It’s competition Time!

… and there is a prize too!

The image below is a 100% crop of a photo I took recently. I thought it looks interesting when viewed this close and a little abstract.

Decided that if someone could identify what it is an photo of, I would offer a prize in the form of this nice new camera strap from ‘Art Tribute‘ (Shipping anywhere in the USA)

Red woven camera strap (image from Art Tribute)

So here is the image….

I just can’t help myself

I think I am beyond help.

Just as I am saying I have enough cameras and I need to prune the collection; suddenly I am buying another camera and not even a Voigtländer.

Why do we do it? (Using “we” here in the hope that you there reading this are of the same disposition, please don’t enlighten me if you are not and leave me to my blissful ignorance and happiness that I am not alone in this crazy pursuit.)

I just can’t help myself, I can’t resist an interesting camera at a reasonable price. And I just can’t help looking either. Sometimes I try to kid myself that I’m only looking for specific cameras and that I am sticking to the one brand or a defined thing that I need yet I suddenly get and urge and ‘DING’ PayPal takes a hit.

Danger! – Weekly Photo Challenge

I took this a while ago on a hike near the Hollywood sign; nearly stepped on it as my eye was stuck to the viewfinder of my camera.  Luckily my daughter was paying attention and alerted me to the little critter.

Photography can be a dangerous pastime.

Rattlesnake crossing the path in Griffith Park

My response to Weekly Photo Challenge Danger!

Photo competition: What is this?

Okay so maybe it’s not quite a competition as there is no prize and I actually don’t know the right answer so ‘winning’ here is me finding out exactly what this is.

I took this last year near Salton Sea; it was in the middle of nowhere and looks a little like some kind of missile though my theory it’s more a drilling rig or something like that.

What do you think?

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Antwerp

Taken on a trip to Belgium earlier this year; the wonderful Central station in Antwerp.

Shot on Olympus Pen-F

My submission of the WPC Wanderlust

Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth

Took this shot looking down from Verdugo mountains to Burback where it is very green and colourful after this winter’s rain.

Verdugo in the spring

 

For the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth

LA in the distance, taken from Verdugo mountain

Saw this little fella (a Fence Lizard I think) sunbating whilst hiking on Verdugo mountain at the weekend

St John US VI

Accidentally did a double exposure recently, I kind of quite like it though

Downtown LA shot on Ilford Delta 400

Taken at St John US VI

Spotted this whilst waiting from lunch…

A lone red leaf caught in the sun in Pasadena, California

Phoenix and Scottsdale

Had a great weekend in Phoenix last week which will (for reasons I won’t go into) be a most memorable one.

Anyway, we stayed in an AirBnB apartment near the centre having driven all evening on Friday.  Yes, through all that rain; it was dry when we arrived however though that did not last as by next morning the rain had caught us up.