Air China Boing 747-400

China's Boing 747-400 taking off from Tokyo's Narita airport
Air China's Boing 747-400 taking off from Tokyo's Narita airport.

I came too early to the airport and had some time to kill. A quick survey revealed that Narita has a nice viewing terrace, overlooking the runway. I wish other airports would follow suit.

A girl from Annecy

A girl from Annecy
Annecy is a small town in south-eastern France, less than an hour drive from Geneva.

I was trying to photograph some swans on the canal, when this little girl came out of nowhere, sat in the arch on the steps leading into the water, looked at the crowd on the other side of the canal for a few seconds and disappeared.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef, born in 1920 in Iraq, is the founder and the spiritual leader of the Shas political party (currently Israel's fourth largest party in the Knesset), former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, a recognised Talmudic scholar and foremost halakhic authority.

Bright future for England

Bright future for England
About a year ago I visited Windsor Castle - one of the official residences for the British Royal Family and Queen's principal weekend retreat.

As I was leaving the castle I noticed a young woman, dressed in a typical Victorian style. She was looking with an inscrutable emotion at a muslim couple - the man, dressed in a traditional white thawb was taking a picture of the castle with his iPhone; the woman, in a black jilbab, most probably was not allowed to have a phone...

The Old City of Jerusalem

The Old City of Jerusalem
It pretty tough to get a visually engaging picture of the Old City from the Hass Promenade (Tayelet) - the sky is always blue, without any interesting clouds, except for a few days in the winter; the omnipresent sand hangs in the air causing the dreaded haze in the images; the arab houses of Abu Tor in front of the Old City walls resemble a garbage dump...

JSPCA Calendar Puppies

JSPCA Calendar Puppies
This is one of the pictures I took for the 2012 JSPCA (Jerusalem Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Calendar.

La Seine la nuit (The Seine at night)

A night view of the Pont Alexandre III and the Eiffel Tower
A night view of the Pont Alexandre III and the Eiffel Tower taken from Pont de la Concorde. The time is almost 1 am, minutes before the lights on the Eiffel Tower go off for the night.

Danza de la Muerte

Danza de la Muerte
It seems that people in Mexico start celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) a few days before the actual holiday (Nov 1-2).

The skeletons are looking at you from the windows, the stores are full of chocolate skulls and zombies walk or ride bicycles among regular people.

Superga

View on Superga, Turin, Italy
Superga is a famous hill overlooking Turin, home to the Basilica of Superga, and the site of the 1949 Superga air disaster, in which almost the entire Torino A.C. football team has perished.

A Mid-Autumn Day's Dream

A Mid-Autumn Day's Dream
After investing a substantial sum in photo equipment and traveling around for a few years with a heavy backpack, containing some of that equipment, I've decided to start sending one picture a day, mainly to prove to myself that my investment was not wasted.

I can't promise to keep up with the daily procedure - some days I'd be too busy, sick or off-line. Consider it a daily hello from me.

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