Summit Gardens, Port Vila, Vanuatu: ‘The Largest Tropical Gardens in the South Pacific’
The Summit Gardens, just fifteen minutes outside Port Vila, Vanuatu, must be amongst the most colourful in the world. Not just for the variety of the tropical plants, but also the eclectic and disparate collection of artefacts on display. What creative mind thought of putting these objects together? (please click on images to enlarge) The […] more…
A Hidden Reaper in the Rice Fields of Ubud
I took this photograph of a man tending his rice field as a fairly wide shot, intending to resize it later to select the best proportions for framing the man and the shrine. When I came to the editing, I discovered an unwelcome visitor. To the right of the shrine, and above, the dead banana […] more…
The Mansion, Ubud, Bali
The Mansion is a luxury hotel and spa, set in lush grounds in the artistic town of Ubud. Oddly, for a leisure resort, The Mansion also has a cosmetic dentist; one way or another you can be sure to leave with a bright smile. The purpose of this post is not to advertise the undoubted […] more…
Cloud
Early morning in October. Into a clear blue sky a pair of clouds formed and slowly drifted westwards before dissipating. All clouds are unique; these resemble a quill pen – a good omen. Proof that you should at all times carry a camera. more…
Conceptual Christmas Trees in Bali and Timor Leste
They do Christmas trees seriously in Timor Leste. This monster was located on a roundabout in Dili. I was fortunate to capture it; the elf at the top right is not drunk, he is working out where to start in taking it down. The scale is a tribute to how the traditions of Christmas are […] more…
Scallop
A view of Maggi Hambling’s sculpture, on the beach at Aldeburgh, composed of interlocking metal shells four metres high, known as ‘Scallop’. A tribute to local son Benjamin Britten, the corrugated steel form is pierced with the words: “I hear those voices that will not be drowned”, from the composer’s opera Peter Grimes. The artist invites […] more…
KiteFest
Taken at a Kite Festival at Walton on the Naze. A wide range of kites jostled for sky space; some individual, others in themed groups of related subjects, such as nursery rhymes, or animals chasing other animals. Unfortunately I had only an old camera phone with me and the photograph was taken in the middle […] more…
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