At the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day ....

Lest we forget

11.11.11

A moment in time

Kew Gardens autumn colour

2011

What a beautiful time of year this is!

Eleven minutes of cinema.

FILM (an 11 minute loop) by Tacita Dean is the latest artwork

to be seen in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, it is 13M tall.

End of Summer

This is a time to bring in the harvest ........

... and give thanks.

Pictures taken at the Chiltern Open Air Museum

Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.

http://www.coam.org.uk/

Bubbles

It is nice when you go out to take some specific pictures and

   you come home with an image that you did  not expect to get.

 This is an example, I went to Hyde Park to take more shots of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion but

 was distracted by the Human Planet BBC Proms in the Park. This young lady was in the audience.



Harris Hawk

Chilean Eagle

Picures taken at a Falconry display by Ray Prior

at

Colne Valley Festival, Denham country park.

Crossbones Graveyard Shrine

Sat 23rd July, 5pm – 6.45pm: Crossbones Bards

The Urban Physic Garden, 100 Union Street, London SE1 0NL

Follwed by

Crossbones Vigil at the gates, Redcross Way

6.45 for 7pm start

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011

Inside the pavilion designed

by

Peter Zumthor



Peacock

This Peacock was photographed at Kew Gardens.

This is only the second time I have seen a Peacock display in this way.

Seven Seven

77 memorial in Hyde Park

"Sky Line"

 

In the background are the new London icons

 

Crossbones Graveyard

Crossbones Graveyard, Red Cross Way, Southwark

Cross Bones is a post-medieval disused burial ground. It is believed

 to have been established originally as an unconsecrated graveyard

 for "single women,"  a euphemism for prostitutes, known locally as

"Winchester Geese,"

For more information: www.crossbones.org.uk/

Brompton Cemetery

                   This large West London cemetery is a very interesting place and has the final

                   resting places of many famous people. It is a fascinating place for photography,

                   It is a very different place as the seasons change. It is a quiet oasis situated

                   between Earls Court exhibition centre and Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea

                   Football Club.

      

Something very English

a cornfield in summer



Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde

                                     This is one of the last three aircraft making their final

landings at London Heathrow airport on 24 October

        2003. All landed on the Northern runway 27R. The photo

                                     is of the second in the landing sequence, G-BOAG,

                                     landing after a final trip to New York and back.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008

Designed by Frank Gehry

Since the year 2000 London's Serpentine Gallery has

been home to a series of temporary summer pavilions.

These are designed by the world's most celebrated architects.

Himalaya 1981/2

The Everest massif as seen from Tengboche Monastery

                   These black and white pictures were taken with Rollei compact camera on

                   Ilford FP4 film which I processed at home after the five week trek. I trekked

                   from the foothills up to the summit of Kala Patthar at 5,545 m (18,192 ft).

                   This gave close views of Everest, Khumbu Glacier and base camp area. We

                   flew back to Kathmandu city from Lukla airstrip situated at 2,860 metres (9,383 ft),



One of the many families encountered in a foothills village.

My first post

Watch this space for some of my favourite photographs. 

  

This picture was taken at the London Wetland Centre.  It shows part of a sculpture exhibition where the sculptures have been constructed from recycled materials.