Artistic challenge - stretch your artistic hamstrings

I am a great believer that when you become familiar with something your brain switches off and you cease to see details. In terms of photography that can mean you can miss something beautiful or extraordinary.

There is a great example of this, here in a blog post by a great photographer Jim M. Goldstein

http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2008/07/31/overlooked-here-yet-a-treasure-there/trackback/

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The hover flies are here

With recent summer warmth, large numbers of hover flies are making their way in the garden.

Handheld macro, Canon Powershot G7.

Nag's Head Public House

Great out-of-the-way pub in Central London

More London

London's rising More London development

Southwold

Southwold Lighthouse, Suffolk

Sunshine has arrived

Rainy London

A rainy saturday shopping in London. Not much doing other than pounding the pavements, too much coffee and busy people.

Castro Theater

Castro theater, San Francisco

Muir Beach

Muir Beach afternoon.

Sunshades

Muir Woods - Fungal growth

More from San Francisco

Muir Woods - Leaf & Log

Photographed thousands of times, but there is a reason for that. Broadway Tower, Gloucestershire, UK.

A Passage Onwards

Taken at a very special time, but a simple view of a tree in a Cotswold landscape. The drama of the day was not just the weather and lighting.

Friday 28th March, 3.30pm.

A life changing month. March 2008

San Francisco in early spring. Presented with vast numbers of photographic opportunties, 1000's of photographs were taken. Many were just personal vacation snapshots, but not all.

Essence of Chinatown

Sun strikes Stone

Morning Light

Frost & Fog

New Work

February has been an odd month weatherwise in the UK, Cold frosty and foggy nights and record breaking warm afternoons.

Plenty of opportunity for the art of photography