London Photo Walk
The Highgate visit was only part of the photo walk that took place on Saturday. After first meeting up with two others, the group of four went for a walk…
Guardians of the Highgate Dead
I spent last weekend in London visiting some friends and taking photographs. One of the places we visited as a group was Highgate Cemetery after it being recommended to me by my friend Paola - she said I'd enjoy it there, she wasn't wrong.
Knight Moves
My good friend Wai Lun Tsang has done a quick video test with his Nikon D3100 testing out his new Glide Track SD. He's put the resulting video here on…
Tanglewood Les Paul in B&W
I'm thinking of selling my guitar, so I decided to take some photographs of it. I've never really photographed a guitar like this before. I had fun doing this.
Sci-Fi Observations from Egypt
I like science fiction. I'm proud of the knowledge I have regarding TV and film sci-fi (I don't get a lot of time to read SF). I make no secret of the fact I like sci-fi (it is, after all, what the SF stands for in the title of this site).
Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse, 2010
Early this morning the Earth passed between the Moon and the sun, causing a full lunar eclipse. Today also marks the winter solstice : the shortest day of the year.
This eclipse was the first to fall on the winter solstice since 1638. The next solstice eclipse won’t be until 2094.
There was a perfectly clear sky over Belfast so I had an unobstructed view of the full event from the fourth floor window of my work building. As I walked in to work in temperatures of around -13ºC I didn’t miss the decision not to bring my tripod with me – I already had a rucksack and a camera bag with me.
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Riding High above the West Bank of the Nile River
The idea was to get an early morning balloon so that we would already be airborne when the sunrise broke the horizon, but this wasn’t to be, instead the sun had been up for about 30 minutes by the time we arrived at the take-off site.
A Felucca Ride on the Nile River
Taking a Felucca down the Nile is something you must do when visiting Egypt. Feluccas are sail boats that have been used on the Nile since antiquity.
The Cult Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, East Bank at Luxor
Karnak remains the largest surviving religious complex in the world and is spread over an area of around 247 acres.
Abu Simbel temples
Aside from the pyramids and sphinx at Giza, the temples at Abu Simbel are perhaps the most recognisable tourist attractions in Egypt.