Uploads from kees straver (will be back online soon friends), tagged fire, with geodata

Fire breathing dragon

nobody@flickr.com (kees straver (will be back online soon friends)) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:24:15 -0700

kees straver (will be back online soon friends) posted a photo:

I´m back on the mend after being bedbound for two week.
It seemed that a bacteria really liked my throat so much that it nestled itself in my tonsils and had a great time there, it had so much fun that it inflamed all of my lymph nodes in my mouth and neck. This made it almost impossible to swallow or to talk thanks to the swelling.
But I´m feeling a lot better now thanks to the antibiotics I got from the hospital.
This photo illustrates how my throat felt the last two weeks. I didn´t have any pictures of broken glass or of a bunch of needles and I just don´t feel like setting up a photo at this stage.

I want to thank everybody for you kind words.

Two houseboats burned down in Amsterdam – Orange period

nobody@flickr.com (kees straver (will be back online soon friends)) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:17:16 -0700

kees straver (will be back online soon friends) posted a photo:

I took this shot only a few hours ago. Here I was cycling back home from the big party we had in Amsterdam. The Dutch (orange) soccer players were being thrown a big channel boat party by the city of Amsterdam. When I saw black smoke in the sky, I thought that this would be a great chance to see if I had some photojournalistic skills and made a couple of shots. This photo is stitched and is originally three shot merged into one.
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Camera: Canon EOS 5D MarkII
Exposure: sec 1/500
Aperture: f/ 8.0
Focal Length: 275 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Photo stitch: 3 photos

All invites, notes and tags are welcome

Ps: One person died

Trying to keep warm in Thailand

nobody@flickr.com (kees straver (will be back online soon friends)) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:04:30 -0800

kees straver (will be back online soon friends) posted a photo:

I was starting to get cold after seeing so many winter photos, so I decided that we all could use some warmth these days.

I made this shot during my South East Asia travels. This shot was made in Thailand on the island of Ko Samet.
Koh Samed is one of the Eastern Seaboard Islands of Thailand. It is located in the Gulf of Thailand it’s approximately 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Bangkok. Ko Samet is the largest and westernmost of a cluster of islands not far from the coast.
The island derives its name from the cajeput tree found throughout the island, as the Thai language word for cajeput is samet. In the past, this island has also been referred to by its colloquial name, Ko Kaew Phitsadan.

Technique:
1/160 exposure
f/8.0
ISO 100
70 mm

I focused on the person to get a sharp silhouette and set the aperture on f/8.0 to get as much details on the fire as possible. The longer I look at the fire the more things I’ am starting to see.

So let you imagination run wild.

Merry christmas to all!!!!!!

nobody@flickr.com (kees straver (will be back online soon friends)) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:05:17 -0800

kees straver (will be back online soon friends) posted a photo:

I just want to wish you all a very merry christmas and a good 2010.

Thank you for all your nice comments and showing me all the beautiful moments this world has to offer. See you all really soon.

Love Kees.

Playing with FIRE!!!!!

nobody@flickr.com (kees straver (will be back online soon friends)) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:17:41 -0800

kees straver (will be back online soon friends) posted a photo:

This shot was taken at Koh Samet, this is an island of the coast of Thailand.
The locale youth comes together every night and give the tourists a fire show.
These Fire Spinners are very tenanted and it a pleasure to watch them PLAYING WITH FIRE.

Explore: #71

Happy New Year

nobody@flickr.com (kees straver (will be back online soon friends)) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:27:34 -0800

kees straver (will be back online soon friends) posted a photo:

I wish you all a very photogenic 2010.

Ps. I managed to find a software program that allows me to place a watermark in my photo. I’m not sure that I’ll watermark all my photos; they are a bit of an eyesore.

I want to thank everybody for there kind words, info and support.