Images ©HelenBushe Taken with iPhone 8plus and post-processed using LUMINAR4 This post was prompted by Cee’s Black & White Challenge: “Bicycles, Tricycles…..” Continue reading Bicycles in Ciutadella at Siesta Time.
Another couple of monochromes processed from old colour prints taken on trips to Thailand in pre-digital camera days, around 25 to 30 years ago. Leading Lines. This post was inspired by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Vanishing or Leading Lines All images ©HelenBushe Scanned from old 7×5 colour prints and processed into monochrome using LUMINAR 4 Continue reading Blasts from the Past 5: Lines of Monks and Buddhas.
More monochromes from old colour prints from trips to Thailand in pre-digital camera days, around 25 to 30 years ago. This series was taken in Northern Thailand in the area known as The Golden Triangle, where the borders of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers All images ©HelenBushe Scanned from 7×5 colour prints and converted to monochrome … Continue reading Blasts from the Past 4: Mothers and Children in the Golden Triangle.
This post was inspired by Cee’s Black & White Challenge : Any Kind of Geometric Shape Continue reading Square Format: Geometric Shapes.
The terrace of the Gunpost Bar in Valletta is self-described in this sign as ” The Most Beautiful Spot”. Having sat there on many occasions gazing across the harbour which it “guards” I would agree. As part of the ancient fortifications of the city , dating back many centuries, it was most recently used as a Gunpost in WW2. My father was in the RAF … Continue reading Maltese Monochrome: Signs
More monochromes from old colour prints from trips to Thailand in pre-digital camera days. All images ©Helenbushe. Scanned from colour prints and converted to Black-and White using LUMINAR 4 Software. Continue reading Blasts from the Past 3: Women at Work
I’ve found a stash of old colour prints from over 20 years ago. I wondered what they’d be like if I scanned them and reworked them in monochrome. These were taken in the area known as The Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet. This is the border crossing from Thailand to Myanmar (Burma). The queue at the left hand side of the first … Continue reading Blasts from the Past 2: At the Burmese Border.
I’ve found a stash of old colour prints from over 20 years ago. I wondered what they’d be like if I scanned them and reworked them in monochrome. These first ones are from a trip to the North of Thailand. I think I might do some more. I’m enjoying the memories! Continue reading Blasts from the Past 1: Monks, a Kitten and a Sewing Machine
More Monochromes from my trip last month to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne: For some background information on Lindisfarne please see my previous post: The Holy Island of Lindisfarne Continue reading Lindisfarne 2
Mysterious and mystical, wild and windswept are the words which best describe the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in November. Lindisfarne is a tidal island, its insular status ebbing and flowing twice daily with the tide. The island is accessed via a causeway at strictly controlled times: It’s a small island, just over three miles east to west, and one-and-a-half miles north to south. The castle, … Continue reading The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
