Category Archives: Travel

Blue Monday: A Blue Dress

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Barbara

Blue is my favourite colour, and I’m always collecting photos of blue colours, so when i found Sally’s Blue Monday challenge I had to join in. I took this photo in India, about 8 years ago. We were staying near … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, India, Photography | Tagged Beach Sellers, Blue, Blue Dress, Blue Monday, Goa, Silk Shawls | 8 Comments

Travel Theme: Autumn

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Barbara

Autumn has been very late this year, on Halloween, the temperature was a record high of 23.6 C (74.3F) ! Warmer than many of our summer days in years gone by! As a result strawberries are still ripening, crocuses are … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Photography, Surrey Hills, Walking | Tagged Ailsa, Autumn, Box Hill, Halloween, Indian Summer, Weekly Travel Theme | 4 Comments

My Photo won me some tickets on the London Eye!

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Barbara

I entered the Totally Thames Photo Competition with this photo & I won one of the runner-up prizes 🙂 I liked this one for the reflections on the water. I’m very Chuffed! Here is the link to the website: Totally … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, Bridges, London, Photography, Sunsets, Water, Weybridge | Tagged Canoeing, Desborough Cut, Desborough Island, Photographic Competition, The London Eye, The Millennium Wheel, The River Thames, Totally Thames | 6 Comments

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!

Posted in Devon, Photography, Summer, Travel, Water | Tagged August Bank Holiday, Combe Martin, Holidays, Rain, Refraction, Summer 2012 England, Sunflowers, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Photography, Surrey Hills, Water | Tagged dreamy, ISO, running water, shutter speed, Silent Pool, slow shutter speed, Taking my camera off 'Auto', The Daily Post, Waterfall, Weekly Photo Challenge | 3 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Barbara

I posted a sign from New Zealand before: Weekly Photo Challenge; Letters Here are some more I found there for this week’s photo challenge.

Posted in New Zealand, Photography, Travel | Tagged Fruit, Level Crossing, Paradise, Signs, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Animals, Chichester Harbour, Photography, Surrey Hills | Tagged Alpacas, dialogue, Itchenor, Llama, St Martha on The Hill, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 8 Comments

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!

Posted in Camping, Chichester Harbour, Photography, Sunsets, Travel | Tagged Basketball net, sea, Silhouette, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 8 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Barbara

I’m not usually up early enough to catch the sunrise, definitely not in summer! Thankfully for me I can capture silhouettes at sunset too! Here is one I took of people fishing at sunset on a beach in Perth.