Tag Archives: Silhouette

Window Cleaning

Posted on Mon, 25 March, 2013 by

I was walking through the vast space that connects the two interior shopping malls at our local shopping centre when I spotted today’s image. This is window cleaning on a grand scale using a Cherry Picker (aerial lift platform).  This … Continue reading →

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An elusive image

Posted on Wed, 2 January, 2013 by

The New Year dawned dry with a clear blue sky. Yes, hard to believe after all the rain we have had but it really was a fine day from dawn to dusk. So having recovered from New Year’s Eve and … Continue reading →

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Descending the Staircase_2

Posted on Sat, 25 August, 2012 by

I don’t often re-work or edit images previously posted but on this occasion I’m making an exception. Do enlarge the image to see the full effect. Today’s image is a cropped version of the full frame image that I posted yesterday … Continue reading →

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Descending the Staircase

Posted on Fri, 24 August, 2012 by

Retirement offers opportunities to do what you want when you want. It’s a freedom that is unrestricted by many of the issues that shackle us all during our working lives. One of the things we enjoy is visiting Country Houses … Continue reading →

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High Wire

Posted on Sat, 14 July, 2012 by

Mountaineering, Hiking, and Skiing are not the only sports in Zermatt. There’s Paragliding (Parapente), Mountain Biking, Canyoning, Via Ferrata, Zip wires and similar high wire acts in the Forest Fun Park. We happened to be passing under this as a … Continue reading →

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Standing Still

Posted on Wed, 11 July, 2012 by

I was in London again yesterday for a meeting, and had lunch afterwards with my daughter at King’s Cross. King’s Cross railway station has recently undergone a major redevelopment that includes the addition of a vast semi-circular departures concourse with … Continue reading →

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Standing on the Edge

Posted on Mon, 9 July, 2012 by

A quick post today. In London for Pat Metheny’s concert at The Barbican last night. Absolutely superb. I was in London at the Photographers Gallery ten days ago to see Burtynsky: Oil (sadly finished now). As always, compact camera in … Continue reading →

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Heading for the exit

Posted on Fri, 15 June, 2012 by

Perhaps an appropriate image for a Friday, when many of you will be leaving your place of work later today, looking forward – I hope – to a weekend away from it all. Today’s image is from a London gallery … Continue reading →

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Sundown over Ivinghoe Beacon

Posted on Wed, 4 January, 2012 by

My Posts are usually planned a few days in advance. It gives me time to draft the text, select the images, and then ‘park’ the draft returning to it for a read through (and usually an edit) before I finally … Continue reading →

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Black Snow

Posted on Wed, 28 September, 2011 by

Black Snow?! Snow should be glistening white – shouldn’t it? And that was the dilemma with this image. Last winter, skiing in Zermatt, I decided to try my hand at some Action shots of skiers and boarders using a 28-300mm … Continue reading →

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