In Iceland, most people won’t admit, but they believe in fairies. In Iceland, they turn roads so they don’t disturb the fairies. They skip erecting buildings to respect these beliefs. They generally respect things which the rest of the world doesn’t believe actually exist. It’s sort of a fascinating cultural phenomenon.
The more interesting question is ‘where do the fairies actually live’? Here’s an example.
Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 24mm | f/4.0 | 1/250th | ISO400
For our anniversary this year, we went out to Yakima Valley for a combination of wine tasting and photo-taking. We were wrapping up our 10-week photography class, and we had to submit the Final Project the following week.
First of all, doing wine tasting in Yakima Valley is pretty difficult. There are ~5 or 6 distinct sets of sub-regions. These sub-regions can be over 70 miles apart at either end. The second issue is that there are some ‘can’t miss’ wineries and there are some, well, that can be missed.
For one of our projects, we were doing HDR landscapes. After a day of drinking wine (excuse me, ‘tasting’), we enjoyed the end of the day over some vineyards. Today’s shot is nearing the end of the day, but not quite sunset. Not really sure who’s vineyard this is, but the sun was perfect and my wine-buzz was just right.
Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 17 mm | f/5.6 | 1/3200 seconds | ISO100
I’ve heard people say it before. They say Africa gets under your skin. They also say it’s easy to fall in love with. You might find that you get sucked in. That certainly happened to me. I absolutely fell in love with Africa. So much so, I cannot wait to get back.
We spent about 5 days in Tanzania on safari routing through Nairobi on the way in and out. While we didn’t get to climb Kilimanjaro, we drove through Ngorongoro, the Serengeti and the Maasai Mara National Park. We’ll have to go back for Kilimanjaro.
Today’s shot is from our first day on safari. We drove out to a chimp reserve. While we initially got out and walked around, we mostly moved through the park by car. We came across this guy just hanging out about 15 feet off the road. He sat there so easy, I’m sure contemplating the more existential questions of life.
Canon Rebel XSi | Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L | 400mm | f/7.1 | 1/400 | ISO500
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