I did hesitate to use this image of a tea leaf for this weeks PhotoFriday theme, “Plants.” Surprisingly, this is the single most popular picture on ZX81 (according to Google at least) and I have also used it on a previous PhotoFriday. Then again, I thought, it does fit the theme…
Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Fear.” I’m entry number
This young tea leaf looks pretty fragile and hence makes a good candidate for this weeks PhotoFriday challenge. I took this picture in Sri Lanka.
Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Far From Home.” I’m entry number 143.
This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “Two.” Here is my entry.
This image was taken in?Kandy, Sri Lanka. One of the first pictures I ever took on an SLR, it’s still one of my?favourites.
This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “Silence.” Here is my entry.
I think this image, taken in Galle, Sri Lanka, speaks for itself!
Please vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “The City.” I’m entry number 109.
This weeks PhotoFriday theme is Loud. Here is my entry.
It must be loud in Galle, Sri Lanka otherwise they wouldn’t need these “no horns” signs. This picture was taken on Kodak ISO400 print film, hence the heavy grain.
Please vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, Vacation. I’m entry number 137.
This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “Busy.” Here is my entry.
This image was taken as the sun rose over Adams Peak in Sri Lanka, after our night climb to the top. Despite the unsociable hour, it was incredibly busy. Some of the older folk were very competitive, pushing us out of the way for a prime spot to see the sun-rise.
Some would say that it can only mean that I have far too much time on my hands. I claim that I’m merely interested. As is often the case, the truth maybe somewhere between the two. But the fact is, I do like to keep an eye how many people are visting ZX81.org.uk and what they’re looking at.
There are also some oddities, I think anyway. My most popular picture is just of a tea leaf! (From when I was in the tea growing region of Sri Lanka.) It’s basically just a standard record shot, and even has a horizontal line across the middle where the lab scratched the negative. Not my greatest photograph. Some day I’ll invest the time to clean it up in Photoshop.
Sri Lanka (nee Ceylon) is famous for its tea and Arthur C. Clarke, but, as I found out, there’s much more to it than that!
We started in Negombo, a beach resort a few miles away from the airport, moved round to take in the ‘Cultural Triangle’, down to Kandy, Adams Peak and a tea plantation. Finally, we headed to Unawatuna, a beach resort near to Galle (and the England – Sri Lanka test series) and then back to Negombo for the last night. We made plenty of stops along the route.