Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...

Leica M9 + 50mm Summilux

M9 + 90 mm Summarit on safari, part 4...

M9 + 90 mm Summarit

M9 + 90 mm Summarit on safari, part 3...

M9 + 90 mm Summarit

M9 + 90 mm Summarit on safari, part 2...

M9 + 90 mm Summarit

M9 + 90mm Summarit on safari, part 1...

Leica M9 + 90 mm Summarit 

Schools closing for the holidays...

The schools closes today for the end of the year holiday's. Classes will be empty, playground with-out laughter...

                                                        Leica M9 + 50mm Summilux.

Who can it be now?...

                                                                   Curious toddler.

                                                         Leica M9 + 50 MM Summilux.

Wild hair...

The girl with the wild hair.

Leica M9 + 50 mm Summilux

Fun at lunch time...

                                                           Joking with friends at lunch...

                                                           Leica M9 + 50 mm Summilux

Time to reflect...

                                                        Church in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

                                                         Leica M9 + 35 mm Summilux

Hanging out with friends...

At this time of the year we are looking forward to this, - hanging out with friends and to take it easy, - nearly there!

                                 Hanging out, beach scene, Croatia, Leica M9, 50 mm Summilux.

Spreading the Christmas feeling...

Met these two girls on the streets in Mauritius walking around and spreading the Christmas feeling.

                                                         Leica M9, 50 mm Summarit

Faces from places, part 7, children, Johannesburg...

Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, a ever-fresh and radiant possibility, - Kate Wiggin

Leica M9 with a different angle on the cycling race...

Once again the past week-end it was the cycle race in Johannesburg where more than 27 000 cyclists take part. As I have covered this race numerous times before, I took some images with a difference this year.

                                                                        At the start.

                                                                    Passing a jogger.

                                                                   Groups flashing by...
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All images made with the M9 50mm Lux / 90mm Summarit.

Faces from places, part 6, ice cream and music...

Nothing makes you feel at home like ice cream, or far from home, like music, - Traveler.

Faces from places, part 5, travelers...

Tourist don't know where they have been, travelers don't know where they are going. - Paul Theroux.

Faces from places,part 4, Valencia...

“Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.”
― Clarence Day

The Leica M9, 90mm Summarit and the finch...

Right outside my bedroom-window, a yellow Finch are building nest's all year round. One day he will build it all day long, - then the female will inspect it and in most cases NOT be satisfied, so he pull it apart again.

                                                          An old one gets pulled apart.

With all this happening less than 2 meters away from the window, the 90mm Summarit is the ideal lens on the M9 to get some images of the most optimistic little bird I have ever seen :)

                                              A new nest in the construction phase.

With a simple set-up, you just have to wait to get some great images. As soon as the one nest is tore apart, - the building of the new one start.

I have said it before, the rendering, sharpness and bokeh of the Summarit 90mm is great!

Faces from places, part 3, Prague...

The face is a picture of the mind, with the eyes as the interpreter. - Marcus Cecero

Faces from places, part 2, Hong Kong...

We are all so unique, but all with the basic similar quest, - to fit somewhere in, in this big world.

Faces from Places, part 1, Istanbul...

Faces tells stories. Just sit and watch people, - you may not know them but you can find a million tales in the lines on their faces.

Leica M9 at Motor-sport, and it is hard work...

While at the races I picked a few images of the people doing the less glamourous work behind the scenes to keep the cars running.

All images made with the Leica M9 + 90mm Summarit.

M9 and the Croc sculpture...

At the entrance to the club-house of the Lost City Golf course there is this giant bronze sculpture of a crocodile! A stark reminder of what is waiting at the 13th hole!

Made with the Leica M9 and 50 mm Summilux F1.4