Novi Sad

Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia, 2002: I felt like the only tourist in town, I probably was… I was still recovering from the drilling I got at the border and deserved a treat, so I splashed out on a room in a hotel overlooking the square. Is it me or does that statue look like it […]

Graffiti point

Wellington, NZ, 2011: Shot some pictures a few nights ago up above Wellington Airport… Simon from Darkhalide had been here before… a slightly dodgy area of Strathmore… an abandoned WW2 era radio relay station/defence bunker network that had been blitzed with graffiti….. Canon EOS 30D / Canon 18-55is

Valle dei templi

Agrigento, Sicily, 2004: The Valle de templi, or Valley of the Temples- is ironically actually situated on a ridge… Did this name originate from some sort of ancient Sicilian-Greek humour…? Agrigento (or ancient Akragas) is a major tourist drawcard. Its buildings are some of the largest and best preserved outside of Greece and are listed […]

Slightly-in-focus

Pencarrow, Wellington, 2011: Another go at an HDR at Pencarrow- multiple (long) exposures, albeit in monochrome… Canon EOS 30D / Pentacon 50mm 1.8 / Marumi ND400

Devaster

Wellington, New Zealand, 2010/2011: This is what happens when you botch-up developing black and white film. I struggled with loading the film onto the spool, got my fingerprints all over it in the process, couldn’t load the entire roll on the reel, and stuffed up the developing time. A bit of a “devaster”- but with […]

Karnakman

Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 2005: This un-official guide took a lot of convincing for me to take his photo- without paying him baksheesh. It’s a challenge to make it through the day in Egypt without paying baksheesh- I made it a personal aim. The term broadly means to pay someone money as a tip or bribe, […]

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2010. That’s about […]

Stairway to WSKY

Wellington, New Zealand, 2009: At an abandoned ex MOD (WWII) gun defence emplacement. We were’nt supposed to be there, a wild southerly wind was blowing; our nerves gave up soon after and we bailed … Canon EOS 30D/Canon 17-40 f4 L

Bruxelles bar

Brussels, Belgium, 2004: Caught this local man relaxing at the end of the day with a drink and the paper. The Olympus XA2 (or XA) is a great camera for discreet shots. Small, low profile, exellent lens and superb metering… Olympus XA2/Kodak Tri X