autofantasia's photos with the keyword: reading

Couldn't help but think this chap had a timeless quality about him - a bit like his car!

Well, who'd have thought it, here's me running late (again) for The Sunday Challenge . The challenge this week was simply books so I decided to combine a shot of William, who is evidently our most intelligent bear, seemingly reading a book from my James Patterson collection. Only problem was that most of them, even the paperback copies, are a little on the large side for William to handle easily. So I set about creating a miniature version of the one I wanted to use, which is entitled "Cross Country". To help me do this I scanned separately both covers and then the spine. These three images were then combined in Microsoft Publisher and printed out on photo paper to create a mini dust jacket for Williams book. I then used this to cover an old pocket diary before going through the same process to create an internal page to make it look, even to the most eagle eyed onlooker, as if it was a genuine book he was reading. Finally, I got to the relatively easy bit .... taking the actual photograph!

Just a little reminder that occasionally the weather in Britain is actually very good, lest we forget amidst all the terrible winter storms we're enduring at the moment. This is a corner of Harrogate's Valley Gardens with the Sun Pavilion in the background. www.sunpavilion.co.uk