Wondering around central London
IRON MAN
Riding on a Jet Plane
Landscapes of Scotland
The Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse (/ˈhɒlɪˌruːd/ or /ˈhoʊlɪˌruːd/[1]), commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining.
Queen Elizabeth spends one week in residence at Holyrood Palace at the beginning of each summer, where she carries out a range of official engagements and ceremonies. The 16th century Historic Apartments of Mary, Queen of Scots and the State Apartments, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public throughout the year, except when members of the Royal Family are in residence.
North Wales - Lake Vyrnwy
Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve and Estate (Welsh: Llyn Efyrnwy, pronounced [ɛˈvərnʊɨ]) is an area of land in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, surrounding the Victorian reservoir of Lake Vyrnwy. Its stone-built dam, built in the 1880s, was the first of its kind in the world. The nature reserve and the area around it are jointly managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and Severn Trent Water. It was built for the purpose of supplying Liverpool and the districts later designated as Merseyside with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy valley and submerged the small village of Llanwddyn. Today it is a popular retreat, for people in the West Midlands and Merseyside for days out, and also for ornithologists, cyclists, and hikers. The reserve is designated as a national nature reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area, and a Special Area of Conservation.
Maldives with My Wife
Elephant Photo Safari - Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to Sri Lanka. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years. The species is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation.[1]
Elephas maximus maximus is the type subspecies of the Asian elephant, first described by Carl Linnaeus under the binominal Elephas maximusin 1758.[2]
The Sri Lankan elephant population is now largely restricted to the dry zone in the north, east and southeast of Sri Lanka. Elephants are present in Udawalawe National Park, Yala National Park, Lunugamvehera National Park, Wilpattu National Park and Minneriya National Park but also live outside protected areas. It is estimated that Sri Lanka has the highest density of elephants in Asia. Human-elephant conflict is increasing due to conversion of elephant habitat to settlements and permanent cultivation.[3]
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Maldives - iPhone 6Plus Pano
While in the Maldives, I wanted to test out the Pano feature in the iPhone 6Plus. I wasn't disappointed.
Enjoy!
Morning Sun Rise - Maldives
On one of our last days in the Maldives, I was watching the sun rise, it wasn't entirely spectacular as I had hoped for on one of our last days, but this is what I got. Enjoy...
Sri Lanka - Monkey Business
While in Sri Lanka came across many monkeys here are a few of them as there are many more to come.
Quick Clicks From Sri Lanka
Here are some quick clicks from today's excursion at the ROCK!
A bit of Snow February 3, 2015
Well as you may or may not know, I was expecting SNOW today, no matter how little or how much there was of it. As it seems to always snow as far back as I can remember on my birthday.
So I took a quick shot or two of the wonderful dusting as we would say back in Texas.
The Guard
Shot thI s at the studio, while waiting.
This guards the bathrooms!
Gold and Beauty
Starting January 2015 off with a little Beauty shot...
February 2015
My wife and I will be starting our travel for 2015, our destination will encompass Sri Lanka and Maldives to start the year off!
Stay tuned for some fabulous images to come.
Last Images from 2014 with Jemma
Praha (Prague)
A shot of the over flowing river I took a few years ago...
Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/; Czech: Praha pronounced [ˈpraɦa] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. It is the fourteenth-largest city in the European Union.[6] It is also the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava River, the city is home to about 1.24 million people, while its larger urban zone is estimated to have a population of nearly 2 million.[7]The city has a temperate climate, with warm summers and chilly winters.
'Tea Party'
Twisted Element
Promotional shots for the upcoming film project 'Tea Party'
I had the pleasure working with Twisted Element. I was amazed at the talent that each one of them have, there is no doubt their film project will be something fun to watch.
Below is a small sample of the images captured, there are many more to come.
London - Night Sky Test Shot
Playing around with some of the night time photography. During this test we are attempting to capture some stars. As I go through the testing phase I will post my findings here, as this is something new for me.
This is test day 1
Casa Batlló - Spain
A little something from Casa Batlló! what a fantastic place to live in.
I have to say the amount of people going through this location was intense! Getting a shot without anyone in it, was 99% impossible!
More images to come...
“Casa Batlló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə βəʎ’ʎ:o]) is a renowned building located in the center of Barcelona and is one of Antoni Gaudí’s masterpieces. A remodel of a previously built house, it was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí and has been refurbished several times after that. Gaudí’s assistants Domènec Sugrañes i Gras, Josep Canaleta and Joan Rubió also contributed to the renovation project. The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), as it has a visceral, skeletal organic quality. It was originally designed for a middle-class family and situated in a prosperous district of Barcelona.
Like everything Gaudí designed, it is only identifiable as Modernisme or Art Nouveau in the broadest sense. The ground floor, in particular, has unusual tracery, irregular oval windows and flowing sculpted stone work. There are few straight lines, and much of the façade is decorated with a colorful mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadís). The roof is arched and was likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur. A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George (patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudí’s home), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.”
Park Güell - Spain
A few shot's from today's adventures in the Park Güell.
“Park Güell is the reflexion of Gaudí’s artistic plenitude, which belongs to his naturalist phase (first decade of the 20th century). During this period, the architect perfected his personal style through inspiration from organic shapes found in nature. He put into practice a series of new structural solutions rooted in the deep analysis of geometry and its shapes. To that, the Catalonian artist adds creative liberty and an imaginative, ornamental creation. Starting from a sort of baroquism, his works acquire a structural richness of forms and volumes, free of the rational rigidity or any sort of classic premisses. In the design of Park Güell, Gaudí unleashed all his architectonic genius and put to practice much of his innovative structural solutions that would become the symbol of his organic style and that would culminate in the creation of the Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family (Catalan: Sagrada Familia).”
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