Ducatos – better than a vacation

Some photographs by way of a change of subject from technology.  These shots are of the gorgeous English Dales countryside on a trip to Aysgarth Falls, during one of the wettest and stormiest periods in recent memory, so everything was green and wet (except Norman).  Very English.     As is our wont we spent…

My new little Sony RX-100 camera has sparked a renewed interest in taking lots of photographs – which is the only way to get a few decent ones.  But its lens has made me move to a different style.  A few of the more reasonable shots are shown here, along with a link to some…

A morning walk with M*t*n and P*tt* on the beach at Kommejtkie.   Walkers, surfers, dogs f*cking, families, loners, getting a mild dose of pre-breakfast exercise, on an uncharacteristically cold and grey strand. Later I went for a run on Noordhoek beach, 6km over. I had driven back, changed, and then started from the other end…

Click to see in full screen, back button to return to this page Today’s photograph: All along the False Bay coast of the Cape peninsula there are specially built sea pools, designed to keep kids safe from waves (and possibly sharks). This is one of the most elaborate, at Miller’s point, near Simonstown.  I took…

Just beyond these rocks is where the Noordhoek surfers go – it was pretty wild the other night – too dangerous for surfing, and too dark.  But I couldn’t help but be impressed by the power of the waves.  Capturing them is always an experiment in time.  A very long exposure (like my favorite 4…