White Horse of Uffington

A picture from a decade or so ago, re-scanned from a colour negative to black and white. The outline of the White Horse can be seen in the middle ground.

Three new additions to the One Thousand Up club

Three photos that have recently achieved one thousand views on Flickr

Copenhagen’s Royal Library/Kongelige Bibliotek

Decayed apples at Rousham, Oxfordshire

The letter E from a Paris Metro sign

Marine jousting in close-up, Sete

Following on from Saturday’s post, marine jousting is not a gentle tourist attraction.

Marine jousting in Sete

 

 

 

 

There is a long history of marine jousting in Sete, France. There is a small School for Jousting (ecole de joutes de la marine) and in early August there were demonstrations at the seaward end of the Grand Canal in Sete. Click through for larger versions and this slide show on Flickr.

Butterflies and flowers | macro

Some pictures taken in a short space of time this afternoon in the garden.

Sony A100 set to 200 ASA with Minolta AF 75-300 zoom; PSE7/ACR for processing raw files. The Minolta lens can get quite close to the animals and can produce a pleasing bokeh. Unfortunately it looks like my camera sensor needs cleaning …