Birds of India - Showoff
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under India, Photography | Leave a Comment
I grabbed a shot of these two publicity-saavy cormorants a few weeks ago on a boat trip in the Periyar Tiger Preserve, in Southern India.
Read More..>>London Now!
Posted on November 23, 2007 - Filed Under London, Photography | Leave a Comment
Rest assured that while you are in London, you are being watched. There are cameras at every tube station and street corner, it seems. And then there are these guys, part of the Star Wars Exhibition across the Thames from Big Ben at Westminster County Hall. I feels safe, don’t you?
Read More..>>Show Me the Monet
Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under New York, Photography | Leave a Comment
Photos: (c) 2007 Russell Johnson
I spent four days in balmy New York City last week, making ritual pilgrimages to the museums and galleries: the Met, MOMA, the International Center of Photography and gadgeteers heaven, B&H Photo. There I bought a new camera, a little pocket-sized Panasonic with a Leica lens that shoots astounding photographs. […]
Weighty Matter
Posted on July 28, 2007 - Filed Under Taiwan, Tech & Science, Photography, Misc. | Leave a Comment
Went to the 87th floor of Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building, and saw this little item. Would hate to have it land on my toe as it weights 730 tons. This damper weight, designed the keep the 1,667 foot tower from swinging too far in a storm or earthquake, is said to […]
Read More..>>Abbott or Hobbit?
Posted on July 26, 2007 - Filed Under Taiwan, Photography, Misc. | Leave a Comment
I have toured most of the major cathedrals of Europe, slogged up the narrow stairs of many a major-Duomo, seen enough of the glory of God and the riches of Popes to tempt me to a career change, but what would Jesus think about this place? I am in Taipei, Taiwan to teach a seminar […]
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