This is from last month

The usual place to enjoy a view, Kalemegdan Park.

Crows at Kalemegdan Park - Camera Critters

I originally posted a different photo today but then I remembered Saturday is the day for the Camera Critters meme, so here's my entry for that. Crows!

Camera Critters

Dizdar Tower and Despot Gate

This is a path leading to Dizdar Tower and Despot Gate at the Kalemegdan Fortress. According to the history books, they were both built in the 15th century. Dizdar Tower currently houses an observatory which is open to the public on weekends. (This picture is from a few weeks ago.)

We're having a bit of a cold snap here. I did get out to take some pictures today and by the time I put my camera away my fingers were numb, even with gloves on. You know what I'd like to get one day? A pair of photo gloves like these from LowePro. The main difference between these and regular gloves is they have rubber dots on them to help grip your camera. I image they probably sell these at hardware stores for people working construction out in the cold, or just where hand protection is needed but where it's also important to have a good grip. I've almost dropped my camera a few times from holding it with gloves on! Not good.

Skywatch Friday and How to Add Blogger Label Cloud

This was taken earlier in the week at Kalemegdan Park.

I'm trying a new blog layout! I wanted more columns but still wanted to keep my pictures at 700px. And I'm thrilled with the labels cloud for blogger, where instead of a long simple list of tags (i.e. labels) they're displayed in a "cloud" with a larger font for tags used more frequently. There are ready-made widgets that will do that, but usually they'll make tags from any of the text on your blog and you'll wind up with some screwy keywords. I found (and followed) these instructions for changing the blogger list of labels to the cloud here: phydeaux 3. If you're not used to customizing your blogs' html/xml settings it might look complicated on first glance, but actually it's pretty step-by-step, cut-and-paste. And then visitors to your blog can browse by topic without having to scroll down a long, long list of tags! :-)

Skywatch Friday

Blustery Days

It's been so windy here!

Kalemegdan Park

It was a perfect afternoon for taking pictures, there were dramatic clouds, sunshine, and even a rainbow. I didn't get all of that into this photo though. There are always lovebirds at Kalemegdan Park and here are two of them.

Kalemegdan Park

I went to Kalemegdan Park to practice getting some lower-light shots using a *gasp* tripod. For some reason park security wanted to know if I was filming or merely snapping photographs. Hm...

Skywatch Friday

I wish I'd gotten a snap with the person with the cane more in the frame, but I couldn't really see what I was photographing at the time.

Skywatch Friday

A little bit of nature for a change

Ravens in Kalemegdan Park. One is holding a walnut, not a bad find.

Kalemegdan Park

Mausoleum of national heroes from the Second World War.
The crop is terrible!

From May 2008 during Eurovision

Exhibit at Kalemegdan

Kalemegdan Park at night

Eurovision song contest build up

A row of people getting a head start on the crowd to see...


the winners from 3 consecutive years performing on this stage (this was on Friday).

I'm heeere

Flickr isn't working for me at the moment so I can't put the full-size picture up for now. Here's a small version, Blogger style. >:( This was the view from Kalemegdan yesterday.

Hello

I was taking some pics of the river today
and these guys were yelling, "Take our picture, take our picture!" and so here it is. :)

Sve je dobro što se dobro svrši.or, All's well that ends well

Last week the weather was better so we were stylin' and profilin' at the park. Wow, look at that balloon flying over the river, past Pobednik,, now it's going towards Branko's bridge, it's getting awfully low, OH MY GOD it's going to crash:


Nah, it regained altitude and went on it's merry way.

A Quiet Moment

In Kalemegdan Park today

A cute puppy makes it easy to meet new people. :)

Kalemegdan Park, Again

It's been slightly warmer outside, great for walks (and other things) in the park.

On an unrelated note, I thought I'd share some of my bookmarks with you, other photobloggers. Here's a link to an article called 4 Easy Photoshop Techniques to Make Your Pictures Pop. I think at least one or two of them create a nice effect.

Saturday at the park

"Now do I look scary?"