Pics and other stuff

inevitable long exposure shot. eight seconds exposure, aperture - also eight. at this time the artificial light starts to show close to the ...

I just love the way wet sand reflects, especially when the tide is out and there is a large expanse of the beach covered in just a small fil...

since we had one whole week to spare, one of those extra days we went to Fuerteventura on a sea ferry. It was not cheap - with discount tha...

we found this old house in El Golfo - village where you come to eat seafood. I am not sure if anybody ever lived in it, or it was abandoned ...

Those small green peppers, fried and salted with coarse (sea)salt, make at excellent starter or snack. Actually, this picture is to (hopeful...

we are back from Lanzarote, arrived today in small hours. looks like we got off really easy with airspace closure, although not inexpensive ...

so far my attempt to follow any of the tutorials on "how to make a smoke brush" in illustrator failed. so I've made up my own ...

well, another day - another bit of maybe not so useless info. I always though that "calla lily" is the same as "calla". ...

I did smoke photography before, but always with sideways sunshine for light (very weather-dependent, obviously). with this tutorial , it...

Prunus pseudocerasus cantabrigiensis, woul you believe it. meaning something like "false cherry of Cambridge". blooming today in U...

for somebody who's working with picture stocks, I am very slow reacting to seasonal events - good time for making Easter eggs pictures w...

well, they have little choice in this matter

yes it was and is cut a bit now :)

several versions of vector illustration of Graphium sarpedon butterfly ("blue triangle") overlayed with old paper texture. I am st...

was spraying some water on a cotton shirt (to avoid ironing, you know), and sprayed some on this apple. I do realize it's not too origin...

Jade vine is in bloom in Cambridge botanic gardens, so if you are at all interested - it's good time for a visit. One of the strangest-c...

Friendsfeed at livejournal brought me an absolutely delightful online drawing tool called harmony - http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/#sket...

had a go at drawing hair in illustrator. doesn't really work, but then, what with being green, those hair probably had no chance on bein...

apparently, more'n one type of fruit is called "chinese pears", this one is Ya pear, or "Duck pear" , because of the...

a little bit more of the same, it's that time of the year