small video of blowing sand

made by Kirill in dunes of Corralejo

fishy abstarct

there was plenty of fish of different sizes in the harbour of Corralejo. Which made one thing a puzzle : why didn't we see a single one white taking "glass bottom" baot to the Isla de Lobos.

Well, ok, maybe not so surprising, fish doesn't want to hang about quickly moving objects. Still

sparkler

this is first photo taken on Fuertevetura. We arrived quite late in the evening so the only thing to do was to go find some food. We had a nice meal in one of the beachside restaurants and Timur had a chocolate muss to finish off. They bought it to the table with a sparkler, and one of the waiters sang "happy birthday" to very surprised Timur (who actually covered his ears in embarrassment).

I was somewhat less surprised, since they do the same thing to a randomly choosen person in the biggest party of each evening in Efes restaurant in Cambridge

Corralejo sand dunes, Fuerteventura

this is probably the windiest of all Canary Islands, but it has those wonderful dunes on the northern tip, next to village or Corralejo. Every day I was asking the kids what is the top attraction on the island for them and their answer always stayed the same "dunes"

southwold beach huts

went to Southwold today. they did something odd with the beach huts that were there to the left from the pier - some of them were moved to the car park (taking a lot of space) and some of them to the right of the pier. I suspect it means that mean that all sea defense is now installed and to the right of the pier is the proper position for them. Maybe owners of those that ended up in the car park can't be located or something (just a guess, I don't really know).

as a result had to park in the street leading to the car park - which apparently is both legal and free. serendipity or what?

while waiting in the car park

I am not sure what this is - apple? something purely decorative? don't know, but looks good

anemones (anemone blanda)

sorry, I know it's too big, but smaller formats don't look good

anemones are in bloom at the back entrance of Trinity Colledge, Cambridge (UK).

dog violet

clump of dog violet (Viola canina)

there is a bigger clump of those each year, growing just opposite from my front door. but my attempts to separate a part of it and move a section into my own garden were so far unsuccessful, they seems to like the edge of car park better'n a tended flowerbed

spring diagonal

light clouds in the sky make isolation of outdoor objects on white a piece of cake - providing you can find an angle where the object is seen against the sky. up the exposure (maximun +2 is used here), and the background sky will burn. If it doesn't burn completely, call the "levels" dialog in photoshop, pick up the white sampler from the panel and click on the areas that are still not completely white.

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wishing for summer

divers alarums

or something

pied piper of hamelin

Timur in "pied piper of hamelin"



I was always puzzled by the "pied" bit. apparently it's quite simply means "multicolored". there goes my nice theory about pies being thrown at the piper at some point

muscari

I also have a pot of muscari at home, and those haven't yet even started to open, whoch is another way round from the usual situation

infinity sign

the light is very mixed, and only a feeble attempt is made to rectify the white balance on the jumper - throwing the rest of the pic into blue and creating "stage light" appearance
boys pics on shutterstock

bird scroll

just playing

this guitar has a very nice wood grain to it and color is beautiful, so left most of the color in the guitar intact

large image is now gone

november in Norway

dunno why I processed this pic today, but there you go. That was taken last November in Norway. Name of the lake I can't recall at all

ranunculus

when florists pompously call those guys "Ranunculus", you can hardly guess it means "buttercup", essentially :)

the one grown as cut flower is apparently Ranunculus asiaticus (Persian Buttercup)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus

this morning condensation

more backgroundy type of pics at shutterstock

maybe I should have left that beard on after all

I don't have studio equipment, not even a flashgun, so I make do with sunlight and white paper for reflectors.


other model-released pics on shutterstock

more crocuses

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