Paula over at Black & White Sunday was asking once again for traces of the past and posted a beautiful shot of Bamburgh Castle on the north east coast of England. I decided to go closer and show a close up of a stones, in this case of the portcullis of a castle’s entrance, in this case of — Bamburgh Castle on the north east coast of England.
For more traces of the past, click here.
Objects or People older than 50 years for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge.
The featured people are older than 50 but their clothes – traditional German costumes from the south-western part – often are too, truly so or re-created. Obviously, I have a penchant for hats. The men all wear the traditional form called tricorne or cocked hat which was worn by older, more well-to-do burghers.
For more photos of things and people older than 50 years, click here.
Me eyeing a cormorant eyeing the river for his next meal.
For Thursday’s Special: zoom in zoom out. More photos playing with distance and nearness can be found here.
Nancy Merill at A Photo A Week asked for mismatched sets. Can you spot which one is the odd one out?
Find the lack shee… seagull.
And some more birds. Spot the odd one out:
A Photo a Week: one of these things. More mismatched sets can be found here.
In our annual spring parade, nursery schools celebrate the awakening of spring.
The Daily Post: Awakening. More wide awake photos can be found here.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: kind. More kind photos and pictures can be found here.
Another colour collage for Värikollaasit. More collages can be found here.
It would have been too easy to pick crocuses (or croci), wouldn’t it?
It’s an industrial mural – I checked it up and the company produces safety shoes and boots for the work environment. It looks nice though, much better than a uniform grey wall.
For Monday Murals. For more murals click here.
More oddball photos, not necessarily of sheep, can be found over at Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge.
After having played around with merging photos with famous painting styles, here is a photo of an original of Vincent van Gogh: Les oliviers. The painting is hanging in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.
For One Word Photo Challenge: paint. More photos of paint or possibly, paintings can be found here.
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