Monday 29th November 2010

The Dubai Museum in the old town of Bur Dubai includes this wooden ship ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f11 : 1/500" : 24mm : ISO 400: 29.11.2010 16:03:41)


.... behind which is an old lookout tower ....

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f9 : 1/500" : 70mm : ISO 400: 29.11.2010 16:06:40)


.... complete with a dummy guard.

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f6.3 : 1/1000" : 160mm : ISO 400: 29.11.2010 16:07:25)


In a nearby hotel foyer ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/4" : 18mm : ISO 400: 29.11.2010 16:14:54)


.... is this interesting lampshade.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f4 : 1/30" : 50mm : ISO 400: 29.11.2010 16:17:10)

Sunday 28th November 2010

En route from Dubai to Abu Dhabi (to revisit the Sheihk Zayed Grand Mosque for night photographs), I stopped at this mosque just south of Jebel Ali.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f6.7 : 1/2" : 18mm : ISO 400: 28.11.2010 18:00:05)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 10-20mm f4-5.6 : f9.5 : 1" : 12mm : ISO 400: 28.11.2010 18:05:05)

Saturday 27th November 2010

After work yesterday evening, I caught the overnight Emirates flight from Duesseldorf to Dubai ....

.... and then photographed a kids' birthday party at McDonalds in Deira this afternoon.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/45" : 46mm : ISO 400: 27.11.2010 15:45:39)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f9.5 : 1/45" : 50mm : ISO 400: 27.11.2010 14:31:34)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.3 : 1/45" : 50mm : ISO 400: 27.11.2010 16:21:16)


After the party, I jumped out of the car at a roundabout to grab this shot of the Clock Tower at Deira.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f11 : 1/500" : 24mm : ISO 400: 27.11.2010 16:38:10)

Friday 26th November 2010

This was the first snow of this winter in my back garden !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/15" : 20mm : ISO 400: 26.11.2010 08:08:13)


A roundabout in Troisdorf was decorated with Christmas balls ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/350" : 100mm : ISO 400: 26.11.2010 14:20:38)


.... with one around a concrete sheep's neck !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f6.7 : 1/750" : 70mm : ISO 400: 26.11.2010 14:21:48)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f3.3 : 1/750" : 160mm : ISO 400: 26.11.2010 14:25:46)

Thursday 25th November 2010

This is another painted electricity tower in Troisdorf.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/90" : 23mm : ISO 400: 25.11.2010 14:21:46)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 20mm : ISO 400: 25.11.2010 14:22:44)

Wednesday 24th November 2010

An old half-timbered house in Troisdorf.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 50mm : ISO 400: 24.11.2010 14:42:46)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 23mm : ISO 400: 24.11.2010 14:44:18)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4 : 1/60" : 18mm : ISO 400: 24.11.2010 14:41:53)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/90" : 38mm : ISO 400: 24.11.2010 14:41:00)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 22mm : ISO 400: 24.11.2010 14:43:44)

Tuesday 23rd November 2010

This painted building is outside the offices of Rhenag in Siegburg.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.3 : 1/45" : 22mm : ISO 400: 23.11.2010 15:09:27)

Monday 22nd November 2010

Just across the road from the main railway station in Troisdorf is the Gas and Water Works .... with a rotating piston meter for gas and a shut-off valve for water ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f3.3 : 1/45" : 27mm : ISO 400: 22.11.2010 15:42:07)


.... and a water pump on display outside.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/30" : 18mm : ISO 400: 22.11.2010 15:43:33)

Sunday 21st November 2010

This is the St. Mariae Heimsuchung Church in Bad Honnef - Rhoendorf.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f9.5 : 1/350" : 18mm : ISO 400: 21.11.2010 11:58:38)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f11 : 1/500" : 26mm : ISO 400: 21.11.2010 11:55:41)


Is it just me, or can you see the outline of a witch in the shadow of Mary and her child ?

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f11 : 1/500" : 50mm : ISO 400: 21.11.2010 11:56:39)

Saturday 20th November 2010

A very sad day today .... Sam (seen here in one of his favourite positions, stretched out and balanced along the ridge on the top edge of the sofa) was hit by a car at 11:00 am and killed. He is now resting peacefully in his garden.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma VR 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 : f4.8 : 1/60" : 52mm : ISO 800: 31.12.2009 17:45:21)


After burying Sam, I didn't feel like going out to take a photo today. I eventually dragged myself out in the evening, and stumbled across the Carneval Group in Horhausen.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/60" : 35mm : ISO 400: 20.11.2010 19:58:14)


They were going to elect their new Carneval Princess this evening.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/60" : 18mm : ISO 400: 20.11.2010 19:58:25)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/60" : 24mm : ISO 400: 20.11.2010 20:01:29)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/60" : 35mm : ISO 400: 20.11.2010 20:01:20)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/60" : 38mm : ISO 400: 20.11.2010 20:05:43)

Friday 19th November 2010

This is a beauty salon in the pedestrian precint in Troisdorf.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 38mm : ISO 400: 19.11.2010 14:53:20)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/350" : 92mm : ISO 400: 19.11.2010 14:54:17)

Thursday 18th November 2010

Another Garfield painted on a garage door in Troisdorf.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/15" : 27mm : ISO 400: 18.11.2010 16:21:20)

Wednesday 17th November 2010

This is not a good thing to see right outside an Optician's shop in Cologne-Wahn.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4 : 1/60" : 22mm : ISO 400: 17.11.2010 14:06:48)



(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f4.8 : 1/90" : 32mm : ISO 400: 17.11.2010 14:08:18)