A Photo a Week

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No knight…just a suit of shining armour.

 

Geelong lights shining on Corio Bay.

 

  

Sunshine on Corio bay

 

Morning sunshine…

 

…on Corio Bay

 

 

One dinner course on The Q Train

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A Photo a Week Challenge:…Shiny

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Food

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Morning tea courtesy of a woodturners group

we visited at the end of 2019.

 

A Mother’s Day breakfast courtesy of the boys.

 

 

Healthier Fare

 

One course of High Tea at

the Burj Al Arab in Dubai.

 

 

One dinner course on The Q Train

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A Photo a Week Challenge:….Food

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Bokeh

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bokeh

the visual quality of the out-of-focus areas
of a photographic image,
especially as rendered by a particular lens.

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Anchor chain

 

Parrot at Ballyang Sanctuary.

 

Lilac Breasted Roller

sighted in

Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Also plentiful in South Africa’s

Kruger National Park.

 

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A Photo a Week Challenge:...Bokeh

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Vibrant

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vibrant

full of energy and life.

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Vibrant is a good adjective to describe Murano.

Even though it was raining

Murano was still full of life.

 

Yellows, blues and orange create

a very vibrant image.

 

The colours of…

…these parrots…

 

…are also vibrant.

Zimbabwe dancers at Victoria Falls.

 

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A Photo a Week Challenge:...Vibrant

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Ancient

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ancient

belonging to the very distant past
and no longer in existence.

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After the Colosseum…

…was completed…

…it was the scene…

 

…of Roman entertainment…

 

 

…for several…

 

…hundred years.

 

During the fifth century A.D…

 

…several earthquakes damaged the structure of the Colosseum.

 

 

Changing entertainment tastes and

general neglect accounted for

the demise of the Colosseum.

 

At the beginning of the 20th century,

nearly two-thirds of the original Colosseum

 had been destroyed.

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Our visit to Pompeii

 

An amphitheatre.   

The lighter coloured stone is not original.

 

Public toilet

 

Washbasins at Pompeii.

 

 

Stepping stones for crossing flooded streets.

 

Plaster cast body. 

A person trying to protect

nose and mouth from dust. 

A dog 

Another body.   

Some of the many everyday objects

gathered at Pompeii over the years.  

We were told this was Pompeii’s

version of Mcdonald’s.

The brothel menu…

…above the…

 

…brothel bed.

 

And if you were unsure if there was a

brothel nearby there were signs

embedded in the street and on walls. 

Can you see this one?

 

At least that is what our guide told us  😉

 

We just made it back to some semblance

of shelter when those clouds emptied out.

 

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A Photo a Week Challenge:...Ancient

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Vanishing-Point

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vanishing point

the point at which receding parallel lines
viewed in perspective appear to converge.

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Railroad near

Geelong

 

 

 

Inland from Geelong

 

Point Roadknight,

Anglesea

Victoria

 

 

Cairns

Far North Queensland

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A Photo a Week Challenge:...Vanishing-Point

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Focal-Point

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focal point

the centre of interest or activity

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Focal point…seagulls. 

I think the Warrnambool Surf Lifesavers club rooms,

in the background,

provide too much distraction. 

Initially, I thought this was a

cropped version of my first image. 

Again I was incorrect. 

However, there is little or no distraction

and the seagulls are

the obvious focal point.

 

 

Everything I didn’t want in focus

is in focus and vice versa.

 

 

Now the focal point is in focus. 

Still, far too much background distraction

 


A cropped version of the previous image

leaves no doubt that at least some of the

Weeping Cherry buds are in focus

and are the focal point of this image.

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A Photo a Week Challenge:...Focal-Point

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Gates-and-Fences

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A Rope Fence…

…designed to keep tourists off the grass.

Skagway

Alaska

 

An educated guess tells me this fence

is in the vicinity of 40-50 years old.

 

A temporary fence to contain two young pups

after their trip to the vet. 

Maggie was quite disgusted at being

contained as well.

 

Street Art

Vienna

Looking Through-the Gate of Violence

An automatically opening/closing gateway

in Hamilton Gardens

New Zealand

 

 

Strainer posts support the fence tension

and often a gate as well.

 

Menin Gate

Ypres

Belgium

The reverse view through

Menin Gate

Gateways like this one lead

to the various gardens in the

Hamilton (New Zealand) Gardens.

 

A Gateway in the wall/fence

around old York

 

The Eastern end/Gateway to the

Great Ocean Road

 

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A Photo a Week Challenge:...Gates-and-Fences

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