Built Environments

HILLSIDE VILLAGE: A village perched high on the steep hillside above Lake Como, Italy.

Hillside Village

SKYSCRAPER REFLECTIONS: Shanghai city scene.

Skyscraper reflections

SHANGHAI WATERFRONT: A night view across the river in Shanghai.

Shanghai Waterfront

SHANGHAI NIGHT SCENE: A night view in Shanghai.

Shanghai Night Scene

ROOFTOPS: An Andelucian white village.

Rooftops

COOL COURTYARD: Sherry barrels rest in a shaded courtyard - Jerez, Spain.

Cool Courtyard

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SHADED COURTYARD: Sherry barrels rest in the shaded courtyard - Jerez, Spain.

Shaded Courtyard

SHERRY GALORE: Display barrels at the Tio Pepe sherry cellar, Jerez, Spain.

Sherry Galore

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LIGHT AND SHADE: Dappled sunlight shines through the vine canopy. Taken at the Tio Pepe sherry cellar, Jerez, Spain.

Light and shade

CHURCHWARDEN'S STAFF: Polished silver against a leaded apse window - Hawkesbury Church, Gloucestershire.

Churchwarden's Staff

MOUNTAIN REFUGE - PYRENEES: The morning after in a Pyrenean mountain refuge - France.

Mountain Refuge - Pyrenees

PULTENEY BRIDGE AND WEIR - BATH: A winter view of Pulteney Weir - Bath.

Pulteney Bridge and Weir - Bath

WAITING: Entrance hall at the Steam museum - Swindon.

Waiting

MUSICAL STATUE: A statue set in the grounds of the St Fagans Museum, Cardiff.

Musical Statue

CHAPEL INTERIOR: A view of the inside of the small chapel at the St Fagans Museum, Cardiff.

Chapel interior

LAMP POST: Glass luminaires catch the low sunlight.

Lamp Post

TRACTOR SHED: A spotless tractor shed in a French slate works.

Tractor Shed

ALBI CATHEDRAL: Visitors approach the imposing entrance to the Cathedral in Albi, France.

Albi Cathedral

HANDRAIL: Gentle curves of wood and steel.

Handrail

SCARY MARY: A scarecrow guarding the vegetable garden at the Eden Project, Cornwall.

Scary Mary

RIVER SEVERN CROSSING: A view of the second Severn Crossing before the tide returns.

River Severn Crossing

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OVERGROWN: An ivy-encrusted gravestone in Stroud cemetary.

Overgrown

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ERMITAGE DE ST-ANTOINE: A chapel created in a natural cavern deep under the mountain in the Gorge de Galamus, France.

Ermitage de St-Antoine

JESUS AND THE CEMENT MIXER: Building never stops at at Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona.

Jesus and the Cement Mixer

NOBBLES AND COBBLES: A bicycle parked up in Bayards Cove, Dartmouth.

Nobbles and Cobbles

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ST PETER'S BASILICA: St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Italy.

St Peter's Basilica

SCARECROW CURTSEY: An innovative scarecrow guarding seedlings.

Scarecrow Curtsey

AA BOX: The AA box at Devil's Bridge, Wales.

AA Box

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FERRIS WHEEL: The ferris wheel in Carcassonne city centre.

Ferris Wheel

VIRTUAL WINDOW.: Sunlight reflected from a balcony window onto the wall of a dark alley.

Virtual window.

GARDEN SHED: Garden shed, Laycock, Wiltshire, UK.

Garden shed

SCARY!: A small room is dominated by a tiger pelt.

Scary!

MILL WHEEL: A working flour mill preserved and maintained by the National Trust. Cothele, Devon, UK.

Mill Wheel

WHITE CASTLE - INSIDE VIEW: White Castle is a medieval castle located close to the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

White Castle - Inside view

WHITE CASTLE: White Castle is a medieval castle located close to the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

White Castle

WHITE CASTLE: White Castle is a medieval castle located close to the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

White Castle

WHITE CASTLE: White Castle is a medieval castle located close to the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

White Castle

HOPES AND PRAYERS: Colourful lanterns carry the hopes and prayers of Buddhist followers visiting the holy temple.

Hopes and Prayers

HOTLINE TO HEAVEN: A visitor to the Buddhist temple grabs a moment to make a quick call.

Hotline to heaven

ETERNAL FLAMES: Candles lit to offer prayers and pay homage to the great Buddha.

Eternal flames

THE GREAT BUDDHA: The Great Buddha of Cheonan, South Korea.

The Great Buddha

THE TEMPLE OF THE GREAT BUDDHA: Part of the temple complex of the Great Buddha, Cheonan.

The temple of the Great Buddha

THE TEMPLE OF THE GREAT BUDDHA: The imposing statue of Buddha, Cheonan, South Korea.

The temple of the Great Buddha

PRAYER ROOM: All of the temple buildings are covered with intricate panel work and feature detail.

Prayer room

LOTUS POOL:

Lotus Pool

TIGER: Close-up detail in the Buddhist temple.

Tiger

LOTUS POOLS AND TOPIARY: A corner of the beautiful gardens of the Great Buddha Temple.

Lotus Pools and Topiary

PAGODA ROOF: Intricate detail and vivid colours emblazon pagodas and temple buildings in Seoul.

Pagoda Roof

SEOUL: Seoul Cityscape.

Seoul

RIVER HAN: Seoul Cityscape and the River Han.

River Han

MESSAGES OF LOVE: Seoul's young couples write their messages of love on locks and snap them onto every available space.

Messages of love

HOPES AND DREAMS: Messages of love.

Hopes and dreams

MESSAGES OF LOVE: Seoul's young couples write their messages of love on locks and snap them onto every available space.

Messages of love

HALF SPIRAL STAIRCASE: Taken at Saltram House National Trust property near Plymouth, Devon, UK.

Half spiral staircase

RUNNING REPAIRS: An old horse-drawn grain cart is jacked up for running repairs.

Running Repairs

PULA ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE - CROATIA: A panoramic view of the inside of the Roman amphitheatre at Pula, Croatia.

Pula Roman amphitheatre - Croatia

PULA ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE - CROATIA: Pula Roman amphitheatre viewed from the outside on a stormy day.

Pula Roman amphitheatre - Croatia

THE ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE - PULA, CROATIA.: Pula Roman amphitheatre viewed from the outside on a stormy day.

The Roman amphitheatre - Pula, Croatia.