A pink sunset in Austin

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. 

- Rabindranath Tagore

iPhone fun in Maui

My wife and I recently returned from a weeklong trip over to Maui.  It was fabulous.  I love the place.  My previous visit was over 10 years ago, and ended basically on the first day when I took a stick in the eye.  No, that is not an expression.  I actually took a stick in the eye.  It tore off 75% of my cornea and I wore a patch like a pirate for at least a week.  That sucked.

But, that was 10 years ago and I was eager to return to actually see it for the first time.  It’s beautiful, just like you expect it to be.  And though this was not a “photo trip” for me, I did manage to squeeze in quite a few shots, thanks to my wife being supportive of this passion of mine.

I have already posted a couple of shots from the trip, but thought I would share a quick iPhone post with a few of my iPhone pics from the trip.  I took 320 photos with my iPhone that week, so this is likely the first of several iPhone posts from Maui.  :-) 

Sunset on our first night there...that was a nice welcome to the island!

 

Here’s another view of that sunset from just behind the hotel.

 

Sunrise on my first morning there.  It was easy to get up.  At 3am I was wide awake, thanks to being 5 hours off my normal time zone!  But hey it was obviously worth it!

 

This was on the beach behind our hotel, again on the first night, but before the sunset got all dramatic like in the first shot.

 

I grabbed this one while climbing around those rocks and getting soaked.  But what fun!  As long as the gear stays dry...who really cares?!

 

That’s it for today - thanks for stopping by!

Best friends

I am a city person.  I live in a city, mostly travel to cities, and spend most of my time in them.  But when I am driving in the Texas hill country and see a scene like this, I get a little wistful thinking about playing in my grandfather’s barn as a kid.  I loved that barn, and still do.  The only problem is that it’s in North Carolina, so it’s not easy for me to go play in these days!

Temple Bar in the morning

This is the lovely Temple Bar in Dublin, Ireland.  I freakin’ love this place, and not just because they serve Guinness.  Well, ok that may be part of it, but honestly finding a nice cold Guinness in Dublin ain’t too hard, as you can imagine.  In fact, the Guinness factory is in Dublin (though they don’t actually brew it at that factory anymore).  But I digress.

This entire area is called Temple Bar in fact, and from what I can tell it’s the cultural and entertainment hub of the city.  It’s just cool, you should go.  Really - just get on a plane and get over there.  You’ll love it.  Plus, the Irish people are so kind and welcoming.  And that accent - that’s cool too!

I will be visiting Dublin again soon and am looking forward to seeing this beautiful area again (and...ok...I will probably take a few photos too).  I shot this one around sunrise, because any other time of day it is fully packed with tourists, and really packed at night, since there are numerous Irish bars along this street. 

So, here are your takeaways from today’s post:

1. Get yourself to Dublin
2. Go to Temple Bar
3. Get up at sunrise and photograph it (ok, this one can be a little hard!) 

Entering Rosenborg Castle

Copenhagen is a very photogenic town.  I loved my visit there.  I am basically a Europhile - loving just about everything about the culture, history and sights that I have seen over there.  In fact, I have yet to find a city in Europe that I didn’t like.

But something about Copenhagen stood out to me.  As a photographer, I am always looking for interesting and beautiful things to aim my Nikon at, and found them aplenty in Copenhagen.  Castles, canals, statues - heck, even graffiti - this town has it all! 

This is Rosenborg Castle, which sits sort of in the middle of town.  I saw it on my handy little map, and was wandering the streets trying to make my way there.  Then, the streets and buildings ended, and a large, open public space stood before me, with this at the center.  And yeah...I took a few photos. :-)