Magic Reflections
Warped, photo-composited with a horizontal mirror of itself, and converted to black and white with a partial etching effect, the Abbaye Sainte-Foy in Conques takes on an illusion and appearance…
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June 7, 2016
More Real than Reality
What if the the world of reflections is more real than the world of reality? That's the question posed by Abbaye Sainte-Foy de Conques, photographed from a second-story restaurant window in the…
June 5, 2016
Old Train Bridge near Calvignac, France
I clambered up the steep embankment, and followed the faint path that ducked under the barbed-wire fence. Once on the train tracks, I headed onto the old bridge across the…
May 27, 2016
Morning Mist
In the early morning in the Lot River Valley fog follows the course of the river, shown here behind a stand of trees and in front of the cliffs on…
May 21, 2016
Country Rainbow
To paraphrase Ansel Adams, if you don't go out in the rain, you will never get to photograph the clearing storm. As I explored the ancient town of Cordes sur…
May 20, 2016
Echinacea Peeking
I photographed this echinacea (cone flower) peeking through the translucent white rose petals shown in Back to the Flowers with my 200mm telephoto macro lens and a 12mm extension tube. The…
May 17, 2016
Eglise Sainte Jean
The doors to the church in Najac, France are closed tight---which helps lead to the visual sense that one never really knows what goes on behind closed doors. The entrance…
May 11, 2016
Impressions of Giverny
In addition to Monet's bedroom, here are two more iPhone impressions of Giverny: The outside of Monet's house from the front steps, and an impression of the famous garden.
May 8, 2016
Diamonds and Contrails
The group went to the court of the Louvre to photograph the Pyramide, with the idea being to start with sunset and see how it went. I was a little…
May 6, 2016
Looking Up
Sometimes a view from underneath looking up is a great way to present an unusual composition, and interesting light. People don't look up nearly enough! Some cases in point: Here…
May 5, 2016
Claude Monet’s Bedroom
At Giverny during the regular admission hours it was too crowded inside Monet's house to even consider photographing with a "big boy" camera. So I had fun working with my…
May 5, 2016
Another Stage Set and Some Signage
Courtesy of my iPhone, here is another stage set maquette and also some Parisian signage. Related stories (German signs): Cheap Shots; More Cheap Shots.
May 4, 2016
Sailboats in the Luxembourg Gardens
Yesterday was Sunday and May Day, and the first warm sunny day in a while here in Paris. The crowds turned out in the Luxembourg Gardens, with singing and partying.…
May 2, 2016
Saint-Sulpice
Our hotel in Paris is around the corner from Saint-Sulpice, a church made famous in the otherwise pretty silly book, The Da Vinci Code. The soaring interior spaces of this edifice…
May 1, 2016
Cliffs of the River Lot
I am sitting in the Gare Matabiau in Toulouse, France waiting for the train to Paris. The bench with plugs for my electronics beckoned, and I work in the modern…
April 29, 2016
Chemin de Halage
Under the cliffs beside the Lot River, and below the picturesque medieval village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, the Chemin de Halage makes for spectacular walking, and is part of one of the…
April 26, 2016