Roger Bennion's photos

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) I'm not sure if this lady knows there is a Ladybird looking down on her :-) Anyway, it seems logical to moi to link my photo to "Ladybird" by Natalie Merchant :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Ladybird ~ Natalie Merchant

It usually takes me a while to catch-up on news :-) Probably, most everyone already knows that the Google Nik Software Suite is now free to download :-) I found out this news t'other day and it came as a very big and very pleasant surprise :-) I understand that the software suite was originally priced at around $500 but when, in 2012, Google bought it the price dropped to around $150. In a move on 24 March 2016 that surprised the photo industry Google went a step further and made the entire suite free of charge!! Needless to say I have now downloaded the suite :-) For this Oxford shot I have used the 'Monday Morning' filter. Hence my tenuous link to "Monday Monday", one of my fave Mamas & Papas tracks. I love this cover version by Foxes & Fossils :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Monday Monday ~ Foxes & Fossils

Hereford Cathedral is in the background of this shot that was taken with my little ole compact many moons ago :-) For 'Sight and Sound' "Cathedral Song" by Tanita Tikaram comes to mind. This track is from Tanita's 1988 album "Ancient Heart". Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Cathedral Song ~ Tanita Tikaram

Not sure exactly what I did to get these ghostly figures but it does mean I can tenuously link this shot to "Ghost in this House" by Alison Krauss & Union Station :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Ghost in this House ~ Alison Krauss & Union Station Larry suggested "Haunted House" by Roy Buchanan. A brilliant track ~ ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ♫ Listen Here Cheers, Larry :-)

I have been in hospital for an operation but am now back home :-) I have to take things very steady so it is going to be some while before I catch-up here on ipernity.. So, please bear with me. This is Lord Cobham's Monument in Stowe Landscape Gardens. It rises to some 32 metres. Off to the left of the monument there is a splodge of colour!! I didn't add this :-) It is actually a hang-glider.....honest :-) So, here comes a tenuous link for 'Sight and Sound' :-) One of Gene Clark's double albums is entitled "Flying High" and the intrepid person was surely 'flying high' :-) One of my fave tracks on the album is "Set You Free This Time" and I guess you could say the guy or gal has been 'set free' :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Set You Free This Time ~ Gene Clark To repeat one of the YouTube comments ~ "I can't believe anyone could have written so many beautiful, perfect songs and not be known to everyone. Love to Gene".

Here comes a pretty obscure link..................... I seem to remember that back in 2009 we drove through Monmouth and then some hours/days later we stopped here so I could take this photo :-) For the purposes of 'Sight and Sound' we need to imagine this is Tecumseh Valley. If we do this I can then link my photo to "Tecumseh Valley" written by Townes Van Zandt :-) In my opinion one of his finest songs. Two links follow. One by Nanci Griffith & James Hooker and the original by Townes Van Zandt. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Tecumseh Valley ~ Nanci Griffith & James Hooker ♪ ♫ And, here ~ Tecumseh Valley ~ Townes Van Zandt

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) I wanted to use a live version of "Little Red Corvette" and was puzzled as to why I couldn't immediately find one on YouTube. Then I came across one video where the audio track had been muted due to copyright issues. Then I found mention of another video that had been taken down due to copyright issues. The reason seems to be explained by the following extracts from Wikipedia - "On September 14, 2007, Prince announced that he was going to sue YouTube" relating to copyright issues. "In January 2014, Prince filed a lawsuit against 22 online users for direct copyright infringement". Added to ~ Sight and Sound Rest In Peace, Prince

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) A pretty tenuous link for 'Sight and Sound' but I'm sure that, at some point, there has been a little bit of heartbreak here. So, that brings to mind "Sea of Heartbreak" by Rosanne Cash :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Sea of Heartbreak ~ Rosanne Cash

When I took this shot in Guernsey way back in 2010 I didn't know there would come a time when I would be linking my photo to "Meet On The Ledge" by Fairport Convention :-) I do remember thinking it was pretty risky for the lady to be standing on the rock in heels!!! Off to the left of where I was standing there was a sheer drop to the beach below!!!!! Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Meet On The Ledge ~ Fairport Convention

I believe this is a 1965 4261cc Sunbeam Tiger Mk 1. The guy driving it was clearly taking it to the limit and this, of course, leads me to think of "Take It To The Limit" by The Eagles :-) Written by Randy Meisner, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. It is my favourite Eagles song and one of my all-time fave tracks. I applied a 'Lomoish' effect here that gives high-contrast with unusual saturation and it may be better on black, possibly :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Take It To The Limit ~ The Eagles

A while ago I posted a 'Sight and Sound' link to “Mutineer” by Warren Zevon. When commenting Nora said “yes a great artist so prematurely lost...” Nora gave me a link to “Keep Me In Your Heart”. I said I would work on linking this song to one of my photos and here it is. A very long time ago I took this candid in Oxford. I reckon the lady was visiting the city and texting her boyfriend back home saying "Keep Me In Your Heart" :-) “Keep Me In Your Heart” was written by Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderón. It is the final song on Warren's final album entitled “The Wind”. Warren began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the lung) and it was released just two weeks before his death on September 7, 2003. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Keep Me In Your Heart ~ Warren Zevon I am also including a version by Jorge Calderón and Jennifer Warnes that features on the album "Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs Of Warren Zevon". Listen here ♪ ♫ ~ Keep Me In Your Heart ~ Jorge Calderón and Jennifer Warnes "When you get up in the mornin' and you see that crazy sun Keep me in your heart for a while" Yes, we will......Rest in Peace, Warren

Added to ~ Sight and Sound and AbsOrbed I sometimes think photo software ought to be taken away from me :-) This shot of part of Boscombe Pier was intended to be an Orb! But, I think I flipped horizontally when I should have flipped vertically or vice versa :-) After that, things started to go downhill rapidly :-) Initially, there was only one light so perhaps I hit 'Symmetrize'. Also, there has been some 'Dream Smoothing' applied :-) As there are two lights and some sea I figure a 'Sight and Sound' link to "Same Sea" by Lights is permissible :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Same Sea ~ Lights Carol has suggested I could add a second track and that is "My Favourite Mistake" by Sheryl Crow....... So I have :-))))) Thank you, Carol ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ My Favourite Mistake ~ Sheryl Crow

This shot was taken in Amsterdam a very long time ago. I think this could have been in Vondelpark but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, there is a guy fishing and I'm guessing he is a Dutchman :-) That, of course, leads to "The Dutchman" written by Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael Peter Smith. The song has nowt to do with fishing but it is about a Dutchman :-) Extract from Wikipedia - "Rolling Stone Magazine once called Michael Peter Smith...The greatest songwriter in the English language. He has been singing and composing since the 1960s and his rich and challenging songs have been recorded by more than 30 performers. He is best known for writing "The Dutchman" popularized by Steve Goodman and also recorded by Suzy Bogguss, Celtic Thunder, Liam Clancy, Norm Hacking, Anne Hills, Mara Levine and Si Khan, John McDermott, the New Kingston Trio, Gamble Rogers, Tom Russell, Jerry Jeff Walker, Robert James Waller, Josh White Jr. and Bernard Wrigley." I think this is an absolute classic song and it is one of my absolute all-time fave songs. My fave version is by Steve Goodman :-) Two versions follow.....one from Steve's 1972 album "Somebody Else's Troubles" and a live version (possibly from 'Austin City Limits') with Jethro Burns on mandolin. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ The Dutchman ~ Steve Goodman Or Listen here ♫ ♪ ~ The Dutchman ~ Steve Goodman with Jethro Burns

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Not exactly a blue moon turning to gold but as close I am gonna get. In any event the moon has now turned black and it is so tragic to learn that Merle Haggard has passed away on his birthday. One of the all-time greats. Rest in Peace, Merle. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again ~ Merle Haggard

The blue narrowboat is named "Gunga Din" and that, of course, leads me to think of "Gunga Din" by The Byrds :-) "Gunga Din" features on their 1969 album, "Ballad of Easy Rider" Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Gunga Din ~ The Byrds

Okay, an obscure link for 'Sight and Sound' that will take me a while to explain! Good Friday was a beautiful day @ Stowe Landscape Gardens. The weather has rapidly gone downhill here since Friday!! This is a shot of the 'Temple Of British Worthies'.There is a bust of Sir Francis Drake here. The owners of Stowe decided that Sir Francis should be included as one of the British Worthies and his bust is in one of the niches. The Youngbloods recorded "On Sir Francis Drake" and it features on their 1969 album, "Elephant Mountain". Therefore, job done methinks :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ On Sir Francis Drake ~ The Youngbloods

This structure is on Dunstable Downs and nearby there is an explanation :-) “Is it a sculpture? A crashed spaceship? Something the builders left behind? No, it's a wind-catcher – part of our ventilation system. Fresh air goes in through the long vertical vents on each side. It travels through an underground pipe into the Visitor Centre. In summer, this cools the air so the building doesn't need electric fans or air conditioning. In winter, it warms the air slightly so that our wood-chip boiler doesn't have to work so hard to heat the building.” Which, of course, leads to “Hasten Down The Wind” written by Warren Zevon :-) Linda Ronstadt's version with ace harmony vocal by Don Henley has always been a fave for me but I don't know why it has taken me such a very, very long time to properly listen to the awesome original version by Warren Zevon with wonderful slide guitar playing by David Lindley and superb harmony vocal by Phil Everly. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Hasten Down The Wind ~ Linda Ronstadt Original version ~ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Hasten Down The Wind ~ Warren Zevon One of the YouTube comments says "One of the most beautiful and saddest songs ever..." Yes, I agree.

Here comes another of my all-time fave songs......... "You Can Sleep While I Drive" written by Melissa Etheridge :-) I'm convinced the guy is saying to his passenger "You Can Sleep While I Drive" :-) Come on baby, let's get out of this town I got a full tank of gas with the top rolled down There's a chill in my bones, I don't wanna be left alone So baby you can sleep while I drive I'll pack my bag and load up my guitar In my pocket, I'll carry my harp I got some money I saved enough to get underway And baby you can sleep while I drive We'll go through Tucson up to Santa Fe And Barbara in Nashville says we're welcome to stay I'll buy you glasses in Texas a hat from New Orleans And in the mornin' you can tell me your dreams.................. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ You Can Sleep While I Drive ~ Melissa Etheridge And, not forgetting Trisha's version :-) ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ You Can Sleep While I Drive ~ Trisha Yearwood p.s. some 'Dream Smoothing' was applied to my photo :-)