovely Katiki beach adjacent to the main highway north to Oamaru, it's a beautiful long golden beach and is one of the...