chilli

no reason,no reason at all

fox

this fractal looked to me like a fox from Pom Poko

broken glass

I made this fractal on white first



then I inverted it accidentally. it proved to be one of those where once you have it inverted it's a different picture altogether

Lighthouse in Grenen

pseudo IR image, toned into fake "old film" colors

Cambridge (Fen Ditton, stricktly speaking) dragon boat festival

festival website - http://www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk/cambridge/
a few more photos at http://tamara-k.livejournal.com/324898.html
Cambridge pics at shuttersock

in-camera blur

looking up through the leaves, zooming in while exposing

red arrows again

samw shhow. shame they don't do flybys for private occasions, or so it appears

red arrows

red arrows were performing yesterday at Duxford. they are spectacular.
I just checked out their website and you can kinda follow them around if you wish http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/displayinfo/september09.cfm
I am thinking hard about it

jump

either Yuri or Timur (how did they grow, my little boys, I can't tell them apart from the reflection) is jumping over a pool on Aarhus pier.

Last day there it was sunny one minute and rained heavily the next

postcard from Lavenham

the village is ever so pretty.

incidentally, this is a village where I first saw (and promptly misinterpreted) a mention of "Odd Fellows Lodge". It was (and still is) n a little plaque on one of the public benches. I couldn't photograph the plaque, because both times we went past there was a cheerful group of old ladies sitting on the bench having a chat. I did photograph is before, though - have a look, if you wish

Anyway, the Oddfellows (written together, apparently) are not "strange fellows", but rather "assorted fellows", meaning that society is formed across trades and occupation - here is what wikipedia has to say about it

flax in blue

we happened to be at a pick-your-own farm nearby when a field of flax was in bloom. I spotted pretty blue flowers, made a few pics and then asked the lady in the farm shop "are those linen?". the word "flax" escaped me at that point, but we quickly arrived on it. She said that she had no idea what these plants were, and asked a guy who was passing by "Listen, are those flax plants?". He scratched his head and said - "what, those blue ones? Naah, they are linseed".
We didn't argue, although it is the same thing.
Now this field is almost ripe, but I like the blue version better

widow cleaner

smoke

incense stick smoke, isolated on black, inverted and colored.

redcurrant

I never really liked to eat it, but when I was a kid, I really liked the look of redcurrant bushes. transparency, bright reds and greens, the roundness - it seemed perfection to me. I was always very annoyed when it was time for picking.

lashes

 

Pictures of the same model on shutterstock - here

bilberry

I could hardly tear myself from this bilberry place, but somebody to pick us up and was waiting by the car, plus insect repellent was wearing off. Otherwise I would probably still be there

forest

in-camera motion blur. it was late and a normal picture won't have worked anyways

waiting

waiting on Suomenlinna pier for a ferry that would (and did) bring over Kirill, who forgot his passport a day before and had to come over a day later than planned. Maybe we were just lucky, but we had a beautiful slice of finnish summer

you should always have your camera handy

Saffron Walden fire station was having a findraising carwash today and I turned in (I was going to get kids to wash my car, but I was going to do it for such a long time that, well, you know). I think it was something to do with next carnival, at least some of the guys have t-shirts with carnival logo on. to be fair, everything was probably written on the board they were holding by the entrance, but I didn't get to read it really.

my car is very, very clean, unusually so.

I have a few nice snaps from inside the car. I am thinking that when I am back from the hols, I will pop into the station and give them a CD.