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A week in Gstaad

Feb 142013

Short photo-story of one week in the Zweisimmen/Gstaad region in the Swiss Alps. Eight days packed with fresh snow and the occasional ray of sunshine.
Just shows that one doesn’t need good weather to take fun photos.

View from the Hamilton Lodge.

Zweisimmen – Golden Pass railroad HQ.

Travelling in the luxureous 1920′s first class Golden Pass classic rail car.

Black & White trees.

Summer hut in winter times.

Gstaad Palace.

Tons of snow!

View over the Zweisimmen area.

And another view over the Zweisimmen area.

Chateaux d’Oex balloon festival as seen from the Golden Pass train line.

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Weekly Random Shot: Learning how to Scuba dive!

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Jan 062011

I took this photo about a year ago while on a trip to Curacao (Dutch Caribbean). It’s a photo of my sister in law doing a refresher scuba course after not having dived for about ten years.

I really wanted to capture the “learning” atmosphere as well as the holiday setting with blue sky and something exotic. The swimming pool of our diving hotel (Habitat, I recommend it if you like to be in the nature part of the island) turned out to be perfect.

Took quite a few clicks to get a good half-shot with all elements in it. The parasol just gives it a nice touch.

Taken with my 5D and a 15mm fisheye, at f10 and 1/200 sec. There was more than enough light to work without flashes and set ISO at 100.