First Christmas

This year Christmas was a bit different. Our little boy was just over a week old, so obviously he stole the show, even if he did little more than eat and sleep. :)

Waiting

The view through the hospital window while waiting to know if everything would be ok... After an eternity it was ok.

Published

A little proud that one of my photos was published in the Danish Lolland & Falsters FritidsNyt. The issue is available here. My photo is on page 36 in the issue from week 40 44 2011.

Chopin by Night

Last evening as I passed Łazienki there was a nice full moon just over the Chopin monument. Unfortunately the park closes at sunset and the gates were locked. As I was standing trying to get a nice image through the grills of the gate a guard came from outside. His colleague on the inside opened the gate and let him in. I asked if I could just quickly run over to the statue to take a photo. "No way", barked the guard who was being relieved and attached the padlock. The other guard waited a minute, then opened the gate and said "Just close it when you leave".

I'm a little miffed at over-exposing the moon so severely, but Jupiter is nicely visible at the top of the image.

Yellow city

Warsaw this autumn is truly a yellow city. Not only for the normal yellow leaves of the "golden Polish autumn", but also because of all the signs providing help around constructions sites. With the construction of the new metro-line much of central Warsaw seem to be dug up and driving is even more of a challenge than usually.

A village called Warsaw

Warsaw has these strange areas looking very much like far out in the countryside when in fact it's close to the centre of the capital. This building is a testament to how bad I am exploring my surroundings - it's just a few kilometres from home and I passed the building in the background numerous times. Behind my back is a small field of crops.
A somewhat overworked HDR from the same place can be seen here.

Wooden church in fall

I was visiting Łochów Palace recently. We are arranging a conference there in Noveber so we needed to see the place and plan for the events. On the palace (but it's actually more of a mansion than a palace) grounds they have this wooden church. It was very nicely framed by the yellow autumn leaves.

Warsaw skyline

I took this picture early this year from the Siekierkowski bridge over the river Wisla just south of central Warsaw. Since there are almost no mountains or hills around Warsaw it's hard to find a spot to get a clear view of the skyline.

Balkonger

This is a shot of the balconies of a building in Warsaw. The apartment block is locked in behind a fence and on the parking are only diplomatic cars from Russia. Seems diplomatic life is not always so glamorous, especially if you don't belong to the higher levels of the hierarchy. The building with these balconies lies just next to this abandoned apartment complex rumoured to belong to the Russians. Maybe the rumour is true.

The beach in Warsaw

On the Praga side of the river in Warsaw one can find a few beaches along the Vistula. This is Praska Plaża. It seems like a little oasis in the city, but bathing is probably not recommended.