January 2014 – Page 2 – Juridicious

Bougainvillea – closer still

_DSC4017 — Bougainvillea. Click on photograph for a larger version.

Nikon D7000, with a 105mm/f.2.8 Sigma macro lens with extension tubes. 
ISO 100, f/18, 1.6 seconds
Processed in Adobe Lightroom

Red Poppy

A red poppy peeks out from between a lush green field of wheat.. At Hinxton in Cambridgeshire.

18004418_4e30e808d3_o — Red and Green… Click on the photograph for a larger version on Flickr.

The suffering of conflict..

A touching statue by Käthe Kollwitz’s of ‘Mother with her Dead Son’. This sculpture is situated in a stark bare room right under the open oculus, and so is exposed to the rain, snow and cold of the Berlin climate, symbolising the suffering of civilians during World War II. At the New Watchouse (Neue Wache). Unter der Linden, Berlin.

Mother and her dead son.. — Mother and her dead son.

In 2014, there are stories of conflict and suffering all around the world, and I can’t think of a better message to post on as the first blog post for this year!