These few shots came as a result of a trip to Serbia for a ski holiday. When there is not enough to ski on, one must do what one must do. Travelling through the beautiful countryside with my camera on, I came to treasure a few shots from that day.
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nd people in the area made it difficult to focus on only one particular theme that could describe fully the experience. Hence the compilation of most unrelated subjects but with one thing in common, me, being there at a particular moment in their lives to record this rendezvous.
I liked the raw simplicity in those images unspoiled from usual noise of busy environments.
When the street musicians are having a break, it is a good time to capture the waiting moment. Amigos in yellow are just having a that moment in Cartagena on a hot sunny day on top of a colonial tower after the routine gig. Other two were entertainment on a random road route out of Bogotá in a small village where they were serving good local food.
I grew up with pets at home. We always had something to look after whether it was a fish, cat, turtle, owl, hedgehog or similar. Here are some I could not keep so they gave me that look.
I wanted to remember this sunny day with the sharp clean air surrounding me. I had a magnificent view of those mountain tops and thought, no snow but the visuals are great so here we are.
Many people try to shoot at the moon on auto, but the camera’s little IQ always works out a way to make it either too bright or out of focus, so it looks like a blurred shiny dot.
My attempt at capturing the waning moon above the garden yielded a pleasing result and for the techno minded, here is how I did it.
1. With a camera mounted on a tripod and VR disabled, set your camera to Aperture Priority mode.
2. With maximum zoom and maximum aperture on your zoom lens try to set the camera to center point focus and find your target in the sky.
3. You should preferably trigger the camera remotely or with a timer to avoid any shaking. If the shot turns out to be too bright, adjust the camera’s brightness offset +- to darker to blow away any background around the moon since the Moon will be the brightest object in your frame.
4. Click away and good luck.
A closeup of Tower Bridge, taken from the Shard. We came for the view and stayed for the sunset, watching the twilight haze steal over the Thames while the lights of the city slowly came to life, like colonies of fireflies.
Vehicle prophesy
Driving through the dense cover of clouds towards the peak of the Teide volcano in Tenerife we saw this lush and silent landscape, wreathed in mist and carpeted with pine needles.
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