Cotton Buds

Sweet, Sweet Lavender

Was bored and thought I'd have a look through old photos and found this. Don't even remember taking it...

Long Way Down...

What is a trip to New York without a visit to the Empire State Building? There was a massive queue and the tickets were ridiculously expensive, surprise surprise... After my wallet was considerably lighter, we made our way through a labyrinth to reach the elevator that is used exclusively for tourists. Upon reaching our floor we walked into an empty room covered in concrete with scaffolding in the corner... we were then ambushed by a whole host of people trying to sell us junk; audio tours, souvenirs etc and they even had us stand in front of a blue screen for a photograph which they would then try to flog to us! It began to feel more like a theme park ride than a skyscraper...

Now the tallest building in NYC since 11/9/01, it was a pretty impressive view from the top. This was taken from the 88th floor... I think; can't remember. I peered beyond the metal fence and looked down at Manhattan and everything was like a model! The little toy cars looked like ants and you could barely make out the fuzzy blobs of people. I held my camera over the edge as if I was holding on for my life and just fired blindly.

This is looking south; Time Square is just above the centre and the Statue of Liberty is that little speck at the back.

Strangely, looking back at this photo makes me want to go jump out of a plane more than ever...

Beads of Condensation

Tiny little droplets of water on a water bottle.

Sunset Spotting

While in Stanley Market, our car broke down, so Simon and me went for a walk while we waited for people to come and fix it. The sky was actually clear, but the air in Hong Kong is pretty bad and smoggy...

The Wonders of Photobooth

Simon and Josh were keeping themselves amused with the camera on my laptop. Here's one of the many they took:

Strange how people always want to make silly faces when they first use a mac ;).

Hoarding Nuts Can Be Tough Work

Chubby little squirrel isn't he?

Bluebell Delight

Not a very pretty butterfly, but it was my first photo of one, so I like it :). They're pretty hard to shoot since they don't like you poking a camera at them, they just fly away in that weird random butterfly way.

Tranquility

Another panorama, consisting of 5 photos. This was taken in Hyde Park. Didn't turn out as nice as it could have. Pretty boring shot, but i thought i'd put it up anyway.

Bleeding Hearts

Interesting little Japanese flowers

Every Day's Miracle

This photo is a combination of 9 seperate photos, stitched together, and was taken at the Oxford University park. The sky appears blotchy due to the polarizer I used... I wish i didn't have it on now.

Reflection

A duck in Hyde park on a beautiful day in autumn. I can't remember what we were doing there but I had my camera with me and this was one of the shots from that day.

Lost

Royal Albert Hall

Taken on day of John Mayer concert

Frosty Morning