Two Sides of Athens

I took this shot a couple of months ago in down town Athens. The apparent difference between the two characters is striking, with the lady holding her drink while the beggar holds a sign saying "Please, I am hungry". I am not judgmental of either person, by the way, but it saddens me to see beggars on the street, because they are most probably exploited by someone. Don't enjoy, please.

Australia - Urban Landscapes

This is the second post with photos from my recent trip to Sydney. Enjoy!

Anzac Bridge

Somewhere in the CBD

NSW Library

Old versus new

This is graffiti on a restaurant. :)

Canberra, the new Parliament house

Canberra, the flag over Parliament

The mauve tree that was blooming everywhere

Mauve flowers strewn everywhere

Australia - Animals

I went to Sydney for a few weeks. This post, along with one more to come, shows some aspects of what I encountered. This post is about animals. I could write a lot about invertebrates (cockroaches and spiders in particular) but I am in a good mood so I will skip that. You won't find any koalas or kangaroos here, either.

Enjoy!

Flying fox, carrying its young one

Flying Fox

Cockatoo

Parrots fighting

Ugly but gracious

Gator

Albino snake

Abandoned and Derelict Athens

A few photos from down town Athens, where some buildings remind me of ghost towns... even though the city is very vibrant below them.

Enjoy!

Light at the end of the tunnel?

What are you looking at?

Sunsets in Ikaria

I recently visited the crazy Greek island of Ikaria... Friendly advice: never go out at night without your sunglasses. It is not much fun without them after the sunrise. :)

Here are two shots of the sunset from the island.

And here are two shots from the boat, on the return trip.

A small collection of London photos

Here are three photos I shot some time ago. Enjoy!

Reflections


The real side of the advertisement


I never saw her face... Just let your imagination go wild!

Photoshop play

I was playing around with a street photo, and here is the result... The background is the Bank of England.

Nostalgic Italy

I just got back a scanned film from a recent trip to southern Italy. The black&white film gives me this nostalgic feeling, as if the images have jumped out of the past. Here is a specimen.

London under a heat wave

I was in London last month, and shot some photographs on a Velvia 50 film. Here are the results:

Looking for shade, I came across this weird shape

I found a beautiful lady sunbathing behind a street piano

And shared the exhaustion of Londoners under the sun

Another winged friend

A cicada landed on my balcony the other day, some time after a bee had done the same. Here is a picture of him (he was about as long as my thumb):

And here is a close-up:
(I recommend you enlarge this one)

Thunder-thunder

A thunder storm is always scary, isn't it?

London Photos

A few photos from a recent trip... Click to enlarge. 

Window at Selfridges

Boring Patterns

Pennies

Lead Soldiers

Urban shots

I developed and scanned a black and white film this week, and here are some samples.

A metro station in symmetry

A shy dog, trying to avoid the photographer

Proof of Murphy's law, when you light a cigarette waiting for the bus, the bus appears

Who said you need a good camera?

Out and about, listening to Boban I Marko Markovic Orchestra, and with just a 3.2MP camera at hand. So? Here is one out of three drummers! They are an amazing band!