Close Up Gallery by Tiffany Dryburgh, Photographic Artist

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Undressing Alma Avert your eyes, Alma’s being stripped bare! The Alma Doepel is a topsail schooner currently under restoration in Docklands, Melbourne. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, by clicking the link.	Ropable Some of Alma’s lines. That’d be ropes to you and me ;-) Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, by clicking the link.	Alma's Ace The Alma Doepel in all her stripped back glory up on the barge, North Wharf, Docklands, Melbourne. You can even see her futtocks! Her shape from this angle reminded us of the Ace of Spades. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, by clicking the link.
A Peek Inside The Alma Doepel is currently up on a barge in dry dock and stripped back to her bare bones. I managed to to seek a peek inside through a hole in the underside. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, by clicking the link.	Left Behind Kids toys left behind on Princes Pier, Melbourne. Someone had obviously picked them up off the beach and placed them on the side of the pier. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, by clicking the link.	Peeking Under Alma A peek under the Alma Doepel up in dry-dock at sunset. She is still under restoration on North Wharf in the Docklands, Melbourne. If you’re in the area drop in and say hello to the wonderful team of volunteers working on her. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, by clicking the link.
Up Link Rusty old chains, big and small, awaiting restoration, or otherwise, for use on the Alma Doepel. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Green Section Fabulous old green corrugated iron fence in Port Melbourne. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Lamp Post Detail, Florence A close up view of the wonderful street lights alongside the Arno river, Florence Italy. This time we have the Ponte Vecchio in the background. Taken around dusk. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
Ghost of Pussycats Past In preparation for a new floor, I had to scrape the old cork tiles off the concrete slab at the back of our house. They, and the slab itself, were laid by my parents some 30 years ago when we had a beautiful siamese boy called Cleo (long story!) He was mine from the age of 2 until I was 20 when he died at the ripe old age of 18. What a lovely thing to find under those hideous old tiles but my boy’s footprints! Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Cane Chair Triptych Triptych created from some close up studies of a decaying old cane chair. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags by clicking the link.	Bamboo Up close and personal with an empty bamboo fruit bowl. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
Coiled This is one of the many ropes ready to go back on to the Alma Doepel, a sailing ship currently under restoration at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, Australia. I asked the difference between the two types of weave I noticed and the answer was flexibility. The plaited weave was easier to manipulate than the twisted one. So there you go. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Cane Chair I loved this old cane chair. It was as old as me and really starting to fall apart. Sadly, it has since done so completely. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Cranky Viennese Swan A detail from a Viennese lamppost outside the Vienna State Opera House. He looks quite cranky to me. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
Alma's Bow The Alma Doepel, a sailing ship currently under restoration at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, Australia. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	In the Studio Waiting for inspiration! Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Wood & Water Stony Creek Backwash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags by clicking the link.
Rivets & Ripples A gorgeous bright, sunny winter’s afternoon gave us some wonderful light to play with under Sandridge Bridge on the Yarra River, Melbourne, Victoria – not to mention those brilliant rivets again. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Wooden Waves The pier at Stony Creek Backwash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Such a beautiful wavy pattern on many of the planks making up this old pier. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags by clicking the link.	Tied Up … with the cleaning, that is. This is a very old straw broom. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
A Few Locks Hundreds and hundreds of these little locks extend for some way along the Arno next to the Uffizzi, Florence, Italy. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Under the Table At Cafe’ Florian in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy for almost 300 years. Be prepared to mortgage the house for coffee and cake! Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Taking Over I seem to have a thing for lichen. The pier at Stony Creek Backwash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
They Were Here Seagull footprints in the sand on the beach at Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I liked the way they looked in contrast to the even lines of the recently combed sand. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Red & Green Bold colour from Burano, Venice, Italy. I love the finger marks on the shutter. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Studded One of the big old doors at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
Stepping Out Slippery!! Steps leading down to a canal in Venice, Italy. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Reaching This is actually the decaying edge of one of the wooden struts holding up the currently under re-construction Princes Pier in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards by clicking the link.	Washed Up Taken at on the beach at Port Melbourne next to Station Pier, Melbourne, Australia. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags by clicking the link.
Holding It Together The lovely rusty chains that hold the vaporetto platforms to the big wooden pylons. These ones are on the Zattere, Venice, Italy. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Money for Old Rope I’ve been trying to get a good shot of the Alma Doepel, a sailing ship currently under restoration at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, Australia. I couldn’t get this old saying out of my head as worked on this shot. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Neatly Twisted One of the many ropes ready to go back on to the Alma Doepel, currently under restoration at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, Australia. I asked the difference between the two types of weave I noticed and the answer was flexibility. The plaited weave was easier to manipulate than the twisted one. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
On the Edge The pier at Stony Creek Backwash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	I'm a Little... … not short and stout though! An antique ceramic teapot from Northern China. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Criss-Cross Barbed wire fence infront of the jumble of scaffolding which is working its way across the underside of the Westgate Bridge during renovations. This is the section above the Stony Creek Backwash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags by clicking the link.
Dreaming This was a gorgeous bunch of lilac dahlias. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Glass Stopper Two old bottles with glass stoppers for storing chemicals. They were used by my late father when he was a dental technician many years ago. Now just used as objet d’art. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	Millennia No, not an enormous rocky cliff face, a piece of slate in the backyard. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.
10 Toes Just the right amount! Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.	At Home The framing and subject matter – domestic nooks and crannies – have always meant that these somehow hang together for me. Buy as Prints, Posters, Cards, Cushions, Bags, Print on Wood by clicking the link.

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