Nikon D7000 + Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm ; f13; 1/200 sec; ISO200 – taken 15 January 2015.
When snow fell, I was up the River Irvine valley taking images of landscapes and skies. I think this is the first time, I’ve shown this photograph – appeals to me. Took it with a wide-angle lens to include loads of sky.
Two dog sculptures take up a position on a residential street – just a couple of streets away from Irvine Harbour. Seems an odd position, this is not a main thoroughfare. Why are they here? It’s a puzzle to me, but anyway they still bring delight.
Continue reading “The Twa Dogs”Nikon D7500 + Sigma f2.8 17-50mm @ 17mm ; f13; 1/125 sec; ISO100 – taken 8 April 2025.
I just wonder why the image a single tree has such an appeal for me?
This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week.
This week Ritva has set a challenge in the Lens-Artists series, to show minimalist photography in monochrome. It’s a great idea for a challenge and is the sort of photography that gets me thinking. I’ve taken one or two yesterday and also been searching my back catalogue for images that would fit the requirement.
So I’m looking for simple clean mono images with only a few elements that in some way have an aesthetic feel to them. I do like this idea.
more imagesNikon D7000 + nikkor 55-200mm @ 34mm ; f5; 1/800 sec; ISO1600
In the market, frying onions to go on the hotdogs. Where was this taken? Well, I think this is a scene that could be taken at any market anywhere in the world, with a some exceptions. All around the planet, there’s folk frying onions.
I’m attaching this to the Monochrome-Madness challenge for this week, titled ‘Markets’ it’s being hosted by Sarah at the ‘Travel with Me’. To see Sarah’s amazing collection of market images click here
Nikon D7500 + Sigma 17-50mm @ 34mm ; f13; 1/100 sec; ISO160
Taken about a year ago when leaves were absent from the trees, when the sun was low in the heavens, and when it was not too chilly to venture out together for a little wander .
Nikon D7500 + Sigma 17-50mm @ 29mm ; f11; 1/50 sec; ISO100
Out for a walk through a housing scheme, wandering through streets of attractive modern homes, mostly modern flats near the harbour. Turned a corner and was surprised – just didn’t expect to see the glass factory. There it was dominating the view. And people live daily with the view, accept it. Hopefully it doesn’t bother them. I’d hope the factory is not a source of noise, or any other concern to the residents.
Submitting this responding to the Lens-Artists Challenge #380 – ‘What’s Round the Corner?’ – set up by Anne at the Slow Shutter Speed blog – see here. This challenge is getting such a variety of responses, it’s worthy of investigation.
This will be one of a series of blogs from me, showing just the one photograph. I seem to have accumulated a number of images that don’t quite form into a cohesive post. We’ll see how it goes. Hopefully it’ll give more focus to individual images for a while.
This 33-foot-high stainless-steel sculpture at Port Glasgow is indeed a magnificent sight; a memorial to the centuries of shipbuilding on the Lower River Clyde and a means of honouring all those workers. It’s proper title is ‘The Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow’ but everyone calls them ‘The Skelpies’
Continue reading “The Skelpies”After the day’s toil
Here now on the water
Arms thrashing
Pulling with blades
Into the torrent
I believed that ‘ephemeral’ was a word that was something to do with ghosts – I don’t know where I picked that up from. However, Tina from the ‘Travels and Trifles’ blog, set me right with this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge around the word ‘Ephemeral’ which she explains means “lasting for a very short time”.
Continue reading “Fireworks”
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