My take on the new Les Mis film poster with the help of my eldest daughter Eloise, hope you like it. I will be editing it a bit more over the next few days. Please view on black.

Exposure Time: 92.0 s

Diaphragm: 14.0

ISO: 200

Focal Lenght: 16.0 mm

B+W ND1000 filter is used

Nikon D70S,Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM

Les Miserables character with his yellow passport and candlestick received from Bishop Myriel

Que dificil tomar buenas fotografias en recitales . . :-(

An illustration for a magazine called 'Greater Good'.

The article was about how money can actually lead to misery.

For the past week it had been raining....... Rain, rain and yet more rain. It has now turned cold too. My back yard is looking like a swamp. I decided to put some seed on the bird feeder as I thought that the little birdies might be getting a bit peckish. In short time, nine rainbow lorikeets had descended on the feeder, in spite of the rain. Four in the bird feeder, one on the support cable and four more on the supporting hoist waiting for the rest to finish.

One couple up on the hoist looked particularly miserable and were huddled together to keep warm.

Waiting for connections can be a bit boring but on the plus side, it was a work trip so I was getting paid to sit there and watch the world go by

Thank goodness it's just a cold. 😫

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Done with 2B mechanical pencil, kneaded eraser and blending stump. Approx A4 size. Time taken: about 25 hrs. (Will upload proper scan copy when I have access to scanner) I can't even remember when was the last time I put in so much effort and patience into doing something. And now, I'm filled with admiration for all the artists who take time to perfect your work. My FB art page: www.facebook.com/chaseroflight

WIP: pencil scene from Les Miserables movie. 4 hrs and counting :)

My FB art page: www.facebook.com/chaseroflight

This is what I’m reading right now.

And this is my mood.

I have a cold so, everything that I can do now is drink tea in beautiful cups and read my super-big book, besides this unromantic internet and wait until the cold is gone.

Do not post or blog this anywhere

Artwork on the side of the Queen's Theatre, London

Redesigned The Series of Unfortunate Events book covers to look like Penguin Classics.

Photographer JR Crosse 56 Bargates Whitchurch Salop

Model Tegan

Make up: Marya Ali

Pigeon looking very miserable in the heavy rain

#FlickrFriday - 566. Aqua

Cameron Mackintosh’s legendary production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables is a global stage sensation.

Seen by more than 65 million people in 42 countries and in 22 languages around the globe, it is still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 28th year.

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.

Ex-convict Jean Valjean is hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.

Featuring the songs 'I Dreamed A Dream', 'Bring Him Home', 'One Day More' and 'On My Own' – Les Misérables is the show of shows!

Anybody complaining about to much snow?

when I was a kid

"miserable as always"

was what you said

when I asked how you were feeling

maybe you were healing

from someone you regretted being

but one day, you just stopped saying it

I was never sure how to talk to you

but that's okay, you liked it when I listened

you were nothing like my father

or anyone I ever knew

one hundred percent original human being

vintage nineteen-thirty-two

and like everyone would tell me

you got better with age

I knew all about

the rage in your past

but who you were in the present

held me together when I was feeling

like no one understood

you were one of the few

who were old and alive

I had half your wisdom

and a third of your time

but you always let me in on your mind

you taught me to be stubborn

not to give up or shut up

and I don't know if that's enough

but if that was your version of love

I'm sure the words were on

the tip of your tongue

I always felt

like you would live forever

and now that you're gone, I guess you will

with your heavenly audience

telling stories slightly left of truth

about the world-changing achievements

that you made in your youth

when you learned how to pray

but struggled to obey

you learned how to speak

but never to stay

like a dog who finally had his day

no longer "miserable as always"

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It's rainy in theatreland.

It's a chasmere scarf wrapped around her head, not a sharp, spiney torture device, as her face would suggest.

How Much of you are badly waiting for Christmas shows of Les Miserables ??

Reading & Northern 425 pulls onto the Port Clinton Turntable on a miserable December morning.

Saw them in a seafood market. They were sold during my taking photos of them. The lady owner was so nice to ask the customers to wait until I finished my shots, lol.

Dark, wet night, lights from inside the supermarket reflecting on the wet pavement outside.

Acrylic on canvas

Parody of the "Les Miserables" musical. Part of the "Syria 2015" theme.

Les Miserables

London September 1999

Durham - Easter Monday 2008.

Typical Bank Holiday - it snowed - alot!

The weather was so atrcious this day that it sort of spoilt playing with Fuji.

I think it shows as this batch of photos isn't exactly wonderful.

As I am posting them I know I will probably delete most of them later.

I only took this photo as I was following the guy in the kilt!

I am shallow.

But then I slipped in the sludge and gave up.

Never mind..

my daughter

Battling against the drizzle and spray at Overton, Gower, Wales, UK. No graphics please.

One looks at the other,

the other won't look back;

I stare at the two of them there,

unable to agree,

always at odds with each other;

It makes me sad

and I don't want to look at either of them anymore -

they are miserable creatures,

destructive in every way,

harmful to each other

and to all who cross their path;

So I turn away from the mirror,

because I hate those miserable souls

drowning in their sea of red,

red,

red...

Berlin

i'm not talking about a radio station.

poor little baby has a high fever and is miserable. hope this will pass soon. she has only been sick once before and it was just a cold. this is horrible, it has taken some of gemma's happy spirit away. she is being a trooper though.

Cold, Wet, Rainy, Grey, Windy and Dull.

I woke up to a very miserable morning...grey, wet and dark.