Around the World in Pictures

Around the World in Pictures

周遊圖畫世界看風景

1/6/2023

十多年前退休不久寄居香港數載，那時還能四處旅遊，觀賞各地疏異景致及人文風釆。每至聞名景區賞點，總是萬頭鑽動，各式相機出動。缺少專業訓練本就非攝影專家，倒是對旅途偶遇尋常百姓、無名貓狗、或是不為人注意的景點邊緣或週遭景物，投以關愛的眼光

A Mustard field near the Palace 

Stockholm, Sweden

Pastel 油彩

 Beach of a Spanish resort town*

*Torremolinos⁩, ⁨in Andalusia⁩ of ⁨Spain⁩.

Watercolor /original photo courtesy:Stephen Tang

A wooden boat moored near the castle wall outside Castle Fredericksburg

Copenhagen, Denmark  Pen and ink/watercolor 

Another tourist attraction 

on the other side of the crowd 

Copenhagen, Denmark  Watercolor 

Flowery  display on window of a Country house 

in rural France

Watercolor 

A barn house next to a vineyard *

Napa Valley, California 

*The slightly bending tree was downed by storm in subsequent years

Pen and Ink sketch 

Façade of structures in public square of Gdansk, Poland  

watercolor 

“Haystacks”

off Pacific coast of Oregon, near Portland 

watercolor 

                                                     

A common scenery inland California shares in summer season with golden mountains dotted with oak groves here and there

watercolor 

North to Alaska (below)

Alaska 遊輪之旅曾登岸 Anchorage 訪當地大學校園

六月間是這裡旅遊旺季，幽靜的校園環繞着積雪群山，前景為北國勝放的魯冰花 Lupine (bluebonnet)*

Pastel 油彩

* Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Wikipedia

Red brick wall with 

tiled roof on a 

traditional Chinese house

in a snowy winter day

China   Watercolor 

A lone boat in Nanjing 

 千禧年間與藝文友人同遊紫金城，城郊長江大橋邊上河畔，停泊一葉扁舟，就在眾人路過時一眼瞥見，神速攝下影像 

pen and ink

A traditional Hakka house

傳統客家建築的宅屋

廣東清遠 

Watercolor 

Grace