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Here and There

Moments of varying inspiration from various travels, mostly abroad (i.e. mostly there, not here), from the last 2 years or so

Featuring France, Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic (sounds like Eurovision...), Ireland, England, Russia, China (and Mongolia from a plane!)

Cathedrals and Cocktails

A collection of shots taken on day-trips:

*Edinburgh Fringe Festival including some dancing Irish guys and The Caberet of Menace

*A sparing few of the Bullring in Birmingham. And Spongebob. I'm hoping to go back again soon and turn these into a larger album...off the Bullring that is...not Spongebob...

* A day out in York, several hours of which were spent clicking manically in the Minster, visited my favourite cocktail spot 'Evil Eye'. Lovely colours, better cocktails. I've also played around with the contrasts on a few more generic shots with some good results - apologies to the purists...

*Liverpool in the mist. A beautiful city at the best of times, but cloaked in mist it takes on a unique ambience. Another great cocktail bar here - Alma de Cuba, converted from an old church with much of the 1700's interior restored.

* A day out in Chester and several shots of the Cathedral and surrounding city. Beautiful place.

Beach

A selection of photography from many taken during a New Year's Day expedition to Camber Sands in an old London tour bus. The reflections on the beach when the sun was still low were beautiful. A lovely place to click, eat picnic food wrapped in Union Jack napkins and shakily open that first hair-of-the-dog bottle of Stella Artois!

Nature

Buildings

Things

Colour & Form - Costa Rica

Inspired by a series of photographs taken by a friend, this is the third set in my series of photos of eye-catching colours, shapes and textures. The intention is that the subject of each photo should not be instantly recognisable, but appreciated for the patterns and forms contained.

Costa Rica - Landscapes

Rainforest, cloud forest, volcanoes and waterfalls
March 2007

Morocco and the Desert

Taken on a trip to the Jebel Sahro mountains and the edge of the Sahara Desert, beyond of the Atlas Mountains in SE Morocco.

All pictures: Pentax MZ 5n with 80-320mm and 19-35mm lenses; Fujichrome Sensia

India

Some of the higlights of my trip to north western India, Delhi, Shimla, the mountainous summer capital of the British Raj, Macleoudganj, refuge of the Dalai Lama, The Golden Temple, Amritsar, and on to Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and the Thar desert. Agra is a bit of a hole, but it has one redeeming virtue, the Taj Mahal, a place of escape from the hectic rush outside the walls, a snooze, and maybe love...