Archive for March, 2010
Juliet’s Legacy
We have escaped from the blizzards in Scotland to the beautiful northern Italian city of Verona, famous for being the setting of Romeo and Juliet. So perhaps we shouldn’t have been surprised that we literally stumbled into ‘Juliet’s House’. This was a building that the city has decided associated with a family which may have […]
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Old Smokes
One of the things that I notice, perhaps because I don’t smoke, is the quantity of cigarette butts discarded after a weekend, before the street cleaning crews have got to work. There are distinct smokers’ corners as it is illegal to smoke inside a public venue in Scotland. This is a less extreme example of […]
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City Greenery
It is a grey and wet day in Glasgow today. Amidst the dank and gloomy streets this splash of green from what looks like a dandelion stood out. Weeds seem to have a rude vigour that enables them to flourish in the least promising conditions. This is a GX200 image. It has been converted from […]
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New Leaf
British Summer Time has arrived – just ahead of a forecast blast of snow early next week. Nevertheless, fresh leaves are starting to appear on some of the local bushes. Here is a leaf from the rather bare hedge by our local bridge taken this morning on a cool but sunny morning. This a GX200 […]
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Medieval Door
Perth was a major centre in medieval Scotland and the layout of the streets in the town centre still follow the medieval pattern. There are relatively few medieval buildings left, but this door with its typical homily of ‘Grace and Peace’ above the door is a notable survivor. A GX200 shot converted to B&W in […]
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Catkins
Not surprisingly there isn’t a great deal of fresh vegetation in the Alps at this time of year. The grass is still burned brown by the cold and flattened by the weight of the snow. However, in the valleys there are some catkins hanging from the trees and new buds forming. Spring is definitely on […]
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Aping Nature
The French have developed a number of high altitude resorts for skiing to extend the season for as long as possible. One of these is Avoriaz in the vast Portes de Soleil ski area. It has one awards for its design, and I can see why. Individually the buildings may appear gauche and out of […]
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High Mountain Afternoon
The weather steadily improved during our stay in Morzine. The third and final day was a glorious example of spring skiing in the Alps. There was still plenty of snow under warm blue skies – warm enough for some brave souls to be skiing in shorts. The rumble of avalanches could be heard from time […]
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Pines in Mist
I have been on a short skiing holiday with friends to Morzine in France. The weather has been rather mixed, but I was able to take this view of the pines in low cloud which expressed the poor weather at the start of the trip. This was an E-520 picture taken with the 70-300mm lens […]
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Mysterious Seven
I was walking up Buchanan Street in Glasgow when I saw this intriguing graffito. I followed the arrow, but it didn’t seem to lead anywhere, which was both disappointing and mysterious. I think that this works both in colour: and black and white: This was a GX200 shot, converted from Raw in RPP, and then […]
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One Picture, One Day 