Tag: Monochrome-Madness

A Back Wall

When you walk down the lane at the back of some houses in Ayrshire, you don’t expect to see something like this. And it’s a lane for general access with garages, some in poor condition, and those walls of the back gardens of the houses. And then this mural appears and certainly raises the spirits. I walk this way with my daughter’s dog on Thursdays and rain or shine, it’s a lovely thing to see.

Same reason I post these photos on this blog, just on the off-chance that they will be spotted by some passer-by who might receive a little enlightenment.

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Posted for this week’s Monochrome-Madness Challenge titled ‘Walls’ and hosted by Margaret of the ‘From Pyrenees tp Pennines’ blog

A Walk near Home

Living near the edge of town, I can walk into town or walk out to the countryside. In this case, a walk down to the river. These are converted mobile phone shots.

Includes the route down to the river. the river itself, the old bridge collecting branches blown down by the storm, the withered Japanese Knotweed stalks, the lodge at the bridge, and the river beyond. All in these wet winter conditions. It’s easy access to nature – always enjoyed.

That’s a regular walk.

Images below

Spinning Wheels

in one frame #7

Nikon D7500 + Sigma 17-50mm @50mm ; f13 ; 1/80 sec; ISO100 – taken 2 January 2026.

Taken at the final races of the Lloyds Cyclo-cross National Trophy Series of 2025-26 – Organised event was very impressive. There will be more images of the cyclo-cross riders soon on this blog.

I’m submitting this image as part of the Monochrome-Madness Challenge with this week’s topic of ‘Circles, hosted by Dawn. For more info about Monochrome Madness visit Leanne’s blog.

Newark Castle

in one frame #6

Nikon D7500 + Sigma 17-50mm @ 17mm ; f7.1 ; 1/200 sec; ISO100 – taken 1 September 2025.

Ancient castle on a dreary day. Dark clouds forming to rain down on the 16th century walls, soaking the cute little turrets with their outlook over the river estuary.

This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week.

Triptychs

Monochrome Madness goes in for triptychs this week, thanks to the challenge by Elke at Pictures Imperfect Blog. I’ve not done this before – never even thought of doing a triptych. Gave it a try and found it quite easy to achieve. So I have a couple here. The first relates to a dress horse competition. I think I could improve on the relationship between the images but I’m quite pleased with this first attempt.

Next, Picking out some images from a local 10k run, I’ve put these three together.

You can click on these images to get larger presentations – unusual feature on this blog.

So, I’m quite taken by this idea. I’m going to put this in the back of my mind and will bring this out sometime again – who knows when?

Thanks again to Elke and Leanne and all involved with Monochrome-madness. If you like to see Elke’s challenge post, just click here

Frying Onions

in one frame #3

Nikon 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