tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71309522012-01-12T21:54:02.773ZDavidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-29909828953542783402012-01-12T21:54:00.000Z2012-01-12T21:54:02.776Z

Today I got some 120 slide film developed that I took with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar from 1939 and for my surprise half of the shots are..., well... OK. This is probably the one I like the most from the 8 I scanned. Although digital is totally mainstream and the way to move forward, film (specially in medium format) is fabulous and the level of detail that you get from your scanned negatives/slides

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-41435651998877703752011-12-30T15:44:00.001Z2011-12-30T15:44:27.180Z

2011 is going away! Happy new Year!

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-89735315725154722292011-12-28T18:40:00.002Z2011-12-28T18:40:48.234Z

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-76887994155585962252011-12-27T12:45:00.000Z2011-12-27T12:45:02.331Z

Winter is at its peak right now... brrr... Time for some old school photography.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-17014649497469476852011-12-20T17:57:00.003Z2011-12-20T17:57:28.112Z

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-8996186437833254732011-12-16T17:03:00.002Z2011-12-20T17:57:42.767Z

Finally winter arrived in Lisbon. Cold weather, some rain, and the naked trees... but for some species it is the time of intense biological activity.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-55231179324437284322011-12-07T19:16:00.001Z2011-12-20T17:57:47.775Z

Patterns everywhere! We all see patters everywhere!

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-82716667987633978192011-12-05T14:37:00.001Z2011-12-05T14:59:33.677Z

One of the most essential extras that someone can really buy to one's photo arsenal is a polarizer. The polarizer alone replaces the yellow/orange filter as it allows you to control the intake of light in ways that the simple filters can't. And all good filters are expensive, so just buy the best polarizer you can get your hands on. It will make your photos pop.

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Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-19260744195539078022011-11-05T19:36:00.001Z2011-11-05T19:36:45.334Z

Fui dar uma volta e depois de almoço em Óbidos fui até Peniche e ao Cabo Carvoeiro apanhar um pouco de sol (e de vento e chuva também)! A vista das Berlengas é impressionante, como sempre! Hoje andei quase sempre com a 35mm f1.8 da qual só tenho coisas boas a dizer. Adoro a forma como desenha as imagens. Só que o contratempo do dia foi descobrir que o sensor da D80 está cada vez mais a expor

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-88110491227572212092011-11-01T13:00:00.001Z2011-11-01T13:00:43.207Z

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-45635819563902217302011-08-28T12:43:00.000+01:002011-08-28T12:43:02.937+01:00

Quando a AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f1.8 G saiu disse que se tratava de um mau negócio quando comparada com a 35mm f2D. No entanto a verdade é que os preços desta lente tem vindo a descer gradualmente pelo que decidi comprar uma para a experimentar. Na verdade estou muito surpreendido com esta lente e sinto que tenho que me penitenciar por não a ter comprado antes. Ao preço que está é uma lente não

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-5360493701040283402011-08-19T10:58:00.001+01:002011-08-19T10:58:53.565+01:00

Estou a precisar de umas férias... ou então de um bom almoço... mas o médico manda "Ande pelo dobro, coma pela metade". A vida é dura! Este lema até pode ser bom para aplicar agora em tempos de crise.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-34261886596367842062011-08-03T09:52:00.002+01:002011-08-03T09:54:17.877+01:00

1 passo, mas passo por isto a cada passo em frente aos paços onde os passos perdidos não são mais lembrados

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-36517228829612233322011-08-02T23:33:00.003+01:002011-08-03T00:31:53.322+01:00

Mar de Pedras, Viana do Castelo na Praia Norte...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-34012937185786792492011-07-10T11:09:00.001+01:002011-07-10T11:21:31.592+01:00

Walking around Mafra (away from the convent) we were looking to how the city evolved over the past 10 years when suddenly I came across this sign. It reads "Lady of the Architect"! Didn't knew that existed.

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Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-4240519892273241502010-12-30T00:48:00.001Z2010-12-30T00:48:14.273Z

Esperando o ano novo...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-1538835580662874582010-10-31T21:04:00.001Z2010-10-31T21:05:05.608Z

This is one of the first tests that I did with my new 24mm AIS lens. (Added a bit of vignette in post).

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-26458866019800131502010-09-30T19:44:00.001+01:002010-09-30T19:44:43.143+01:00

The curves of the ceiling of the national pantheon (Portugal) make swirls in my mind...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-30570138587185059472010-09-26T19:31:00.001+01:002010-09-26T19:31:43.443+01:00

Palmer Joss: What are you studying up there?Ellie Arroway: Oh, the usual. Nebulae, quasars, pulsars, stuff like that. What are you writing?Palmer Joss: The usual. Nouns, adverbs, adjective here and there. From the movie Contact, 1997

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-73202618283227231562010-09-25T00:42:00.001+01:002010-09-25T00:42:51.000+01:00

Yesterday, we had the first REAL rain in months. Maybe it's time to pack my sandals and prepare for Winter...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-40490088236534770592010-09-10T00:27:00.001+01:002010-09-10T00:28:56.620+01:00

There are times when you just do not know what to do next, but where standing still is not an option. Responsibilities make you move forward even when the paths ahead are dubious and dangerous. Sometimes you can see a blurred image of what's in front of you, but you have to make a decision. It's on those difficult times that one has to step up and lead.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-63083744493334256802010-09-07T23:14:00.001+01:002010-09-07T23:14:18.437+01:00

Maybe the worst thing in Portugal. The lack of respect for their cultural heritage. Don't think I've seen other nation treat so bad what they have (as long it isn't ephemeral like a decadent soccer star or a corrupt politician).

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-21596611265973021162010-09-06T20:45:00.001+01:002010-09-06T20:45:42.581+01:00

Turn your back on...* D. José turned his back to the city* The lady in the poster turned her back to the River* The two seated turned their backs to the statue and the square...Who follows?

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-36528241691786391262010-09-05T21:13:00.001+01:002010-09-05T21:14:06.490+01:00

Sunday hot afternoon... and Lisbon is filled with tourists. Probably September is the best month in the year to visit Lisbon ( if you're not into beaches and crowds and stuff ) because you still get the hot summer but less hotter and less crowded...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-11451543185902452002010-09-04T19:54:00.001+01:002010-09-04T20:19:07.794+01:00

Another day with the 35mmf2-nonAI lens. I'm enjoying this lens more and more as I shoot with it. Today me and my sister went to a stroll downtown and I played with this lens for the entire afternoon. At f2 its bokeh is unique and at f8 it is very sharp. I think that this old lens is getting to be one of my favourites.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-86970410078546549772010-09-04T12:20:00.001+01:002010-09-04T12:32:44.488+01:00

I've been playing with an old 35mm f2 Non-AI lens, that has some sort of fungus in its inner elements. This lens was perfect at its time and I wanted to see how did it perform in low light and short DoFs. The above image of my cat is one of a set that I uploaded to flickr. All images were made BW JPGs in the Nikon D80. I haven't done any post-processing. All images had a +1 in Contrast in camera,

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-23899150428669642672010-07-10T17:57:00.001+01:002010-07-10T17:58:03.445+01:00

Continuing my Lisboners set. These two ladies were resting by the Tagus River in Lisbon when I spotted them. The symmetry and the V shape between them immediately capture my attention. Meanwhile, I'm finally using Photoshop CS5 but I still don't have my favorite plugins installed. I'll try to manually move them from CS3 but if I can't use them that's something that will keep CS3 in my hardrive.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-8331193253079215062010-06-29T19:06:00.001+01:002010-06-29T19:07:48.283+01:00

 Another two from my Lisboners set...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-31395259962509743662010-06-25T19:58:00.001+01:002010-06-25T20:02:36.523+01:00

Lisbon is such a nice city with so many angles to photograph it that I really think that as a photographic subject it will never be exhausted. These two are part of my Lisboners (Natives, foreigners and tourists) series, one of my favourite themes in Lisbon.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-54708587178810490992010-06-24T21:18:00.001+01:002010-06-24T21:22:46.816+01:00

A new Chess clock. Not as beautiful as a mechanical Garde, but practical enough. Also bought this small chess board as a study board for my side desk! Chess pieces are from the Czech Republic.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-86558112087111663852010-06-23T22:54:00.001+01:002010-06-23T22:54:21.941+01:00

Lisbon was filled with tourists during the weekend... I don't really know why but I do like this photo a lot. Maybe it's the several stories that it tells, maybe it's the myriad of situations one can imagine for each one of these characters... who knows?

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-9019993483889851892010-06-20T19:13:00.001+01:002010-06-20T19:13:14.645+01:00

Lisbon is a very surprising town, if you look for it. Today it was filled with tourists and the Praça da Figueira was preparing for the Brazil-Ivory Coast match in South Africa! Me and my sister went for a photowalk and I think we ended up doing 10K but who's counting... Well. My feet hurt... :)

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-12695498486226695762010-06-19T23:31:00.001+01:002010-06-19T23:31:34.135+01:00

Spent the afternoon in my other city by adoption. We went for a walk to the old town, and I really can't understand why doesn't the old center has more people during the weekends. In others cities the old centers are filled with life during weekends. I remember Viana or Óbidos. Setúbal on the other hand, has fewer people in the streets of the old town. I just can't get a plausible reason to that.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-1696082597267021572010-06-17T21:00:00.001+01:002010-06-17T21:02:19.194+01:00

It's Soccer Time. Everyone in the world is exposed to this passion. Even Robots!

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-30923997388602357222010-06-16T20:56:00.001+01:002010-06-16T20:56:54.697+01:00

It's all in the shadows... Just look...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-55973851048842718802010-06-10T14:51:00.001+01:002010-06-10T14:51:37.077+01:00

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-87423825511827583542010-06-09T21:48:00.001+01:002010-06-09T21:48:48.912+01:00

No one knows what they are for but in a Management School someone asked in the walls of the university "Economists? What for?"... Rivalries!!!

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-43090568569857960412010-06-07T23:00:00.003+01:002010-06-07T23:20:30.071+01:00

Today was iPhone 4 launch... so we had strawberries...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-50723197990737295102010-06-06T18:36:00.001+01:002010-06-06T18:36:31.747+01:00

Still another detail of the constructions in Bulgaria, with the "extended" 1st floor and the stone ground floor.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-10339780124694743532010-06-05T22:53:00.001+01:002010-06-05T22:53:54.503+01:00

When I landed in Sofia (Even a bit before in the approach), the first thing Bulgaria shows you, is that it is green. Water is abundant and you see green everywhere. I was shooting a Canon S90 only but the beauty of all these greens made me wich I had brought some film camera and Velvia 50. I'll not forget it next time.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-77198927808492610682010-06-04T19:34:00.001+01:002010-06-04T19:35:39.993+01:00

There are only you four variables in photography: Aperture, Speed, ISO and YOU. And the last one is the most important! There's no such thing as correct exposure... There's only YOUR exposure.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-64732706093896419832010-06-03T20:53:00.001+01:002010-06-03T20:53:48.258+01:00

Without a doubt the Bulgarian architecture made an impression on me (this was taken at the old town in Plovdiv). The way they expand their houses into public space above the street level is amazing. The mixing of rock and wood is also very interesting.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-47636889394014498952010-06-01T22:05:00.001+01:002010-06-01T22:05:48.365+01:00

After a few days away it's now time to return to "the things".

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-32800486954129458572010-05-20T23:04:00.001+01:002010-05-20T23:04:59.126+01:00

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-25846657974794347422010-05-18T18:34:00.001+01:002010-05-18T18:35:05.598+01:00

How to get myself to go out and take pictures? Sometimes all it takes is to put yourself into photographic mode is a detail, something you see that immediately catches your attention...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-32559823950271535832010-05-17T19:07:00.001+01:002010-05-17T19:07:26.365+01:00

There's a bit more than the correctness of photography. There's emotion. Taking a look at some of flickr pictures that show up in explore or interesteness (what ever that is) I've found them very flat, both in color and in emotion. Rarely there is more than the simple tack sharp (or tack blur) technically perfect shot. And this is one of the reasons I stopped paying flickr pro. There wasn't

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-90879768003310699232010-05-16T16:56:00.001+01:002010-05-16T16:56:26.286+01:00

Raining days... -- Dave

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-78295691590813513942010-05-15T22:31:00.001+01:002010-05-15T22:32:28.209+01:00

Haven't been shooting much lately... My Nikon FM has stayed in the bag for a long time and haven't felt the urge to put it to my eyes. But today I decided to edit some old photos that were laying around in my hard drive and try to give them a new life. I decided to crop... and went with the ratio 3:1. I liked them and in the next few days I'll be posting them here... -- Dave

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-75102385278973174982010-04-28T17:23:00.001+01:002010-04-28T17:23:36.823+01:00

Av. República in Lisbon

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-91016011298445975552010-04-24T22:06:00.001+01:002010-04-24T22:07:07.584+01:00

I'm just writing the latest paragraphs on my Canon S90 review. It will be up tomorrow at Sixhat Pirtate Parts. Just check it out!.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-13157694894237709052010-04-20T23:51:00.003+01:002010-04-21T13:47:43.231+01:00

I'm testing the new Canon S90 (not new as in new, but new as in just bought it). The camera pushes lots of right buttons near my heart. It's small as all cameras should be. It makes astonishing color pictures and although I'm still not truly convinced by the black and white pictures I suspect that's due to the fact that I haven't mastered all the things this canon S90 offers. One thing I

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-20112625285898683002010-04-11T21:24:00.001+01:002010-04-11T21:25:11.945+01:00

The eyes... it's all about the eyes... The entire Cat Series can be found here.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-5861729937972767932010-04-07T10:25:00.001+01:002010-04-07T10:25:33.926+01:00

It's spring and I'm back to office after easter in the north. And... I need to refresh the computer that has been working so hard lately that it needs some attention. As cameras need to be properly cared, computers are similar beasts... but less fun.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-73073244601742643132010-04-06T23:05:00.001+01:002010-04-06T23:06:09.510+01:00

It's amazing what the Nikkor 85mm f1.8 can do. I must admit that I'm someone that preferes very fast lenses. The faster the better, and I even sacrifice the wides to get the shallow depth of field that I like. On the other hand I also like wides... but the 24mm f1.4 cost so much that probably I won't ever see it in my hands. It such a peaty that these nice toys are so expensive... :(

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-68549081917617160272010-04-04T15:19:00.000+01:002010-04-04T15:23:50.820+01:00

I'm trying to move away from flickr as it is very limited in terms of the free account. I can't spend all the money I usually spent in photography and if I want to keep some parts of it (like buying old gear) I need to cut on other things. I'm now trying to move some of the pictures published here from flickr to other online free services so it's natural that sometimes things break. I'll try to

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-50574246883364998412010-03-16T22:54:00.001Z2010-03-16T22:55:11.220Z

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-10438025196181409352010-03-13T11:30:00.001Z2010-03-13T11:32:08.122Z

Image processing is a pain. The old days you'd had to deal with the chemistry, the temperature, the paper, the darkness, etc... etc.. all of these things were costly and a mistake implied the loss of work, or even worse... the loss of the precious negative... The master of all masters... the imprint of your eyes (and soul) imagination. But now... with digital cameras, the process of Sex O

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-37206388576613377192010-03-07T14:27:00.001Z2010-03-07T14:27:54.761Z

Lisbon is the city of clothes hang to dry at the houses windows. It's something that you don't see much in other places, but here is a very common. A way of taking advantage of the good clima and not spending huge sums in electricity...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-67218476844499463812010-03-07T00:05:00.001Z2010-03-07T00:05:58.698Z

Went for a stroll this afternoon with my syster. Took my 50mm f1.4 with the D80 just to find that I should be out taking more pictures. As the 50 is a manual lenses (no metering what so ever) I need to use the Sunny 16 rule to take pictures, but with this lens as I do like to take pics at f1.4 f2... It is a lot of calculation... And maybe I need to buy a ND filter... :)

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-56558524497528341252010-02-27T17:40:00.001Z2010-02-27T17:40:21.554Z

The bad weather (mainly strong winds) in Portugal this afternoon started to make some damages... this is just near my house and luckily this happened without anyone inside...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-26016634885077553492010-02-22T21:14:00.001Z2010-02-23T00:53:17.608Z

We've been seeing some strange things happening in Portugal. This is one of the most aberrant constructions that we've seen. The National Library expansion is out of someone without his right mind. The lack of respect for the space, the history or the volumes in this 50's building is something that everybody should protest about... but in these dark ages of the portuguese architecture everything

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-54988832588064822402010-02-15T09:19:00.001Z2010-02-15T09:20:07.602Z

Walking downtown in portugal we can find some streets closed to the cars. Curiously every time someone starts talking about closing the downtown streets to traffic the commerce protests saying that they'll loose customers. Curiously it's in those streets that are closed to traffic that we see the high profile shops and are always full with people. Can't understand their logic...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-87675484011753068182010-02-13T20:22:00.001Z2010-02-13T20:23:04.439Z

Playing around with Aperture 3 I come to the conclusion that it just doesn't make the cut when it comes to speed, usefulness and IQ, to be in my photo editing process:I have this sensation that Aperture (although a very good software) isn't a product for photographers, but it has been developed to the computer geek that occasionally takes pictures. It is very slow and after closing the program,

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-73336359618104339772010-02-08T18:58:00.001Z2010-02-08T18:59:23.873Z

There's always a way to do things that aren't "usual". Most of the times, those achievements happen in situations of great fear or great adrenaline. I imagine that this was what this cat did when he escaped the one sitting on the car. Fear and adrenaline... he ran up this tree like if his tail was on fire and stayed there until it was safe to come down again. The pursuing cat (whose owner is in

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-64960752783738764162010-02-07T10:26:00.001Z2010-02-07T10:40:43.896Z

Photographing from the hip isn't easy, but with the G5 it's not that hard either. The swivel screen can help but you'll look very awkward looking down on the camera all the time. This means that most of the time you'll be shooting while you stroll around. Many photos come out tilted or blurred and in the end the keepers are a small fraction but you get some nice ones. when shooting from the hip

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-55749527522918376262010-02-06T19:47:00.001Z2010-02-06T19:47:59.501Z

Today we went for a drive of our new car and also to get some sun so we could do some photos... Curiously I've been using my small Canon G5 more and more. The benefits of a compact camera are huge when one wants to go unnoticed. And even if the G5 doesn't hold by todays requirements for a small camera, it still produces great results (but not stellar). The IQ is good enough for having this fun

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-7426435221175923662010-01-01T11:55:00.001Z2010-01-01T11:56:04.564Z

Happy new year! I'm in the north of Portugal, in my hometown Viana do Castelo and working in some things that need to be adressed early 2010. I can say I started the year working...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-9020186939581692942009-12-31T18:31:00.001Z2009-12-31T18:31:49.524Z

T for Ten, for 2010! Have an Happy New YEAR!!!

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-85645704448627299502009-12-29T11:28:00.001Z2009-12-29T11:28:47.574Z

I'm working on a paper and some classes! This after Xmas as been so slow that I do urge 2010 to hurry up to make all this numbness go away.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-10769137763349921822009-12-28T17:43:00.001Z2009-12-28T17:43:40.066Z

Today a warm breeze flew through Lisbon. Although we still had rain, the 18ºC degrees invited for a walk outside. I did two... both to my car mechanic!

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-603724144549536542009-12-27T23:52:00.001Z2009-12-27T23:52:23.795Z

Today it was a day of hacking some code. Since Xmas that I've unable to concentrate in work and everything stopped! I've been procrastinating as never did before. I know that in the end this all comes back to me and it will make work double shifts to get everything up to date... but sometimes I need a break. Something to hold on to and just rest a bit. That's it.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-80844759507202647292009-12-26T12:06:00.001Z2009-12-26T12:07:28.189Z

Back from Xmas at my father in law house. I'm now back in Lisbon for a few days before heading to my parents for new Year. Living far away from both of them, we do have to divide our time between both families and Xmas is usually a time to travel around the country. Merry Xmas for you all.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-2353538558455808792009-12-20T19:29:00.001Z2009-12-20T19:30:20.334Z

I don't know what to make of this picture. One could easily be mistaken on the purpose of this pan at the feet of the statue. Is it poverty or is it a pan with food for pigeons that this square is filled with? (this is Rossio in Lisbon)

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-21781420666782808722009-12-19T17:47:00.001Z2009-12-19T17:48:04.927Z

Spent most of this saturday grading exams. Curiously I ended up finishing this task earlier than I thought. Probably it's just a matter of a good time management although I would say it was just pure luck! I usually see myself as a lousy time manager as I get dispersed very easily! Well, at least this time I didn't. (and I'm not taking into account the time it took to write this post)by the way,

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-26998663976769647662009-12-18T22:58:00.001Z2009-12-18T22:59:03.276Z

Week is over, lot's of work with a need to empty my head... But... then... nothing is like what it seems...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-43584260422842629332009-12-17T23:06:00.001Z2009-12-17T23:07:07.984Z

It's almost winter in Lisbon... The temperature has dropped to some bare 14ºC during the day and the nights are getting very cold. I do think we need to get this global warming right otherwise I'll be frozen for the next few months... and my electric bill will go up... (joking about the global warming, but what can we do if the world leaders don't get their act together? at least we can joke

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-53532213219216576582009-12-14T19:33:00.001Z2009-12-14T19:33:27.176Z

There are some days in the year that are almost perfect. The last few days have been almost those days. The air is cold but the sun shows up almost all the time and there's no rain. This keeps you walking and taking pictures.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-40380426989846724032009-12-13T12:25:00.001Z2009-12-13T12:25:25.703Z

So "lisbonesque"!.Anyone that visitis this city will see the clothes hanging out like this... It's a energy saving measure for a greener planet! Sun and wind dry the clothes as no drying machine can,. So if you think this is strange... you probably should look into your Drying machine power consumption and realize what you're doing to the planet... (I'm usually not this grumpy)

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-8219731227680241372009-12-12T20:07:00.001Z2009-12-12T20:07:11.918Z

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-28313396264720198512009-12-04T23:41:00.001Z2009-12-04T23:41:36.942Z

If everything goes well, my PhD will be about SYNC. Well, not Sync in the the general sense, but applied to communication networks. I'm now just starting to gather stuff to read and to finally understand the problem I'm going to be buried under for the next couple of years. And for starters... why not Mr. Sync himself: Steven Strogatz! For anyone that doesn't know... Steven Strogatz is a BIG name

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-9267592524273008592009-12-02T21:10:00.001Z2009-12-02T21:11:06.397Z

Lagos is going under some construction in downtown. The mayor architects decided in favor of small lake in front of "Infante D. Henrique" and as with almost all project that include water... they sunk it... and in summer it will stink also... but that's another problem...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-5474458957407554772009-11-30T18:15:00.001Z2009-11-30T21:29:17.374Z

The weather was a little better today in Lagos. We took the opportunity to lunch in the "Marajá de Lagos" (an indian food restaurant) that his very famous. We were the only ones there as result of the late hour we went to lunch. Then we took the time to go to our favorite beach, Porto de Mós. It is one of the most beautiful beaches we've been in (when not overcrowded). A coffee in António's and

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-66603038201642120402009-11-29T18:41:00.001Z2009-11-29T18:41:46.909Z

Hoje o Algarve esteve debaixo de chuva e não foi possível fazer fotografias. Aproveitamos para ir às compras (um GPS NDrive se precisam mesmo de saber...) pelo que hoje fica aqui uma de ontem que me tinha escapado na primeira selecção mas que tem uma força que não pude deixar passar...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-88568868704784454532009-11-28T22:18:00.001Z2009-11-28T22:19:18.441Z

É natural que os edifícios depois de entregues aos clientes sofram apropriações que não foram pensadas inicialmente. Um tipo de apropriações tem a ver com as quadras festivas, no caso o Natal. As luzinhas de natal invadiram com a sua piroseira a fachada da câmara de Lagos. É piroso mas dá votos... e entretanto os arquitectos ficam a coçar a cabeça...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-6401694091791822752009-11-12T20:55:00.001Z2009-11-12T20:56:05.308Z

Coisas que só um português aprecia... ou talvez não, mas que cá tem outro sabor, principalmente se for uma tarde calorenta de verão na companhia de dos amigos e família...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-28687106234591090612009-11-11T01:27:00.001Z2009-11-11T01:27:50.088Z

Há momentos em que se está a fotografar um motivo e que se sabe que se capturou aquele momento especial. Esta foto foi um desses momentos. Entre o fazer da fotografia e o revelar passaram-se talvez 3 meses. E entre o revelar e o digitalizar talvez outros 2. No entanto lembro-me perfeitamente do momento em que a tirei. A dança estava a terminar, já não tinha muito filme na máquina e sabia que

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-78163700176541992132009-11-07T18:37:00.001Z2009-11-07T18:38:05.635Z

Há uma tendência para actualmente produzir imagens lisas, sem ruído, que plasticamente são todas verdadeiramente "correctas". Por vezes fico cansado de tanto semelhança entre o que é produzido. Não que a minha fotografia não caia também em banalidades. Sim... é verdade que o faço. Tenho ainda muito que aprender como fotógrafo. No entanto isto não me impede de assistir assustado a essas

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-89465204154452247472009-11-05T22:13:00.001Z2009-11-05T22:13:30.185Z

Hoje peguei na minha canon G5 e verifiquei que tinha algumas fotos por lá... a máquina já não tem o sensor menos ruidoso do mundo, mas a verdade é que ruído nunca deveria ser problema principalmente quando se fotografa a Preto e Branco.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-60837169960328804442009-10-21T00:02:00.001+01:002009-10-21T00:02:59.199+01:00

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-28072173518626431602009-10-10T23:58:00.001+01:002009-10-10T23:59:06.045+01:00

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-62072575766158096312009-10-10T19:46:00.001+01:002009-10-10T19:46:34.147+01:00

Simetrias e simbolismo nas caminhadas pela baixa de Lisboa.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-50545975939187568612009-10-10T19:44:00.001+01:002009-10-10T19:44:40.706+01:00

Nas caminhadas pela baixa de Lisboa.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-71153467478518243472009-10-08T22:36:00.001+01:002009-10-08T22:36:42.171+01:00

Um graffiti nas paredes do ISCTE...

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-87401097033473456962009-09-28T22:21:00.001+01:002009-09-28T22:21:57.142+01:00

De regresso, após alguns dias numa conferência em Warwick.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-80565595051612324832009-09-18T21:04:00.001+01:002009-09-18T21:04:55.447+01:00

Há um castelo no sul de Portugal, que está em ruinas sobre uma planicie sem fim... É a prova do tempo fantástico que hoje é decorado pelo fantástico, pela lenda e pela fantasia.

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130952.post-52519315541360903472009-09-18T01:09:00.001+01:002009-09-18T01:11:46.578+01:00

O Sol batendo ao fim da tarde, num dia de natal, com contos e medidas desde cá de cima até aos rio dos cubos... "e que saudades, Deus meu"

Davidnoreply@blogger.com