Setting

Sunset across the Thames close to Hammersmith Bridge.

Note the plane in the top right. This is in the approach to Heathrow...

Journey to the Center of the Earth

or down into hell, as one commenter remarked:-)

This is in St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest.

Float

In a hotel lobby, behind glass, under a spotlight.

Putney

A longish exposure (6s) with the camera balancing on a chapstick lying on the parapet. (Who needs a tripod:-)

Note the blue streak in the sky.

Green burst

Somewhere in Kiental last summer.

Natural History Museum

Great architecture, wonderful lighting. And a museum too.

From within

In honour of the first day of spring.

Backlit by direct sunlight at noon. It can work:-)

Boat Race

Last summer. Made good use of my polariser on this one.

Decay

Piazza Pretoria in Palermo, opposite City Hall. And a nice dramatic sky in the late afternoon.

More than you would think

Time for spring...

I always like backlit flower shots, even midday like this.

Philadelphia

A nightly view of City Hall.

Very minimal processing: just white balance, a little noise reduction, and sharpening.

Thames from Putney Bridge

Took a walk on the Thames again tonight, and witnessed another gorgeous sunset.

Basically, straight out of the camera. It's a longish exposure: note the plane in the top right.

Freeze!

Normally not one for heavy processing, I reprocessed this one, taken last summer. Quite heavily, for my standards, but I like the result.

This was during the Street Art exhibit at the Tate Modern. The artist is JR.

London's Beautiful Tonight

Last night's sunset on the Thames.

This is real; I slightly nudged up contrast and saturation, and set the white balance to "cloudy".

Cross Traffic

Sunset at Hammersmith Bridge, with some little boats just passing below.

Golden hour! Larger view at Flickr or Zooomr.

Sicily unplanned

Fast forward to last year. Two of the shots I liked best, both in Sicily, and both with an unplanned element. On the first one, this kid walks into the frame when it was too late to do anything about it (had to chimp to even known whether he was in or not). And he really completes the composition:-)

This is in the Valley of the Temples near Agrigento (which, confusingly, is a ridge).

The second one is the opposite - I was waiting for the last person to leave, but when I saw him in the doorway, I knew that that was the shot.

This is the Duomo in Siracusa.

Start

Yet another blog. What to expect? For now, I'm not making too many promises, let's just see where this is going, if anywhere. I'll try and post here somewhat regularly. Mostly a picture with a brief associated story. I seem to gravitate towards landscapes and architecture. You'll see few holiday snaps or other personal stuff here. And no HDR, wild colours, and vignettes.
But enough talking already. Starting with a really old picture. An old favourite, and a scan from slide. It's a bit small, because IE butchered the scaling, and I don't want to assume you have a huge screen. Click the picture for larger sizes.

This is taken during the Blüemlisalp Traverse from the summit of Wyssi Frau (3650m) in Berner Oberland in Switzerland, looking towards Morgenhorn (3623m). You can see two groups of climbers following us; the first of the second group of 3 is just entering the light on the lower part of the ridge. (And note his shadow way below!) I think this must have been around 8am one day in July 1986(!).
We started the traverse in the Blüemlisalphütte (2840m) around 4am, climbed Morgenhorn, traversed to Wyssi Frau on the ridge you can see here, and from here continued over an even more exposed ridge to Blüemlisalphorn (3663m).
I'll post some more later, or see the links on this Flickr set.