On my trip to China last year we visited the Laoshan temple complex, but on the way I could not resist the rocks – I just had to take this picture. All pictures taken during my trip to China were made with a compact Canon G11 – and given the limitations of compacts I am very happy with the results.
Rocky coast at Laoshan, China
How do you like it ?
A few years ago I saw this procession in the heart of Copenhagen.
The elephants right there look out of place, so how could I resist ?
The building they are passing in front of is the old Royal Theatre.
Elephants in Copenhagen
At a press conference in Copenhagen that I attended we had a visit from the film maker David Lynch.
I managed to be close enough to get this picture :
David Lynch in explanation mode
Taken with a Canon Powershot Pro 1 – yes, it is that long ago. The camera was fine with enough light, but awful in low light without flash.
This week’s photo was taken through a 200mm mirror telescope (Schmidt-Cassegrain) functioning as a tele objective with my EOS 20D.
A half moon provides a much better photo opportunity than the full moon – the full moon has very little contrast.
Just under half a moon .
The Netherlands is a rather densely populated area, in particular where I live.
Parking problems abound, so how to park your car a bit out of the way ?
During a walk in the centre of The Hague I found this sight :
The creativity of the Dutch.
Oh, the slanting parking in relation to the lines is not that un-common 😉
At a festival in Copenhagen I got to take the picture below rather early in the morning, waiting for sunrise.
The instrument they are playing is called a lur, and they are always played in pairs, as on this picture. The instrument, a simple form of horn, originate in the Bronze age of the Norse culture, and only a few have been found.
If it looks familiar, some of you may have seen it on Danish butter packages (brand mark : “Lurpak”). Also in Copenhagen you can find a statue of Lurblæserne (Lur Blowers). In this case I saw some real life ancient instruments being played.
Playing the Lur
No – this is not advertising for Linux (though it could have been, vaguely)
A trip to the zoo in Copenhagen a few years ago with a group of photographers produced a fair amount of good pictures for me. This is one of them.
Lively penguins playing in the water.
Other photos from the same trip later . . .
This one I discovered after taking the photo, and checking it out.
I found this rear end of a car “sticking out” from the wall, so took the pic.
At home I found the true irony of it.
Take a look at the “number plate” and then compare with the brand. Yes – I had to laugh.
Low Budget
At a large convention like Fedcon you are likely to find a lot of people having built models (sometimes full size) of science fiction icons.
R2D2 rolling around among participants of Fedcon
It is quite amazing how much attention to detail there is. The guy with the remote control told me that he built the whole thing – except for the dome that was machine made. Well done !
The other thing found rolling around was a Dalek from Doctor Who :
This week’s photo was taken at the Fedcon in Düsseldorf, Germany in May this year.
A very entertaining actor, he suddenly left the stage and walked among the audience.
When he passed right by me I was quick enough with the camera to catch this picture :
Jonathan Frakes walking among the audience.
The colours come from the stage lighting, I like the mood of the picture.
As an experiment it may be worth trying to convert this picture to black/white.