A few pictures of Trees and some Birmingham locations this Christmas
Towards the end of November, we spent a weekend away celebrating Sandy’s birthday and we chose to go to Chester which is a familiar place to both of us. Sandy had her 18th birthday party in the Grosvenor Hotel and I had many happy visits to the place with my parents. It was lovely to go back and walk down memory lane. On the Saturday, the town was busy with shoppers and the evening more so as the City lights were being turned on for the evening. We spend some time in the Cathedral and it was lovely to linger in the building not under any rush to get back home. The next morning I got up early and went for a walk around the Roman history of the City and down to the River Dee.
Visit to Najing and the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum and Ursina Palace.
Black and White photographs of my travel in China on the trains
High Speed Rail - Chinese Style
Light show in Guangzhou
Exploring the streets of Chengdu especially the Wide and Narrow Lanes (Kuan Xiangzi and Zhai Xiangzi)
I had another chance to visit Dubai and see the Campus which is now open for business. The City is still fun to visit although as I mentioned in my last blog it is sand, concrete and steel. A year later and I noticed a lot more new buildings. In some cases the photographs I had taken in 2017 would not be possible now. Fortunately there were new possibilities available and a selection are shown in my blog. I took my trusty travel camera the Sony RX100v5 with me. As you can see it is very versatile and offers the ability to capture the sight and sounds of this amazing city.
I went to one of favourite spots for picture taking. Knowle Locks offers all the necessary ingredients. Water reflections, perfect setting sun, trees and a high vantage point. Add some clouds and you have the chance to take a great picture. I took all the gear, tripod, DSLR camera, filters and a range of filters. Whilst I was there I snapped a quick picture with my iPhone and tagged it with #englandsbigpicture on my twitter handle. Should I be surprised that the iPhone picture was the one that made the BBC website.
Here is the link to England’s Big Picture
I am just catching up on my photographs. The following are a set of pictures taken in Knowle Park on a misty morning. There is a part of the park that they have just allowed to grow wild. The early mist brought out the spiders webs and the dog walkers look like beings from another planet. All the pictures were done with my Sony RX100v5 and interestingly the most spectacular one was done with the iPhone!!!
The spiders have been busy
