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I just had to stop on the way to my doctor's appointment this morning as the inlet looked too pretty for words.I wish I had the real camera with me, but the Nex...
The LiffeyWe're leaving this morning after a great week here in Dublin. Here's a shot I took from the Millennium Bridge yesterday when we were walking over to ...
Cheap Children!We weren't tempted to pop in and get any more though - we're generally happy with the current pair. dublin dunlaoghaire ireland ccby d800...
Abandoned HopeI guess we'll feel right at home in Dublin... umbrella storm broken d800 ccby dublin
White Swan in St. Stephens GreenIn New Zealand white swans are rare, and mostly we see black swans everywhere (they're a habitat-destroying pest, in fact), inve...
Early Morning Walk on the Howth PeninsulaAfter dawn at Bull Island we drove on to Howth, turned right and went to the end of the road where we got out and walke...
Dawn on North Bull IslandWhile we're still jet-lagged we're taking advantage of the early rising opportunities. This morning we headed out a bit before dawn (a...
The Cycle Track to England?We got to Dublin yesterday morning and had a bit of a cold walk around. The boys managed to stay awake to around 3:00pm before they ...
Garden SprinklerI love photos of water and light, especially frozen-in-time, water contorted and punished by passage through a fountain, so this sprinkler head ...
Dry Creek Waterfall in Belmont ParkJust a small four metre waterfall, but deep in a valley where the light mostly comes from the waterfall itself. waterfall b...
The Waterfall on Dry Creek.Really, only a small waterfall (perhaps 4m tall, I guess) and the track involves crossing the creek about 20 times on slippery rocks ...
Those tui sure do love that flax when it is flowering. We're back from Kaikoura now but this afternoon went for a walk around Belmont Park up "Dry" Creek to...
Cadillac ccby cadillac blackandwhitephotography
Mery Christmas from Hong KongI did not need the warning... ccby d800 hongkong christmas disney stitch
Doors at Dusk dublin ccby d800 dusk
Touble at t'millDespite their historic preservation status, Boland's Mills at Grand Canal Dock in Dublin are in quite a state of disrepair. I'm sure there must...
A delightful-looking library in Dublin, which I visited on my travels earlier in the year. dublin library ccby d800 dusk
WorldlinessI caught the bus out to Stanley and, it seems, so did these monks! It's interesting that their footwear does not follow the same regularity as their ...
Haiphong Road at night.To the left the trees from Kowloon Park spread beautifully over the road, and to the right the excessively over the top lighting typical ...
Came across this "Love" fountain in Kowloon Park. Couldn't resist. psychedelic kowloonpark lurve fountain ccby d800 night
Here's the same "MG at the Flying Fox" I posted earlier, but this is the non-HDR version where I took the image with the only slightly blown sky and adjusted th...
The MG at the Flying FoxI don't normally go for the HDR, but sometimes you have a nice scene like this one where it just won't work any other way. The contrast...
I have no idea what this means, but it seems just awesome...I took the photo a few weeks back while I was wandering fairly aimlessly around London (Southwark). ...
We went for a gentle walk this morning around the Pauatahanui Wetlands and were lucky to catch a parent & juvenile fantail around the path. I don't think I've ...
Back in 2010 (or so) I took a photo of a Bell Systems manhole cover in Portland. Covered in moss it looked kind of reminiscent of an english country garden - o...
Playground GuardianWandering around Frankfurt (am Main, im Regen) I found this delightful wee beastie who looks like he (she?) has been giving children nightmar...
No visit to Copenhagen would be complete without a photograph of a bicycle... d800 bicycle copenhagen ccby
Ivy Powered LampIt must be: you can see the cable... ccby ivy d800 lamp
Scientologists Gulling the Gullible in CopenhagenThey seemed to be out in force - not sure if that's normal for Copenhagen or not, but later I wandered past the...
The Old Way and the New WayAround sunset in Copenhagen. ccby cupola antenna windvane
Mossy Tombstone with LadybugTaken in the churchyard of the church where Wenceslaus was educated. The church itself is remarkably well-preserved for something ov...
Breakfast with JoshAfter I arrived in Prague at approximately midnight for CalConnect XXVIII who should I see at breakfast but +Josh Waihi! Turns out +DrupalCo...
The Real Thing tm ccby budweiser
The Mansion at Bletchley Park d800 ccby bletchleypark
Taking Leave of Cambridge AgainBy Xu ZhimoSoftly I am leaving,Just as softly as I came;I softly wave goodbyeTo the clouds in the western sky.The golden willows ...
Please do not lean your bicycle against this wall again!Cambridge, UK. d800 ccby cambridge wall bicycle
I took this last night, crossing Auckland Harbour on the "Kea" ferry from Devonport. Handheld at 1/8s using a Sigma 14mm on a Nikon D800. ccby d800 14mm ...
Heading into Auckland on the Devonport Ferry last night at dusk. For the more distant shot I managed a handheld 1/8s.Using a Sigma 14mm ultra-wide-angle lens. ...
One of the things I love about Whitby (the suburb of Porirua, that is :-) is that it has lots of parkland overlaid on the suburb. A kind of separate transport ...
Don't jump!For some reason when I walk around San Francisco and see all these ornate entrances I am reminded of Atlas Shrugged. And then I walk down Market Str...
Fog fills the Cook Strait at sunset.Taken with a 300mm lens from Porirua, in the foreground are houses in Onepoto, behind them Mana Island, and in the distance ...
Don Quixote, Madrid ccby statue donquixote
Edificio Nouvel, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.I was completely fascinated by reflections in the polished red granite ceiling. We are used to reflections from gran...
Enough of the opinions for the time being, I think it's high time I shared one of my photos...I took this back in 2009, while I was travelling around Spain & Po...
I found out this morning that the Futuna Chapel is to be open 10am-2:00pm on the first Sunday of every month from today. So, tripod in hand, we sallied forth.....
The Lyall Bay Moai standing strong facing the storm damage eating into his area.The damage nearby was extensive, with the ground eaten away up to maybe only a c...
Attention to DetailIn Madison +Guy Stalnaker showed me around the State Capitol Building where I saw these gorgeous doors and doorhandles on the way out. d800 ...