digitalscapephotography

I spotted this anole trying to be inconspicuous (and catch a little sun) while visiting the Dallas Arboretum 180mm, f/16, 1/200 second, flash

Unknown yellow flower Rock Rose

Canadian Goose "Bear Tree"

Leuven is a college town outside of Brussels (and is the home to Stella Artois Brewing). It also has some interesting architecture The Town Hall A street for the Mary Poppins Convention

A Orb Weaver. This one was up in the arbor roofing, so I had to climb a ladder to get close enough. It "sleeps" most of the day and does its hunting at night. I am enjoying the high ISO performance of this camera. ISO 3200, f/5.6, 1/125 second, 180mm ISO 10000, f/8, 1/320 second, 180mm

The giant Antigoon. He guarded a bridge over the river Scheldt (Antwerp, Belgium). To cross the bridge, you had to pay a toll, those that refused to pay, he severed one of their hands and threw it into the river.

Gravensteen Castle (Ghent, Belgium) Ghent Canal both images are multi frames, stitched together

A canal in Bruges, Belgium

The Giant Hand of Antwerp - Silvius Brabo (mythical Roman soldier) killed a giant, called Druon Antigoon, who asked money from people who wanted to pass the bridge over the river Scheldt. When they didn't want to or couldn't pay, he cut off their hand and threw it in the river. This legend is...

From the Kew Gardens

A water lily (Kew's Stowaway Blues)

Well, not the citrus. Rather it is a bromeliad - looking down into the flower

OK, that is a tongue twister, and you still are wondering what it is. How about: Pinecone-like Raceme Dendrobium (probably not much better). It is native to the Himalayas and the mountains of northern Indochina. Taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.

From Bletchley Park And a B&W conversion

During my visit to the UK in May of this year, I spent a few days in London. One of those days my wife and I went to the Kew gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens). As we walked around we came to the Japanese Gardens section. There I saw a nice water fountain with water coming out of a bamboo pipe...

A Rock Rose California Tree Poppy

A local Londoner, I am guessing, enjoying the Thames River beach (even has a bottle of wine)

The twin Egyptian obelisks (aka Cleopatra's needle) are located in New York City and London (there is also a obelisk in Paris and it's twin is still in Egypt). The new York City obelisk is located in Central Park, and the London one is on the Thames river new the Embankment underground station...