03 August 2009
29 July 2009
28 July 2009
Parthenon
The queen of all classical architecture - a wonder to behold up close. A classical ending to a perfect day in Athens!
22 June 2009
Sunset on the Lee Navigation
Swans and chicks on the Lee Navigation at sunset. Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
05 June 2009
Hope
Sunlight was the star last Sunday morning in London's Abney Park Cemetery, shining through one of the largest horse chestnut trees I've seen. I caught a glimpse of the sun through the crown and wondered how digital capture would work - I used a full range of exposure compensation on my Nikon D40 - this frame is at +2/3 EV.
02 May 2009
Slow Down London Photo Exhibit
Show at Foyles Cafe, Charing Cross Rd London sponsored by the Londonist and Slow Down London.
http://slowdownlondon.co.uk/gallery/
My entry 'Taste and Chat' second from left, top row
www.flickr.com/photos/d1v1d/3315118693/
http://slowdownlondon.co.uk/gallery/
My entry 'Taste and Chat' second from left, top row
www.flickr.com/photos/d1v1d/3315118693/
18 April 2009
Roses in Regent's Park
Healthy foliage in the Rose Garden in the Regent's Park Inner Circle. Bountiful blooms guaranteed by the end of May!
16 March 2009
After Midnight
Back at home after a week's stay at London Bridge Hospital. This was the view of London Bridge from my window on a sleepless night. Had lumbar fusion surgery. Walking again but still very painful. See link below,
http://www.spine-health.com/treatment/spinal-fusion/lumbar-spinal-fusion-surgery
http://www.spine-health.com/treatment/spinal-fusion/lumbar-spinal-fusion-surgery
28 February 2009
La Tua Pasta, Borough Market
My favourite pasta at Borough Market, London taken on 21 February 2009. Used my not-so-portable Mamiya C330S Twin Lens Reflex camera (aka the Lee Miller camera) and Kodak TX 400 film for this. There is nothing automatic about this camera - focusing is especially challenging because of the limited depth of field with the available lighting.
You can see the range of products available at:
http://www.latuapasta.com
You can see the range of products available at:
http://www.latuapasta.com
27 February 2009
Clerkenwell in Bloom
Aah - the magic of spring - first warm sunny day in ages. This taken from ground level facing the afternoon sun in a small garden near Farringdon Station, Clerkenwell.
23 February 2009
What is Life?
Ghost Bike at Old St. / St. John St. junction in Clerkenwell - scene of a number of serious / fatal accidents involving bicycles
I am thinking of the George Harrison song, 'What is Life?'
www.last.fm/music/George+Harrison/_/What+Is+Life
I am thinking of the George Harrison song, 'What is Life?'
www.last.fm/music/George+Harrison/_/What+Is+Life
02 February 2009
Snow Drifts in Regent's Park
OK - so time for a bit of Tom foolery. Look closely to see the seams in this British Land photo applied to a temporary wall in Regent's Place. The snow drifted up against the wall but created a cinema-like matte effect.
31 January 2009
Early Gym Day
Up at 5:15 on Thursday - no delays on bus or tube but the facial lines speak to the early hour.
21 January 2009
The Inaugural Poem - by Elizabeth Alexander
Wonderful, spirited writing - see link at:
http://london.usembassy.gov/obama004.html
http://london.usembassy.gov/obama004.html
10 January 2009
Regent's Canal - Icy Morning
Rode on Regent's Canal yesterday from Broadway Market, Hackney to Islington - first time in a long while. No YOBs but lots of ice. Cyclists and peds much more courteous now about slowing down and giving way - bell tings in abundance as well. Where are the waterfowl? Too cold to 'duck' down.
08 January 2009
Accident Hotspot - Northchurch Rd at Southgate Rd
Van failed to give way - in spite of clear road markings and sign. My lights were on and I was wearing my hi-viz vest. Luckily only minor damage but could have been worse. I suspect there was something else distracting the driver - a mobile phone?
25 December 2008
28 November 2008
Critical Mass Wins in House of Lords!
This post is an email from Chris Ashby at the Islington Cyclists Action Group (ICAG)
The appeal against the Metropolitan Police by a Critical Mass particpant has
been won in a major judgement made at the House of Lords today. If you want
to read the full proceedings then type something like House of Lords
Judgement 26th November 2008 into Google and you will have joyful reading!
ICAG and LCC have always supported Critcal Mass so this is an important
legal decision. Thanks and congratulations are due to the appellent and to
the appellent's legal team, one of whom some of you will know and have seen
on a recent Feeder Ride near here. One might legitimately question the huge
amount of our money spent by the Met' Police on persuing and finally losing
this ridiculous case against cyclists.
See Guardian article at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/26/critical-mass-london-police/print
The appeal against the Metropolitan Police by a Critical Mass particpant has
been won in a major judgement made at the House of Lords today. If you want
to read the full proceedings then type something like House of Lords
Judgement 26th November 2008 into Google and you will have joyful reading!
ICAG and LCC have always supported Critcal Mass so this is an important
legal decision. Thanks and congratulations are due to the appellent and to
the appellent's legal team, one of whom some of you will know and have seen
on a recent Feeder Ride near here. One might legitimately question the huge
amount of our money spent by the Met' Police on persuing and finally losing
this ridiculous case against cyclists.
See Guardian article at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/26/critical-mass-london-police/print
04 November 2008
Freedom
Reports are now flowing in about record voting in Virginia and other Eastern states; voters started to line up at 4:30 am this morning. There is hope!
The 45-year old words of Martin Luther King come to mind:
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
"...when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
The 45-year old words of Martin Luther King come to mind:
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
"...when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
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