Tag Archives: photography

Got Lines — Misbehaved?

Posted on May 6, 2018 by colonialist

The Current Photo Challenge is on the Lines of lines, so I’ve lined up a trio taken recently with lines in abundance. © May 2018 Colonialist

Posted in Africa, Grandchildren, photo challenge, Photography, Swimming, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged Colonialist, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge: lines | 5 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Who Needs to Dress it up with Words?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by colonialist

Posted in Dogs, Grandchildren, Personal Journal | Tagged Colonialist, dressed-up dogs, photography, wordless wednesday | 29 Comments

REALITY: WAIVING WAVES

Posted on January 14, 2014 by colonialist

For this week’s edition of the Challenge from the Sunday Post, featuring REALITY, I thought of being impersonal about it (taking the ‘I’ out) and offering a picture of land and buildings, but I will waive that step in favour … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Nature, Ocean, Photography | Tagged Colonialist, Photo Challenge, photography, seascape, Sunday Post: Reality, wordplay. | 25 Comments

Water Babies for Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 17, 2013 by colonialist

Yesterday the whales eager to make babies were jumping like fleas in a carpet. At one stage there were ten of them in view, wagging and flapping tails and leaping completely out of the sea. As usual, I was always … Continue reading →

Posted in Beach, Challenge, Grandchildren, Ocean, Personal Journal, Photography | Tagged Colonialist, Egyptian Geese, journal, photography, Swimming Gala, Whales Mating Season, wordless wednesday | 20 Comments

That really awfully elusive photograph.

Posted on April 13, 2013 by colonialist

(That Elusive Photograph is SideView’s theme this weekend.) Six pooches is our current flock, Though seven, once, we had in stock, And often, through the years, I’ve tried to snap them as a group, So you could see the total … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Dogs, Personal Journal, Photography, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, dogs, fun verse, NaPoWriMo, photography, poetry, Really Awful Rhyme, That Elusive Photograph, theme | 31 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: TODAY

Posted on June 7, 2012 by colonialist

HAIRY SCENES FOR TODAY THEMES Okay, so the photo theme given on 1st June was ‘Today’, but for me that is 7th: Today! This week’s theme is a bit different (but you like that, don’t you?) – it’s about TODAY. … Continue reading →

Posted in Beach, Challenge, Nature, Ocean, Personal Journal, Photography | Tagged alien plants, hairy caterpillar attack., Mirabilis Jalapa, photography, postaday, Ricinus communis Canna indica, sea, Weekly photo challenge: Today | 19 Comments

SUNSET CRUISE ON DURBAN HARBOUR

Posted on April 23, 2012 by colonialist

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun I quite like this picture for its simplicity and almost stark effect, allowing the splashed sun and refection in the water to dominate. © Colonialist April 2012 (WordPress/Letterdash)