Category Archives: England

Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Barbara

I have posted this photo before, but when I went to look for it, the photo is not the same version.  I took this picture through a car window in a downpour so heavy I wouldn’t even open the window!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreamy

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Barbara

I’ve only just learned how to do this on my camera…. take a photo of running water and make it look all steamy and blurred! On Auto, my camera would have taken a very clear picture of the water at … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge asks us to consider Dialogue Dialogue is an engaging conversational exchange. When it comes to photography, dialogue can be perceived as a consensual interaction between two images.Placed next to each other, each photograph opens up … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Barbara

I love taking photos at sunset, so I don’t need a weekly photo challenge to be looking for  silhouettes , however I did have this weeks challenge in mind this evening as the sun went down into the basketball net!

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Does anyone eat Llama?

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Barbara

Out walking this weekend, we came across a flock of llamas.  From a distance they look like strange sheep, but not up close!

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I won an award for my photo!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Barbara

Yesterday we spent the evening in LV21, a converted Lightship in Gillingham in Kent.  One of my photos, ‘Sunrise on the Medway’ was placed in the Top 5 in an RSPB photography competition! I took this photo while on a … Continue reading →

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The Monument in Weybridge

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Barbara

Weybridge has its very own monument! This monument has a very interesting history.  It was originally erected in Seven Dials in central London near Covent Garden.  In the 18th Century, the Seven Dials Area became the haunt of cut-throats, thieves … Continue reading →

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The Palace of Westminster

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Barbara

This week I have been uploading lots of photos to my Redbubble account and iStockphoto, but for some silly reason when I saw this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge; Monument, I went blank!! I started looking through my photos from last … Continue reading →

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Mandarin Duck

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Barbara

I love these ducks!  When I first saw one years ago in central London I couldn’t believe it was real!  They look like they are carved from wood.

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One Word Photo Challenge; Red

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Barbara

I did a quiz recently for one of my followers, and I found out; “Your soul is painted the colour red, which embodies the characteristics of love, strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage, protection, excitement, speed, leadership, power, danger, and … Continue reading →

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