The eye should learn to listen before it looks
― Robert Frank
canned, and on the bench
a load of bull
don’t
feeling prickly?
dealing…
brittle
wired
blowing in the wind
toothsome
long and winding (but not yellow brick)
branching out
kerouac(ing)
*all images made on 1 January 2024, with Nikon F5, AF Nikkor 80-200mm 1:2.D ED lens and Ilford HP5 Plus film, negatives developed by Carmencita Film Lab, then scanned with Nikon D850 and ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter*
“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms”
― Kobayashi Issa, Poems
A follow up to my last post featuring more photos captured during a walk along the banks of the river Tormes in Salamanca…
*All images with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8E FL ED VR lens, and some glorious February sunshine!*
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
– Emily Dickinson
Taking advantage of some mid February sunshine I took a walk yesterday from the centre of Salamanca along the banks of the Tormes river to the Isla del Soto, these images are from the start of that walk and feature some of the beautiful architecture of Salamanca, the golden stone and the cigüeñas that seem to make every rooftop their own. More images from the banks of the river to follow…
room with a view, open plan accommodation for two to three families…
domes and antenna mast (those who know my history may recall my ‘thing’ about TV distribution…)
dark thoughts…
homecoming…
x marks the spot…
penthouse suite…
caught on the balcony…
you lookin’ at me?
stoned…
are you sitting comfortably? (note – this is through the locked gates of an interesting museum to which I will return…)
dome (and this time) dishes…
imposing…
hidden…
*All images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8E FL ED VR lens, and some glorious February sunshine!*
dancin' and prancin' in jingle bell square in the frosty air giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet - lyrics from jingle bell rock, tarja
the incredible shrunken man…
…catch a falling star
choices…
…standing man
…cervantes
imposition…
…got my eyes on you
pa-e-lla…
shelling out for christmas…
…pointing man
reach for the sky
cherche la grenouille
rapunzel’s bad hair day
hemmed in
men in hats (lazy)
another imposition
I spy an eye
framed
ho ho, ho
now, let’s go over that again…
crossed out
christmas cell
jingle bell rock
…the morning after
*all images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 35mm f1.4 G lens, plus a dash of humour*
Flowers scattering –
The water we thirst for
Far off, in the mist– Kobayashi Issa
*images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikon 35mm 1.4G lens*
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in
― Robert Frost
(Sometimes)
This city is where I live, as to where my home is, that’s a moot point.
Random shots on a cold autumnal day in Salamanca.
A practice shoot for a portfolio I am planning, over on salamancastreets.
*All images made with Nikon D700 and Nikon AF-S 50mm 1.4G lens – a blast from the past*
You always own the option of having no opinion.
There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control.
These things are not asking to be judged by you.
Leave them alone– Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
It has been a long time since I posted here actively, or at all, and I do keep promising to remedy that.
For several years these pages, and others, have sustained and inspired me through difficult times.
So, with no promises, I’m back for a moment, perhaps longer.
The images which follow were captured on a walk on Saturday, 30 September. The skies were a deep blue, the temperature was around 33C and some, who saw my related posts on Facebook, asked where I was. The answer was not Australia, or somewhere in Africa, as some reasonably surmised. No, I was a short walk away from home in the province of Salamanca, on the last day in September. The dusty red paths a testament to the reality of climate change.
There is no particular theme or message in my photos.
They are simply what caught me attention (again) on a well trodden path…
It is good to write and shoot again.
*all images made with my fujifilm x100f and its fixed 23mm f/2 lens, minimally edited in Lightroom with Fujifilm’s luscious velvia profile*
about christmas
russian shell(s)
ukraine hell(s)
about christmas
freezing cold
forgotten old
about christmas
homeless (not) hopeless
clueless politician, regardless
about christmas
behind closed doors
lie (closed) minds
about christmas
how much, is enough
for you
for them
for us
let's talk... about christmas
exposed
spotted
spirit (me away)
not just for christmas
not the pandemic
do you feel lucky?
palmed off
face off
caged dreams
lack of intimacy
you looking at me?
where are all the little people?
no, on reflection
closed (for christmas)
*images made with Fujifilm X100F with fixed 23mm f/2 lens*
The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance
Images from a well travelled path, each season something different, and yet the song remains the same.
Under these cloud splattered big blue skies, in this place, there is plenty of time (and space) to think.
About what would make things right (because, they aren’t).
Images made with Nikon D850 with AF-S Nikon 14-24mm 1:2.8G ED lens.
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