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Whimsical shots of things that happen to have caught my eye.

The end of the road

old camera gathering dustI came across this camera sitting in the corner of an office I visited.

I kind of felt sorry for it. I only hope that it got to take some great shots in its earlier life before it came to the end of the road.

       
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An idea!

Upside down barber shopAbout ten years ago, I started losing my hair. Recently, I think I have figured it out… my hair didn???t fall off, instead it has just slowly seeped through my head and now comes out of my ears, nose and face instead. One of the adverse effects of gravity.

Anyway, this barber shop in Winchester seems to have the solution. No doubt they hang the clients upside down, reversing the gravitational pull and hey presto, a full head of hair again! They were closed when I came across them, but I will be going back again. I will keep you posted!

       
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A walk in the park

A walk in the parkI took this photograph a week ago while walking in the park. I am definitely a fan of summer!

       
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Four little ducks

Four little duckswent swimming one day :-)

       
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The paint splattered tap

Running dry?I took this photograph in a friend???s old studio last year. He was moving out and we discovered this tap which had been hidden behind a stack of boxes. It has been splattered with paint from several paintjobs and I am certain it had not run for ages.

I resisted the strong urge I had to see if anything would happen if I turned the handle.

       
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The old lamp

the old lamp
I have a bunch of photographs of random stuff I have taken while trying out a lens or camera setting.

This is one such photograph…

       
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The stones

The stacked stones
Cleo has 5 stones.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

Makka Pakka would be very pleased with you.

       
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Working outside

The canopy of the trees
This is from an equally nice day as today in 2004.

I was working outside under the canopy of the tree. I took this picture looking up at it.

       
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World Cup blues…

Nigerian flag
I have a few friends who are feeling a bit blue that Nigeria is out of the World Cup.

I thought I???d post this to cheer them up.

:-)

       
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Copying nature

The flower shaped light
Yesterday???s passing cloud reminded me so much of something I had seen recently seen but I couldn???t remember what at the time.

It finally came to me early this morning and I am rather glad I took this photograph of a light in a restaurant lobby a few weeks ago. The waitress thought I was a bit odd, but politely didn???t say anything.

       
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