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August 22, 2012
Wednesday HDR - More Australia
Last week's Wednesday HDR brought a little spell of Australia nostalgia. Here are a few storefronts and street scenes from the other side of the world:
From the top, they are from the Darlinghurst neighborhood of Sydney, the Rocks in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Fremantle.
All processed in Photomatix and Photoshop. Click 'em to make them bigger. More HDRs here, and more from Sydney and the zoo (koalas and stuff) in the Australia Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.
August 17, 2012
Friday Photo Quiz #159 - Where in the World?
Two clues today. This diverse country has cozy little waterfront towns, like so:
But also fearsome forces of nature, like this active volcano:
Can you name the country? How about that volcano? The answer is after the jump.
And a good weekend to all from CS&W & Earthphotos.com.
And the answer is ............................................................... from Verenna, in the province of Lecco on Lago di Como, to the island of Sicily and Mt. Etna in the far south, this w...
August 16, 2012
Vignette: Encounter in Kenya
I once met a young man named Joseph Oyule on a trip to Mombasa, Kenya. We exchanged addresses and kept in touch for a while. Now, five years later, as I lay on the bed in a villa at the Kingfisher resort in Malindi, 75 miles (120 kilometers) up the coast from Mombasa, Mirja runs in and exclaims: "Guess who's here! Joseph Oyule!"
He just shows up. Takes a two hour bus from Mombasa and a taxi, and here he sits. He’s young, smaller than I remembered, almost timid in his yellow polyester shirt wi...
August 15, 2012
Unexpected Opera House - Wednesday HDRs
The Sydney Opera House from vantage points you don't usually see. Both shots taken across the harbour at the Taronga Zoo in the suburb of Mosman.
All processed in Photomatix and Photoshop. Click 'em to make them bigger. More HDRs here, and more from Sydney and the zoo (koalas and stuff) in the Australia Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.
August 14, 2012
Unrelated Travel Articles Tenuously Tied Together by Clothing
An Australian couple deplaned from Qantas flight QF94 because there were no complimentary XL-sized pajamas for them for the 15-hour flight from Los Angeles, the Melbourne Herald Sun reports. The A380 - and the up to 400 passengers an A380 can hold - were delayed about a half hour while the couple's baggage was off loaded.
Passenger Angela Ceberano:
"The cabin erupted in laughter when the captain announced the reason for the delay.
He said: 'Just to inform you all, the reason we've had the d...
August 10, 2012
Friday Photo Quiz #158 - Where in the World?
The wat in the first photo this week is one of not very many signature architectural achievements in this poor Asian nation. The river is the second photo is a vital waterway in the region and a source of increasing contention among all the neighbors.
Can you name the capital city? The country? The answer is after the jump.
And a good weekend to all from CS&W & Earthphotos.com.
And the answer is ............................................................... at the top is Wa...
August 8, 2012
Animals - Wednesday HDR
The cheetah and the grasshopper live in South Africa, the baboon and flamingoes are from from the Tierpark Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, Germany and the gorilla at bottom lives in Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda. More gorilla photos here. All processed in Photomatix and Photoshop. Click 'em to make them bigger. More HDRs here.
Vignette: The Cyclone Cometh
Suppose you want the ferry to Erakor Island, Vanuatu? You just kilem gong.
The first we heard of the cyclone was Monday afternoon in Vila. That’s Port Vila, main town of Efate Island, and the capital of Vanuatu, an archipelago east of the Solomon Islands, which in turn are east of Papua New Guines in the South Pacific Ocean. We sat pouring sweat at a terrace café on the only proper street in town.
Burgers and beer were on the menu. The beers were cold and the burgers were more like carnival...
August 5, 2012
August 4, 2012
The First Harbinger
The first harbinger of Autumn, spotted the first day of the hottest month here at the farm.
