Tomatoes and Strawberries, Raspberries and Red Peppers. The Red Flag and Stop signs. The Red Cross and the Red Arrows. Seeing red and anger and danger and Emergency Stop Buttons. The Red Sea and the Red River Valley. Red Admirals, Simply Red and Ninety-nine Red Balloons
Much more hereOne of my favourite mono images. It’s one of the many exotic windows at the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh, showing a reflection of the Queen’s Gallery at Holyrood Palace.
Offered in response to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness challenge – which you can link to HERE
Did your mum never tell you to keep your head down?
Offered in response to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness challenge
“And here they are!
“Bringing them into this world wasn’t exactly easy. Remember, we had to start back at the end of winter. Well, that bit at least was fun. My bristling feather display was really something else, wasn’t it?
Continue reading “Work in Progress”Well, the sun is out today … at least a little, but recently we’ve had some dark days. The days are shorter nearing the solstice. Even the recent news about vaccines hasn’t lifted the mood much. And my outing to the country park didn’t produce much in the way of photographic opportunities either. I still saw something I hadn’t seen there before – a large grey heron gliding down the centre of the narrow river staying one metre off the water surface with barely a flap of its wings, and disappearing round the bend. It appeared all too suddenly and much too fast to capture.
Read More – ImagesWhen I left the Gallery of Modern Art that day (link), I ambled down to the Merchant City Festival. Always an exciting event in Glasgow with all sorts of entertainment spread over a two week extravaganza.
Read more – more imagesI recall a famous quote that says that a portrait shot in colour shows the person’s clothes, but take a portrait in monochrome and it shows the person’s soul.
It’s a great quote, and I’m beginning to think the same theory applies to sports photography. Colour is great for showing the glamour and the visual impact, but a black and white image really seems to show more of the soul of the sport.
more photographsI’ve picked out these two images in response to SandyL’s Friendly Friday Challenge. The subject Sandy chose is ‘Friendship’.
Continue reading “Friendship”
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