“We become who we believe we are. If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” – Henry Ford Please click on image for a larger view Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Inspiration Continue reading Visual Quotation 72 – Inspiration
I’ve been looking through my photos for an example of good, or poor, use of vertical lines and I thought this might be a useful example of good use. The vertical line of the tree on the right blocks the strong horizontal line of the bridge. Without it, the eye would follow the bridge right out of the photo. The trunk and the branches keep … Continue reading Photography – Composition
Princes Street, Edinburgh – please click on image for a larger view. Cee’s Black and White challenge: open topic Continue reading Princes Street
Five for Ailsa’s travel theme: Camaraderie Please click on any image for a larger view. Continue reading Celebrating Connection
I took this shot just because of the colours, so there you go, Cee. Llanberis, Wales Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: orange and green Continue reading Orange and Green
The Village Inn sits on the main road through Port Chluain Eoghain, or Portglenone in Northern Ireland. Port Chluain Eoghain means “The Fort of Eoghan’s meadow” and it’s a small village of about 1100 souls. Behind this door there was a couple of beers, a cider … and a coffee. It was a drizzly, drippy socked-in kind of day when made our pub stop. Except I … Continue reading Door/11 – Portglenone
More than two centuries ago the Stuart family planted an avenue of beech trees, as an approach to their mansion. South of Ballintoy and Ballycastle, northeast of Ballymoney in the County Antrim countryside, Bregagh Road is now a public avenue, lined with magnificent beech trees that are almost 250 years old, known as The Dark Hedges. A spirit known as the Grey Lady is said to roam … Continue reading Dark Hedges
Following the Flight of the Earls in 1607, the crown seized Irish land in Ulster and granted it out to English and Scottish Planters on condition that they build settlements and provide strongholds loyal to the king. Sir John Hume of Berwickshire was granted 2000 acres at Tully. It was here, in County Fermanagh on the southern shore of Lower Lough Erne that he built Caisleán … Continue reading Castle/Tully
Ailsa’s travel theme: Faces Continue reading Faces
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything Painted Continue reading Painted
Three for Cee’s black and white challenge: Patterns Continue reading Black and White: Patterns
The Commando Memorial stands In the highlands of Scotland, within sight of Ben Nevis. This was their training ground. The area is dedicated to the memory of all Commandos who gave their lives in the service of their country during the 1939-1945 War. Comrades who have died since the cessation of hostilities are also remembered here. The memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth … Continue reading Dedicated to the Memory
“Now autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.” – William Allingham William Allingham was a poet and scholar born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland in 1824. Continue reading Visual Quotation 71: Autumn’s Fire
This is the door to Maria and Michael’s dwelling in St. André in southern France. They lived in an old winery they had converted. The front exterior was unchanged without indication of the delightful spaces they had designed inside. In addition to their own living space they carved out an apartment as well, which we rented for a couple of weeks so we could explore … Continue reading Door/10 – St. André
Ailsa’s travel theme: Luminous Continue reading Lamplight/3
The beginning of a series on statues and sculptures This sculpture by Steinunn Thorarinsdottir stands in a courtyard of Cawdor Castle near Inverness in Scotland.The artist was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and trained in England and Italy. Her work is quite distinctive, focusing on variations of this human form and while similar, each is unique. More of her work can be seen here. Continue reading Statues & Sculptures/1
Stacy at Visual Venturing hosts One Photo Focus. She provides the photo and we all edit it and resubmit it to her where she compiles them all on her blog. Nice Stacy. This is the photo for this month – an image of the Anping Treehouse in Tainan, Taiwan submitted by Helen Chen of HHC Blog: I really didn’t know where to go with this and set it aside for several … Continue reading One Photo Focus/November
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Indoor walkways Continue reading Black and White Interiors
Play time. I like this photo, for its composition and subject matter, but it’s a little too soft for my taste. So I played. First up, I worked on the detail, contrast and lighting. The HDR creates a haloing effect resulting in the grey sky but in this image I liked it and kept it – I think it goes well with the mood and … Continue reading Photo Editing Two Ways – House at Sandside Bay
Beyond the Brush 