Tag:Water
Still in the Free State, the Theunissen camp once again provided some wonderful sunsets. Plus, here we were actually camped on some higher ground on the edge of the pond rather than in the pond. Of course, we were aided in this by the fact the pond had water in it when we arrived.
This photo is also an HDR from three slide scans. Again, I’d retained in my slide collection three versions of this scene, each about 1EV in separation. So I scanned all three and then blended them in Photomatix to get this result.
Order a print of this photo So yesterday’s photo was looking at old Ghadames from the outside in. Apart from the shadow of the palm tree there’s little to indicate the lush oasis within the city walls. The city walls protected the oasis. Within the city, in addition to the network of passageways, there’s a network of water ditches (and now pipes) that conserve precious water better than open ditches. These water ditches serve a patchwork of small fields. In […]
Without having said what this was an image of, it’s difficult to know. It could just as easily be a shot of some metamorphosed rock or perhaps the bark of a tree.
Pretty much every year, usually around July 4th, I head with my family back to the home country. As my children grow, each trip gets a little easier, the luggage a little less bulky. On the first full day in England, my wife set off to visit with a friend in London. Having waved her off on the train, my father and his wife took myself and my kids to Coate Water in Swindon. After a game of crazy golf, […]
