28 April; Istanbul

Looking from Europe into Asia across the Bosporus, with ships on the straights between The Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara, and full moon in the sky. Fuji GFX50s and 11omm F2

27 Jan: Basra, Iraq - Gas Flares

Gas flaring in Basra Province, Iraq. Basra is the 3rd largest gas flaring country in the world. Basra Gas Company seek to harness this natural resource for domestic use and overseas sale.

18 Jan: Mosul, Iraq - Train Station

Visiting Mosul for the first time, and paying a trip to the Train Station, which has been completely destroyed.

Gas Flares

Gas Flaring on Majnoon, captured with a Samsung Smart Phone.

Northern Kurdistan

Autumn colours in the mountains.

Murals, Sulaymaniyah

Good people, the Kurds. 1/800sec, f13, ISO500, +1/3EV (Grab shot, must have been (1) set up for something else or (2) half asleep

Chanel

Beirut - City of contrasts

Lebanon, sea front

Old bus on the waterfront

MAZAR - I - SHARIF, BALKH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - 10 MARCH 2013

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, BALKH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - 10 MARCH 2013: An unidentified woman walks across the courtyard in front of the Blue Mosque on March 10, 2013 in Mazar-i-Sharif

Feeding the Birds

Ladies in Burkhas feeding the birds at the Blue Mosque, in Mazar - i - Sharif

The Ancient Minarets of Herat

5 towers dating from the 15th Century rise 55 metres into the air in Herat.