Lighthouse

Whilst visiting a garden that was open to the public, I came across a hole in the hedges and wondered why they would have left this space open. On closer inspection one could just see that there was a view to a far off lighthouse that the owners had wanted to preserve. It wasn't the easiest thing to photograph without loosing much of the foreground, but I think it works.

Bermudians have no water, no rivers, no lakes and so they collect rainwater that falls on their roofs and store it underneath their houses. Every roof is painted with limewash to purify the water and this gives all the houses that very special Bermuda feel. Houses are brightly painted and when combined with the white roofs against cloudless skies creates a picture that has to be captured through the lense. The palm trees help to emphasise
the clear blue sky.

This picture is interesting because the mist is still around ( you can see it beyond the bridge ) but the shoreline is crystal clear. The background mist seems to me, to enhance the feeling of peace and stillness but at the same time encourages one to wonder what lies beyond.

It never ceases to amaze me just how many webs are spun in our gardens, and yet we never see them until a heavy dew descends and suddenly - there they are. So delicate and beautiful. Works of art and yet things of great menace to the unsuspecting bug.
The morning sun illuminates it in a way that artificial light can never do.

Mist on the lake

I thought I would begin my blog with a photo that I am particularly pleased with. It was taken early in the morning when there was a mist hanging over the water, creating that 'dreamlike' feel to the picture. I would have liked to have had more time to compose the scene, but had to rush around like mad to get the shots before the sun burnt off the mist. Keeping the lense clear was quite a problem-the swirling mists wanting to deposit condensation on it by the time I had composed the photo.