the mists of dawn often create a muted serene setting, especially near water. also at dawn the wind is often still on the water- ponds, lakes and rivers or even

the dry sand on the beach tends to become shaped in waves by the wind. when the sun is low, either sunrise or sunset the waves cast more or less rhythmic shadow

last autumn the neighbor engaged a painter to paint their house but the fellow was very busy and the weather was unfavorable so he didn't manage to complete the

books have been written about the traditional wooden boats in Norway and there are many aspects worthy of publicizing. the various coastal districts all have un

during our previous travels we had extra long layovers in Muscat due to the airline cancelling our connection flight. now some people may view that as a terribl

House sparrows Passer domesticus are perhaps the most common birds we see here, certainly in the top 3. although the scientific name seems to suggest they are

.we tend to rely on photographs to be accurate representations of reality and while photographs rarely directly misrepresent reality sometimes they can be misle

we were visiting a friend at their cabin recently and @hindavi became interested in these two bird figures. when she positioned them this way i noticed the cute

here are a couple of shots from some pools along the rocky southern Norwegian coastline. it was a special day with near perfect conditions so i took quite a few

sometimes there are quite interesting shadows among the cars parked along the streets in town. this is from the street where we live, but in the center of town.

we keep water out for the birds in several places in the garden. perhaps the most visited is in front of the house where there are different sized bowls situate

once it gets over the neighbours trees the morning sun shines on the front of our house. there's a kadappa stone table with 4 matching stools just to the right

Before it empties into the Arabian Sea, Tiroda Creek widens into a tropical wetland area that is partly marsh and partly swamp, mangrove and otherwise. it's a n

here's yet another take on bicycle shadows that i took a while ago, but it's not the typical view of a bike from the side, with or without a rider. this shot is

it might seem like i had separated the blades of the blind so i could look out the window to see the setting sun but in reality i was outside looking at the ref

when it's festival time in town the idol of the main temple is paraded along the main road. the street is painted with various appropriate designs and long line

in Esplanade Park in Riga, there's a wonderful exhibit of all different vibrantly colored birdhouses on a tree called the Colorful Tree. it's in central Riga, b

we had an errand to do in the next town, Vengurla and on the way back we stopped at a shop on one of the main roads in town. i was precariously parked so i stay

our kitchen has a lot of stainless steel utensils- cannisters, plates, bowls even glasses. i prefer to drink water from a glass glass and tea and coffee from a

my contest entry is a rather mysterious image with shadows, light and straight lines. while it might be hard to recognize what it is from the above image alone,