Tag Archives: The Daily Post

Wish we were back there again

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Barbara

In January last year we went to Australia & New Zealand to visit friends and family in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Queenstown. As the weather gets colder her it is easy to miss the heat of Perth, the warmth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Families, New Zealand, Queenstown, Travel | Tagged Gone but not forgotten, Grandchildren, Lake Wakatipu, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Achievement

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Barbara

Producing my ‘selfie‘ a few weeks back for my photography class was a major achievement. I was very proud of myself… but it is only when you look at the photos that ‘didn’t make the cut’ can you see how … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged Achievement, Photo Challenge, photography class, Selfie, spinning, The Daily Post, twirling, Weekly Photo Challenge | 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Barbara

On our first day in Queenstown, New Zealand, we climbed 500m of Ben Lomond the Mountain which rises behind Queenstown, with the intention of taking the Gondola down again! The view from the top is of Queesntown, Lake Wakitipu, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, New Zealand, Photography, Queenstown | Tagged Ben Lomond, Descent, Extreme, Gondola, Lake Wakatipu, Mountain Bikes, Mountain Biking, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge asks us to consider Cover Art: Take your favourite album, book, magazine, or show and choose the image that best represents the selected work. What is my favourite book? It’s hard to decide what are my … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Photography | Tagged Blue, Cover Art, Favourite Book, Robert M. Pirsig, The Daily Post, University of East Anglia, Weekly Photo Challenge, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | 5 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

Another type of ‘Dreamy’

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Barbara

Any excuse to include a picture of Wilson! This Week’s Photo Challenge; Dreamy

Posted in Cocker Spaniels, Photography, Wilson | Tagged dreamy, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 5 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!