There is a lot of sitting done in Madrid, and a fair bit of watching. The gent on the left was there when I set off to see a few galleries and have lunch, and he was still there when I came back 3 hours later. Even though beer is amazingly cheap in restaurants, there are those who still prefer to sit in the park with a tinny or two. Possibly because there are more suspicious types in the park to keep an eye on.
Out in the street yesterday with my Olympus and a fast telephoto lens. Like so many cities in Europe, it’s hard to see evidence of the recession in Madrid. Much more obvious in London in fact. This area of Fuencaral/Malasana has many flourishing speciality shops. I don’t recall whether this one was for dogs or…
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…
I had so much fun with my Sony Nex-5 plus old Nikkor lenses that I started to look for old Nikkors on eBay. To check which were the best ones for image quality and bokeh etc, I looked for sources of advice and reviews on the web. The self-styled ‘most widely read photo site on…
Over my past 5 years or so of trekking, I have struggled with a way to represent the look and feel of the surroundings and the journeys. In such extraordinary surroundings, it seemed perverse not to make a record of what I saw. But the result was often hundreds of images, many of only marginal…
A magnificent day on Sunday the 3rd, as we watched the amazing Thames Pageant. I don’t get excited often these days, but I was genuinely thrilled by the event – which displayed all the bonkers flair for procession and stoicism in the face of continuous rain of the British. Even hardened republicans were out, and…
For years I have been wanting to go on the Otter trail – probably the most famous trek in South Africa, and certainly one of the world’s great coastal trails. Thanks to some great organizational work by M*rtin, four of us walked the trail last week. A magnificent experience, with great company, and incredible seascapes. …
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