While scrolling through some old stuff on my Mac I found this image of a motorcyclist in Paris, taken years ago. It was my first attempt at a technique called panning, where you track a moving object using a slow shutter speed, and -clearly- I didn’t succeed at all. The thing is: while there are quite a few in the same series that are spot on, I like this one best by far. Suddenly I’m not thrilled at all that I’ve finally mastered the technique and I’m still trying to figure out the bloody lesson in all of this…

Where I’m from, the Netherlands, we have a political party dedicated solely to animal rights (seriously!) and I figure they’d probably take offence at the Peking ducks on display here (in Singapore). On the other hand, where I live now, France, the party for hunting and fishing (seriously!) probably would take offence at there being a party for animal rights. Don’t you love cultural differences? As for me, I just don’t recommend using this image to learn your kids all about what the duck says…

As I promised some time ago, I finally present you a revamped website! From now on everyone can comment on each post I dump on the unsuspecting visitor. Hope you like it and drop me a note if you run into any problems. On another note, I met the cute girl above in a dirt-poor village on the North coast of Bali. I thought I’d give her at least a small part of her 15 minutes of fame over here…

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Well: eat this! The top room, second from the right, was ours for three nights and I had to dive into the pool with some €5000 worth of gear hanging from my neck to provide you with this image. Place of crime: Bali. Just to make you feel better: I’m back, it snows outside and it’s 45° colder.