Banaue is a surprising city. Located in the middle of the vast rice terraces region, it seems that most of its buildings are about to crumble down the steepy hills. Though surrounded by green, everything looks grey. Yet, as our guide said, everybody is happy in Banaue. Far from the metropolis and close to the […]

A 90 minutes drive through muddy roads brought us on top of mountain overlooking the Batad valley. It took another 90 minutes of a walk down the steep flanks of mountain to get the isolated town of Batad. The long procession of locals carrying huge loads of goods, animals of food shows make the tourist […]

We are in the middle of rice terraces and with just enough cell phone reception for a 5 minute picture upload. So this will be the way we wish a Merry Christmas to our families, friends and all the readers of this website. So Merry Christmas to all of you !!!    

I am struggling accessing my email from the remote area we are currently located, so I am not sure I'll be able to keep the daily posting of readers pictures for the next few days. In any case, I'll extend it into part of January. Berlin is the setting for today's picture and was taken […]

When one sets foot to Philippines, he is straight away surprised by the bus units. Indeed, they consist of a Jeep looking front and a used truck enging is built in. They come in thousands different colors and designs and have the characteristic to be often overcrowded. Luckily, we found a regular bus for the […]

Get caught in the sphere, hopefully as a kid's game only. (click on picture for high res)  

Today's picture is a scene from Amsterdam in the Netherlands taken by Konstantin Mihov. Leica M9 and Voigtlander 35 mm f1.2 Aspherical II This is what Konstantin wrote about his picture : I was walking with a friend around the main street leading from the train station to the city centre and just about 3 […]

When Craig kindly invited me to a street photography outing in Sydney, I gladly accepted. And it was a great pleasure to meet him and his friends. A few shots, a few beers and a lot of interesting talks. Surprisingly, I was the only one out there with a digital camera, who said film is […]