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Unfortunately the South of France did not yield many photo opportunities, particularly when I had a family in tow. Although I'm grateful that my kids still want to go on holiday with us at all. I found myself resorting to street photography rather than taking endless pictures of yachts. This was an interesting and rather beautiful phenomenon though, and one that I'd not seen before. A rainbow in a cloud. First time I've thought to use a polarising filter in a while.

Sympathies with the family curtailing your photographic activities. A holiday in the South of France doesn't sound too bad though.
The rainbow is curious... and very beautiful. I would consider removing that cypress branch though.

The holiday was amazing and just what I needed. More important to create some memories with the family.

Just for Woody.

Insulation

3 weeks ago I walked in creativity district of Tallinn and saw workers covering one building with reeds. The shop inside of this building belongs to designer who creates new sustainable upcycled clothes so it's about recycling inside and out, I guess.

Lurking Death

it was my birthday last week, so a couple of hours up in the Apennines after a site visit was OK.

The orchid season is coming to an end, but I did get a few shots, including one with a spider lurking under the blooms. Pictures mostly stacked. Helicon seems to accomodate some movement between shots, as it was a little windy when I shot these.

That's a rather nice effect and I guess to some extent will help with insulation. Although I imagine it's mostly about setting a tone.

Whoa! That's a dirty trick...

What an interesting idea. Vertical thatching 😁

From the garden

UFO?

They are beautiful and fascinating creatures... the spider too 😁

Running theme - purple ...Excellent!

Good story.