Roger Bennion's photos with the keyword: Guernsey

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL I am also adding this to 'Sight and Sound'. The Guernsey Martello Tower here is also home to a Shipwreck Museum. Gordon Lightfoot recorded "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" about the dreadful and tragic loss of all 29 hands when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ~ Gordon Lightfoot

Explored! Thank you very much :-) One from way, way, way back in the Archives.....taken in Guernsey :-) "Sail Away" by Pearls Before Swine comes to mind :-) This track is from their 1969 album "These Things Too". I know I did have a vinyl copy of the album but, stupidly, I must have sold it :-( However, all is not lost 'cos I now have the cd version of the album :-) I was so sorry to read that Tom Rapp passed away on 11 February 2018. Rest in Peace, Tom. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Sail Away ~ Pearls before Swine Possibly view on black, please :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) One from the Archives and I can't believe it was taken more than 11 years ago :-) Added to ~ Happy Fence Friday I am also adding this to 'Sight and Sound'. This is part of the Bathing Pools in Guernsey that are fed from the sea. I imagine the owner of the bicycle is, maybe, swimming below the surface :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Bicycle Song ~ Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt

One from the Archives, taken in Guernsey. The music that comes to mind is "Ocean Deep" by Cliff Richard :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Ocean Deep ~ Cliff Richard ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Or here ~ Ocean Deep ~ Cliff Richard ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Or even here ~ Ocean Deep ~ Cliff Richard

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) ip says this shot was taken on 12 Aug 2016. Nope, it is actually from way, way back in the Archives :-) The first verse of "Goin' Gone" is ~ There's a Lighthouse in the Harbour Giving guidance with its light But I had no-one to return to As I wandered through the night This song written by Patrick Alger, Bill Dale & Fred Koller features on Kathy Mattea's album "Untasted Honey" from 1987. One of my all-time fave albums. I still have the cassette version, a vinyl copy and, of course, the cd :-) This is St Peter Port Harbour, Guernsey and if you look very cosely the blob in the distance is a Lighthouse at the entrance to the Harbour. So, my link is complete methinks :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Goin' Gone ~ Kathy Mattea ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Or here for a live version ~ Goin' Gone ~ Kathy Mattea ~ Live

Added to ~ Sight and Sound and AbsOrbed One from the archives where I used the 'Art History Brush' in Photoshop. I was fairly pleased with the result here. But, since this time my success with the 'Art History Brush' has gone downhill.....rapidly :-) Here comes a little bit of a tenuous link for 'Sight and Sound'. I guess you would need a cradle to turn this boat over and this, of course, links to "Cradle To A Boat" by The Kennedys (Maura & Pete) :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Cradle to a Boat ~ The Kennedys

Two of my all-time favourite singers feature in the video for my 'Sight and Sound' entry i.e. Dougie MacLean and Kathy Mattea. Last evening Helen and I went to see Dougie in Concert at The Stables, Wavendon, Milton Keynes. Poor old Dougie was suffering from the flu but it was stiil a magical and emotional night. Dougie always gets the audience to sing along with the choruses. Normally I only sing when the nearest person is a couple of miles away but even I joined in :-) I well remember taking this Guernsey shot way back in 2011. It was blowin' a gale and I thought that any minute I might take off like Mary Poppins :-) And, the waves were crashing against the rocks! Feel so near to the howling of the wind Feel so near to the crashing of the waves Feel so near to the flowers in the fields Feel so near Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Feel So Near ~ Dougie MacLean & Kathy Mattea OR, the following that should link to a live performance of "Feel So Near" at the 41:55 point.....with audience participation.....much like last evening :-)) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ youtu.be/ksp8fNZsE5U?t=2515

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

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

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) I have so much to thank 'Sight and Sound' for. Often posts mean that there are artists out there that I have never heard of or if I have heard of them I haven't properly listened to their music. Or, when I am searching for musical links for my posts I come across musical gems. Two artists particularly spring to mind, both tragically no longer with us, and they are Steve Goodman and Warren Zevon. Without 'Sight and Sound' I would have likely missed out on Steve's and Warren's wonderful music. For this post I am concentrating on Warren's music. I am very, very, very, tenuously linking my photo to "Mutineer". A mutineer can be a sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority. I'm sure the guy in my shot was a sailor and he was, clearly, disobeying an order to "please, move away from the edge" :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Mutineer ~ Warren Zevon Also, a version by Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Mutineer ~ Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires I have also been trying to watch the documentary (on YouTube) ~ vh1(inside)out .................Warren Zevon Keep Me In Your Heart and, Warren's final appearance on the David Letterman Show (also on YouTube) that includes "Mutineer" But, I haven't yet been able watch them in their entirety. I keep running out of tissues and I can't see the screen!

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Fallin' well behind at the mo! Been trying to install Windows 10 and it seems to be a never ending job! But, I think I have succeeded. I have even persuaded Cortana to talk to me :-))) This rainbow was not photographed in Omaha but for the purposes of 'Sight and Sound' it could have been :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound Listen here ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ~ Omaha Rainbow ~ John Stewart And, Happy Fence Friday, All :-)

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Happy Fence Friday :-) Maybe better on black :-)

Back to Guernsey and a mighty old sunset shot taken more than 5 years ago!! :-))

A mighty old shot where I thought I would have a go at another mono conversion......as you do :-))

Been a little side-tracked with computer things in the last few days!! My Desktop computer was ancient like me and I have been thinking for a while I will have to get one of a more recent vintage!!!! I know you shouldn’t feel pressurised by these big organisations but with support being withdrawn for Windows XP I capitulated and have bought a new HP Desktop computer. It took a lot longer to set up that I thought it should!!! I don’t know why they have to put incomprehensible diagrams in the box that just irritate and confuse my little brain!!! Anyway, we are now up and running :-))) Now to photography - “Lomo” style photos feature unique colouring, high contrast, soft focus and dark vignettes. You could use a Russian toy camera like the Lomo LC-A to get these results or you can try for a similar effect using photo software. I found a “Lomo” filter in Picasa software so this is my attempt at the “Lomo” effect :-)

A much older shot where I have been trying a mono conversion :-)

In my humble opinion no visit to Guernsey is complete without photographing Fort Grey. So.....here's another shot :-)))