Bill Murray's Blog, page 152
June 20, 2012
Ethiopian Wednesday HDRs - Churches
Don't know why, but photography from some places seems to lend itself to HDR conversion better than others. Could be the photographer's inspiration. Some of the best HDR work I think I've done comes from Vietnam (Here are a few), a place I love, and I really liked Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian people a lot more than I'd expected to. So maybe that's it.
The top photo is from St. Mary's Church on Mt. Entoto, outside Addis. In the middle are worshippers at Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox church...
June 19, 2012
June 11, 2012
Welcome to CS&W Blog
And thanks for the nice emails from people who heard the radio interview that aired Friday on South Carolina ETV.
June 10, 2012
New Tibet Travel Troubles. Same Old Story.
You've been thinking about it for years, and of course you've been planning for months. You HAVE to. After painstaking research and dogged persistence through the bureaucracy, you've finally got your Tibet Travel Permit in hand. And now you can't go.
Numerous news sources report that, like they did in 2008 - 2009, Chinese authorities have banned foreign travelers from Tibet.
The move comes after two Tibetans self-immolated on 27 May outside the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, pictured above.
June 9, 2012
June 8, 2012
Friday Photo Quiz #152 - Where in the World?
It's a cute little country with old sailing ships like this:
And big, imposing volcanoes like this:
Can you name the country?
The answer is below.
And the answer is ............................................................... it's New Zealand. The top photo is from near Queenstown, with the Remarkables range in the background, and the bottom photo is from the TaupoVolcanic Zone.
See a few more shots in the New Zealand Gallery at Earthphotos.com.
And take all the CS&W photo quizzes....
It's Not Easy Being Royal
Rainy conditions prevail over southern England, and, reports the Telegraph:
"The Duchess of Cornwall, fresh from her Jubilee duties, braved the poor conditions as she toured the annual Royal Cornwall agricultural show in Wadebridge.
The sheep section had to be closed and some judging moved inside."
The horror.
June 6, 2012
Baltic Buildings - Wednesday HDR
There were so many people walking the streets of Vilnius, Lithuania on a Saturday in summer, most of them visitors like us, that there was almost no point in taking photos, unless you like loud, irritating children or paunchy retirees in shorts with those skinny little white legs, or drunken single men on a weekend binge trip in your pictures.
But if they were all out living it up on Saturday afternoon, maybe they'd be sleeping it off on Sunday? Sure enough. These first three are the streets...
June 2, 2012
Mali: Grim
Like we said a couple of months ago, Azawad Doesn't Sound as Fun as Timbuktu.
June 1, 2012
Friday Photo Quiz #151 - Where in the World?
Chances are, this will just come down to a guess. So if I were guessing I would note that the competitors look vaguely eastern, and I'd note what look like Soviet era apartment blocks down on the plain. And the plain... I'd note the vastness of the landscape.
Can you name the city? The country?
The answer is after the jump.
The answer is ............................................................... it's Ulan Bataar, Mongolia. Good guess!
There are almost 1000 photos in the Cities and...
