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I think it is pretty incredible what a phone can do shooting through an airplane window. There were just a few moments when the wing was not in the way of the view. A thank you to the pilot for that.
This is an interesting site dedicated to the Estonian victims of brutality under the Soviet Union regime. I was taken aback by the unique cultural identity of Estonia. Everything related to the Bolshiviks has largely disappeared, not even a sculpture or statue that I have come across. After spending a couple of days in Tallinn, I really like its charm. The country has a lot to offer.
There were a few strong displays of blossom at Keukenhof yesterday and this was one of them. We killed half of our day there and were not disappointed despite our late arrival
We were at the 2nd floor of Macy's when all the sudden the firewoorks were shot out from Union Square with the dragon and lion dancing in front of us. It was spectacular. I managed to capture this scene with my phone.
Sadly, Macy's at Union Square will be closing down soon. This may very well be our last year witnessing this at the department store.
Since it 's rainy today, we decided that it would be a museum day. We spent almost the entire day at Rijksmuseum. There was so much to see. We even entered the viewing platform of the research library. I waited for the crowd to dissipate before taking this shot.
This year the local ABC7 was broadcasting the CNY parade Live. We saw these lions congregated together when the dragon approached. Even though I had my Nikon Zf and a 135mm tele with me, I did bother to take it out as I viewing this behind a glass window. I 'd rather use my phone because I could press my phone 's camera against the glass to minimize the reflections. The only things I gave up were the details as I realized there is just too much AI processing to the photos. All in all, there is a give and take to this.
We were taken to this ranch about 40 drive from Helsinski. We had lunch there. And just when we were about to leave, I took this snapshot of the homestead at the ranch.
We walked along this medieval street in Tallinn today. I had to wait for almost 10 minutes before I could get a clean shot of this street without any people. I wouldn't even believe this was once part of the Soviet Union.
We went past Ranch San Ramon the other day and spotted these purple lupines behind an iron fence. Needless to say, I had to stop and take a photo. I couldn't stick my camera out through the fence between the iron bars, so I had to use my phone instead. This gives you the perspective of my POV.
While we were heading to the Baltic Sea from Skagen, we saw this narrow funnel from the sly that looked like a small tornado. I immediately captured this shot with my phone.
Explore #317, May 15th, 2025
It's our first time cruising out of Amsterdam to the North Sea. I took this snapshot shortly after we departed from the port.
Spotted this sundog phenomenon in the sky the other day while I was at a traffic stop in North San Jose. I quickly took out my phone and snapped this photo through the wind shield.
We entered one of the most unique wooden churches yesterday in Oslo. This particular one was reconstructed and is part of a museum today. The church was built according to the Viking traditions and was known as a stave church commonly found in Northern Europe especially Norway.
I took a side trip yesterday just to see this apartment condo as recommended by one of the travel Youtubers. We were stunned by its incredible architecture. It even has a boat launching dock at its center courtyard as can be seen on one of the photos in my collage. I had to create a collage just to cover the different points of view.
We walked past this tandem bike on our way to Anne Frank House today. I thought it could have been Batman's primary transportation in Amsterdam as the streets are narrow. His sidekick, Robin, would have been riding on the back in tandem. Anyway,
I parked my car on California St last Sunday before I walked over to Chinatown for some street photography. Saw this cable car just cruising down the street from Nob Hill. I took this shot because judging from the facial expression of these passengers, that didn't seem to be a thrill ride.
I was in Phoenix just a few weeks ago and saw this lone Canada goose by the lake outside of our hotel. The morning light made this a lovely scene for me to photograph.
Saw this couple walk out of the H&M department store. The lady was fully dressed in her beautiful evening gown that draped down to the floor. She and her companion casually walked down the mall before I told this photo with my phone. It was a "wow" moment for me.
Built at Swindon in 1940 and withdrawn in January 1964 and sent to Woodham Brothers for scrap. It remained there until 1976.
A number of Great Western Society members formed the Heavy Freight Group which raised the funds to purchase 3822 and to undertake the restoration work. 3822 first ran again under its own steam in 1985.
Once restored 3822 was used mainly at Didcot, although it did make several trips to other railways including the Nene Valley, West Somerset and East Lancashire. During 3822’s stay on the Nene Valley it was also used for a Queen video in 1989, when you may have seen it burst through a brick wall, while towing Freddie Mercury and Queen. The title of the song being Breakthrough.
In 1992 the locomotive took the record for the longest passenger train hauled in preservation when it pulled 19 coaches on the West Somerset Railway. It bettered this the following year when it headed a 23 coach train on the East Lancs Railway.
3822 was taken out of service in 1995 for its ten yearly boiler examination and overhaul and returned to traffic in 2002.
It the ran until 2010 when it was taken out of service and placed on static display at Didcot Railway Centre.
Information taken from the Preserved British Steam Locomotives website.
Got my new Pixel9 Pro to see how Gemini would improve. But first of all, it gains a 5x telepho lens over my previous Pixel7a. This is a huge gain for me. It also has a 48Mpixel camera for cropping and binning for noise reduction and other AI magic. The improvement is evident as I have tested the 5x telephoto of the moon with this shot.
Yesterday I saw this modified VW Beetle at a strip mall plaza. I thought it was cute and I couldn't resist to take some photos of it both from the front and from the back. I think this would be a perfect commute vehicle for Amsterdam. I saw quite a few one-person vehicles driven on the bike lanes over there.
The same shot as the previous but converted from the raw file, processed in Elements along with the help of the DxO Filmpack 6 plug-in.
While I was waiting for the incoming train to zip by at this railroad crossing, I decided to time my shot with my phone so that I could capture the train halfway into my frame. I was happy that it worked within that split second of my finger touching the camera button. Perhaps Google or Germini had already known I was about to do that.