It’s very flattering when someone requests the use of one of my photos in a publication. Recently I was contacted by a French author Sinclair Mckay who had written a book about Bletchley Park – the UK’s secret codebreaking establishment during World War II (now open to the public – a fascinating place and well worth a visit). Sinclair wanted one of my photos of a decoding device to use on the front cover. The book is now in print and available on Amazon here (only in French though). Here’s the cover and original photo below, from the Bletchley Park gallery at my main photo site www.DigitalNature.co.uk.

Sometimes shots taken straight into the sun can turn out well. I took this in Wales, UK. Click for a larger version.

St. Tanwg Church, Llandanwg

This was taken in an area set aside for graffiti art near Waterloo Station, London UK. Click for a larger version. More here.

The colossal seated figures are all of Ramesses II looking out over Lake Nasser, each statue showing the pharaoh at a different age in his life. Click the photo for a larger view. More shots from Egypt here.

As part of the Charles Darwin 200th anniversary celebrations, the Open University has developed a tool that will show you how you would have looked 3.7 million years ago. Click here to try it out. This is/was me!

This effect was achieved by hanging a torch from the end of a piece of string in a dark room and setting it swinging. Exposure time was 10 seconds. Click the photos for larger views.

Wadi Rum in Jordan is a desert-like sandstone valley known for its natural rock formations. It has been used as a location for several films including Lawrence of Arabia. Click the photos below for larger views. More shots from Jordan here.

The Green Lagoon, El Golfo, Lanzarote. Fed from underground by sea water, the colour is caused by algae. Raquel Welch appeared here in the 1966 film One Million Years B.C. which was shot in the Canary Islands because of the extensive volcanic landscape. More from the Canaries here.

I recently created free desktop wallpaper from over 100 photos. Take your pick from a variety of images and brighten up your computer desktop.

In a similar vein to Derelict London, Contamination Zone is a collection of atmospheric and sometimes unsettling photographs by Elle Dunn, capturing “urban & rural decay across the UK”. Also featuring some European locations.

Image copyright Elle Dunn