Author: winegums

travel and street photographer
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Day 313 – happy accidents

Shutter Speed: 5 seconds, Aperture: F/3.8, ISO: 500 I took these photos on an evening stroll through the old samurai quarter of town – adorned and glittering with twinkling lanterns, strewn about like stars. Without a tripod I propped my camera wherever I could find and set my shutter for some long exposures. Leaving the […]

Please vote for me – the kerala blog express

My blog has just recently cleared the qualifying stage to take a ride on the Kerala Blog Express… The Blog Express is a nifty competition set up by the board of tourism in Kerala. It gives qualifying participants the chance to win a two week adventure through India’s majestic and colourful South. To participate, you […]

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WINNER – picstop.co.uk animal photography competition AND monkey news

This crazy haired little guy has won me a couple of photo competitions – most notably  the Times ‘citizen traveller’. Just recently, he received another trophy to put on his monkey mantle when pictstop.co.uk (a great UK based photography store) named him the winner in their animal photography competition. Take a look here. I was lucky enough […]