“A vacation is an occasional pleasure but a Ducatos is always a smoke”. A rough smoke, agreed, but at least it’s handy. Taken outside CentroCentro, Madrid, with credit to Rudyard Kipling for his (no longer PC) original line.
Taken in the Bo-Kaap district of Cape Town. The walls are really that colour. In fact I turned down the brightness and saturation for this shot. The area is very well known, but the residents can rightly be a bit prickly about being blankly photographed as though they are in some kind of zoo. I…
Waiting for the taxi OK. This might be a bit messy, but this is the start of an experiment to put a daily or at least fairly frequent photo on the site, using only mobile devices. So this shot was taken on my little Olympus Pen E-P5, then wirelessly transferred to my very neat Lenovo…
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…
” Today’s photo: A serious gaze from this boy in the market in New Bagan, Myanmar. I liked his combination of extreme youth and extreme seriousness. There is something quite timeless about him. But not necessarily sad I think – Myanmar seems quite a happy country – at least in this part. I recently posted…
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…
Today’s photo:Torre de Belém at dawn. A long exposure shot taken at the Belem tower in Lisbon as the sun rose, and before the tourists arrived. It was taken in March this year, and reminds me what a wonderful spot Lisbon is. Must get back there pronto. Note: Click photo to enlarge – back button…
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