Monday, October 16, 2017

#Photography for the Unusual: World 10/17


London, UK

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge dances with Paddington Bear on platform 1 at Paddington station as she meets the cast and crew from the forthcoming Paddington film

Photograph: Jonathan Brady/WPA Pool/Getty Images

These two wear their places in Camelot charmingly well even if that does condemn Prince William to wear the most boring possible threads until he dies.  His royal robes make a dramatic exception but how much do you suppose he really fancies wearing them.  Did you ever see any of the royals smiling while wearing that type of garb?





London, UK

The sky turns orange over office buildings in Canary Wharf as dust from the Sahara is carried by storm Ophelia. Read more about the Saharan dust sky

Photograph: Tom Jacobs/Reuters

The sky apparently generated quite a bit of concern when people did not know what was doing it.  (The Guardian:  Apocalypse wow: dust from Sahara and fires in Portugal turn UK sky red)




Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

A newly rescued baby orangutan plays with a keeper at Nyaru Menteng orangutan rehabilitation centre. Deforestation and illegal hunting are continuing to threaten their survival

Photograph: Bjorn Vaughn, BPI/BOS Foundation/via AP




Shenyang, China

A swimming pool in the middle of a forest in north-east China’s Liaoning province

Photograph: Sipa Asia/Rex/Shutterstock

Who can fully conceive of the joy in cleaning a forest full of leaves out of that pool.

Zen Yogi:  at least the leaves come in all those lovely colors

Right, Yogi.  They do have that.




Paris, France

Competitors skate past the Eiffel Tower during the Paris Rollers Marathon

Photograph: Yann Bohac/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

Check out the most unusual but highly cool skates they use.

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