Hibiscus Reflection – Sunday Post
Again, I have resorted to Photoshop trickery to create the illusion of a red hibiscus bloom and its rippled reflection for this week's Sunday Post: Reflection challenge. The original photograph is of…
Weekly Photo Challenge:Free Spirit
When I think of a free spirit I think of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach, a short novella I read over thirty years ago. Have you read it? "Your…
Travel Theme: Curves – Liquid Bamboo
For this week's Travel Theme: Curves I resorted to some Photoshop trickery again to completely alter the appearance of a clump of bamboo I photographed in Bali into a curvy abstract shape of greens.…
Capture the Colour
TravelSupermarket.com is sponsoring the Capture the Colour competition which asks for five photos that represent five different colors:  Blue, Green, Yellow, White and Red. Blue- Amazingly still on the rails of Kolkata, India, daily,…
Sanibel Island Lighthouse
The early morning sun contrasts the rusty orange of the Sanibel Lighthouse against the cloudless blue Florida sky. Fishermen dot the water's edge hoping for a trout or mackerel on the outgoing tide. The…
Hanoi at Night ~ Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban
A city is simply a passel of people packed in a pot like pickles. _David Detzer Hanoi, Vietnam, like most large cities, never sleeps. Everyone seems to be constantly on…
Silhouettes of Halong Bay Fishermen
Halong Bay in Vietnam is a home of the ancient Viet people and has been occupied by various cultures dating back some 18,000 years. The fishing communities who live on…
Saint James Saturday
The day dawned ugly, the sky dark with big bruised clouds heavy with rain. Not the typical Southwest Florida sunny morning. But it is Hurricane Season after all, the mean…
Sunday Post ~ Black and White ~ Calcutta , India
Kolkata, India, still popularly called Calcutta, even by the locals, is little changed since British rule. This city of 15 million is a place of sensory overload. The sights, sounds,…
Travel Theme ~ Sunsets
Surely, a sunset is God’s daily gift to us. Many places boast of their sunsets but I'm betting those in my corner of the world are as good as they…