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Bern parliament building by day and night
There are a number of significant buildings in Bern, Switzerland and the shot above is of one of them. The Swiss parliament and government building was completed in 1902 and it is now a prominent part of Bern’s skyline. The granite slabs in front of the building, which came from the Alps, were not always [...]
Bern for a small taste of Switzerland
I wanted to choose a nice low-intensity place to to recover from the long flight to Zurich and change of time zone. Bern, Switzerland is the place I picked. It was a short train ride from the Zurich Airport and it fulfilled the promise of being a great spot to get our first taste of this [...]
High Noon at Milan Station
How convenient that the clock was wrong when I took this shot in Milan’s central train station last week. It was actually about 2:30pm. In Switzerland this would never happen but in Italy you never know! Donna and I were waiting for our train to Lake Como when I decided to get the camera out [...]
Tales from the road – Bovine Bells Ringing in the Alps
I’m confused. To be as accurate as possible, I looked up the definitions for various members of the bovine family and now I am really not sure what is what. Cattle, bulls, steer, oxen, yearlings and heifers – I can’t keep them all straight now. I am not sure what this guys situation is but [...]
Tales from the road – Switzerland Teaser
As I sit in the guesthouse here in Murren Switzerland with the Alps filling the view out of the window, I wanted to take a moment to share a picture from the road. For those that have not been to Switzerland, I have to say that the scenery is beyond description. Words cannot do it [...]
Carlsbad Lifeguard Stand
This lifeguard stand is perched on the Pacific Coast Highway on a small cliff just above a beach in Carlsbad, California. I had to stand in the middle of the highway to get the shot. Fortunately for me, there were not many cars out at 6:00am. I stay right across the street from the beach [...]
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Pipe Organ
I have decided that the resolution of my new camera and lens is insane! It can actually take in more detail than my eye can comprehend in the field. I can’t tell you how much fun it is to bring these photos home and explore them. It’s like unrolling a map full of hidden treasures. [...]
Hell’s Kitchen Brownstone
I shot this brownstone on 44th Street in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood at about 6:30am last Friday. There weren’t many people out at that time except at a Yellow Taxi depot about two blocks to the right toward the Hudson River. There must have been fifty of them parked all over the place [...]
A Quick Bite of Philadelphia
On my East Coast jaunt last week I spent Tuesday night and the following day in downtown Philadelphia. I arrived by air from Minneapolis late so I was not able to see much and I am not too keen on venturing out in a new city unless I have done my homework about potential locations [...]
The perfect travel tripod?
I have learned my lesson and I am passing it on. When it comes to buying support for your camera, don’t be cheap. If you are, you will probably end up relegating it to the pile of other things in the closet you wish you hadn’t bought. I make this mistake from time to time [...]
