St Helena Tour in Pictures An unusual view of the turbines on Deadwood Plain through the long zoom, with the hulk of Longwood Barn rising up in the background.

St Helena Tour in Pictures
An unusual view of the turbines on Deadwood Plain through the long zoom, with the hulk of Longwood Barn rising up in the background.

A PHOTO TOUR FROM THE HARD DRIVE | Darrin Henry

Right place, right time, applies with photography a lot, especially when we’re out and about with the camera snapping St Helena pictures. We often end up capturing something unexpected and totally random, simply because we just happened to be there and the light was right.

We’ve been more active this year (2016) than normal, all because of Project 366, resulting in a hard drive full of weird and wonderful images from across the island.

“In no particular order…” as they say, here are 12 pictures of St Helena, a little quirky photographic tour around the island, just for fun.

St Helena Tour in Pictures Framed flowers - bougainvillea at the Castle in Jamestown.

St Helena Tour in Pictures
Framed flowers – bougainvillea at the Castle in Jamestown.

St Helena Tour in Pictures They don't make 'em like this anymore. Wooden window frames in a very old country house, still stylish even though they could do with a little paint.

St Helena Tour in Pictures
They don’t make ’em like this anymore. Wooden window frames in a very old country house, still stylish even though they could do with a little paint.

St Helena Tour in Pictures You would think the circus trapeze safety net had been left out - not quite and not nearly as glamorous! This net covers the dump at Horse Point, designed to keep out the birds.

St Helena Tour in Pictures
You would think the circus trapeze safety net had been left out – not quite and not nearly as glamorous! This net covers the dump at Horse Point, designed to keep out the birds.

St Helena Tour in Pictures A few minutes after the rain, a February morning rainbow over the Jamestown anchorage. There were plenty of yachts on the moorings at that time as well.

St Helena Tour in Pictures
A few minutes after the rain, a February morning rainbow over the Jamestown anchorage. There were plenty of yachts on the moorings at that time as well.

St Helena Pictures - An Island Tour Like matchboxes, Half Tree Hollow glows in the evening sunset, photographed from the top of High Knoll. In the distance the hillside fences above Jamestown are visible, as is the Mundens lookout station.

St Helena Pictures – An Island Tour
Like matchboxes, Half Tree Hollow glows in the evening sunset, photographed from the top of High Knoll. In the distance the hillside fences above Jamestown are visible, as is the Mundens lookout station.

St Helena Tour in Pictures A view of the Jamestown court house from inside the St James Church clock tower.

St Helena Tour in Pictures
A view of the Jamestown court house from inside the St James Church clock tower.

St Helena Tour in Pictures Close up view of the glory bush flowers near Napoleon's Tomb in Alarm Forest.

St Helena Tour in Pictures
Close up view of the glory bush flowers near Napoleon’s Tomb in Alarm Forest.

The thankless task of the lonely scarecrow. At least the view is good watching over crops in Longwood.

St Helena Pictures - An Island Tour Classic Jamestown. Main Street buildings viewed from across Castle Gardens.

St Helena Pictures – An Island Tour
Classic Jamestown. Main Street buildings viewed from across Castle Gardens.

St Helena Pictures - An Island Tour We shall call this the thorn tree haircut. A rather severe pruning job in Longwood.

St Helena Pictures – An Island Tour
We shall call this the thorn tree haircut. A rather severe pruning job in Longwood.

St Helena Pictures - An Island Tour Rusting cannons, abandoned at the bottom of the cliff below Mundens.

St Helena Pictures – An Island Tour
Rusting cannons, abandoned at the bottom of the cliff below Mundens.