MKR 2011: Budapest (a.k.a. Memoirs of a Dragon Keeper)

 The top of a very cool church door.

 Random composition with a hint of Christmasiness.

 More doors and windows.

 This was the top window of an absolutely goregous church.

 More of the church.

 Did I mention we had a 6-hour scavenger hunt in Budapest one day?  It was CRAZY cold, but we got to see some cool stuff, like this square. And there was a guy there with a falcon.  Very cool.

 Me messing with the focus.  Really like the texture.

 This reminded me of a window in an old medieval castle. And of Narnia. :)

 Star and the city.  If you look really hard across the river, you can see the Parliament building with the domed roof. 

 More of the church.  I cropped the picture down to my favorite part.

 Star and Lindsey, a very cool volunteer who came to help with MKR. (This was in MacDo, btw.)

 Fiona (Star's cousin) and her keeper, my incredible roommate who I miss very much.

Star and my nametag.  Why they insist on putting my given name, I have no idea.  Everyone there knows me as Ash. 

Randomology Pt. 2

 This was part of an exhibit in the Schindler Museum in Krakow.  (Great museum, btw.)  Inmates in the concentration camp made these rosaries from whatever they could find.

 I love this light fixture.  The bird was total luck!  :)

 This is part of a model of old Krakow in the Sukienica museum below the main square.  The barbican and Florianska Gate are still there, but the moat is long-gone.

 Fun combination of textures.

 A little extra saturation and this came out really nice.

 The window of an old church.  I really like the composition.

 Don't ask, because I really don't know.

 The statue of Martin Luther outside a famous church in Dresden, Germany.

 Cool light effects.

 Star and what is supposedly the best restaurant in Dresden.  (We didn't eat there, so I wouldn't know.)

The view from a Dresden bridge at night.  Absolutely beautiful.

Gdansk Trip Pt. 2 (August)

 Really like this one.

 Nice architecture (this is at Malbork, the biggest castle in Europe).

 Really cool window shot.

 More fun architecture.

 REALLY cool sword hilt!!!

 This was completely accidental.  Love it!  :D

"I believe I can fly!!"

 Fun composition.

 Also nice composition.  Really nice texture, too.

 It was raining pretty hard, so Mom and Matthew were staying dry.  And making me a nice picture!

Playing around with composition.  Really like how this turned out.

Gdansk Trip Pt. 1 (August)

 Pretty neat window.

 Playing with the sunlight.

 Same picture, different angle.

 Some random person with a very cute kid.

 Lights.  Camera.  Action!

 Unique way of taking pictures of the town.

 Looks like a cave, but it's actually a stone window.

 This used to be the symbol of the Polish resistance during WW2.

 Very cute kid learning to make pottery.

 He was too cute to resist.  :)

 Nice shot of the Polish flag.

Really cool set up in a WW2 museum.

The Best of Photo Club (Weeks 6+7)

 Star and a telescope

 Pretty self-explanatory, I think. :)

 Ta-da!

 There you are!

 Flame being scholarly.

 Dunno why I took this, but I like how the colors compliment each other.

 Playing around with staging pictures.

 One of my all-time favorite pictures.

 I liked how the blacks and whites looked together.

 Another favorite.

 Also looks good in black and white.  Really like the texture.

More nice texture.



 Star-sized soccer (a.k.a. foosball)

 Fun composition.

 Another favorite.  Really like how this one turned out.