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November mist
OK, OK, I know I am in the wrong month and should be looking forward to spring…but I’m indulging my autumnal senses again with an image of November mist rising in early morning sunlight. Apart from the eerie quality of … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Aubrey Beardsley, autumn, Beardsley, branches, dawn, light, nature, November, photograph, Photography, tree
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Stately homes
Today’s picture is of Wilton House, a very grand stately home which I had the pleasure of visiting a couple of years ago; some of you may remember earlier pictures of its splendid Laburnum walk. One of the things I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, Photography
Tagged Architecture, frame, garden, house, Landscape, photograph, Photography, stately home, tree, Wilton House
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Sundown by the Thames
Photographs rarely simply record a scene – the composition and focus selected by the photographer guide our eyes, and help to tell a story or ask a question about what we are looking at. Today’s image in some ways subverts … Continue reading
Posted in Cityscape, Photography
Tagged composition, embankment, fish, focus, lamp, light, London, photograph, Photography, river, sundown, water
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House through trees
St Paul’s Walden Bury was the Queen Mother’s childhood home, and the gardens were also one of the first places I was privileged to shoot when I left the civil service to become a photographer. I have always loved this … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Photography
Tagged blossom, calm, country house, frame, garden, grass, house, photograph, Photography, Queen Mother, safety, sky, St Paul's Walden Bury
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Paris Street
Incongruity was what struck me about today’s picture, taken on the streets of Paris in spring a couple of years back. On the one hand, it is instantly recognisable as the French capital from the building style, the trees and … Continue reading
Posted in Cityscape, Photography
Tagged al fresco, black and white, dining, dining table, France, incongruity, Paris, photograph, Photography, street, table
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Dusty bottles
I took this picture in a museum in upstate New York back in 2009, although to my shame I can’t remember exactly where I shot it. The things which people discard, the detritus of day-to-day life, can be just as … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Still Life
Tagged black and white, bottle, detail, dirt, dust, history, New York, photograph, Photography, rubbish, talc
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