David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Lone Poppy Flower in a Field of Wheat near Donana Park in Spain. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 100, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec).
Gibraltar Monkey (Barbary macaques) on top of the Rock of Gibraltar. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 14 mm, f/8. 1/250 sec).
Stairway from a Wine Cellar in Tuscany near Lucca, Italy. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 400, 24 mm, f/8, 1/80 sec). In camera conversion to B&W.
Antipasto at Tenuta Lenzini, a Villa and Winery in Tuscany near Lucca, Italy. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera and 6.7-13 mm VR lens (ISO 160, 13 mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec).
After a long day of travel – Overnight on British Air from Tampa to Gatwick, then Gatwick to Barcelona we made it to the Semester at Sea MV Explorer. The ship was not docked at the location that the SAS folks indicated, but we saw it in the taxi when we got near the port. Once on board we found our cabins and had dinner. We spent the morning visiting Barcelona. The weather was great with blue skies and fluffy white clouds. Our first stop was the Sagrada Familia Cathedral. There were many, many tourists visiting the unfinished Cathedral. My parents had online tickets to visit the inside of the Cathedral. If you plan to visit, get the online tickets – it will save you a line that was blocks long. I went to find Xavi, a friend and fellow student from 30 years ago when I went to Graduate School at Caltech. We had a great lunch of Tapas at Cerveceria Catalina. Xavi also recently retired and is spending his time traveling and doing photography: Xavi’s Blog. Then back to the ship for our mandatory safety drill before sailing off to Monte Carlo, Monaco.
