Last weekend I was in Washington DC. Wasn’t my first time, I’ve been there a couple of times before.

One of the usual stops was of course the National Mall, and the Korean War Veterans Memorial was as touching as ever. The following is a picture of one of the statues at the memorial:

During my recent trip to Hawaii we also had the pleasure of doing some hiking in Haleakala National Park on Maui.

One of the many nice experiences was a walk through a bamboo forest, which was amazingly dark with just some sun rays shining through.

This picture of my wonderful wife was made in the coastal region while hiking up to a waterfall. I like the dreamy feel of this picture, so I also entered it into my gallery at the Sierra Club.

I recently came back from a fun little trip to Hawaii. Full of recent memories, here is my first photograph from this trip:

Duke Kahanamoku, full name “Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku”, is usually credited as the creator of the sport of surfing as we know it today. He has a statue at Waikiki Beach on the Island of O’ahu:

Just one more impression from the day I took pictures at the bicycle criterium in Wake Forest (North Carolina):

Just two more images from the cyclocross race in Cary, NC, that I watched not too long ago:

I made those images during the start of one of the races. They are some experiments with longer shutter speeds, those pictures are straight out of the camera (except some adjustments to color and contrast). No fancy Photoshop effects, just movement of the camera during exposure.