This weekend we drove up to the Duncan Forestry Centre for the annual Maple Syrup Festival. The pictures I took there don't have anything to do with the festival. All these rusty looking old trains... I just had to play a little. All pictures were taken with my Fuji X100 because I wanted to travel light and put this little camera to the test. The two portraits were taken with an older Canon 10D and my lensbaby.
This long weekend was our last trip camping. We went to Ruckle Park on Saltspring once more and I packed very lightly in terms of camera gear. And usually when I pack lightly, there is something that needs to be captured with "proper" lenses. We saw an owl during the day in the campsite. Beautiful big barn owl. And here I am with my little lens trying to capture the beauty of it all.
Here are a few impressions from Saltspring Island. All images were taken with my Canon 10D and lenses of the Lensbaby Optic Swap System.
And here is that beautiful owl, captured with the tiny lensbaby. :)
We are back from our trip to Australia. 28 days, I don't know how many times zones and miles we travelled in that short period of time. Australia is a huge country/continent, and there is only so much you can do and see in a month. We travelled by train, bus, car and took three continental flights as well. With 4708 pictures, I don't even know where to start. It will make one big Australia book. For a little impression, here is a small collage.
Finally, I am able to post a few images. Not really color corrected and resized as I usually do, but I wanted to share at least a few images while we are still on the road. This little guy was in a tree by a playground, about 10 feet up. Koalas are hardly moving at all during the day to conserve energy.
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We are back to grey and rainy Victoria. Looking back at all the pictures I took, there is something said for living up north. I loved the crisp sunny days and all that wonderful snow. And spending Christmas with family is the greatest gift of all. Because I loved our little holiday so much, I want to share some images with you.
This is the farm. Lots of land, and so beautifully located. The house is tucked in between trees way up top if you can see it.
My brother-in-law built this amazing sleigh which was drawn by his two draft horses. This was a first for us, a sleigh ride in winter wonderland.
After the sleigh ride we warmed up at a small fire with roasted marshmallows and coffee.
Besides the two draft horses, there was Rasberry, a beautiful white horse.
Walking back to the house along the long wintery drive way.
And here is something we really don't get to do very often. My very talented brother-in-law built this smaller sleigh as well. His grandsons is having fun here.
And what would a trip be without taking some portraits. And portraits I took lots of.
From our family to yours, have a Happy New Year and all the best for 2010.
We are in the interior celebrating Christmas with family. And we are in the middle of winter wonderland. This morning we woke up to beautiful hoar frost.
Today I was going through my pictures I had taken in France last year. I found some cards I designed from my favorite images. But like so often, I design something and then it sits on my computer in a folder. So just for interest, here are some of the designs I have done.
Finally I loaded all my images onto my computer at home. We are back from Germany now and there is one more thing I would like to share. On our way home from France, we drove straight into a storm front on the Autobahn in Germany. First off, lots of lightning and thunder. I tried to capture the lightning on camera but was not very successful. Here is the image of the storm front:
Then it started to rain, then a bit harder, and then it turned into hail and the hail turned into something else. We had a complete whiteout and the hail pieces were pretty big.
And all of a sudden this hail storm turned into a tornado. Leaves and branches were flying left, right and center, the traffic came to a complete crawl and the hail pounded down on us. I was so scared, I didn't even click the shutter. Some photojournalist I am. I must admit, that really scared me. I thought the car might not take the pounding of the hail and we might be carried off the Autobahn by the tornado like storm. This all lasted about five minutes. As soon as it started to ease off I took some pictures of the hail spraying off the car tires.
And this is what it looked like 10 minutes later. This front was with us until we arrived at our destination in Koenigstein.
We are back from France, after 2800 km of driving. Frankfurt to Lyon, then to Avignon and Marseille, from there to Cannes and then back to Frankfurt. Here are a few more impressions. I took over 1200 pictures, but what to choose? I loved the sunflower fields, the little streets, the beautifully decorated houses, the heat in the south of France, the markets and so much more. We should have stayed in France because here in Germany, the weather is not at all like July. Enough said, here are some pictures from France.
After breakfast at our hotel in Tarascon we visited Avignon today. All morning we wandered the streets of this charming city. Here are a few images. The colours of my pictures might be a little off because I am editing on my little laptop.
Our hotel in Tarascon, a half hour drive from Avignon.
I love the colorful shutters and old doors.
We also went to the Saturday markets.
And one more image of a narrow building I liked.
Here we are in the south of France touring the Provence. These are a couple of impressions from the lavender fields in the North Provence. More to come later if I find another internect access.
Here is an image I have taken just a couple of days ago at 33,000 feet. We were on the plane going to Germany and the sun was coming up and the moon going down.
We went for an early morning stroll along the strip. I loved the contrast of the different buildings, the ad boards, the architecture. Most impressive was the Bellagio. Disneyland for adults. Here are some of my impressions.
Today we went out to the desert and had a desert shoot with bride/groom models. Six buses full of photographers, a BBQ in the desert, lots of dust, and amazing light. Two well known photographers worked with the models for a couple of hours. I listened with half and ear but had to take my own images.
We just came back from a stroll along the Las Vegas strip. What a busy place. Here are a couple of images. More later.
I haven't updated in quite some time because I went back to germany, my home country. It is always nice to go back and visit friends and family and take long walks in the forest. My hometown is surrounded by forest. A beautiful area with lots of green space, neat little towns and even a castle.
Here are just a few pictures.
This is what is left over of my old school. It will be rebuilt, bigger and better.
Our street. At the end of the road starts the forest.
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