PICK OF THE PIX: SILVER AND GOLD

Somebody recently made a favourite of this photo from my flicker photostream. Following a two-day storm on the Canaveral Coast of Florida in 1999, the wind and rain suddenly abated and I got up at dawn to watch the sun rise over the sea.

Sitting on the deserted but still rain-sodden sand, I was rewarded by the company of  this lone heron engaged on an early morning fishing expedition: a beautiful encounter that I will never forget...

PICK OF THE PIX: LIBERTY BELLE

Another favourite photo from my flicker photostream: today, the Lady of Liberty Island, New York...

PICK OF THE PIX: BEHIND BARS

Another favourite photo from my flicker photostream: police officers on duty outside Buckingham Palace...

© Brian Sibley, 2011

PICK OF THE PIX: POP POET

Here's another favourite photo from my flicker photostream...

Today, Martin Jenning's wonderful statue of Sir John Betjeman on London's St Pancras Station, the masterpiece of Victorian architecture which the former Poet Laureate helped save from dereliction...

Inscribed around the base of the statue are words from Betjeman's poem 'Cornish Cliffs':

And in the shadowless unclouded glare

Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where

A misty sea-line meets the wash of air.

PICK OF THE PIX: OLD DUTCH MASTERPIECE

Today's offering in this occasional series of posts featuring favourite photos from my flickr photostream shows a particularly striking sunset shot snapped during a visit to Amsterdam...

© Brian Sibley, 2009

PICK OF THE PIX: PUPPY LOVE

An occasional series of posts featuring favourite photos from my flickr photostream.

Today, Pluto in Disneyland...

How can you not smile?

© Brian Sibley, 2005

PICK OF THE PIX: BOY WARRIOR

The first in an occasional series of posts featuring a favourite photo from my flickr photostream.

Today: Donatello's bronze statue of David (circa 1440s) Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy...