Another Blog

I've created a new blog. It is a travel blog. You can find it at http://koshar.nl/travel It is a blog about our travels and travel in general. The site is in dutch however, because most people we know and are interested in our adventure are dutch speaking.


The site is build in Wordpress on our own domain koshar.nl


If you like you can take a look

Big Spider

In the case you are considering visiting Australia. Be aware that there are some very big spiders around!!!

They are not my favorite insects and thats an understatement.

Uluru Part 2

We spent 2 nights at Uluru, so I got another chance at the sunset.

(c) Anton Harder

A good result I think. The following sunrise was much less impressive. Not even worth putting in the blog. 

Visited Kings Canyon on the same day and did the rim walk.

(c) Anton Harder



Uluru at sunset

Today I watched the sun set on Uluru. The big rock in the red centre of Australia. A magical moment. I have to keep it short because I only have limited access to the Internet.

(c) Anton Harder

Victoria Wildlife

Finally arrived in Australia after a 26 hour flight!!!  Could have been a lot shorter but the plain got diverted to Sydney due to fog in Melbourne. I always thought plains could land in foggy conditions.

Few days on the road on and already spotted the Australian icons. Can you call them the big three? Koala, Kangaroo and Kookaburra.  We are now heading for Flinder Ranges in South Australia. I hope the weather gets better. Very cloudy, not good for a photographer.

Cricket World Cup Photo Impression

On April 2 over 1 billion people watched the cricket final between India and Sri Lanka. It seems the Netherlands is the only country in the world not watching cricket(yet). Might be the somewhat complex rules. 

Loosing the world championship football final I know how the supporters from Sri Lanka are feeling. It hurts! 

Take a look at The Atlantic website. They gathered some great images from the last few day of the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

The Big Picture also has some great pictures about the Passion for Cricket

Reuters/Ajay Verma

Aerial Photographs Around the World

Aerial photography has always fascinated me. Looking down from a high distance gives a very different perspective on the world. I have tried it myself during a heli-tour above the bungle bungles NP in Western Australia.

© Photographer: Koshar | Agency: Dreamstime.com

© Photographer: Koshar | Agency: Dreamstime.com

Although I think made a good effort I can't compare to Yann Arthus-Bertrand. His book "Earth From Above" sold 3 million copies. 

The Grid : Online video Talkshow about photography and photoshop

Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowsi are presenting a new online live videotalkshow about photography called The Grid

The Grid is a video talk-show format (about Photography & Photoshop), but each week The Grid will have an in-studio guest for the entire 30-minute show, plus they will be doing video chats with a lot of famous photographers, Photoshop experts, and industry leaders.

This not the first show hosted by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski. Together with Dave Cross they host Photoshop User TV . A must see for photoshopaholics.

Japan earthquake and tsunami photos

The power of nature has resulted in sheer devastation after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Looking at CNN and seeing the tidal wave demolish everything in it's way makes me realize how powerless we are. The Denver Post posted images on it's photoblog.  These frozen moments in time are even more impressive.

Denver Post : Capture Photo Blog Japan

Washington Globe : The Big Picture News in Photographs Japan

Reuters : Tsunami strikes Japan slideshow

AP Photo/Yasushi Kanno, The Yomiuri Shimbun

Long time since my last post

It has been a long time since my last blog post. Reason is that I've been using my iPad most of the time. Writing a blog from an iPad isn't easy.  As far as I know there aren't any blogspot apps. Sure I could use the web interface but that doesn't work well. As good as the iPad is, it isn't working well for creating content.  But what the iPad does have are some great photography apps


Fotopedia National Parks
This app shows photos from the 58 national parks of the USA taken by Quang-Tuan Luon. He was the first person to take photos of all 58 parks with a large format camera. The images are  amazing. It is a paid app but well worth the price!

Peter Lik Opus HD

The app contains the full contents of Peter Lik's 25 Year Anniversary Book, text with every photo, and 33 videos that feature Peter talking about a selection of the photographs. At $8.99 this isn't a cheap app but compared to the $2000,-  paper version it is a steal. By the way if you still want the paper version be sure you can handle the 40lbs is weighs!