The MacDuff Harbour Slip at Night
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The Harbour at Night
MacDuff Harbour during the night
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The Harbour
A spot of fisheye lens action at Banff Harbour
Photographs, Video and Stuff
MacDuff Harbour during the night
A spot of fisheye lens action at Banff Harbour
We often walk along the beach from Banff to Whitehills (good place to buy fresh fish) and, on the way, we pass the old Roman Well (and I thought the Roman’s didn’t get this far north). It has been there since Roman times (AD 43 to AD 47) and so it was built around 2,000 years ago. They build things to last in Scotland!!! More about this small but nonetheless interesting building here.
I walked to Whitehills and back today and realised it is a 6 mile round-trip. Oh so very healthy!
The lighthouse at MacDuff Harbour.
They just don’t build them like they used to…
A little windy today and yesterday…
Houses in Scotland….built to last. The Romans couldn’t take on Scotland and win and nor, it seems, can the weather. This house as solid as a rock (well, more than a few rocks in fact).
I can’t help thinking that the Masons are, in some way, linked to Harry Potter! My father was a mason. He kept all his wizardry tools in a little brown leather suitcase and we were never allowed to see what was stored away in his secret suitcase….sandwiches and a magic wand perhaps? If I turn into a toad after posting this, you’ll know why!
If you visit the United Kingdom and see a post box (like the one below) with ‘GR’ on the front, this means that the postbox was installed during the reign of King George V (1910-1936). In those days we British folk used to build thing that would last for a long time. The ‘G’ stands for George of course and the ‘R’ stands for Rex (Latin for King).
The post box below is still very much in service and it is located near to Banff High Street and long may it remain there. Let’s hope this post box and many other things can survive the complete pillock who is currently living at No 10 Downing Street.
Bounding up this street in Banff with vigour is out of the question these days. A slow, up-hill crawl, in low gear, with frequent rest stops is a better strategy and the ‘slo-mo’ approach is easier on the creaky old knees! Going ‘down the way’ (as they say here in Scotland) is much easier.
It takes more a little more than a King Canute type approach to hold back the tides and the sometime furious seas here in Banff, Scotland. Ironically, we have a number of politicians about us these days who think they have supernatural powers – but, it turns out, like Canute – they do not!! It is quiet clear (especially from the image below) that, thankfully, our coastal defences are more effective and in much better shape than the grubby crop of duplicitous politicians we have to put up with these days…
Dawn breaking over Banff, Scotland. Moody sky this morning
It often happens…
We’re still on the move but slowly heading north now……..where was this image taken?
Lincoln in the United Kingdom (not so united at the moment!!!).
Amsterdam – such a beautiful city…
Primarily a work of art but a secondary function is to stop cars being ‘ram-raided‘ into a building. The plinth supporting the head is probably made of concrete and steel…
I’m not sure about this one. It looks as though this image has gone all HDR but, in fact, is has received a strong dose (overdose?) of RAW processing.
A bit of fish-eye!
This time something a little different when I am using the new Texture Slider in Adobe Camera RAW. I like using the new texture slider together with the dehaze slider when taking my images into monochrome. You can have a lot of fun with this new slider! Great if you want to give your images a little bit of zizz!
They are getting less and less common in the UK and are often used as overnight shelters by homeless people. Surely, in the world’s 7th largest economy, there must be a better way to cope with homelessness? Note sleeping bag in the telephone box.
A place I would never ever visit!
The Tattoo Shop
Please click on the link below, close your eyes and join me in the main lobby in Central Station Amsterdam (a natural echo chamber). Towards the end you’ll here a station announcement but the natural echo in the main lobby makes it hard to hear what is being announced.
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Please click on the link below, close your eyes and join me at a cafe in Central Station Amsterdam. It was a warm day yesterday and the cafe was doing a roaring trade selling iced drinks (you will hear the food processors behind the counter whirring away!).
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The changing face of London.
I’m reminded of that song….Little boxes made of ticky tacky!
More nonsense created using Macphuns FX Photo Studio
Unusual windows in Amsterdam
