Visit to Najing and the Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum and Ursina Palace.
Black and White photographs of my travel in China on the trains
High Speed Rail - Chinese Style
Light show in Guangzhou
Exploring the streets of Chengdu especially the Wide and Narrow Lanes (Kuan Xiangzi and Zhai Xiangzi)
I had another chance to visit Dubai and see the Campus which is now open for business. The City is still fun to visit although as I mentioned in my last blog it is sand, concrete and steel. A year later and I noticed a lot more new buildings. In some cases the photographs I had taken in 2017 would not be possible now. Fortunately there were new possibilities available and a selection are shown in my blog. I took my trusty travel camera the Sony RX100v5 with me. As you can see it is very versatile and offers the ability to capture the sight and sounds of this amazing city.
I went to one of favourite spots for picture taking. Knowle Locks offers all the necessary ingredients. Water reflections, perfect setting sun, trees and a high vantage point. Add some clouds and you have the chance to take a great picture. I took all the gear, tripod, DSLR camera, filters and a range of filters. Whilst I was there I snapped a quick picture with my iPhone and tagged it with #englandsbigpicture on my twitter handle. Should I be surprised that the iPhone picture was the one that made the BBC website.
Here is the link to England’s Big Picture
I am just catching up on my photographs. The following are a set of pictures taken in Knowle Park on a misty morning. There is a part of the park that they have just allowed to grow wild. The early mist brought out the spiders webs and the dog walkers look like beings from another planet. All the pictures were done with my Sony RX100v5 and interestingly the most spectacular one was done with the iPhone!!!
The spiders have been busy
September is always full of surprises and this year it has been no exception. But we now reach the last days of the month and autumn is around the corner. I am training for the Great Birmingham Run half marathon and I use the canal towpaths for my training runs. The bridge on Kixley Lane is a picturesque place and I noticed that the trees has started to turn colour. I decided to go back in the evening when there was enough light shinning on the trees. I packed all my lenses and I had a window of 30 to 40 minutes. I got some good pictures. The people on the long boat passing through asked if there was a photographic competition as they had noticed many people taking photos. I asked if I could show their picture on my photographic site and the man said jokingly yes I could if I cleaned his boat!!!!
I was fortunate enough to attend a conference in Melbourne. It was an interdisciplinary conference and included colleagues in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and rehabilitation sciences. There were many delegates from around the world and also there are many friends in the City itself. I always ensure that I travel with my camera and the Sony RX100M5 is an excellent around picture taker.
Melbourne is a photogenic city providing many opportunities for photographs. The streets were noisy with many people walking around both day and night. Federation square and Flinders street Station were human focal points to the city. Victoria Market with the looming skyscrapers surrounding it provided the contrast between the old and the new. I was particularly drawn to the differences in the architecture especially the old colonial houses with their steel verandas and gates. The Yarra river flowing through the centre is the life blood of the city. So much happens around the river during the day from the early rowers and the commuters to the evening where people congregating around the open air restaurants. It was a touch cold but spring was on its way. I took too many photographs and it is difficult to select a few for this blog and I hope you like the ones that are here.
