Mountain Colours

The top of a (little) mountain in Norway in late autumn. The colours reminded me a bit of the film version of "Brigadoon" -which seemed deliberately artificial in their majesty. Well, now I know that such a wealth of colour does exist, when you climb and go "wandering through the heather on the hill..."

Location: Valdres, Norway

Le Chateau Frontenac

I just watched (again) Alfred Hitchcock's moody film "I Confess" from 1953, and realised just how much it had inspired my photography in Quebec earlier this year. The Chateau Fronteac features heavily in the film, and still looks exactly as it did in the film. Of course my photographs of it had to be in black and white too, and taken from obscure angles -my own homage to cinematographer Robert Burks.

Location: Quebec, Canada

Spanish Moss

Old Savannah, one of my favourite US cities -full of character, history and texture. The lazy trees, bedecked with Spanish moss are eerie by night, but provide welcome shade in the heat of day, as well as wonderful subjects for pictures.

Location: Savannah, Georgia

Jeans

Not really a story behind this one, just experimenting with my camera and finding lines and textures in everyday objects, like this pile of jeans -waves of them!

Riverside

I am always fascinated by old, seemingly deserted buildings. This one on the bank of the Thames in Hammersmith is interesting because of its curves and mellow and warm colours in the late afternoon sun. It also contrasts with the more formal building on the other side of the river in the background.

Location: London, England

Signs in American Shop Window

Notice boards and shop windows are fertile grounds for gems of the bizarre and out-of-the-ordinary kind. One wonders just how safe people may have felt when passing this particular window!

Location: New Orleans, USA

Links

I have been experimenting a bit with taking close-up pictures of small things that don't usually get much attention, but look great enlarged, like these cufflinks. Expect more like this as my roving eye seeks out other little things deserving more attention!

Peacock

There are few things more magnificent than the fabulous outfit of a peacock, feathers unfurled. I find it incredible and humbling that nature could produce something so beautiful, and was thrilled that this particular bird elected to show off for me.

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Another Glass Roof...or Ceiling?

One of Europe's most spectacular train stations is the Berlin Hauptbahnhof -an architectural wonder, not least because of the brilliant use of glass, creating a spacious, light interior and quite a classical overall look. Also rather good for pictures!

Location: Berlin, Germany

English Country Road

I love the total Englishness of this picture -the quiet country road and the eccentric placing of a telephone box, far from any form of civilisation and standing slightly askew. The bright red indeed contrasts with the green, but somehow the telephone box seems perfectly happy where it is -out of place, yet not out of place at the same time.

Location: Berkshire, England

A Day at the Musuem

The first time I saw the rebuilt inner courtyard of the British Musuem I just stood and stared in amazement. It was one of the most stunning interior spaces I had ever seen. The intricate glass ceiling is as beautiful as any of the objects on display, and informs the whole space, especially when the sun shines and creates a web of shadows on the pristine marble floors and stairs. I tried to capture some of the immensity and beauty in this picture, but this is only a small part of the whole.

Location: London, England.

Derelict Building

I have always found derelict buildings fascinating. Their stories are often somehow more tangible than buildings that are new or lived in. And surfaces, textures and crumbling features seem almost organic. This former apartment building unexpectedly has a sad beauty about it. I find the curved corners especially appealing.

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Those Autumn Leaves

Autumn in New England is always magnificent, and even in the cities. This tree on Boston Common seemed especially beautiful -delicate and somehow still full of life, with its few remaining, perfectly contrasting, leaves.

Location: Boston, USA

Autumn Vista

This photograph was taken in just about my favourite place in the whole world -the mountains of central Norway, and in the autumn when the colours become especially beautiful. Lakes, trees, sky and snow-topped mountains in the distance... and quiet, perfect quiet in the crisp air. Utter peace.

Location: Rundmellen, Valdres, Norway

Birds On A Wire

Just a simple photograph that I quite liked -the sun going down in Tennessee, birds resting or waiting on telephone wires, wondering perhaps where all the leaves have gone.

Location: Memphis, USA

People in Covent Garden

This is a very calm picture.The five main figures all appear to be in their own little world -waiting, resting, reading -each is somehow both alone and part of the whole. The portico of St. Paul's Church provide some shade from the sun and the bases of the columns a place to sit -as they have for several hundred years.

Location: London, England