Monaco Panorama

Here's another panorama image I just cobbled together.  This is a view of Monaco and the harbor as viewed from Monaco-ville.  I took these images on my last day in town before heading to Nice and then home.  Unfortunately, most of the days I was there were cooler and rainy – not warm and sunny as pictured here.  Off to the left you see some of the old fortifications of Monaco-ville, moving to the expanse of the city-state of Monaco (the most densely populated country in the world) and then the bright waters of the Mediterranean.

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El Morro Panorama

Over the walls of the 16th century Spanish fortress of El Morro looking toward Old San Juan.  I was playing with some images and a new photo stitching program and decided to give the panorama view a shot.  The image didn't turn out too bad, I only see one real error in it, but it's still a pretty cool image.  This was the view that Spanish defenders inside El Morro saw if they were facing an attack from land.

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Images from Sydney

I recently took a business trip to Sydney – yeah, I know – poor me!  Anyway, on top of business I took a couple of days for myself as well.  Who knows when I will get back down that way?  I decided to extend my trip on the front end of the business portion, so I had one full weekday and the weekend to enjoy Sydney and the surroundings.  I packed quite a bit into that short amount of time.

  • I took a hop on, hop off excursion of Sydney
  • I climbed the Harbor Bridge
  • I took a day-long trip into the Blue Mountains
  • Shopped downtown Sydney for souvenirs
  • Took a ferry out to Manly and strolled on the beach

Even though it is winter time down there, the temperatures were in the 60s (F) but it was a little rainy.  Most of the Sydney residents I talked to apologized for it being so cold.  Man, they need to come to the Midwest!  The temperatures suited me just fine.

Hope I can go back at some point – and maybe take the family along as well!

Enjoy the pictures!

AirVenture 2010

As EAA AirVenture 2011 steps into high gear, I re-discovered my images from last year's AirVenture.  So if you didn't make that show and if you're not in the position to come to the 2011 AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. sit back and enjoy these images.

I visited AirVenture 2010 on Friday, July 30 mainly because Friday is Warbird Friday, when the veteran military aircraft take part in the afternoon's airshow.

Hope you like the images!