Yangtze traffic

We’d disembarked our riverboat a few miles down river (think 19th century Mississippi Riverboat). The waters this high up a tributary were far too shallow for anything that size to navigate. And we got into boats just like this, powered by shoulders and sweat and amazingly muscular thighs – that disembarked and pulled us through

Tree Tangle

Giving Gimp another go here Obviously I don’t quite have the grasp of this compared to Photoshop… but I liked it well enough. The tree is amazing… sprawling, growing rampant in all directions.

Eternal Sadness

Not sure why, but this angel is one of my favourite captures… there seems to be so much going on…

Wanaka World

Last one. I promise. Okay, I don’t promise… But we’ll go back to the more usual diversion tomorrow. I promise. Maybe… But come on… The four naked trees in winter just make for an interesting piece. And good things come in threes…

Auckland Sunset

Apologies for putting two of these little globes up in a row, but I’ve had a bit of fun making them, experimenting with different types of subjects. Landscapes are the easiest to work with as long as you’ve got a bit of variety in the terrain. But anything that can be shot or cropped to

Time to go home

Love this one. I’m a sucker for long exposure urban shots… but then, who isn’t. This one has a bit of a twist. This is downtown Auckland shot from the MS Volendam last month.

Salty Anticipation

Life can be such a struggle! There is so much competition out there – you just never know where it’s coming from.

seeing between

When I was a little girl, I did not understand that not everyone saw colours the way I did – that some things were a particular colour, but other things just had a colour. I’ve since learned it’s really not that uncommon – synesthesia – a sort of crossing of the senses. Some people can

Splash of Colour

I seem to be on a roll with these little flights of fancy… The original flower arrangement came from the same wedding show as the Monster from the White Lagoon…

Welcoming Committee

I went to a wedding show with my daughter a couple of months ago, looking for ideas for her upcoming wedding. Of course I brought my camera and took photos of all sorts of bits and pieces, cos I never know when I will need a photo of anything at all and I much prefer