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Sunset in St. James’s Park

  • 16/04/202317/04/2023

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”

W.B. Yeates

I thought I would share a few things I discovered recently. The quote I love, because it speaks to the root of photography and finding beauty in the world around us. It is there, waiting for us to be ready to find it.

The photograph I took earlier in the month, at the end of a long day walking along the River Thames. After a day of alternating rain and sunshine, I thought it had finally clouded over, when to my surprise, we had a beautiful sunset, which almost lit up the daffodills as they swayed in the breeze.

Back-lit Tree on Turnham Green

  • 11/03/202316/03/2023
Tree on Turnham Green – March 2023
Blossoms – March 2023

Sometimes, when we are very fortunate, the weather gives us what we want for a photograph. On this occasion, I noticed that when the Sun flickered into sight, it made the blossoms on this tree almost glow. But then, as suddenly as the light appeared it vanished under a thick rain-coud. More time spent hovering in the park staring at a tree

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