Je crois…aux Anges

Shot at dawn, midwinter, as I walked along the Promenade des Anglais. I noticed the gulls' wings stirring as they fed at the water's edge, and was ready with the camera by the time they'd taken flight. Other than sharpness and white balancing,…
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From Russia with Love

The domes of La Chiesa di Cristo Salvatore, Santa Caterina Martire e San Serafino di Sarov (Church of Christ the Savior, St. Catherine the Martyr and St. Serafin de Sarov) are its most beautiful and distinctive attributes.  They featured…
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01.11.10

Palondromic primes, like today's date, are said to be auspicious for new beginnings and also to represent the cyclic nature of existence . Here, in the olive groves of Imperia, Liguria, the fruit is famous for its sweetness, and is handpicked…
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Oooooh Vienna! Halloween im Wien – pumpkins, every witch way

In Vienna, Halloween is about pumpkins. If you're a fan, it's the perfect place to be - what Austrians can't do with pumpkins simply can't be done. If you get a chance to lay your hands on a bottle of Kürbiskernöl – pumpkin seed oil,…
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The sweet taste of Halloween

American Halloween is about, yes, all things American; pumpkins and parades, Trick or Treat, getting dressed-up and getting made-up. In the UK, Halloween is about importing all things American, but isn't nearly as much fun… …and…
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Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseille: The Good Mother

The ornate gold mosaic is typical of (Neo) Byzantine architecture, which was popular during the mid-late 19th century; cf London's Westminster cathedral. Notre Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the Keeper) dominates the city's skyline and…

Snow tomorrow

Walthamstow Central rail station, February 2009, when a cold snap shut down most of London for a couple of days.
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Go to the ant…

At the Gorges de Pennafort, Provence, we made camp (unwittingly) in the path of some huge but otherwise harmless ants.  Relaxing in the company of these creatures is impossible — their industriousness is of truly biblical proportions: Go…

You go, Girls

To our boys in SA. You are supported... Pride 2006 took place on the day following England's unfortunate defeat, and whether the flags were being waved ironically or in a spirit of consolation can only be inferred from facial express…

Home sweet home..

This image was shot using a Nikon D200 and an 18-200mm VR lens. Look hard enough and you'll see some weird distortion on the image. If I didn't think there was something weirdly cool about it, I'd photoshop it out.