Detail of a radio beacon at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Photo: Radio Beacon
Photo: Fresnel lens detail
Detail of a fresnel lens designed by David Stevenson for Inchkeith Lighthouse at the end of the 19th century, and now part of the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street in Edinburgh.
This first order dioptric holophotal revolving light showed a flash every half minute and made one complete revolution in four minutes.
Photo: Hidden colours, Brussels
Multi-coloured window jambs on an office building in central Brussels. From head on the building looks fairly normal: its only when you look up and along the walls that the hidden colours become visible.
Photo: Mooring bouys
Photo: Old Glory
An American flag, just for our American friends for the 4th of July.
Photo: Sweet evening breeze
Tall grass waves in the wind at sunset in along the banks of the River Zaan in a semi-rural part of the Netherlands.
Photo: The Whittle Arch
The Whittle Arch in Coventry, England is a memorial to Sir Frank Whittle, the inventer of the turbo jet engine. The arch is made of a pair of aerofoil sections, with perforated stainless steel sheathing covering a tubular frame and steel lattice.
Photo: Red crown
Detail of a freshly painted post box, University of Warwick, Coventry, England. The paint was still wet when I took this – the photo is (aside from a minor rotate and crop) straight out of the camera.
Photo: Orange, white and blue
A fresh orange snuggled in the shadows against a wall in the Albaicin area of Granada, Spain.
Photo: Dutch dusk
Dusk at Zaanse Schans, the world heritage site just outside Amsterdam. 30 seconds at f11 at 24mm for the exif peepers.
Photo: Metal flower
Detail of a metal flower that is part of the East Gate of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Photo: Climb on up
Climbing frame/helter-skelter in Morningside Play Park, Edinburgh.
Photo: Fender guitar, Times Square, New York
Fender guitar behind a neon sign, music store shopwindow in Times Square, Manhattan, in the US of A.
Photo: Bremerhaven sunset
Sun sets over the river Weser from the Bremerhaven waterfront, Germany. The large machine with the letters ‘BH’ is actually an old tidal marker.
Photo: Curvilinear patterns
Dew drops glisten on upturned sailboat hulls.