Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we must carry it with us or we find it not.

A Different View

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

Paris Scene

These are some of my favourite images. To me, they suggest a different way of seeing the world around us. Some are taken from unusual viewpoints, a few have been rotated. Some are pattern pictures, where man-made or natural elements create patterns of lines, textures, or colours. A few are digital manipulations. I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Boatload of Umbrellas

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One Red Umbrella

Colorful gourds

fallen peacock feather on wooden decking

Peacock feather

rickety plank jetty

crooked birches reach for the sky

reflection of a Dublin street lamp in a window of the Merrion Hotel

old church converted to a house in Clifden, Ireland

red maple leaves in the gutter beneath a slate roof

miniature pumpkins

succession of open doors in a vacant apartment

Miniature pumpkins

leaves in the gutter

Gold tipped with red Japanese maple leaves

a row of self-drive motor boats tied up for winter

eroded sand, pebbles, and rivulets of water on a beach in Wales

Japanese maple leaves

peeling colourful bark of rainbow eucalyptus

canal side wall reflected in still water

Nature's Abstract Painting

patterns in shadows in a snowdrift in the woods

Rainbow Eucalyptus

geometric shapes of a roofline in Portugal

sand and seaweed on a beach with rivulets of water

Shadow patterns

rim lit bud of an Amaryllis

Roofline in Portugal

wooden rowboats beached in Keswick, Cumbria

an abstract of white steps with railing

historic industrial crane

eroded limestone pillars from a ruined abbey

reflection in the window of the De La Warr Gallery, Bexhill

empty chairs and tables in an outdoor cafe on a rainy day

shale, seaweed, and sand

The De La Warr Gallery at Bexhill

curved steps to the beach at Ventnor

Seaweed and Rock

Cafe on a Rainy Day

two fishermen on the beach at low tide

Steps at Ventnor Beach

girl walking in the Rotunda, Alhambra, Spain

Fishermen on the beach

traces of snow in the fields of The Palouse

traces of snow on winter wheat in the Palouse

The Rotunda, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

lone tree in a ploughed field with strips of new green

Traces of Snow in the Palouse

The Palouse in Winter

orange and yellow lobster buoys stacked on a pallet

derelict mine chimney and overturned fishing boat in Cornwall

conductor takes a last look as the train leaves the platform

Desolation, Cornish Industry

patterns of stubble and ploughed earth in the Palouse

cleat with a rope in the bow of a narrowboat

Contour Ploughing, Washington State

fishing dinghies at low tide

three old trucks used in the logging industry

old tanker truck used in the logging industry

Victorian lamp post silhouetted against a blue evening sky

wet concrete steps with surf

three hot air balloons launching

Victorian Gas Lamp

details of stonework at St Albans Cathedral

curved rows of garden vegetables and greens

Arches, St Albans Cathedral

eroded sandy soil in Waimea Canyon