A splash of colour ... and then an explosion.

Signs of a night out on Taksim, the centre of Istanbul's nightlife. Although it's actually just litter, this picture made me notice how nice and colourful crisp bags are, especially against the grey background ... the second picture is admittedly a little different:

Reflections

Contrary to the name of the blog, I feel very much like black-and-white pictures lately: The first is the (distorted) image of a tree, seen in a lake. A lake with lots of ducks, to be precise; hence the motion that distorts the image. Below is the image of several bikes mirrored in one of Utrecht's many canals. Without ducks.

Brick walls and little hearts

I really love the colour combination in the first picture, and especially the different shades of red, brown and orange of the walls. And then, I suddenly thought that dried brown flowers would make a good motive for a picture:

These windows I saw on the side of a church. I'm ashamed to say that I never noticed them before despite having walked that way quite often before! Take a camera and you'll notice so much more:

Just thought this picture fit well today as it's Valentine's Day after all!

Bikes

I'm loving all the colourful bikes here - wish I had the red one! They really add some much-needed colour in February!

Red, black and white - classic combination, isn't it?

Little golden details

These pictures were taken in Utrecht (the Netherlands). Often, I find, it's a little detail like the ones above that make things stand out!