Posts tagged with "Photo"
Friday, 25. July 2008, 05:11:57
Zoo, Photo, Birds
I usually ignore the flamingos when I visit the Zoo. They always stand so far away, doing nothing. Photos of them always turned out boring, and at some point I stopped trying.
But not this time. I was there early since I am still off from work, and half of the flamingos were in their pond, fishing or refreshing or what it is that they do when they are there.
I got this shot of one of them. I love the way it reflects in the water!
They also got baby flamengos right now. But first of all they were standing very far away, not really willing to be photographed, and second of all, baby birds aren't really cute, are they?! 
Monday, 21. July 2008, 05:27:39
Cats, Sicily, Photo, Holidays
One of the reasons I went to Sicily was of course to get in touch with the famous Italian branch of the Catfia.
It took me a while to find them. In fact, I didn't. You don't find the Catfia - they find you. But I got in touch with Giovanni: 
- who promised me to lead me to various members of the organisation.
He sent me to Bonita: 
Also known as Blue-eyed Bonnie. Besides being a Tom-stealing slut, Bonnie is very close to the Catfia top. She called in some of the others, and I met Salome, also known as Shy Sally: 
Guido, who is the leader's right paw. He was adorable! 
In fact, I'd love to have him come to Denmark! 
Crazy-eyes Cornelio, who fights anything that's not a cat: 
And finally, after having spoken to all of these members and many more, I was there. In the very center of the Catfia. Long Legged Lena greeted me with enthusiasm. 
It was great hearing about their work, and to compare methods of troll-fighting.
Sunday, 20. July 2008, 05:18:19
Sicily, Macro, Creepy-crawly, Photo
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When I packed my camera gear before going to Sicily, I was indecisive whether I should bring my macro lens or not. The reason I was indecisive about it is that I didn't want to carry too much extra weight, and if I brought my macro lens, I would also have to bring my flash.
After some time debating with myself I decided to take it with me. A decision I didn't regret!
Because of the warm climate, there are a lot of bugs in Sicily. The most annoying ones are the ones you don't see though, the mosquitoes that sting during the night. 
I am not familiar with the accurate names of the insects I photographed - so here is some kind of black bee:
And a bumblebee:
Here is another one, looking right out at me: 
And here is a red beetle. I have never seen something like this in Denmark: 
One funny thing about travelling south is watching the vegatation. The flowers we keep in little flowerpots in Denmark, they grow as whole trees in Italy! 
Next time I travel I will not be indecisive - I will just bring my macro lens automatically! 
Wednesday, 16. July 2008, 05:16:46
Sicily, Photo, Cats
Yes, love.
I was so lucky to meet the darkest, most handsome Italian stranger when I was in Sicily. Tall. Mysterious. So full of promises.
I lost my heart completely to Antonio. He was such a sweetie, behaving perfectly! He stole my heart and made me feel really special!
I took his photo. Don't you think he is handsome?
I should have known it was too good to be true. Only the day after, when I came to see him again, I found him with another, that cheating scumbag!! 
And as if that wasn't enough, he also got these on the side:
Males!
Monday, 14. July 2008, 05:28:09
Sicily, Fun, Photo, Holidays
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Those of you who are regulars here know that I have a thing with signs. I love looking for signs that look weird to me. And when you visit another country, there is a great chance that you will find something funny.
I am aware that the signs I have chosen for this post, probably make perfect sence for people who live in Sicily. But to me they are either confusing or plain funny.
Take these one for instance:
Talk about a forest of signs.
Road signs, signs pointing to various towns, traffic signs and ads for all kinds of hotels and bed and breakfast places in one big mess. You better know in what direction you’re going, because the signs will not help you out!
This one is a recognizable sign: "Watch out for the school kids". And if you have seen how Italians drive, you would understand why they have made the kids look like if they are running for their lives on the sign. It’s interesting driving, very interesting. And dangerous too.
(And there is nothing wrong with the colours on the photo by the way. It's the sun that have faded the signal red on the sign!)
Now what is this?
Watch for cows... both up and down? 
Luckily I didn't see any cows dropping from the sky. *Phew*
Here is a sign directed mostly at tourists. At least I think that’s why they have translated some of the text into English. But what is interesting with this sign is, that I have a hard time figuring out who the persons on the picture are.
113 is easy, and so is 115, and 118.
But who is going to show up if you call 112? Lord Nelson? Or a Chinese wearing a funny hat?
This one is completely unintelligible to me.
If your car is more than 2 meters high, then it will be set on fire? Or what??
Sunday, 13. July 2008, 05:47:50
Trivia, Sicily, Photo, Holidays
Etna takes up so much space when I talk about Sicily. She is big, she reaches 3,323 meters above sea level (10,924 feet), and covers an area of 1,190 km² (460 sqare miles). She is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of eruption.
Authorities recommend that you don't go anyway nearer than 500 meters from her crater, as she doesn't give warnings before eruption! I went up to 2,000 meters above sea level, and that was enough for me. I could hear and feel her rumble from deep down. To feel the powers of nature like this, is simply impossible to describe. Words are just too poor!
Take a look at this photo:
An eruption in 2002 sent a 75-100 meters wide belt of lava down the mountain, and burned everything on its way. You can see on the burnt-off trees where the lava went to.
As you can see, everything just gets burried in lava.
It leaves some very interesting photo objects. 
And they say that the lava pulls out some important minerals out of the earth, making it more fertile than before.
On Sunday evening I could hear her rumble again, all the way down at my hotel. It was so loud that I first thought it was fire crackers! When I went out on the balcony, I could see her spew lava down the mountain.
I hadn't got a tripod with me, so the photos didn't turn out very well, but it may give you an impression of how it looked. It was amazing to stand there and watch the powers of nature! I feel privileged to have experienced a true wow-moment!
Friday, 11. July 2008, 05:07:40
Sicily, Photo, Holidays, Food
Obviously there has to be a food post, right?!
I love Italian food, so I was looking very much forward to get "the real thing". I was curious to see if it was as good as I expected, or maybe even better? I mean, having Italian here, is not necessarily the same as having Italian food in Italy.
Let me start with the food on the hotel. I stayed in a hotel that was categorized as a **-hotel. Not the worst, but difinitely not the best either. I usually don't spend much time in the hotel, so I'll rather spend my money on other things than that. Anyway. Continental breakfast was included in the price. I don't know what you expect when you hear that phrase, but this is what I got every morning:
Two rolls, 1 quare of butter, 2 cups of jam, two envelopes of sugar. Served with that, coffee or tea. I don't drink anything warm when it's 30-40 degrees Celcius, so I asked for milk or juice. But I could chose: Coffee or tea. So the next day I brought my own juice and some Nutella to make the dry rolls easier to consume.
Dinner was much better. I always go for the pasta dishes. The best thing I had was Spaghetti alla Carbonara. I can make it myself, but it was great to taste the real thing. And it was so delicious! 
Every day I had a new pasta dish, and every day I was full when I left the table. This is Penne della Bolognesa:
Swordfish is their national dish there, and I tasted that too, but I prefer the pasta anytime.
I have to mention the icecream as well. Gelato. 
Italians sure know how to make icecream. Soft, creamy, well tasting icecream. My favorites are Nocciola (Hazelnut) and Pistacchio. I had Pesca, Fragola and Limone as well (Peach, Strawberry and Lemon), and they were great too, but not together with the first two. Have them with Vaniglia (Vanilla) instead. Yum!!
When it was time to go home, I had lunch on the plane. 
There is nothing much to say about that. It was Chicken Tikka Masala and I ate it because I was hungry.
Saturday, 28. June 2008, 05:03:38
Macro, Creepy-crawly, Photo
Last year I got myself a new "target" for my macro photographing: Dragonflies. I think they are rather amazing little creatures. They have an exotic name - in English, not in Danish. We call them Guldsmede (Goldsmiths), and I think that is why I can only remember their English name. 
Last year I went to Copenhagen Botanical Garden several times to get some photos of them, but this summer I found out that I have some of them pretty near my home.
In fact, I discovered this one right at the entrance of a small local garden here. It's sitting on a rock, sun bathing. 
On the fringe of the park there is a tiny lake. By that lake, a lot of these blue dragonflies flew around. Many of them sat still like in this photo: 
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