Rainy Sea View

Rainy Sea View

On our trip to Jersey I took shedloads of photos - you'll see them cropping up on here every once in a while. This is one of those ones that I took on a whim and only discovered I quite liked it when I looked at it enlarged later on. It's a nice view out to sea with the rain hitting the car window sufficiently to produce a nice effect on the image - it's not adjusted in photoshop at all.

Further note: I will be away on holiday for two weeks so there'll be no posts for a fortnight - looking on the bright side however, there should be a fair few photos to go up from the trip when I get back. Yay!

Red Sea and Jetty

Red Sea and Jetty

This was shot from our balcony at the Red Sea Riviera Hyatt at Taba in the Sinai region of Egypt. It's a simple late-afternoon view - although I quite like the composition: the round sunshade on the beach, then the leading line of the jetty into the water, followed by the mountains shrouded in haze on the other side of the sea. As with every day at this resort it was exceedingly hot. So hot that you couldn't really walk on the sand without flip-flops on. Unfortunately we both got botulism and spent half the week in bed. But that's a story for another day...

Blue Sky with Gliders

Blue Sky with Gliders

Taken at Ascot's Diamond Day last year, we noticed that there were a lot of gliders hanging above us in the sky. You can (just about) make out 4 in the above shot - no, that's not dust on the lens. Unfortunately the lens I was using that day didn't have much in the way of pulling power, so I couldn't get them any larger in the frame. Also, you may notice that, quite remarkably, there is a bit of blue sky in there. Yes! I know! Blue sky! In England! Who'd a' thunk it?

Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle

This is the main gatehouse and entrance to Bodiam Castle. It's a pretty straightforward image - I deliberately took it down low and with a wideangle lens to exaggerate the perspective. It's a bit formulaic I guess - would have been nice if there was more going on in the sky too.

Buddhas Photography

Buddhas Photography

This is just one of those things you see that just seems amusing at the time. It's from the pier at Eastbourne - one of those small shops on the pier itself that sells...well...tat, at best. The two of these 'products' side-by-side I find quite funny.

Cherubs

Cherubs

Sorry for the lack of imagery yesterday - I'm in the midst of a big office move so didn't get time to get anything up. So I shall treat you today with one of my favourite images. This sundial supported by little chubby cherubs is located in the gardens of Polesdon Lacey - a National Trust property in the south of England. I quite like the composition and the somewhat grumpy sky on this one. It started to rain very shortly after I took this one. That's England in the summer for you!

Monument and Tower

Monument and Tower

In Edinburgh, near the new Scottish parliament, there is a wonderful old graveyard, with a selection of fantastic monuments to the dead distributed on terraces around the hillside. This is one such monument, and a tower that marks the eastern boundary of the graveyard. I like this image - it's just a shame there's not more 'feature' in the sky.

Alley with Bicycles

Alley with Bicycles

No post yesterday cos it was a bank holiday...sorry folks...! This image was shot in the italian town of Lucca - just one of those things you come across whilst wandering around a town. Not a lot to say about it really. I like the differing angles of the arches, and I also like the bicycles leaning in random places down the alley. The light could be better, but the roman gods were clearly not smiling down on us on this day.