The Circus is in town!

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The circus is back in town. Every year, the Santus Circus, Le Cirque de France comes to a local park near where I live and every year, I try to photograph the ticket booth, with all it’s imagery and lights, harking back to old times. I failed a couple of years ago, as I was a little too late in the evening, and the darkness had fallen, and the exposure wasn’t perfect. Yesterday, i made it a point to get there at dusk, about 30 minutes before the sun set. I think I nailed the exposure this time, with the little Ricoh GR.

The Beautiful Game

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Just over 40 days time the world will be transfixed once more with the FIFA World Cup 2014 starting on June, 12. With 32 finalist nations in 8 Groups, Brazil, the host country is surely a firm favourite at 3/1 odds and Spain coming second at 7/1. The World Cup unites sports fans all around the world like no other world event, and it would be a great moment of distraction from the many conflicts, disasters and wars across many regions. (Photo : Steven Lee, Villenueve-Loubet plage.)