The fascination of a lone tree on the brow of a hill...

Some monochrome structures...

If you have viewed my previous black and white collection, the path along Sun Island, these are the views I saw...

On dead-heading some flowers on my balcony, it occurred to me that these wilted lilies might just be a good subject for a still life composition.

Inevitably it is necessary to give a historical perspective of this yearly festival that takes place in the city of La Paz, Bolivia in the first week of June. The celebration transforms and stimulates the social life of La Paz every year, emanating from a particular way of understanding and living Andean Catholicism. The Parade begins with a procession through the western part of the city. This procession is central to the event, involving 40,000 devotees who dance and sing in an offering to the patron saint. The dance has a sacred significance for the sixty-nine fraternities involved, which are greeted in the streets in a euphoric atmosphere where the music of 7,000 musicians resonates. It is so owe inspiring that it is rightfully a UNESCO Wold Heritage event (Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). The image venerated with dance and music is believed to have arrived in the city at the founding of the convent of the Mothers of the Sacred Conception on the 8th of December 1663.

Another image that floated past my imagination from time to time and finally has become a 'reality'... I wish to quote here what Megan Jean Duguid writes about this image: "Margate is truly impressive! greens deep, dark, creases and ripples brought forward through a fantastic play of light - but i keep returning here... floating, stilled, breathless - the birthing of a realm solidifying ..."

Continuing with my second Still Life...

This first collection was taken with a Nikon D810. The difference in colour and data content is perceptible compared to my Nikon D7000. The difference will be posted in the next batch.