The prompt to this weeks blog posts were the Angels in yesterdays post.
So, going back to the beginning, todays images are of the entrance to the cemetery which, although in need of some maintenance, is still an impressive structure and suggests, even before you enter, the size and importance of the cemetery.
All photos taken on my iPhone.
Cathays Cemetery Entrance
Inside the secondary entrance to the cemetery
Entrance detail
Strange place for a tree!
. . . you saw tombstones on this scale made in recent years?
I am going to be looking around Cathays Cemetery in Cardiff this week. By that I mean I had a walk around the cemetery on Saturday (in the bitter cold!) and one of the the first things that struck me was the scale of these angels and some of the other tombstones from the past. Ahh! They don’t make them like that any more. 🙂
All photos taken on my iPhone.
Angel
Angel
Less Angelic, more imperial
New StillWalks – I have just completed a new StillWalk, for Summer, of my parents garden in France, “Garden Walk, France”. It is a beautiful garden and the sounds of the birds and bees, the church bells and the peace take me straight back there.
There is also a StillWalk house tour produced to help sell the house. Anyone interested should check it out and if you know of anyone who may be interested, please pass this on.
French House
Busy Bees
Looking at things from another angle is important – you always gain a new perspective.
The first shot could have been taken on a different day to the others, but no, just a different angle.
Balancing Act
Different Angles
Different Angles
The shot above looks as though it could have been “Photoshopped”, but I swear it hasn’t – it’s just the angle!
All images are from the StillWalk “Coastal Walk”.
It seems to me that these stones are an audience in the circle watching the tide –
Watching
– but really it is their balancing act that is the attraction!
Balancing Act
With each StillWalk I produce, I select nine or ten images as stand alone shots and make them available for purchase. These are two more from the “Coastal Walk” in Spring in South West Scotland. The photos are available to buy at PhotoBox.
Looking out to sea and waiting – that is what these “standing stones” appear to be doing!
My StillWalk, “Coastal Walk“, in Scotland in the Spring features these shots. The balanced stones looked as though they were just biding their time and waiting for some spectacular event – or perhaps they were just soaking up the sun while they could.
Sculpture on the Beach
Patterns in the Sand
The mornings are still cold but it’s not going to be long now – the evidence is out there.
These photos are from one of my Spring StillWalks – “Coastal Walk” in Galloway, South West Scotland. You can watch it here.
Chaffinch
Looking at a recent post about London on a blog I follow, I was reminded by a photo showing the Shard in the distance, of a visit to London I made when that structure was still being built.
Half the tube stations were out of action in preparation for the 2012 Olympics but the StillWalk I produced from the photos and sound recording I did on the day does not reflect my frustration with this. Watch the video below.
StillWalks – London Tate Walk from Alastair Duncan on Vimeo.
My StillWalks often use the natural environment as the location, but not always. StillWalks are primarily about relaxation and stress relief but they are also about seeing and hearing all that is around us and I am as interested in the sounds of the city as those of the countryside.
Here is one of the images from that walk.
