Far from home - Thematic Photography

Carmi could not have picked a more appropriate topic for me; when he posted it we were on our way ti Michigan which is over 3500 miles from home.

This reminded me of a photo I've shared before.

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It might not have been a night flight and the coasts involved were England/Netherlands/USA but yes Bob was 'creamed crackered' when we arrived.

I haven't had the chance so far to get my camera out this trip but I do have some shots from other spots 'far from home', 

Extinct volcano - Lanzarote

I never had the chance to take photos in many places I've been - examples are Mexico and Saudi Arabia. The 31 hours it took on one occasion to get back home from Mexico would definitely have been classed as a 'red eye' trip.

Much nearer home in 2003 I was lucky enough to spend some time in Monaco.

Monte Carlo - la piscine

I'm sorry to disappoint you but the yacht was not mine. This will be the place to be this weekend for the F1 Grand Prix.

I couldn't even lay claim to any of these.

More Monte Carlo yachts - more modest this time

It may seem strange to have a palm tree  in a central spot, but I wanted to include the cliff on the left. On the top of this sits:

The Palace of  Monaco (by Berthold Werner)

In those days I didn't have a camera to get such a wide field of view. This was the shot I took:

The Palace of  Monaco

But today I'm still far from home and Cody is waiting for me to play.

Patient Cody

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Lights on - Thematic Photography

Don't you just hate those people who show you their holiday snaps? Nevertheless I'll have to risk it and switch the lights on.

Hotel lounge in Lanzarote

I don't know what the hotel's name is now but it used to be the Sheraton at Costa Tequise.

The lounge pool

The pool in the lounge is not for swimming, but is close enough to the bars so that you can drown your sorrows if you are so inclined. However if you fancied dancing outside the nearest we got was not in the Canaries but off Montenegro.

Group on stage at Sveti Stefan

Sveti Stefan is a five star hotel on what was once a small island but is now joined to the mainland by a small isthmus.

Sveti Stefan (in the daylight)

Nearer home someone has either put out the lights or never switched them on.

Lamps at Stockton-on-Tees

At least the gull found somewhere to (a)light without burning its feet.

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Hot Stuff - Sepia Saturday

Alan's picture prompt of the Infanta Beatriz relates to Spain where he is on holiday. I didn't think my holiday snaps from Spain or the Canary Islands were quite right for this theme. However I did convert to sepia this photo of a young girl who for the purposes of this post shall remain nameless - she knows who she is. And at least it was a sunny day although not in Spain.

Modelling beach wear

Then I came across these shots, not old by any means but I cannot date the subject matter.

Lunar landscape - Lanzarote

Lanzarote volcano

Volcano crater

Perhaps Little Nell will put a name to this volcano for me.

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