In the summer our little group took our spirit catchers to the Land of the Painted Castle. We arrived some time after curfew, and left our transportation in the designated area on the low field. Chattering and joking, we shuffled along the main carriageway towards the castle village. Silence fell about us as we cautiously entered the main courtyard. The place was empty and so quiet.
Continue reading “Faerie Grotto – Last Chance”It may not be the biggest rock in the world but it’s the only volcanic island you pass on the sea voyage from Belfast to Glasgow. When all those Irish immigrants came to Scotland before, during and after the Great Famine, Ailsa Craig was always the marker of the halfway point.
Whenever we had a family day-out at the coast, we came over the hill beyond Maybole village and our young eyes were awed by the sight. “Look! there’s Ailsa Craig!” was the cry, but my Dad said “It’s ‘Paddy’s Milestone’ – the nickname for the rock dating back to the times of those early Irish travellers.
Continue reading “Big Rock”When I need space, there’s nowhere better than the sea shore. Especially in the evening, the beaches, almost empty at that time, provide a solitude; an empty space to abandon your thoughts and simply absorb the vastness of our surroundings.
more imagesThe world looks a bit different depending on your viewpoint. In taking photographs I’ve always been encouraged to shoot from various angles as a slight change can substantially alter and perhaps improve the resulting photograph…. especially true when using a wide angle lens. And we know sometimes we should get down on our knees to take a photo, but then, for me, it seems to be getting harder to get back up again.
So for this challenge, I want to go for the extremes of Looking Up, and Looking Down, to show the effects of what you can capture at these angles and get a different perspective on our view of the world.
Continue reading “Looking Up, Looking Down”Behold the eye of a Macaw. I mean really that’s just about too much frame-filling for me. But filling the frame is one of those mantras that budding photographers are driven to follow.
I guess it’s all based on trying to avoid empty space around the main subject which does not particularly add to the story. So I’ll try to avoid great areas of cloudless sky, or flat water or endless sand. That’s unless I really want some negative space.
I’m going to start off with a shot of a wee pony.
more imagesI’ve been out and about a bit this autumn. Storm Babet took a lot of leaves off the trees early but even today some of the colours are amazing.
A short gallery follows:-
more imagesLast week, I tried to cover symmetry and show some images that showed this reflection about an axis. Now I’ve been prompted By Donna at Wind Kisses blog to consider Asymmetry. Well, I know one thing is that such images shouldn’t be symmetrical but should despite that show some balance. I’ll try with this selection.
more imagesSymmetry – the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other across a line, a plane or around an axis.
Sofia of photographias blog challenges us to show images that illustrate symmetry …..and more than that those images which show how symmetry is “an important tool to compose strong and appealing photos”.
Continue reading “Symmetry”I like to try and tell some sort of story in my posts or at least cover something that makes me think. But John’s Challenge got me scratching my head. I can start with a couple of signs I found today that made me smile. The one above from a Chinese takeaway and the one below from a dog groomer. I know … the wee animals are cute- complete with shower cap.
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