Reflection

The cloud forest greenhouse at the ‘Gardens by the bay’ in Singapore. This is a completely artificial place with high-tech ‘super trees’ and two giant greenhouses. Not that vegetation does not grow outside, but inside the greenhouses the environment can be cooled so that tourists feel comfortable. Bizarro world. Shown is a peek inside. You can see the waterfalls (some more than 50 m high) and vegetation through the glass panels. But only where a shadow of another building prevents light reflection in this inside-ouside game. © 2018 Fred S. Wouters

Garden of one

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Spotted this solitary African violet in the crack between the kerb stones. This little guy deserved the knee fall (more like lying down) needed to take this picture. Some shots were ruined by a friendly photography-curious cat…  I opened up my lens to achieve the shallow depth of field. The unsharp fore- and background were all achieved in-lens, no digital magickery required.

I figured it was time for a nice and harmonious picture after the last few alienating posts. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters

Swift

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The first photograph of the web site. This was taken from the castle in Erice, a medieval village in Sicily, in early spring this year. The layered rock on which the village is built is visually very pleasing and buildings were erected on precipitous sites as you can see in this example. In the back you can just about make out the skyline and waves of the sea. It took quite a number of photos to capture the one swift where I wanted it to be. Loved the screeching sound of the swifts. And the German word for these animals is quite poetic: Mauersegler, which translates to ‘wall sailer’.

I will post some more photos from this location. Photographs on this site will not be in chronological order. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters