Eye candy

Well after my last brain fart, I thought maybe some images would sooth the mind, so I've uploaded a few of my photos for you to see. Unfortunately, most of my best stuff is on film, and my scanner is packed away. One day... :-)

I don't pretend to be any good at photography, and I don't have very good gear, but I love the feeling I get when I've captured something of the feeling of a place or event in a still - it's very rewarding.
Anyway, here a just a few that I like...








This flower is a Bird of Paradise in Sydney, Australia




This was taken down the river from Fowey in Cornwall, SW England. Such a beautiful place - so tranquil...





...I was there late this summer on a long weekend with my cousin Nicola (pic) and her friends. Such lovely people; none of them knew me but within a couple of hours I felt like part of the crew. Thanks guys xxx






This is the lake in Glomel, France where my Mum & Dad used to live.
Fishing, canoeing... it's so beautiful there; fond memories







This one just makes me melt. It's my friend Simon's new wife Sophie, taken after their wedding in August. They'll thank me for telling you it's a borrowed baby! lol








I particularly like images that, to my mind, illustrate something about life and how we live it.

Animals
I love photographing animals. They have a special kind of nonchalance rarely found in a human subject. They sit there, completely unerred, and unimpressed by the presence of the camera - just being themselves. I think it's my inability to behave naturally in front of the lens that makes this so intriguing to me.














This is a seagull I met in Sydney earlier this year. I was there playing the Sydney Opera House with Vanessa Mae





And here are a couple of wasps taking on water. They mix it with cellulose from chewed wood to build their nest



Macro
The last couple illustrate my love of macro photography, whereby if you get close enough to something you can no longer see what it is.
This premise holds another key to a happy life - objectivity. The ability to stand back and look at the whole of your sitiuation, if only for a second, can help you make sense of what's happening.
It proves that without objectivity things start becoming abstract... that is to say that what you feel or think, can, if you're not careful, end up being based entirely on fiction; stuff you have derived from no verifiable truth; pure assumption; at worst, even your imagination.

[You don't half talk bollocks sometimes Stu! - Ed]

Oh sod off Ed! If that's too deep for ya just look at the pretty pictures ;-)



It's actually a close up of a wicker lamp shade







Well I couldn't find the other macro one I wanted to post, so here's another bug. It's a cranefly, but in England we call it Daddy Longlegs. I believe in America the Daddy Longlegs is something quite different - a spider with a low hanging body - this is an insect...













There. Well hopefully I'll get some sort of prize for posting the most random blog of the day or something! More sense next time I promise.
Meanwhile enjoy the pics and happy blogging!!

Love 'n' light, Stuee xxx
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