Photo by Maggie Talibart
My daughter’s debut shot, a stunning capture of Bradley Wiggins riding to victory in the Olympic time trials today. Well done, Maggie! I am not sure I should let her near my camera again if she is going to be this good. Well done, Bradley and also Christopher Froome (below) for winning Bronze.
Photo by Maggie Talibart
Evening light gilds a spider and its web.
The spider’s touch, how exquisitely fine!
Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, I (1733), l.217
All that glisters is not gold,
Often have you heard that told.
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, II.vii
Golden is the sunrise,
The hour photographers shoot
Golden is the moment
We hope not to forget
Golden are the coins
(Look better than they taste!)
Golden is the sunbeam
That gilds the silken web
Golden is the Autumn,
The poet’s mellow season
Golden are the seeds
That tango through the air
Golden is the pond
Stroked by the setting sun
Golden is the coffee
That warms a winter’s night
Golden is the star
That twists in festive light.
