The Temple of Debod, originally located 15 km south of Aswan in Egypt, was donated to Spain in 1968 as a token of gratitude for Spain's assistance in saving the Abu Simbel temples from flooding due to the construction of the Great Dam of Aswan. The temple was reconstructed in Madrid's Parque del...
Found this man smoking a hookah inside Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Seems like he is a popular guy. You can see Art Wolfe's picture of him here.
I was in Iceland for 16 days in March 2016. Barely saw the northern lights until 2 days before we returned home. We were staying at a tiny modern one-story hotel outside the town of Hofn in Southern Iceland. All the rooms had floor-to ceiling glass window facing north. Weather report was...
You will find my blog post of my trip to Lofoten in Feb 2017 here. The goal of the post was to share my experience with my friends and family mostly in India. A lot of them have never seen snow other than on TV/movies. C&C are always welcome.
About 10 years ago, I had a one-day stopover in Amsterdam on my way to India. Used the opportunity to checkout the windmills of Kinderdijk near Rotterdam at dusk.
I was in Berlin in 2018 on business. I spent another day in the beautiful city mostly walking from sunrise till about 9pm. The TV tower, built by the old East Germany before the wall came down was impressive. It was noon when I reached Alexanderplatz and the light was harsh and there were no...
Pelicans were my first bird subjects to photograph. Easy to learn bird photography - no need for exotic lenses or skills. These were shot in 2006 with a Nikon D200. Between mid-Dec and mid-Jan, around San Diego, brown pelican's colors are their best. When I was there, I had the opportunity to...
It took me over two years of trying to get a pelican's headthrow. The action is so fast, the depth of field is less than an inch and so the focus has to be tack sharp.
The Sony Center in Berlin, designed by Helmut Jahn, features a striking glass canopy that resembles a circus tent, creating a dynamic and light-filled central plaza. Its modern architecture integrates seamlessly with the surrounding historical structures, blending futuristic elements with...
I always look for contrasting colors in flowers. Not sure if it is an accident or intentional, in a farm in Skagit, I always find a different colored tulip in a row of tulips. I grabbed 5 shots past April. Here is one. 3-image focus stack as I believe the focal length I used was 350mm.
I went on a Thom Hogan workshop to Botswana in 2013. At the end of the morning shoot in Moremi Game Reserve, our guide/driver suggested we stop at a spot and wait for an additional 30-45 minutes while the rest of the folks returned to the camp for lunch. He had anticipated that the elephants...
June thru Aug is a great time to visit the Palouse area in Eastern Washington and so I thought this is a good time to share my top 25 spots around America's Tuscany. My daughter was studying at WSU (Pullman) and so I ended up spending a lot of time there. Have driven over 1000 miles chasing...
I made 2 trips in late winter to Iceland. I wrote two blog posts with images and location info, one from 2016 and the second one from 2019 that you will find useful. Comments & questions welcomed.
It was an overcast week along Monterey & Santa Cruz coast in mid May. No colors at sunset on all the days I was there. Ended up shooting images with B&W processing in mind. Here is an image of the beautiful lighthouse in Santa Cruz shot about 30 minutes before sunset.
There is an issue with Uploading Photos (attachjments). I am not sure what the problem is, and I am looking into it. You can still try to Create your Threads and Upload your Photos, but it is hanging up during the Upload.