I took this one on a visit to the Mt. Coot-tha Botanic gardens in Brisbane, Qld.
They have a dome there that simulates a humid tropical environment all-year-round.
There are many amazing plants from tropical places around the world. There is also a massive fish pond with a window on the side below foor level so you can gawp at the occupants and they can gawp back.
Blackboard at Google campus in Old Street during an UKNOF meeting – see whose Twitter handle is in view & follow 🙂
I will typically avoid the tube if I happen to arrive in London at rush hour. It is not a pleasant experience. I suppose people have no choice. I think this picture was taken after the Rolling Stones concert on the Sunday night at the O2. We just about made the last tube train out of the Greenwich Peninsula. Many didn’t & would not have found it easy to get back to town.
The Cutty Sark is a brilliant piece of museum design. From below it looks like a huge rowing boat and is pure art combined with maritime engineering.
I was having a few beers at St Stephen’s Tavern after a bash at the House of Commons Members Dining Room and went downstairs to use the facilities. The toilets had recently been refurbished and the tiles were nice and new (fwiw). I then noticed that someone had scribbled their name neatly into the grouting between the tiles.
Although it was a somewhat dodgy thing to do in the mens loo of a pub I whipped my photographic tool out and took a picture of the graffiti. I didn’t think much of it but later when flicking through the photos on the phone decided to Google the person’s name.
You need to do the same – the name was Hayden Kays. It’s quite a cool way to spread the word about your stuff. I assume it was him wot wrote his name.
Enjoy…
I took this one after a long day on the road travelling to York. Once again after putting up the tent and relaxing with a drink and a meal cooked on my bottle-mounted gas burner.
The campsite was not far from York, I can’t recall the name, but i do recall the high winds and the thousands and thousands of earwigs.
It was my first visit to York. Hopefully not my last.
Taken whilst visiting our daughter Hannah at Grey College in the Autumn of 2012. It’s a long shot 🙂
I find myself driving to France on a regular basis, and whenever the mood strikes me to visit Paris I stay in a campground by the Seine.
Last time I was there, after pitching the tent in the afternoon summer sun, before visiting the campsite bar, I was struck by the image through the mesh of the chain-link fence.
The light was great, giving a wonderful reflection of the world in the surface of the smooth Seine.
I took the opportunity to take a multiple exposure shot with my camera lens poked through the 8-foot fence and made a nice HDR image while enjoying a cold beer.
I’ve over-saturated the colours so that it gives a wonderfully vibrant feel, which very much mirrors the mood of the entire holiday.
This shot was taken from the following LAT-LONG, for those that are curious. 48.869834, 2.235085.
They sure as hell aren’t talking about fish – discrete wall hanging from a cellar bar in SoHo.
Photo by Nick Pickles at the Phoenix Artist Club during trefor.net xmas bash 2012.
Bread in Durham Market during the food festival. It was a good day out with lots of interesting epicurean treats to sample.
I figured my first post should be something from the heart. So here it is, my favourite image of my homeland.
Where rock has given way to water over thousands of years forming a natural bridge over the water. Hence the location gets it’s name.
A beautiful location, Especially if you like hiking as it’s quite a trek to get in.
The band eats during a break at the trefor.net xmas party at the PhoenixArtistClub in SoHo.
Pic by Nick Pickles
4 pints of Timothy Taylors Landlord poured at the Strugglers Inn in Lincoln. Landlord is the king of beers and the Strugglers a perfect palace in which to reside. A great place to go for a beer in front of the fire on a winter’s evening. Look out for more pictures from the Strugglers in the Art Gallery.
Fish – smell the sea, feel the wind blowing your hair across your face, peel the spuds and get the chip pan on. A sensory wall hanging in the Art Gallery.
Inedible horse – topical wall hanging