Now that we're nearing the end of 2024, I’m posting 12 pictures from the past year. These are not my "top" or "best" pictures, simply some that remind me of the pleasure of making them. It is also a good opportunity to give an airing to a few pictures I’ve not previously blogged. Here are four sets of three pictures, each on a different theme. Two of the themes are my usuals: birds and planes ("things with wings"). The others are people, and finally places in London from my some of my walks.
Birds
Puffin at sun-up, arriving with a beak-full of sand eels. Blogged at https://www.anthonybaines.co.uk/blog/2024/6/18/skomer-island-may-2024
Head-on with a swallow in flight. Skomer Island, May 2024.
Barn owl after dark. Leicestershire, Sept 2024. Blogged at https://www.anthonybaines.co.uk/blog/2024/11/27/barn-owls-after-dark
Aircraft
German Navy P-3 Orion and RAF A-400M Atlas. RAF Northolt, March 2024. One of the last outings for this type of aircraft in German service before they were handed over to Portugal.
One of the new Boeing F-15QA Ababil aircraft of the Qatar Emiri Air Force displaying at RIAT. Fairford, July 2024.
Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35A 5569 streaming vapour as it climbs out of Lakenheath, September 2024
People
Evie in spring flowers. Sussex, June 2024. Blogged at https://www.anthonybaines.co.uk/blog/2024/8/24/using-the-la-fe1-adaptor-for-portraits
Charlie. Whitstable, October 2024
Ballerina Charis. London, October 2024.
London
Looking at my pictures from various walks around London, I've noticed a recurring element: the tower-scape of Canary Wharf often features. So, here are three images featuring Canary Wharf from different angles.
Regent’s Canal and the Mile End Sewer Vent with the towers of Canary Wharf, April 2024. Blogged at https://www.anthonybaines.co.uk/blog/2024/4/24/two-walks-45-years-apart-mile-end-to-limehouse-basin-2-april-1979
Canary Wharf and "Another Time XVI" by Antony Gormley. London, November 2024.
Greenwich Park, Autumn evening. The view over the River Thames, with the towers of Canary Wharf (left in the distance) round to the O2 (partially hidden on the right.) 4K image, click to enlarge. November, 2024.
Happy New Year!