Samba Dancers on Copacabana in Rio

Saw some good locking Samba Dancers on the beach in Rio. A perfect lineup :-)

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Sunrise over Rio de Janeiro

I just came back from a holiday trip to South America and have been taking some photo's. The scenery was really perfect for an amateur photographer :-)

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The bad roads of Karamoja

A regular sight in Karamoja during the rainy season. Luckily there was a patch of mud where we could pass.

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Rains in Karamoja, Uganda

I went on a weeks trip out to Karamoja and the weather was very changeable all the time. Sunshine and rain all over the place.

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Rainy season is back in Jonglei

The heavy clouds closing in just after sun had set on the horizon with some nice reflections over our compound.

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Coffee-shop in Pajut

I was on a road assessment last week and the final place to reach was Pajut. After 4 days on the road getting stuck here and there in the mud we found the passable roads we needed. So we stopped for a nice cup of coffee before heading back to Bor.

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In between the clouds in the PAC750 heading to Bor from Juba. This during the rainy season. the Pilots trying to dodge the turbulent areas flying around the clouds that covered the area ahead.

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Sunet Sonaisali Island, Fiji

Sunset at Sonaisali Island Fiji. Sometimes the best colors come out after the sun is already gone down with the reflections being through the clouds to the ocean. The effects of the clouds cutting slices in the sunrays was very interesting. This picture is a 9 picture stepped Pseudo HDR. - 4 to + 4 EV. Taking the pictures in RAW helps making sure it is possible to maximize the use of the data available in the RAW file. It would be possible to bring out the stones to be visible more but I feel the picture would then not reflect what I saw.

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Beach on Mana Isand, Fiji

Photo on the north beach on Mana Island. Gone through the pseudo HDR process to get the full dynamic of the clouds.

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Jonlei - Cattle - Roads and Floods

While Jonglei is now in the dry-season since almost 2 months half the state has not been accessible even up to now. The above picture shows the reality in many places. The soil is dry with cracks all over but then flooded areas are seen.  In this particular spot a river was passing. However a road was built in the previous dryseason without any culverts to lead the water away. Effectively causing major flooding for villages along a 50 km stretch. Most have now dried up but pools like these with the soild present means no vehicles can pass. We managed to cross twice but after that the road was again too soft in the mud. The picture shows a typical day in jonglei with cattle being moved to the wetlands 150 km away. People, cattle, goats and cars trying to pass in the mud.

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Sunrise over pacific

Picture taken 10,000 Meters up after the sun has risen and is partially hiding in the clouds.

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Mana Island Fiji

Spent the first day of 2011 on Mana Island , Fiji with my daughter. Crystal clear water and nice sunny place.

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Sonaisali Island sunset

The picture is taken looking away from the sunset. There was a big rain on the way over the island and the clouds are lit up by the sun behind the camera. Again a pseudo HDR photo. The colors due to the clouds covering part of the sun where very deep.

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Victoria Harbour , Hongkong by night

Photo is taken through the panorama window I had at InterContinental, Hongkong. The colors were just amazing.

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Canal Boat in Bor

It is "pushers" like the above that is used for moving the barges from Kosti to among other places Bor. They are the ones maintaining the supply line of material from the north as well as used for the current repatriation of South sudanese from the north.

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Cute!

My son on the beach in Entebbe.

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Tin sheds and Tarpaulin shelters

Bor is a town expanding rapidly at present. There are brick houses being built, even two to three story buildings. The roads are being overhauled completely and we expect to see tarmac for the first time in history of the Jonglei State. Just behind the road expansion I pass this area every day. The returnee wave has started for the referendum, some will settle in Bor, some will move to the rural areas. Meanwhile I keep seeing people living in their mix of Tin sheds, Tarpaulin shelters mixed in with their traditional Tokuls. A small vegetable garden next to the dike that has been built. The dike filled with water hyacints.

Looking at the buildings its quite interesting. The tokul is round have thatched roof and is quite coll due to the construction. Then because of Tin roofs the next mud house is square. The tin house is square as it suits the tin better overall. Finally there is a shelter with tarpaulins. The Tarpaulin shelter will later become mudded also.
Out of all of them it is still though the Tokul that is the most comfortable simply because it is cooler.

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Tokuls burned, Kaikuny October 2010

One of the Tokuls burned in Kaikuny village October 2010. A people with very few possessions ending up with even fewer.

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Kids in Africa, Uganda

I just love this picture. I cant describe exactly why. Ofcourse my son is in the picture so that is one reason but I keep coming back to the picture because of the colors, the raw brick with the mortar, the old wooden door and the curtain in the door. This picture was also taken with the Canon 350D and the Tamron 18 - 200 mm lens and in JPG.

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Taj Mahal, Agra

Took these pictures 2 years back in Agra. The camera was my Canon 350 with my Tamron 18 - 200 mm Zoomlens. Unfortunately I was not wise enough to have captured the pictures in RAW format thus this is reprocessed JPG files. Adobe Lightroom was used to clean the pictures up and resize to the blogs actual picturesize. While not perfect I do consider the result ok. There is however no comparasin with the pictures I now take with the Canon 5D MKII and the lenses I now use.

Taj Mahal is the most impressive building I have ever seen. Just coming through the gate and then walk up to the building was a real treat. I could have stayed there the whole day. We however arrived close to sunset which is an amazing time to see the place. The continous changes in color reflections on the building during the sunset is something I will never forget. 

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