CAPTURE NEW HORIZONS

Anyone who visits this blog on a regular basis will know that I am always on the look out for new photographic possibilities, day or night, and I usually have a camera ready to take the shot when I see something interesting.  Well this is definitely the case with these images as this is the view outside my bedroom door at the Fraser Suites in Al Seef, Bahrain. Looking straight down from the 18th floor to the pool and seating area on the 7th floor the shape of the pool, the table and chairs and the balconies of the intervening floors provided some very interesting architectural shapes for this picture.   The shot at the top of the page was taken on the new Fujifilm X100T, with its fixed Fujinon 23mm f2 lens.  The images was converted to mono in Silver Efex Pro2 rather than using the onboard mono converting software. The second shot was taken on the X-T1 with the 56mm f1.2. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Grantham boasts many historic buildings and one of the most famous is the Angel and Royal Hotel, which is widely regarded as the oldest surviving English Inn, with the main façade of the building that stands today was built approximately 600 years ago.  The site then, however, had already been an Inn for 200 years, and was built as a hostel for the chivalrous Brotherhood of the Knights Templar. It was then that the beautifully carved building caught the eye of King John (“he of Magna Carta fame”) who decided it would make a suitable location for a visit of his Royal Court in 1213. An Angel was a common medieval sign that reflected the early connection between religious establishments and a travellers hostel. The Inn was extended in the mid 14th Century and again in the 15th Century. There then followed many royal visits, and the next appears to have been by Edward III and his Queen “Philippa” in the 14th Century. Evidence of this visit can still be seen today whe...

I have arrived in Austria for this weekend's 3 Hours of the Red Bull Ring, round 3 of the European Le Mans Series which takes place on Saturday 20 July.  I checked into the small, family run hotel, the Gasthof Perschler just 6km from the track in the small hamlet of Rattenberg and this was the view from my bedroom window. For more information on the Gasthof Perschler visit http://www.gasthof-perschler.at ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE NEW GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click on an advert but we get a small fee for every click thru from Google and this helps support this blog - thank you for helping ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION ...

During my travels around the world I have stayed in some very nice hotels with some very interesting views however the Bella Sky Comwell at the convention centre near Copenhagen Airport has to rank as one of the most striking hotels I have ever stayed in. The striking Bella Sky Comwell Hotel The hotel is two towers of 23 floors in each and my room was on the 19th floor of Tower 2.  The view of the Bella Convention Centre and the surrounding area was very impressive, with the sea visible in the distance on both sides. A panoramic view from room 1933 The window was also to the floor and sloped slighty outwards.  If you suffer from vertigo you wouldn't want to be standing this close! Taking in the view CLICK HERE to go to the hotel website. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE NEW GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click o...