 
lor spirit cleansing
The thing I love about travel is the adventure and clarity of thought you gain. It seems like a fresh dose of humanity where you can get a breather from all the insanity of day to day life.
This photo is a little deceptive. Although it looks like a huge hall, where people would be dwarfed by pillars, it's in fact extremely tight. There's no way you could stand up, not that you could get in there - it's too small.
It's taken in Cambodia, at one of the smaller temples near Bayon. There's a long "bridge" heading toward the temple entrance. It's long and thin, and not very high, so most visitors wouldn't think to jump down and look underneath. Maybe because there's spiderwebs everywhere...
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ISO50, 100-400mm @ 100mm, ƒ32, 1.3 sec exposure
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Uploaded on Nov 12, 2009
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portal to another world
Sometimes you come across the oddest of scenes. Like this elevator shaft - I jumped in and phased onto the moon of Titan. Beautiful views - a little chilly though. Seems my memory card got wiped during the phase shift, so no photos unfortunately...
This photo however, has only had a bit of sharpening done to it. What gives it the weird 3d effect is the elevator rose during the long exposure, lighting the hand rails on its way up - and that's the light trails in the top centre of the frame.
It's really pretty large on black.
ISO200, 28mm, ƒ18, 20 sec exposure
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Uploaded on Nov 8, 2009
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blue hour - narodni divadlo
The series continues!
Here's the Národní Divadlo, or National Theatre, the place where my grandma worked for many years.
I'm only really putting this shot up for completeness sake - i arrived late and the sky was largely faded of blue, so i had to boost it a little in post to keep it in line with the rest of the series. When i'm back over Christmas i'll try again...
Recommended large on black.
ISO100, 23mm, ƒ6.3, 30 sec exposure
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Uploaded on Nov 8, 2009
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blue hour - obecni dum
Here's the third photo from my mini series of Prague at Blue Hour!
This is the Obecní dům, or Municipal House. It's a staggering display of Art Nouveau at it's finest - and it's an utter bitch to photograph properly.
With parking out the front, and phone boxes and lamps on the opposite side of the street, it's impossible to get a decent photo of it. So here's a crazy angle - those are rails to chain bikes to the foreground.
The interior is full of mosaics and stained glass, but the real treat is the cafe downstairs - stunning in its opulent beauty - and easy to admire as you enjoy a refreshment.
Really recommended large on black.
ISO100, 17mm, ƒ16, 30 sec exposure
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Uploaded on Nov 4, 2009
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blue hour - troja
Here's the second photo from my mini series of Prague at Blue Hour.
(here is the first)
This is the Trojský zámek, or Troja Castle, although the word is used kind of liberally. Think of it as a palace - with beautiful gardens and scenically positioned to view much of Prague itself.
It was completed in 1691 and now hosts 19th century Czech art exhibits. The grounds have some seriously crazy stuff, but what brings most people past is the nearby zoo.
I had the grounds all to myself - there was literally no one around. I waited over an hour for the time to shoot, balancing my camera on the ground with pebbles to keep it straight - i didn't fancy carrying my tripod around for a day at the zoo. The security guards booted me out to soon though, so i had to HDR this one to keep it in theme with the previous Loreta photo.
Really recommended large on black.
ISO100, 17mm, ƒ22, 3 exposures.
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Uploaded on Nov 3, 2009
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