A miss

This could have been a great shot had the bird waited another second .
Come to think of it, the captured moment is perfect but the bird, launching itself from the twig, also launched itself out of focus. Oh well...

Under the weather

A vague sensation of feeling sick woke her up. She kept her eyes closed in vain hope she would fall back asleep. No luck. She moaned and turned on the other side, her eyes still shut. The feeling remained. Finally she realised the sickness wouldn't go away and she opened her eyes. The figures on a digital watch showed 02.20.

"Aw shit," she thought, "and quite literally so."

She scrambled out of bed and headed for the toilet.

About ten minutes later she was back in bed. Not for long, though. Before she knew it, she felt a bitter taste in her mouth and back it was, this time ejecting the contents of her disturbed stomach through the other end.

Exhausted, she fell into her bed again but this time she knew it wasn't over yet. She had to get out of bed twice more before finally managing to get some rest.

When she dragged herself out of bed in the morning, feeling weak and considering snuggling back as soon as possible, she heard the voice of her significant other:

"What takes you so long? You said you'd help me fix these blinds. Come here and give me a hand!"

They are back!

Tolkien fan

I found this scribbled on a wall in an underpass (click for a larger view).

April Fools

A group of 38 Belgian scouts, age 15 to 22, got lost in the mountains between Slovenia and Italy on the eve of April 1st. They headed on a mountain trek without a guide, insufficiently equipped and unacquainted with the conditions they were going to meet. Many left the camp in shorts and even mini skirts unaware that in the altitudes above 1500 metres above sea level the conditions were still wintry. A rescue operation was launched from both Slovenian and Italian side after they did not return to camp. Fortunately, the scouts were found and given blankets and other equipment to warm up while waiting for the helicopter to take them back to the valley and nobody got hurt.

Phew, I wouldn't even go to the beach in the peak of summer with nothing but shorts! Human stupidity has indeed no limits.

Expensive hobby?

So, these last two photos I posted were taken with my new telephoto (70-300 mm) lens. I am quite impressed by its capabilities although I haven't figured it out completely yet.

Photography proves to be an expensive hobby unless you are able to make money off it. And I've actually spent more than I can afford. Well, I had the money at the moment but it was actually meant for other things. And I feel the lens was a good investment although some in my vicinity would disagree and would call me reckless and selfish. And they would probably be right but the fact is, I don't care!

I love my new lens!

New toy

just fooling around...