Week of 22 August 2011

  Color and Light

Cathedrals, abbeys, minsters, and mosques offer fabulous

stained glass windows casting a beautiful glow on the stone floors below.  

This weeks posting offers a sampling of my stained glass collection:

Notre Dame
Paris, France

Kocatepe Mosque
Ankara, Turkey

San Benedetto Monastery
Italy

The Cathedral of St. Etienne
Metz, France

Arundel Cathedral
West Sussex, England

Saturday, 20 August 2011

What a cutie!!

A photo walk with friends today provided lots of photo ops.  

There were many families out enjoying the nice weather. 

Below was one of my favorite babies of the day.

Friday, 19 August 2011

Sunrise ~ Sunset

The sun is setting on another week and we welcome another weekend!

The sunset image below was taken last summer in Camps Bay, South Africa.

Amazingly, every evening in Camps Bay was greeted with an awesome sunset like the one below.

18 August 2011

Old vs. New

Architecture offers wonderful subjects for traditional, modern, and abstract images.  

Below are two architectural images to include 1) a contrast of old and new and 

2)  an architectural abstract.   I considered going B&W however I felt the first photo 

lost the old-new contrast when the color was removed! 

I was inspired to post architectural images after seeing the strong images 

posted earlier this week by Bill Wellham (see link on my blog list).   

Awesome photos Bill!

17 August 2011

Yummy....
After all the comments on my post two days ago about being able 

to "smell the city" when looking at a photo I was moved to post 

a food photo.  While this is different from getting to "smell the city" from a photo,
it may have a similar effect :)  

16 August 2011

The EYES have it...

A weekend at the markets always offers some interesting 

subjects to photograph.  This past weekend I found these eyes!

Definitely a fun pair of stockings for a day at the market :) 

15 August 2011

The place to be...

A photo blogging buddy, Bill Willhem, has a great "Moving Subjects" blog.  

His latest post includes images of London from 2006-2008 and the first two photos 

are some of my favorite locations:  Carnaby Street and St. Christopher's Place.  

Today I offer two images to compliment Bill's photographs.   

Like Bill, my images were also taken to document the location 

as opposed to getting a great artistic shot however they are fun none the less.  

Interesting to see the primary building in the St. Christopher's Place 

photos went from blue to purple from when Bill took his photo 

to when I took mine from earlier this year.

(You can check out Bill's blog via the link for Moving Subjects in My Blog List)

Photo of the Day - 8/14/11

Windows...

Windows and doors offer a great subject for travel photographers.

The beautiful flowers of summer window boxes provides a lovely contrast 

to the details of this half timber building in Strasbourg, France.

Photo of the Day - 8/13/11

BUNGY....

Sticking with the sign theme this is a classic.

This was the sign on the women's bathroom at the

AJ Hackett Bungy jumping center in Queenstown, NZ.

And if you must know....  yes,  I took the plunge and loved it!!

Photo of the Day - 8/12/11

Signology.....  Love this sign!

While traveling the globe you are bound to encounter

lots of new, unique, and culturally diverse things.  

Signs can be especially fun.  Keep an eye out for signs that are different

from those found in your own country.   You may be 

amused, amazed, and even shocked by what you find on signs around the globe.

This sign was found in New Zealand!

Photo of the Day - 8/11/11

On a wing and a prayer....

Today we get off land and into the friendly skies.

Perfect day for a flight with lovely blue skies and fabulous clouds.

Photo of the Day - 8/10/11

And on foot....

sometimes the most efficient way to get around a city.

Well, maybe not the quickest when you're walking and texting 

at the same time like these two ladies :)

Photo of the Day - 8/9/11

Bikes and Trains....now Automobiles

Unfortunately the senseless violence in London continues.

This image shows only a portion of the police vehicles headed into central London 

to preposition for the expected rioting tonight.  Wish I could say the police 

weren't needed tonight however it is now late at night and the 

helicopters and sirens are still being heard occasionally.  

  

Photo of the Day - 8/8/11

It's a blur....

to follow on the EXPLORE theme from the posting yesterday

we've moved on from bikes to trains.

As you can see it's much faster :)

Had fun playing with getting the blur of a moving train.

Not too bad given this image was taken without a tripod!

Photo of the Day - 8/7/11

Explore....

 by bike, train, plane, automobile, or by foot!

These fun loving guys were headed to catch a train 

home after a day of cycling.

Photo of the Day - 8/6/11

Don't forget to look up....

The ceilings of cathedrals, mosques, abbeys, etc 

are some of the most beautiful parts of the buildings.

The ceiling above is in a Turkish mosque.

Photo of the Day - 8/5/11

Recycle... 

Rwandan security fence

Photo of the day - 8/4/11

Relax.....  

Loved these umbrellas found as decoration up high 

in a cathedral ceiling of a spa in Costa Rica

Photo of the day - 8/3/11

Yummy....

Love beautiful, colorful food :)

Photo of the day - 8/2/11

Recycle.....  

a pic from my abstract collection :)

Photo of the day - 8/1/11

My European Cathedral collection includes stained glass as well as architecture.  

There are so many unique features to highlight and 

the stained glass is near the top of the list!

This stained glass window is in the beautiful Strasbourg Cathedral in France.