Rocks On The Beach

Not sure if there is another place that is quite like this place...I had a great time walking around taking photos of rocks...

Wow, The Eyes....The Eyes

I caught this little Komoro boy at just the right moment...mere seconds after I took the shot, he turned around to play with his friends, and his expression turned from the one I caught below to a big, wide smile.

The ability to capture a moment in a split second of time, and in that moment, a story or an emotion is revealed...THAT is the beauty of photography!! In this photo, the eyes hold both the story and emotion, and it is up to the viewer to interpret both...

Temporarilly Grounded

We hired a boat captain for the day, and he took us to several small islands off of Sumatra...each one was uninhabited...He wasn't going to stop at this island, but when I saw this old boat on the beach with the big rocks in the background, I knew I had to get a photo....so we stopped on this small island which turned out to be one of my favorites of the day...

Tika and Kayla Walk The Plank

I usually save my family photos for my family blog (link to the right)...but I couldn't resist this photo of my wife (Tika) and my daughter (Kayla) on this pristine beach...

Belitung

I just got back from a three-day visit to Belitung (an island off of Sumatra). It was only a 45 minute flight from Jakarta. Wow, what a place...incredible beaches, and these huge rocks all over the place...we had a great time exploring the beaches and islands off shore. There were virtually no other tourists around, so we had the beaches and islands all to ourselves!!

Another Planet Is Underwater

First off, yes, I did mess around with this photo...the colors, that is...not to say the colors of these Yellow Tail Snappers are not gorgeous as they were, but I wanted a more "artsy" look to the photograph, so why not??

The Giraffe Looks

This was one of the biggest giraffe's I had ever seen...he was wandering alone along the river in Botswana...wow, what a sight to see...

Early Morning At Mount Merapi

There are many live volcanoes in Indonesia. Mount Merapi is one of my favorites. A couple of years ago, scientists said that it was going to blow, and it would be a BIG one...so, I flew down to take some photos. The big blow never came, however...but, it is still gurgling, and I am sure one day, it will just go!! In the meantime, it sure is your classic cone shaped volcano, and great for photos...

Ion Mall

I get to Singapore at least a couple of times per year. It is nice to get out of the chaos of Jakarta, and visit a place where everything seems to work and everything is clean and organized...my wife likes to go to Singapore to shop...this is the newest mall in Singapore, and one of the most expensive buildings in Singapore...very cool architecture!!

Inside The Aya Sophya

Photos do not do justice to this amazing church...I wish there were some way to capture the entire inside. I was limited to what my fisheye lens could capture. I was also not allowed to bring my tripod into the church, so I had to hand-hold all my photos I took inside. That made for some tricky exposures...This is a three shot HDR...

Skywatch Friday - Storm Over Tanah Lot - Bali

Happy Friday!!

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Have a great weekend!!

Hangin' Near The Docks

A little slice of life...the beauty of photography is capturing a moment in time that will never be the same again...