Oelnasi sunset

Homestay, Oelnasi, East Nusa Tenggara (West Timor), Indonesia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @24mm, 1/15 sec, f/4, ISO2500

While in West Timor in September, we stayed in a home-stay up on the hill above Kupang, and were treated to some fantastic sunsets. This is the sunset from our first evening in West Timor - little did I know that almost every sunset would be as colourful as this! The dead tree provides an interesting silhouette against the great sunset colours in the sky.

This is one of the photos we printed and mounted for the Wings To Work Photo Exhibition last month, and is available for purchase (along with plenty of other photos) via redbubble.
Funds raised from the sale of photos from our West Timor trip will go to Phase 2 of the Elpida School development.

a dead cockroach

My dad buys and sells all sorts of things, and occasionally will buy some camera gear, even though he has no idea of its value. He recently bought some lenses, and asked me to take a look at them, to see what they were worth.

This particular collection of old lenses included a couple of Hanimex lenses, a Makinon lens, and a Sigma lens. The lenses were pretty old, didn't have lens caps, and were pretty banged up.
Some research indicated they weren't worth much - but the thing that intrigued me was a dead cockroach inside one of the Hanimex lenses, so I took a few photos of the lens and the cockroach inside it, to share on my blog.

taking a closer look - the front legs have become detached, with one near top right, and one near top left

Bunky

Echo Beach, Bali, Indonesia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @88mm, 1/250 sec, f/4, ISO400

A portrait of Bunky, shot in natural light, during a very brief stay in Bali on our way back from West Timor in September. Bunky was one of the members of our Wings To Work team, and provided us with a lot of laughs!
I love the way the light shows a lot of depth in his beard, and the catchlights in his eyes are from the sunlight reflecting of the swimming pool that is to his right.

Bunky spent many hours editing video footage shot by himself and other Wings To Work team members, and put together a short video showing some of the highlights of our time in West Timor. The video is embedded below.