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

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.

Gold tipped with red Japanese maple leaves

Japanese maple leaves

miniature pumpkins

Miniature pumpkins

fallen peacock feather on wooden decking

Colorful gourds

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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

succession of open doors in a vacant apartment

red maple leaves in the gutter beneath a slate roof

leaves in the gutter

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

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

Nature's Abstract Painting

peeling colourful bark of rainbow eucalyptus

patterns in shadows in a snowdrift in the woods

Rainbow Eucalyptus

canal side wall reflected in still water

Shadow patterns

rim lit bud of an Amaryllis

sand and seaweed on a beach with rivulets of water

geometric shapes of a roofline in Portugal

wooden rowboats beached in Keswick, Cumbria

Roofline in Portugal

an abstract of white steps with railing

eroded limestone pillars from a ruined abbey

historic industrial crane

shale, seaweed, and sand

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

Seaweed and Rock

two fishermen on the beach at low tide

Cafe on a Rainy Day

Fishermen on the beach

girl walking in the Rotunda, Alhambra, Spain

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

The De La Warr Gallery at Bexhill

curved steps to the beach at Ventnor

The Rotunda, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

patterns of stubble and ploughed earth in the Palouse

Steps at Ventnor Beach

traces of snow on winter wheat in the Palouse

Contour Ploughing, Washington State

fishing dinghies at low tide

Traces of Snow in the Palouse

conductor takes a last look as the train leaves the platform

derelict mine chimney and overturned fishing boat in Cornwall

three old trucks used in the logging industry

Desolation, Cornish Industry

details of stonework at St Albans Cathedral

three hot air balloons launching

Arches, St Albans Cathedral

Victorian lamp post silhouetted against a blue evening sky

old tanker truck used in the logging industry

cleat with a rope in the bow of a narrowboat

Victorian Gas Lamp

traces of snow in the fields of The Palouse

wet concrete steps with surf

The Palouse in Winter

eroded sandy soil in Waimea Canyon

orange and yellow lobster buoys stacked on a pallet

curved rows of garden vegetables and greens

lone tree in a ploughed field with strips of new green