Time for another selection of some of my more memorable shots.
Looking through some photos taken in the Serengeti I came across this one of a topi. With some cropping of the original, this has inspired me to search out some other photos to start another selection of my top photos.
Looking through some photos taken in the Serengeti I came across this one of a topi. With some cropping of the original, this has inspired me to search out some other photos to start another selection of my top photos.
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| Topi, Damaliscus lunatus One of the few antelope species where the female also has horns. |
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| Serengeti leopard, Panthera pardus |
By tightly cropping the original photo, I have been able to make up for the greater depth of field at f/6.3 by filling the frame with the animal. This makes up for the fact that I don't have super telephoto like a 500mm either.
The following photos I've selected from my pre-DSLR days when I used a Canon PowerShot S1 IS. (I still have this camera and take it with me for its video function.) I don't claim any of these photos to be great technically correct ones that could be classified as worthy of competition entries, but rather memorable in terms of the story behind each one.
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Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, 3 July 2008
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Overlooking the palace on a hill is a magnificent water feature which adds something extra to the palace.
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| Halite Crystals. 3 July 2008 |
One of the museums in Vienna has an amazing collection of rocks and minerals. In a glass cabinet was the biggest collection of perfect halite (sodium chloride) crystals one is likely to ever see. The largest crystals would have been around 60cm. There is also a silica needle around 1.2 m long as well. A truly magnificent collection to take the breathe away!
Still in Austria is the lakeside village of Hallstatt. In my Top 10 blog there is an image taken in the centre of the town. But getting back to the theme of salt, there is a salt mine above the town which had been operating (and still is) for seven thousand years, yes 7,000yrs!
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| Hallstatt on the way up to the salt mine. 9 July 2008 |
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| Farewell to Hallstatt |
On the way from Austria to Switzerland in the summer of 2008 we took a short diversion into the Czech Republic through Linz. The attraction being Česky Krumlov. To get there we had to change trains at Česky Budĕjovice. Imagine our surprise when we got to the platform to find 4 vintage carriages which was the connecting service. Shortly after we boarded there was a bump as the loco below hooked on.
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| The loco on the way to Česky Krumlov |
Instead of 45 minutes to Česky Krumlov, it was a two and a half hour trip with large numbers of the spectators who had come out to see this little loco struggling up the hills. What we subsequently found out that every three months on a Sunday afternoon, the vintage train runs to Česky Krumlov.
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Česky Krumlov, Czech, 6 July 2008
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| Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland, 15 July 2008 |
This shot was taken from the cable car going up from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp. From there a train goes to Mürren where we stayed and explored the surrounding mountains.
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| The Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. 15 July 2008 taken above Kleiner Scheidegg |
This is my first attempt at stitching photos together into a panorama. Not a good job however as I had to crop out the part of the lodge in the foreground in order to make it look like one photo.
Now that I know a bit more about photography and have some better gear, I look forward to my next excursion into The Alps around Mont Blanc and The Matterhorn this summer. Hopefully I will get plenty of photos which show my photography skills have developed.
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| Cappadocia, Turkey, 27 July 2007. |
What a remarkable place! People still live in these houses carved out of the soft volcanic rocks.
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| The Fairy Chimneys, Cappadocia, 27 July 2007. |
An early morning balloon ride over Cappadocia yielded some great sights. A truly memorable day.
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| Kilchurn Castle, Scotland. 14 August 2009. |
Every photo has a story and this one is no exception. On the way from Oban to Edinburgh appearing out of the Scotch mist were these ruins. In order to get this photo and not get the camera and lens wet, I literally had to sit on the gear lever to take it. Rather uncomfortable but worth it as the photo conveys the sense of cool temperatures ( 11°C) and the dampness of course.
The
first collection, and now later third collection, fourth collection and fifth collections can be found at these links.
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