We are having a lovely sunny break in the middle of a very wet winter, but some of us are looking a little like dinosaurs; especially this tree.
Enjoy the sunrise.
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Another shot from Sunday’s shooting; this one of Slanghoek Lighthouse in Noorthoek, Cape Town just as the sun was starting to set.
I had a very lazy weekend, so at the last minute I shot down to Kommetjie lighthouse to play around with a few evening photos. This one was taken just in front of the lighthhouse, looking down towards the sunset.
This strange urban art that has appeared in one of the canals in Cape Town, apparently it is to raise awareness of the pollution in the water.
The Chris de Burgh lyrics “Don’t pay the ferryman..” comes to mind.
Last Sunday, Lois and I went to the top of Table Mountain on the Cable Car (thanks to Table Mountain Aerial Cableway for the free tickets). It was a beautufully clear day, and you could see for miles and miles. Of course, the view from the top is amazing!
The first shot is of the city bowl (business district), with Lion’s Head on the left, and in the distace you can see Robin Island, and the beaches of Blouberg on the right.
And the next shot is of Lion’s Head with one of the cable car’s in the foreground, and once again Robin Island on the right. You can walk to the top of Lion’s head in about an hour or so, and it is fulled with lines of people climbing to the top on full moon nights.
The lines to get to the top of Table Mountain are long (unless you climb to the top in which case there are no lines), but it is an amazing experience, and well worth the wait.
Yesterday afternoon Lois and I went to watch Robin Auld playing live in De Waal Park. Robin has been around forever (ok since the 80’s), but he is an integral part of Cape Town musical history. We had not seen him play for ages, so it was a treat. I think we last saw him at the Masque Theatre about 2 or 3 years ago. Anyway he has a few more gigs in Cape Town before he heads back to the UK, so head on down if you can.
De Waal Park has music every two weeks or so, and the best part (aside from an excuse to go and have a picnic on the lawns under the trees) is that the concerts are free. Just arrive and enjoy the afternoon (Arno Carstens is in two weeks).
We have had some massive summer mountain fire in Cape Town over the past few days, resulting in a lot of dust in the air. There is very little nice about the damage and smoky air, a small side effect is the amazing moonrises you get as the moon shines through the smog in the air.
I took this shot late last night with a long exposure to really get the colour of the red in the sky reflecting in the moonlight.
Kite surfing on Blouberg beach. Taken during some spare time after a beach shoot.
Torre Jaume I is the midway tower on the Barcelona Cableway. The cableway was built in 1929 and I am convinced that all the original parts are still being used. It is old, rickety and a little scary, but hugely fun in a retro kind of way.
This tower is 107 meter high, and is the midpoint of the cable car. In theory, you can climb out and stand on the observation platform, but our car went straight past. It still gives you a great view of Barcelona and the harbour area, but a one-way trip is probably sufficient.
One of the benefits of a blind wife is the ability to get to places that are normally out of bounds. So when we visited Stonehenge a few years ago, we were immediately taken into the off-limits area, and while there I got some great shots of this remarkable circle of stones.
This shot was also shot on 35mm film, we got some great views of Stonehenge “from the inside”, and even got to touch and feel the stones.
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