On a Variety of Topics

Standing out against the near monochrome waters surface on a cloudy day, this mandarin duck has no problem catching our eye with its dazzling array of colours.

The dancer that formed one of the five member team of Suuperpose performs at BYOB at LA18 in Berlin.

When surveying some of the stained glass panels in the Palma Cathedral, I came across this curious one which appears to have a reanimated skeleton bench pressing a rock with a child underneath it shrugging as if it doesn’t know what is going on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯…

An extract from an installation piece seen at the Affordable Art Fair in Berlin – very satisfying patterns and textures and sense of depth.

An extremely unusual sculpture in Gallery Eigen + Art in Berlin messes with the eye when isolated on the stark background.

I can’t seem to resist the lure of photographing a false sunflower when I pass one.

The always stunning Vistula river in Poland seen here on a calm winter’s day, the deep blue of the sky reflecting wonderfully in the nearly perfectly flat river surface.

Moving easily amongst the trees, this ring-tailed lemur was beautiful to watch.

Looking down from above the Affordable Art Fair gave a very different feeling to walking in and amongst the temporary walls – where one kind of forgot that this was all temporarily imposed into a giant warehouse, no doubt distracted by the veritable wealth

A palm tree in Mallorca pops its head over the parapet of the Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani in Palma, Mallorca.

A very minimal building in the Samariterkiez neighbourhood lends itself to abstract compositions.

My pareidolia immediately kicks in here and I interpret it as a beach with a view that looks out to the horizon of a deep blue ocean.

This beautiful flower, Lamprocapnos, jumped out at me as I don’t think I’d seen anything quite like it before – perhaps understandable because it’s native to China and the Korean peninsula!

This absolutely beautiful tree felt like it deserved a careful portrait as it stood there regally lit up by the low winter light, the full extent of its limbs on display and fully occupying the space.

A beautiful wild grey heron stands watch over one of the penguin areas in Tierpark, eagle eyes no doubt peeled for easy opportunities for a tasty snack!

Data Horizon pictured lit up by a dappled projection and seemingly looking straight at us in the middle of his fantastic set at the third BYOB event, this time in LA18.

The undoubtedly impressive interior of the cathedral in Palma must be up there in high ceilinged places in the world.

I’m not sure why I find frozen things so fascinating – something about the temporarily locked state, the moment when everything finally ground to a halt and stopped moving around.

It was only when I finished processing this photo that I noticed its resemblance to the tip of a pencil!

A beautiful Muscari, aka grape hyacinth spotted in the Samariterkiez neighbourhood on a little walkabout in spring 2026.

Coniferous trees grow straight up like arrows in an attempt to outdo each other and get the most sunlight.

The great reed warbler has an absolutely enchanting song and every time I’ve heard it I’ve been captivated.

Fascinating visuals accompanying the music of Wolff Parkinson White when he performed there in April 2026.

The idea of having a window without glass definitely seems a little alien to me, but they’ve done a beautiful job with both the beautiful ornamental grille, but also the cast design around the window itself.

The foreshortening effect of a 600mm equivalent zoom causes this interestingly coloured Berlin apartment block to appear to have some very strange proportions with its windows seeming to be too close to each other.

An ever diminishing piece of ice floats past in the languid current of the Wisła river.

A small but delightfully beautiful bloom from the genus Potentilla.

A beautiful golden light bathed the Acropolis as I walked down from Philopappos Hill in Athens where I had spent time in contemplation after the funeral of my aunt.

Quite different from my recently posted Duct Detail, this beautiful male mallard duck was an irresistible subject with its iridescent plumage standing out beautifully against the blurred background of the lake.