The famous lion yard in Granada

The head of the most controversial pharaoh in Egyptian history.
Even though the museum of Luxor is much smaller than the one in Cairo, I’d prefer it any time.
The arrangement of the pieces and the almost perfect lighting create an almost mystical atmosphere.

Seen in Agia Triáda, Akrotiri, Crete.

Church in the Chilean table lands.

The rusty remains of tank in Arica (Chile).

A small island seen from San Andres.

A few meters away from the tourist attractions.

The “Tonnara di Scopello” is an old tuna factory that was closed down years ago.
Nowadays it’s a good place for a dive.

Nafplio: Bourtzi fortress seen from the castle.

When we visited Greece, many places were building sites, including the Acropolis.

Nafplio: Harbour and the fortress of Bourtzi.

A slightly unusual view: Brooklyn seen from New York in the evening .

The Maya temples of Copán are surrounded by jungle.

Small monkey in a tree. Looks cute? Yes, but I saw one of those guys steal a whole bag full of tropical fruit from another traveler, so beware…

The skull may not look overly friendly, but the Maya-ruins are definitely worth a visit.

Seen on Koh Samui, Thailand.

Sailing boat on Koh Samui.

Untouched by the splendour of the ornaments, a stone Buddha sits in Bangkok, Thailand.

Usually, I’m very reluctant to use filters: polarization filters are very nice to eliminate or enhance reflections, make for a much more dramatic sky or saturated colours.
I sometimes use a neutral gray filter to reduce contrasts (the filter darkens the bright parts of the picture) and a UV filter may be handy in the mountains or at the seaside.
Colour Filters are something different altogether: even if you can change the colour of the sky to a beautiful blue, the rest of the photo will make clear that something is wrong.

Here’s one example, where I liked the effect of a tobacco filter:

Without Filter:

In this case, I prefer the mood with filter to the unfiltered original. It actually comes closer to what I saw on this rainy day in Blandy’s Garden, Madeira (Portugal)

Some photo tips.

I rented a Braun slide scanner that is able to scan up to 100 slides in one go. This could be the perfect solution for me - I have thousands of unscanned slides.
Unfortunately, although this is a very good idea, the scanner itself still leaves a lot to be desired. Colours are fairly neutral, but very often, it will not correctly detect the format of a picture and try to scan a “portrait” as a “landscape” or vice versa.. It’s also quite fond of simply cutting of parts of dark pictures. A nightmare for night photographers.
Having said that, I was able to scan quite a few pictures, so the future of these pages is not in doubt.

even though the building may be in bad repair, the flowers are quite attractive.

Typically british? Maybe, however, this tea house is situated right beside the Spanish steps.

The wet sand banks glisten like gold in the setting sun.

The island of San Andrés officially belongs to Colombia, but here you do not see anything of the problems often associated with this country.

The moon pyramid of the famous Teotihuacan temples (near Mexico City).

New York by Night